In the first quarter of this year, state support for small and medium-sized businesses in russia dropped by 43% — from 127.8 billion to 72.3 billion rubles (approximately $1.6 billion to $0.9 billion USD). This is even lower than in 2022, the year russia launched its full-scale war against Ukraine. Starting in 2025, the russian…
Problems continue to escalate in russia’s agro-industrial sector. In particular, there is a growing threat of a shortage of late-season vegetables, the sowing of which is currently underway. The situation is especially critical when it comes to carrot, beet, and potato seeds. ▫️Almost all of russia’s seeds were previously imported, primarily from the Netherlands, which…
Amid a labor shortage caused by the war against Ukraine, russian companies are actively seeking translators fluent in the North Korean dialect of the Korean language. russians are aiming to bring in as many North Korean workers as possible to construction sites in moscow, st. petersburg, and other regions. Job postings explicitly state that translators…
▫️Local authorities in russia’s rostov region claim that slowing down the internet on a permanent basis will help protect against “Ukrainian drones.” They argue that “security is more important than inconvenience.” In recent months, restrictions—and even full shutdowns—of mobile internet have been regularly implemented by russian authorities across multiple regions of the russian federation. The…
the special representative of the president of the russian federation for international cultural cooperation, former minister of culture mikhail shvydkoy, has called for a return to “professional censorship.” In his view, this would be a “more honest way of regulating the creativity of cultural figures” than the current bureaucratic control, where officials themselves do not…
russian propaganda, which for years used television screens to talk about a “freezing Europe” and its “unbearable utility rates,” is now forced to resort to verbal acrobatics to explain the record-breaking rise in tariffs within Russia itself. ▫️ As of July 1, utility tariffs in the russian federation have increased — by an average of…
russian regions are mandating that officials undergo “advanced training courses on extremism prevention.” ▫️At the same time, public sector employees are being forced, under threat of fines and “disqualification,” to comply with the decisions of the “interdepartmental commission for countering extremism”—a special organization under the control of the russian ministry of internal affairs. russian media…
By 2034, russia will open 15 new military higher education institutions. Two of them will be opened by the end of this year. The primary focus will be on studying the experience of the war against Ukraine. This is part of the systematic state policy of the russian government towards total militarization of the education…
The war against Ukraine, sanctions, and increased military spending have led to rising prices for basic food products in russia. Last year, prices hit a nine-year record and continue to grow. Wheat bread increased by 14.6% last year, and in the first five months of this year, it rose by more than 6%. ▫️To address…
Under the guise of “retaliatory measures”, kremlin continues to strengthen its control over Russia’s information space and restrict access to independent sources of information. ▫️ russian ministry of foreign affairs announced the blocking of access to 15 European media outlets on russian territory, allegedly in response to EU sanctions against some russian propaganda platforms. russia…
head of russia’s sberbank, german gref, has acknowledged that due to rising military expenditures, high key interest rates, and inflation, russia’s financial system is facing “difficult times.” Against the backdrop of these statements, russian experts note that the country is on the brink of a deep banking crisis due to increasing defaults on loans, which…
In Baku, law enforcement is conducting searches at the office of the russian propaganda agency “Sputnik Azerbaijan.” The official reasons and results of the office inspection have not been announced yet, but local media have already reported the detention of two agency employees and their possible ties to russian intelligence services. ▫️”Sputnik Azerbaijan” is part…
