Fuel Prices go Higher
Automobile fuel prices continue to grow in Russia. Last week, Krasnoyarsk motorists were once again unpleasantly surprised. Large chains have raised prices on some items at once by several rubles....
Archive for August 2021
August 2021
241 Russian Athletes in 19 Disciplines at Paralympics
The Summer Paralympic Games started in Japan on August 24. The opening ceremony began at 2 p.m. Moscow time at the National Stadium in Tokyo. It is broadcasted live on the Match TV channel.
Soaring Metal Prices Delay Launch of New Aluminum Plant
The launch of the plant which has been under construction for 13 years has been delayed again. RUSAL, the world's second largest aluminium company by primary production output, blames new export...
Kuchuksulphate Resisting Hostile Takeover
Kuchuksulphate, a major sodium sulphate producer located in the industrial township of Stepnoye Ozero in Russia’s Altai Territory has been a target of illegal attempts to force its shareholders to...
Final Step Towards USSR Collapse
A group of top Soviet officials made an attempt to seize power on 19 August 1991 to stop the collapse of the great power, which was already gaining momentum.
CEC Turns Down Communists’Appeal to Disqualify Butina
The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation (CEC) has dismissed the Communist Party’s Kirov branch petition to disqualify State Duma election candidate from United Russia Maria Butina.
Smart Cards to Replace Paper Passports at Citizens’ Request
On August 18, Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media Maxut Shadayev announced that the replacement of the usual paper passport with its electronic version would not become...
Billions Made From Utilities Escape Investigators
The Prosecutor's Office of the Krasnoyarsk territory has published details of the probe into the missing utility bill payments that are the part of a grand money-withdrawal scheme implemented in many...
AutoVAZ to Suspend Production due to Parts Shortage
The Russian auto giant AutoVAZ will temporarily stop operations at all three vehicle production lines of its Togliatti plant from August 23. This decision was taken due to problems with the supply of...
Russia and China Scale up Military Cooperation “to Delight” the West
The Russian-Chinese Zapad/Interaction Military Exercise 2021 has reached its active phase. Servicemen of two countries had a series of joint training sessions where the Russian military drove Chinese...
Length of Conscription Service to be Added to Time in Employment
A draft law submitted to the State Dume lower house of Parliament proposes to add the period of conscription service in the Russian Armed Forces to overall time in employment for early retirement.
Crimea and Krasnodar Territory Struggle Against "Genesis Flood"
Relief efforts continued in Kerch, Anapa, Temryuk and on the Taman Peninsula that were hit by a downpour on August 12-13. Emergency services are clearing streets of silt, debris and sand repairing...
Housing Crisis Spoils Bears
Bears attacked two people this summer in the south of the Krasnoyarsk territory. The victims died of their injuries. Access to the Ergaki Nature Park is restricted until the fall. It was decided to...
Workhorse Aircraft Spoiling for a Flight
MAKS 2021, an international air show held for the 15th time at Zhukovsky International Airport 40 km southeast of Moscow, Russia, ended on July 25. Despite the negative factors caused by the COVID-19...
Kostyukov's Empire Shows Signs of Strain
Sergei Pronichev, a notorious ex-candidate for Novosibirsk mayor and enforcer for the criminal business of the RT-Domcom founder, made a plea deal with the investigators.
Courts and Police Turn Blind eye to Truth
The hostile takeover of Moscow’s Krylatskoye golf club, one of the best in Europe, together with the Moscow-based Consortium and Sovengo companies which belong to businessman Vladimir Zhukov is a...
FAN Disproves BBC’s Wagner Group Investigation in Libya
A white computer tablet, dubious photocopies, drawings and poor acting are sufficient evidence of the presence of the Russian private military company Wagner Group in Libya, says the BBC.
Russia Fighting Forest Fires
The wildfire situation in Russia remains very serious with the impact already exceeding last year’s, said Alexander Kozlov, Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology.
Khakassia Bets on Coal
The Republic of Khakassia urgently adopted a revised version of this year's budget. It is practically deficit-free. However, experts believe that the republic’s authorities are fooling with the...
Fish Skeletons in the Closet
No sooner had Nornickel [the world's largest producer of palladium and one of the largest producers of nickel, platinum, and copper] paid a huge fine for last year's diesel fuel spill on the Taimyr...
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