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The Mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, stated during a broadcast on “Moscow 24” that all economic sectors of the capital are experiencing an acute labor shortage, estimating the deficit at about 500 thousand specialists. “Of these, 70% are skilled workers, namely people with technical professions and advanced practical skills,” the mayor clarified. According to him, the lack of skilled workers has been a constant problem, but currently “the situation has worsened even more”. Sobyanin explained that this deficit is fueled by demographic factors and the accelerated pace of economic development. The mayor further added that, in the past, the educational…

Margarita Simonian, chief editor of the state television Russia Today, confessed that she was unpleasantly surprised by the conditions in Russian hospitals. The Russian propagandist, who is undergoing cancer treatment, recounts how, during a visit to one of the hospitals with her 12-year-old daughter, the medical staff yelled at them right at the reception, writes Dialog.ua. Simonian recounted that the hospital employees spoke in a loud tone and continued to be rude even after they recognized her. One of the employees allegedly told her directly: “Tell the minister that we are not paid to speak nicely.” She added that she…

The Foreign Minister of Poland stated on Wednesday, in Brussels, after the NATO meeting, that Europe and the Alliance are building their security “against Russia”, not together with Russia. The NATO-Russia Council “no longer exists,” says Radosław Sikorski, emphasizing that the focus is on ensuring Europe’s security against Russia, not together with it. The Polish Foreign Minister, Radosław Sikorski, told reporters that the NATO-Russia Council, a consultative forum established in 2002, “no longer exists,” according to The Guardian. He said that the body was “created at a time when it seemed that European security could be built together with Russia,…

From August until now, approximately 120,000 Ukrainians have taken advantage of relaxed travel restrictions and crossed the border into Poland to escape the war, reports Tvp World. Before the relaxation of restrictions at the end of August, all men aged between 18 and 60 were prohibited from crossing the border, except under exceptional circumstances. Now, all men aged between 18 and 22 can leave Ukraine, with Border Guard figures showing that between August and the end of November over 120,000 people entered Poland. Some of these numbers could be multiple entries and exits by the same individuals, warned the Border…

Russian authorities have removed from the public space detailed statistics on the number of disabled people, in the context of a sharp increase in the number of wounded on the Ukrainian front — the figures estimated by Western intelligence services being in the order of hundreds of thousands. According to the “If we are to be exact” (Esli byt tochnym) project, the Social Fund has ceased the publication of centralized data from the Federal Register of Persons with Disabilities, which also included the causes of disability — among which are war injuries. The detailed figures by regions, the number of…

The proposed EU loan for reconstruction in Ukraine as a result of the war waged by Russia is “the worst of all options”” and Belgium’s fears in relation to this subject are not taken into account, accused on Wednesday Belgian Foreign Minister, Maxime Prévot, quoted by The Guardian. He came to the meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers, in the context where, on the same day, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, presents the loan plan for Kiev based on frozen Russian assets and held in Belgium by Euroclear. “It is the worst of all options, because of the risks and because there is no precedent in this regard”, argued Prévot. Belgian Minister sends the EU to borrow from markets to…

Hungary and Slovakia intend to sue the European Union, in a joint action at the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU), if the plan to gradually ban imports of Russian natural gas is implemented. Hungarian Foreign Minister, Péter Szijjártó, announced that as soon as the final vote on this agreement is given in Brussels, “we will immediately challenge it,” reports The Moscow Times. Szijjártó argues that the plan agreed on December 3 poses a threat to the energy security and economies of both countries. The head of Hungarian diplomacy called the decision of the EU institutions a “dictate from…

Starting from 2025, Russian citizens have filed 26 thousand complaints to Rostrud about unpaid wages — a 1.6 times increase compared to 2024 (+11 thousand cases). These represent 37% of all electronic requests to the institution, compared to 31% last year, according to calculations made by Izvestia based on official data. In total, the number of complaints filed since the beginning of the year has exceeded 70 thousand, almost 50% more than in 2024. According to analyst Natalia Milceakova from Freedom Finance Global, the wave of complaints is explained by the increase in companies’ debts to employees. According to Rosstat…

A man from the village of Pepeni, Sîngerei district, Republic of Moldova, found a drone in a field and hauled it into the village with a motor cultivator on Wednesday. The announcement was made on Facebook by the mayor of the locality, Oleg Cernei. According to a police statement, the man who found it removed the engine and other parts together with another local. The law enforcement officers determined that it is a pilotless aircraft, a Gerbera type, used to mislead anti-aircraft defense. “The drone was found at the border between the communes of Pepeni and Copăceni. A citizen thought…

NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, responded on Wednesday, after a meeting of the allies, to the aggressive comments of Vladimir Putin who said he is “ready for war” with Europe. “Ultimately, NATO is a defensive alliance. We will remain a defensive alliance, but make no mistake, we are prepared and willing to do whatever is necessary to protect our 1 billion people and secure our territory,” Rutte said. According to the official, Russia continues its brutal war against Ukraine, increasingly hitting its people and critical infrastructure as winter sets in. “Russia also demonstrates increasingly reckless behavior towards NATO, such as…