Ex-FSB colonel: Putin considers fleeing to Germany
Throughout the whole 2020 Russian political scientists have been discussing the possible forthcoming transfer of transition of power in Russia, accompanied by an acute political crisis. The first...
Archive for 2021
Months of 2021
“Her Own Style”: Rare Outing of Alina Kabaeva Catches Media’s Attention
At the end of last year, a photo of a rare outing of Alina Kabaeva was published on one of her fan accounts in social media. A former member of the state Duma and now a successful media-manager, she...
Samsung Launches New Flagship Galaxy S Smartphone Ahead of Schedule
On January 21, Samsung Electronics released the first Galaxy S smartphone with a stylus for on-screen work called the S Pen. It happened more than a month ahead of its usual annual release schedule...
What to Happen with City of Kharkiv after Its Mayor’s Death?
Hennadiy Kernes, the seemingly timeless mayor of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest Ukrainian city located in northeast of the country and a crucial industrial center, passed away on the night of...
Northerners Have to Jump From one Bank to Another
Entire municipal district in the Krasnoyarsk territory is in a transport siege. Weather conditions did not make it possible to start the ice crossing on local rivers in time. However, locals believe...
Vladimir Putin Has One Last Chance Left, Says Economist
Due to the aggravating economic crisis in Russia, along with the complete absence of any economic growth over the past eight to seven years, Vladimir Putin had no other choice but to completely...
Putin Feels "Guilty" Towards His Daughters, Says Popular Russian Political Expert
Interestingly, Stanislav Belkovsky was unable to share any specific details in an interview. He merely tried to make an assessment of Vladimir Putin’s relationship with his daughters on the basis of...
Joe Biden's Inauguration Breaks all Traditions
On January 20, the U.S., a country committed to century-old traditions, had to break them at the inauguration of Joe Biden. This solemn moment was preceded not only by protest actions in Washington...
Homo Scribitus’s Day
On January 23, Handwriting Day, a somewhat unconventional holiday, is celebrated. This “red-letter holiday” was invented by the US Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association (WIMA).
People Demand Change at Rallies in Russia
On Saturday, January 23, unauthorized protests were held in Moscow and many other cities in Russia. According to the photos published by many media outlets, thousands of people of different ages took...
Working Pensioners in Russia May Get Indexation of Pensions
If previously all the initiatives of A Just Russia faction on this issue were rejected, then, from now on, Vladimir Putin’s position is likely to change the situation.
Ecomonitoring Digitizes Irkutsk Forests
In January 2021, the Ecomonitoring company presented “a digital twin” of the forest fund in the Irkutsk region. Thanks to the use of its own developments based on the principles of systematic ecology...
Grandpa in Bunker is Afraid of Everything, Says Alexey Navalny
The first session of the Khimki court over Alexey Navalny, the notorious leader of Russia’s off-parliament opposition, was held right in the police station. Experts are likely to voice their opinions...
Pension Reform Might be Abolished as Early as 2021, says Economist
According to Mikhail Delyagin, at present, the relations between ordinary Russians and people in power are, to put it mildly, not in the shape the ruling elites need for conducting a successful...
Investigation into Tomet Case is not Over
For a long time, wek.ru has been monitoring the situation around TogliattiAzot, one of Russia’s largest chemical fertilizer producers. Today, we offer our readers another article on this issue posted...
Putin is Hiding in Bunker in Fear, Baltic MEP Tells Radio Liberty
"I believe that at the moment, Vladimir Putin is in fear. The Russian President is sitting in a bunker and is very much afraid of what is happening in Russia," Rasa Juknevičienė said in an interview...
Putin Might Transfer Power to FSB, Says Former KGB Officer
"Russia is already in the state of power transit that was written about earlier,” said Yuri Shvets. “That is, the transit from the Russian President to his successors has already started. In my...
Yulia Navalnya Might be Blackmailed, Says Political Analyst
As for Yulia Navalnaya, Aleksei Navalny’s wife, chances of her becoming a Russian version of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya [the current leader of the Belarusian opposition forces] are “growing at an...
Russians to Have “Extremely Difficult Future,” Says Economist
According to Mikhail Khazin, a well-known Russian economist, publicist, and public figure, the current liberal model of development and economic management in Russia supported by powerful ruling...
Greenpeace Impeding Russian Economy Development under Pretext of Environmental Protection, say Experts
"Under the pretext of environmental protection, Greenpeace impedes the development of projects that are necessary for the development of Russia's economy," believes Sergei Fesenko, an expert of the...