The destiny of the Sheregesh ski resort, located in the Kemerovo region in southern Siberia has caught the eye of Russia’s governmental circles. At the beginning of the year, Vladimir Putin...
There is no such thing in Russia as a get-out-of-jail-free card. Everybody can get there. Not easy to get out. As the founder of the KGB Felix Dzerzhinsky used to joke, "Lack of criminal records is...
According to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, civil aviation has a special place in Russia’s transport complex as the development of regions and regular life of millions of people depend on its...
In January, the residents of Krasnoyarsk, a major industrialized city in south-central Siberia, started receiving heating bills. The figures they saw there outraged many. When people pay 'as you go,'...
On March 10, Vladimir Putin issued an instruction to the government to prepare a report by 20 April on the system of remuneration for public sector workers and its relevance to performance targets....
"A total of 67% of Russians regret the collapse of the Soviet Union," the Megatyumen portal says citing the results of a poll of the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center on people’s perception...
Thanks to the efforts of the State Duma, seven new laws will come into force in Russia. Two of them that are related to the Mir payment card and to the changes to the procedure of technical...
On 22 March, the story of a unique person was released on Russian television. Yuri Tarkhanov, a former soldier of special forces, challenges criminals who are destroying Lake Baikal. The...
RNG, a private player in the sparsely populated oil market of Eastern Siberia, surfing on the wave of difficulties that hit the industry in 2020: the company, whose shareholders are under...
Complex for deep processing of grain will be built in the Krasnoyarsk territory. In terms of its gross harvest, the area has reached the Soviet level. It has significant surpluses for high...
New aluminum smelter in the Irkutsk region will be put into operation in the next few months. Its construction seemed to be endless. RUSAL, the world's second largest aluminum company in terms of...
Chicken meat is known to be particularly popular with the Russians. This fact is easy to explain as its prices are more or less affordable, especially in comparison with beef or pork. In addition, it...
In 2021, a waste recycling plant is to be built near Penza [a city 625 km to southeast of Moscow.] It has become a subject of juicy discussions. Officials cannot decide whether to use a landfill in...
Republic of Khakassia, a constituent region of Russia in the south of Siberia, is lobbying for a tax increase for coal mines. At present, the Mineral Extraction Tax (MET) for coal mines is token...
In a recent interview with a reporter of the ABC TV channel, Joe Biden responded positively to a question about whether he considered his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin "a killer."
Republic of Tuva, a remote, biodiverse mountainous Russian region in southern Siberia, populated by traditionally nomadic, yurt-dwelling people of Mongolian ethnicity, might become a destination for...
In March, laws that would change the lives of Russians came into force. Additional measures are being taken to protect people’s personal data. Foreign agents will be held criminally liable. New...
"A total of 67% of Russians regret the disintegration of the Soviet Union," the Megatyumen portal says citing the results of a poll on people’s perception of the events of 1991 taken by the...
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin made a working trip to the Siberian Federal District. As a result, increasing the capacity of the two railways, the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) and the...
Ukraine is escalating the situation at the Donbas contact line. It should be recalled that back in June 2018, Vladimir Putin said that if major provocations occurred on the Ukrainian side of the...
