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Eight Russian Parties Sign Election Observation Pact; Three Major Forces Hold Out
Russia's Public Chamber has signed election monitoring agreements with eight of eleven parties, while the Communist Part...
Duma's Hotel Tender for New Deputies Fails After Only One Bid
The State Duma reopened its search for hotel rooms for ninth-convocation lawmakers without Moscow housing, but the 189.1...
Russian Police Detain Four Over 18.6M-Ruble Electricity Theft for Crypto Mining
Four Veliky Novgorod residents face charges after allegedly running nine mining farms with tampered meters, costing util...
Chernozemye Digest: Mortgages Up 55%, Kursk Salaries Hit 82,000 Rubles
A single Kommersant feed from Russia's Black Earth region pairs rapid credit growth with corporate distress and renewed ...
Russian Auto Market Growth Slows in July as High-Base Effect Bites, AEB Says
July car sales rose just 0.3% year-on-year as high 2025 comparisons curbed a six-month growth run; AEB still expects H2 ...
Apple Faces Russian Antitrust Probe Over Refusal to Pre-Install Local Apps
Russia's FAS opened an antitrust case against Apple after the company missed a July 15 deadline to allow pre-installatio...
How Russia's Cross-Border Money Transfers Work After the EU's 21st Sanctions Package
The EU's 21st sanctions package has disrupted familiar money-transfer routes between Russia and abroad. Alternatives rem...
44% of Web Attacks on Russian Companies Now Multi-Stage, Study Finds
A WMX and Servicepipe study seen by Vedomosti finds 44% of web attacks on Russian firms in H1 2026 were multi-stage, wit...
Russia Bans Poultry Imports From Cambodia Over Newcastle Disease
Rosselkhoznadzor suspended Cambodian poultry, egg and feed imports from August 3 over Newcastle disease, with a WOAH-com...
Iran and Ukraine Wars Are Now One Energy Shock — Refining Is the Fault Line
Crude prices recovered by July, but the system that turns it into fuel never did. Two wars now drain the same spare refi...
Zelensky Hopes to Force Russia to Peace by Autumn as Drone and Oil Strikes Escalate
Zelensky says drone strikes, sanctions and diplomacy could force Russia to accept peace by autumn, while attacks on oil ...
Ukraine's Drone Barrage Kills Civilians, Hits Another Wildberries Depot in Russia
Long-range Ukrainian drones killed at least nine people and set another Wildberries warehouse ablaze, extending a campai...
Russia Approves 2027 Pre-Installed App List, Adds Yandex’s Alisa AI
Moscow’s 2027 list keeps most mandatory Russian apps on phones, tablets and computers, drops Marusya and adds Alisa AI.
Russia-Iran Intelligence Sharing on U.S. Forces Signals a Wider Intelligence Contest
A Washington Post report says Moscow has been passing U.S. military positions to Tehran, widening Russia's role in the M...
Bomb Carried by Woman Kills Three Near Moscow Restaurant, Injures 21
A woman carrying a homemade bomb died along with a security guard and a customer when the device exploded outside an ups...
Duma Proposal Would Triple Pension Points for Orphans of Single Mothers
A bill introduced by Sergei Mironov would increase the individual pension coefficient by 1.5x for children who lost both...
Russian Lawmaker Proposes Free School Meals for All Grades
Sergey Mironov, leader of the ‘A Just Russia’ party, vowed to push for legislation that would extend free hot lunches fr...
Russia to Roll Out Oral History Component in Unified State Exam by 2030
Rosobrnadzor chief Anzor Muzayev said an oral part for the history EGE is under development, targeting 2030, with a mand...
Russian EV Sales Jump 2.5x in June 2026 as Drivers Chase Lower Running Costs
Electric car demand soared in Russia, particularly in southern resort cities, with households citing the dramatically ch...
RWB Halts Investment Programme and M&A Talks After Drone Attacks
Wildberries & Russ freezes expansion spending and acquisition negotiations as it redirects resources to safety and compe...
Supreme Court directs MEA to appoint nodal officer, arrange DNA tests for families of Indians killed in Russia
India's top court moved to help families of Indian nationals recruited into the Russian military, ordering DNA tests, ve...
Russia’s Pensioners Targeted by Scammers Posing as Social Fund to Steal Data
Fraudsters are calling elderly Russians, pretending to be from the Social Fund, and demanding personal data under the gu...
New Russian Laws: Pensions Indexed, Anti-Fraud Tightens, Telecom Rules Arrive
State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin announced laws taking effect in August, including a 17.3% pension hike for 160,00...
SuperJob Expert Names the 5 Best Months for a Cost-Effective 2027 Vacation
Alexander Yuzhalin of SuperJob says taking paid leave in March, July, August, September or December will minimize the ga...
Fire at Pig Farm in Kurgan Region Kills 2,500 Piglets, 2,500 Rescued
A fire ravaged a livestock complex in Russia’s Kurgan region on Friday, killing 2,500 piglets from toxic smoke. Emergenc...
Gasoline Prices Drop in 23 Russian Regions, Led by Mari El's 9.7% Fall
Retail fuel costs fell sharply in more than twenty regions of Russia last week, with the steepest decline in the Republi...
France Freezes Assets of Pro-Russian Commentator Xenia Fedorova in Anti-Interference Push
The six-month asset freeze, complementing an expulsion order, targets the former RT France chief now appearing on Bollor...
Russia’s Central Bank Cuts Key Rate to 14%, Slashes 2026 Growth Forecast
The Bank of Russia lowered its policy rate by 25 basis points to 14%, continuing a year-long easing cycle while downgrad...
Ukrainian Drones Hit 10 Wildberries Warehouses, Sberbank Flags Loan Fallout
At least 10 Wildberries logistics centres were struck in two weeks, killing nine and triggering hundreds of business loa...
North Korea Posts Third Year of 3%-Plus Growth on Arms Exports to Russia
South Korean central bank data shows North Korea’s economy expanded 3.5% in 2025, fueled by weapon sales to Moscow, Chin...