Who Has Paid For The Renovation?
Residents of the Moscow region of Khoroshevo-Mnevniki were promised an individual approach to each residential block and beautification of yards. And apparently it is going to be so good that it...
Archive for February 2020
February 2020
For the presumption of innocence to be not declarative, but a really working norm
The public’s trust in the judicial system was the topic of a press conference which was comprised of prominent lawyers – a member of the Presidential Council for Human Rights Shota Gorgadze, Violetta...
Background Conducive to a Military Conflict: the Head of the RF General Staff Makes an Alarming Statement
It is worth recalling that earlier this month the 29 member states of the North Atlantic alliance held a conference in Watford, UK. Its final statement named Russia as one of the possible main...
How To Reorganize the Army and the Military Industrial Complex
In recent days, the Russian Army, Air Force and Navy have been shaken by extraordinary events. Each of them could be regarded as an unfortunate or tragic accident. However, taken together they are...
Ministry of Emergencies Bids Farewell to Levchenko
The Governor of Irkutsk Region Sergey Levchenko needed less than a year to complete his term in office. Yesterday the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin accepted his resignation. The...
Oil Exports to Become More Costly... for the Population
Oil export duty in Russia rose up by $2.2. In theory, such changes will affect only the crude oil that is sent to other countries. But we perfectly understand how the industry works and who will...
Why Do Bridges Collapse in Russia?
Two automobile bridges collapsed in Russia lately. One emergency occurred in the Irkutsk Region, the other – on the outskirts of Orenburg. This is not just one-off case.
Kushchevskaya Village Braces for More Troubles
New circumstances became known in the investigation of the sensational case of the ex-wife of the convicted Tsapok gang member Vyacheslav Tsepovyaz, Natalia Strishney, and her brother Ivan Strishney
Hot Ice
The construction project of the Ice Palace on the Spit of Nizhny Novgorod suddenly nearly doubled in price – from 6 billion to almost 11 billion rubles. The press service of the governor and the...
National Project Zariadye To Miss Deadline in Suzdal
National Project Zariadye currently implemented in Suzdal, Vladimir Oblast, is about to miss the deadline, with just 70 per cent completed by December although the park was supposed to be ready by...
Gadgets with Russian Software Only?
The deputies of the State Duma have finally adopted a law providing for mandatory pre-installation of Russia-made software on gadgets sold in this country.
Ionin-Type Deputies Dragging Just Russia Down?
It is an open secret that today A Just Russia party is experiencing hard times. Its popularity continues melting and its faction in the State Duma, the lower house, of parliament is getting smaller,...
Aidar Gubaidulin: “I Have Always Been a Patriot”
The Moscow case of 2019 is often compared to the Bolotnaya Square case of 2012 -- it is easy to draw a parallel between them. But according to human rights activists, the Moscow case has been really...
Ukraine After Maidan: Achievements and Losses
On 21 November, Ukraine marked the official date of the start of the wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Kiev's Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square). It is also known as the Euromaidan...
Track-Switch Plants’ Conspiracy Against Crimea
The market of track superstructure solutions – or, to be more precise, the railroad switch market -- is witnessing a buildup of tension. It is seen not only in the suppression of Crimean...
“Wake up!”: Senator of Russia’s Upper House Harshly Criticizes the Prosecutor General's Office
Artur Zavalunov, the chief of the legal department at the Office of Russia’s Prosecutor General, who spoke at a roundtable in the Federation Council upper house of Parliament, produced a highly mixed...
Army Putting Forward an Ultimatum: Retired Colonel Lashes Out at Authorities for Freezing Pensions
Reports said on Monday that the deputies of the State Duma lower house of Parliament had decided to extend the freezing of the annual increase of military pensions until 2021.
Clouds Over Nizhny Novgorod Mayor
Recent comments in the media that Vladimir Panov, Nizhny Novgorod mayor, has got into the anti-rating of Russian mayors ring a warning signal for Gleb Nikitin, the governor of the Nizhny Novgorod...
Russians to Pay 1 Trnl Rubles for Their Voluntary Pensions
Russians are expected to bring almost 1 trln rubles into the new system of voluntary pension funds (the guaranteed pension plan (GPP)) in the first year after its launch. This target parameter has...
Taymyr Peninsula Shores to be Awash with Oil
The Taymyr Peninsula in the Far North of Siberia is turning into a place of a tangible industrial revolution. At least, plans for it that were announced recently look really revolutionary.