Prices of Buckwheat, Oates, and Pork Skyrocket
The price of buckwheat started going up again in Russia. It could indicate that there was a shortage of this popular Russian cereal but the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) sees no reason to panic...
Archive for 2021
Months of 2021
Novelties in Smelting Sector
Heeding complaints from metallurgical companies about their hard life, the Russian government cancelled export duties on alloys for the aluminum industry but left them unchanged for unprocessed metal.
Legal Wrangling in Story of Istra Widow
The year 2021 is shocking for all mothers of Russia, including me, with the terrible school shootings and high-profile escape of five very dangerous criminals who simply left the detention facility...
Law Enforcement Agencies Might be Allowed to Block Wire Transfers
The Federal Financial Monitoring Service of the Russian Federation (Rosfinmonitoring) has drafted a bill which provides for the blocking of transfers of Russians for 10 days without a court ruling....
Uralvagonzavod Celebrates 85th Anniversary
The well-known Uralvagonzavod, the unique world's largest manufacturer of tanks and railway freight rolling stock, based in Nizhny Tagil, celebrated its 85th anniversary on October 11.
Seeds of Discord
The harvest campaign is coming to an end in Siberia. The weather conditions were unfavorable. Farmers faced serious problems while reaping the harvest and, therefore, the results are worse than last...
Angara River Facing Big Environmental Problems
En+ Group announced plans to build two more hydroelectric power plants in the Krasnoyarsk territory. These are not completely new projects as they have existed on paper for a long time. However, this...
PolitStartup Project as Gateway to Political Arena
United Russia [the ruling political party since the early years of Vladimir Putin's presidency] implements human resources projects to network regional politicians.
Russia Reserves Set All-Time Record, Amounting to $618 bln
Russia is currently among the top five countries with the largest forex reserves. According to the website of the Accounts Chamber, it ranks fifth after China, Japan, Switzerland, and India.
CAR Government Honors Russian Instructors for Help in Fighting Terrorists
Central African Republic parliament speaker Simplice Mathieu Saranji has handed a letter of gratitude to Alexander Ivanov, Head of the Officers Union for International Security (OUIS), in a solemn...
“Undermining Faith in Democracy” – Western Media are Pushing Liberal Agenda Through Women's Health Articles
A Western newsroom has posted an article addressing social media myths about women's health. The authors mentioned the undermining of faith in democratic processes in line with such concepts as...
Space “Movie Crew” Enter Orbit
A Soyuz-2.1a rocket was launched from Baikonur at 11.55 a.m. on October 5. It carried a Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft with a unique crew, including professional cosmonaut Hero of Russia Anton Shkaplerov,...
Rosa Khutor Announces New Winter Season Opening Date
Rosa Khutor , an alpine ski resort in the Western Caucasus is planning to open a new winter season on December 17. The exact date will depend on weather conditions, especially on a stable snow cover.
Gas Prices Plummet in Europe on Putin's Birthday
Gas prices in Europe plummeted on Vladimir Putin's 69th birthday October 7. In particular, this was due to the Russian President’s recent statement of Russia's readiness to stabilize rising energy...
TV Series for Everyone
This is an unexpected post for me, telling about the Chinese TV series Symphony’s Romance which is on Russia-K [a Russian nationwide not-for-profit arts and culture television channel.] It is naive,...
Dmitry Muratov Ranks With Barack Obama, Svetlana Alexievich
Philippine journalist Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, have won the Nobel Peace Prize 2021. The announcement was made on October 8 by Berit Reiss-Andersen, Chair of...
Russians Should Save for Retirement Themselves, Says Central Bank Deputy Chair
First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of Russia Sergey Shvetsov has recently given a statement specifically on the subject of pensions, pensioners and pension savings at an enlarged meeting of...
Murky Case
A large-scale inspection of gold-mining enterprises has begun in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. The districts repeatedly reported about the miners' barbaric attitude to nature this season. The “crusading...
Unnoticed Genocide – Ukraine is Uncontrollably Shelling of Donbas
The Ukrainian military is firing at the people's republics of Donbas without coordination with Kiev, openly said Commander of the Joint Forces Operation Alexander Pavlyuk at a meeting with Estonian...
October Novelties: Child Benefits, New Loan Rules and Tech Inspections
Several laws relating to child benefit payments, loans, increases in the salaries of law-enforcement personnel and other areas of life will come into force in Russia in October.