Prosecutors Scrap Khakassia’s Budget
The Republic of Khakassia scrambled to cut this year's spending after the prosecutor’s office said that it was bloated with the budget deficit exceeding the legal limit.
Archive for 2021
Months of 2021
Buckwheat Export Ban
What do buckwheat exports, pension claims, conscription physicals, tougher rules for migrants, mobile customer service and educational campaigns have in common? They are all brought together by...
More Airports for Siberia
The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly reduced the workload on airports in Siberia: their passenger traffic dropped by 30% to 50%. At the same time, the existing potential encourages upgrades and plans to...
East Siberia Gas Infrastructure Development to Start at Wrong End
The Baikal region, Krasnoyarsk territory, Buryatia, and Transbaikal have been included in the pilot project to bring natural gas to populated areas where locals won’t have to pay for the construction...
Environment Watchdog Chief: We’ll Strip off All Husks that Inhibit Business
This headline was borrowed from Izvestia’s interview with Svetlana Radionova, head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources (Rosprirodnadzor) at the St. Petersburg International...
Did Khudainatov Send his Coal for Laundering?
Can coal be laundered through the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) to Ukraine? What does it have to do with Eduard Khudainatov's Coalstar? In May 2020, Eduard Khudainatov's company was...
Wrong end Foremost of Gas Services in Eastern Siberia
The Baikal region, Krasnoyarsk territory, Buryatia, and Transbaikal have been included in the pilot project for installing gas services to populated areas. Locals will not have to pay for the...
‘All Garbage Preventing Business to Develop to be Removed’
This headline is the quotation from an interview of Svetlana Radionova, the head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources (Rosprirodnadzor) of two years ago with Izvestia within...
Wrong end Foremost of Gas Installation in Eastern Siberia
The Baikal region, Krasnoyarsk territory, Buryatia, and Transbaikal have been included in the pilot project for installing gas services to populated areas. Locals will not have to pay for the...
Gas Communism for Russians?
In the annual address to the Federal Assembly on April 21, 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin once again raised the issue of free gas infrastructure development. People should not pay for...
Macron Hides African Policy Failure behind Statements on CAR
The statement by French President Emmanuel Macron over Russia’s actions in the Central African Republic (CAR,) has clearly shown that his African policy has failed completely, said Maxim Shugalei,...
Sudan Race: U.S. Forcing Competition for Influence in East Africa
European and Asian countries are getting increasingly involved in Africa’s turf wars as U.S. influence diminishes on the continent. They fill the power vacuum to pursue their own economic interests.
Runway Doubling
Krasnoyarsk Territory authorities are planning to join the runways of the neighboring Cheremshanka and Krasnoyarsk airports. Regional governor Alexander Uss said that it fits into the logic of...
Defibrillator to Grab “Sibiryak” by the Throat
The scandal with the supply of equipment to the Krasnoyarsk Territorial Clinical Hospital took a new turn as police arrested Konstantin Yegorov, the executive director of the Sibiryak construction...
Fyodor Konyukhov to Cross Pacific Ocean in Solar-Powered Boat
Fyodor Konyukhov is a well-known Russian traveler, writer, artist, ship captain, hot air balloon pilot and priest. He is a Merited Master of Sports of the USSR in sports tourism and a member of the...
Coronavirus Boosts Stock Market Activity
A representative of the Volgo-Vyatsky Department of the Central Bank of Russia told wek.ru that last year, "a record-breaking number of novice investors without special knowledge or experience"...
Why Does Russia Need Heavy Bombers in Syria?
Russia is deploying heavy bombers in the Mediterranean region for the first time. They are the Tu-23M3 long-range jets that can carry nuclear weapons.
Western Countries Putting Pressure on Minsk over Forced Plane Landing
Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the accusations that Moscow had helped to force-land the Ryanair flight in Belarus "inadequate." He said so in response to the remarks by Dominic...
Khakassian Steppes Beckon Sokol
Sergei Sokol, a well-known Krasnoyarsk-Irkutsk government official, is extending his reach. Unexpectedly for many, he was nominated in the primary election in the Republic of Khakassia. Analysts...
Big Pharma vs State Duma
The pharmaceutical industry announced a 15 % increase in prices of medicines ahead of Pharmacist Day marked in Russia for the first time this year in a clear snub to proposed measures to rein in drug...