Are You Seeing Surkov? He Is Still Here
The possible resignation of Vladislav Surkov from the post of Assistant to the Russian President is still causing an intrigue. He was also a supervisor of policies towards Ukraine.
Archive for 2020
Months of 2020
Sergei Makhlai is suspected of corruption for tax evasion purposes
The main owner of Togliattiazot PJSC, a US citizen Sergei Makhlay, convicted in absentia for especially large-scale fraud last year in July, became a defendant in another criminal case. Now Makhlay,...
Russia Ridding Itself of Pensioners
Russia’s Pension Fund is reporting on its indisputable victories as regards the reduction of spending. The figures are impressive. In 2019 alone, the number of pensioners went down by 355,000...
Paddy Wagons on the March
Authorities in Crimea plan to fully brace themselves for a provocative march the extremist organization calling itself the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People (banned in Russia by a ruling of the...
In the governing party «everyone for himself»
The wife and father of Deputy Minister of Defense Timur Ivanov are on the verge of bankruptcy, they owed Mishustin more than 3 million rubles, and that hasn’t prevented the adopted daughter of one of...
New Russian Prime Minister Recommended to Disband Pension Fund
Disbanding of the Pension Fund, renunciation of the retirement age increase and the ban on imposition of new taxes – those were the demands issued to the new Prime Minister by A Just Russia party.
Putin Nominates Mishustin for the Post of Russian Prime Minister
Right after the speech of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev took the lead in the Russian media space with a statement on resignation of the entire government.
'Russians Tire of Working for the Oligarchy For Free': the State Duma Demands that Putin Makes Changes
It must be said that this request for changes has become much more acute in Russian society in the run-up to Putin's Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, because many people expect him to...
Russian Team Win Gold at Dakar Rally
On January 22, Moscow and the city of Naberezhnye Chelny in Russia’s constituent republic of Tatarstan met the team KAMAZ Master, the winner of the 2020 Dakar marathon rally. The Russian race drivers...
The Right to a Monopoly
Gazprom's stocks with a total value of $5 bln have been purchased by clients of share investment funds. Forbes sources claim that the latter are under control of the specialized company Gazprombank -...
'Stop Torturing Pensioners': the State Duma Speaks Out Sharply Against the Head of the PFRF
As the first move, people’s pension savings were frozen. Later, the retirement age was raised. Not long ago, the authorities made threats that fines would levied if any additional income was found....
Russia Turning Into Dumping Site
It was expected that the reform of the garbage recycling system in Russia would as a minimum resolve the bulk of garbage utilization problems. But the on the power of tradition, “prompt” work of...
Cagocel Is a Time Bomb
Apart from the obvious problems with the absence of vital drugs in the country, the Ministry of Healthcare also has some time bombs in its arsenal. The name of one of them is Cagocel.
Boy Band Diplomat Promoting The Interests of The Libyan Fighters
While the Libyan Armed Forces under the command of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar were conducting an anti-terrorist operation to liberate Tripoli, Lev Dengov, the head of the Russian contact team for...
Pulp and Death Mill
In December, a wave of rallies and pickets against construction of a pulp and paper mill on the bank of the Rybinsk water rolled across the Volga region. The project is launched by Alexei Mordashov's...
Skeleton in the Closet of Trust Bank CEO Mikhail Khabarov
Trust Bank chaired by Mikhail Khabarov continues collecting bad debts. Among others, for example, the bank needs to deal with the legacy of Bin Bank left by the oligarch Mikhail Gutseriev and his...
Russians Are Less Likely to Buy New Year's Decorations
Sales of New Year's goods this year decreased. At the start of the season, Russians bought one and a half times less New Year's decorations, the demand for string lights fell down by 25 % compared to...
Construction Batallions Won’t Disappear
Instead of the notorious Spetsstroy, a new megastructure which will take over all military construction will appear in Russia. In theory, the creation of the Military Construction Company (VSK)...
Nobody Believes Putin: Retirement Age to be Raised Again
The recent statement of the Ministry of Health that life expectancy in Russia has boosted up to 78.5 years among women and 68.5 years among men seems to be designed for paving the way for another...
Moscow Knows Where to Dump Garbage
Moscow City authorities have come up with a new plan for garbage disposal. The project has been published on the city hall’s website. It is said that the document contains the prospective patterns of...