In 2024, Russia failed to produce a single passenger airliner, despite the government’s ambitious plan to manufacture 69 aircraft this year.
Due to sanctions, Russia is unable to establish serial production of passenger planes or even maintain the technical condition of its existing fleet. Russian airlines lack access to foreign components, particularly engines, for which no domestic equivalents have been developed.
Last year, propaganda films funded by russian state once again massively failed at the box office. Out of 35 films made with funds from the russian state cinema fund, only four films recouped their costs at the box office. The vast majority of such films are created solely for propaganda purposes, featuring the heroization of…
In russia’s voronezh region, officials have devised a way to formally fulfill the kremlin’s directive to employ “smo heroes” in government without giving up any real power. ▫️The regional government is introducing new positions for “assistants (advisors)” to the heads of executive bodies, to be filled exclusively by participants in the war against Ukraine. These…
russian propaganda has intensified its campaign to persuade migrants to join the military. Popular media and bloggers are actively spreading messages about migrants from Asia and Africa obtaining russian citizenship through a fast-track procedure available to foreign participants in the war against Ukraine. By highlighting stories of “quick citizenship acquisition,” the kremlin seeks to enlist…
The Russian government is exploring new ways to take money from its citizens to fund the war. Previously, fines for traffic violations were kept in regional budgets, but starting from the new year, a quarter of these funds will be redirected to the federal budget, to be spent on the war with Ukraine. At the…
russia’s ministry of energy has officially confirmed a deep crisis in the coal industry. In just the past few months, the number of suspended or closed coal enterprises has risen to 51 — compared to 27 in April. ▫️ For example, in early June, the spiridonovskaya mine in kuzbass, which employed around 900 people, halted…
Russian propaganda is actively spreading messages about “record financial investment” into the coal mining industry in the temporarily occupied territories (TOT) of Ukraine. Representatives of the occupation administration are making claims about plans to invest billions of rubles in the restoration and development of mines “in the coming years.” They are also promising miners “substantial…
