Investigators Recall Bykov’s Debt Collection
According to the Investigative Committee, Anatoly Bykov, a Russian businessman from Krasnoyarsk and a former chairman of the board of the world's largest aluminium company RUSAL's Krasnoyarsk...
Archive for 2021
Months of 2021
August Changes in Lives of Russians
A number of important legislative measures bringing changes into the lives of Russians will come into effect in the last month of summer, said State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin in his Telegram...
Shugaley Comments on Chaos in Mozambique
According to Maxim Shugaley, head of the Foundation for National Values Protection, the chaos that had gripped Mozambique by mid-2021 had been caused by the connivance of local authorities and the...
Wanted: Russian Businessman With Cypriot Passport and Three Firearm Licenses
Following a Cypriot commission's report, Russian authorities zeroed in on Dmitry Tsvetkov who had obtained the citizenship of Cyprus under the Citizenship for Investment program (canceled by the...
Dostoevsky and Doves
I was not the first to notice that pigeons were the main connoisseurs of street sculptures. Why are they so obsessed with these stone statues? They trample on hats, caps, bowlers, hair, bald heads,...
Fingers of Harpist
But could you play right to the finish a nocturne on the strings of a snow-white harp? I plagiarized Mayakovsky’s poem purely to dive into a subject I know so little about. Namely, music. Today I am...
Kostyukov's Empire, or How to Earn Millions on Housing and Utilities
COVID-19 pandemic which mobilized the Russian economy and society became a game-changer for several sectors and spheres of life. These days, special responsibility fell on doctors, drivers, energy,...
“Borsch Kit” Price Falling
As early as the end of July, prices of the main ingredients of the so-called “borsch kit” are expected to fall, the Ministry of Economic Development reported citing agriculture officials who said...
Central Ring Road Launched
Russian President Vladimir Putin recently launched traffic on the final section of the Central Ring Road (CRR). He attended the opening ceremony at the CRR Control Centre to give the green light to...
Building Materials Prices Will Stop Rising?
Contrary to predictions, the Russian market continues to see spikes in prices of building materials, in the first place lumber, PVC products, bricks and concrete.
FBI Calls UN to pay Attention to Police Brutality in U.S.
Foundation To Battle Injustice (FBI,) a Russian human rights organization, has sent an open letter to the UN Human Rights Council. The FBI is asking UNHRC President Nazhat Shameem Khan to ...
Good Faith Homebuyers Need to be Protected
A recent press conference addressed the rights of homebuyers in the secondary market and the risks of losing the purchased property without any compensation.
Prisoners or Migrants?
Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) director Alexander Kalashnikov suggested replacing migrant workers with convicts at many construction and industrial sites.
Provincial Town Sketch
For the life of me, this grumpy shaggy blackie (see photo 1), that barked at me as I came to the square in the provincial town of Kalyazin, reminded me of the cunning dog from ‘Chameleon,’ a short...
CAR Residents Demand Punishment for Blue Helmets
Personnel of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) caused a motorcycle accident in which the driver was killed. CAR residents...
Geneva Summit: There will be no war
Vladimir Putin has reinstated Russia as a superpower. The meeting at the Villa Grange in Geneva ended the way it was supposed to end. I am not a soothsayer or visionary but I would like to remind you...
Nizhny Novgorod is Russian Silicon Valley
Popular journalists like Yury Dud are unlikely to come to Nizhny Novgorod to shoot a video about its Silicon Valley, but it is definitely worth visiting. During the Soviet times its enterprises and...
Krasnoyarsk Territory Farmers’ Gains and Losses in “Pandemic Year”
The agricultural sector of the Yenisei regions wrapped up the COVID-19 pandemic year with serious losses in some areas and improvement in certain indicators, with the exception of Khakassia...
Pearls of Baikal on Display in Sochi
Pearls of Baikal is an exhibition of contemporary art which currently runs at the Rosa Khutor resort in the Sochi mountains. An art gallery presents modern works by well-known artists of the Republic...
U.S. Does not Care About French- and UAE-Sponsored Foreign Fighters in Libya
The United States uses its control over the world information space to its advantage, said State Duma deputy Yevgeny Fyodorov as he explained Washington’s having no claims against France and the UAE...