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The number of confirmed losses of the Russian army in Ukraine has exceeded 145 thousand people. These data are provided by “Mediazona” and “BBC Russia” based on monitoring of open sources. In the last two weeks, the number of deaths has increased by almost five thousand – twice as much as the usual rate, notes “Mediazona”. Most deaths were recorded in Bashkortostan – 7,253 people, and in Tatarstan – 6,441. For comparison, in Moscow 1,688 victims are confirmed, in Saint Petersburg – 1,314, in Ryazan – 668, and in Chechnya – 365. Of those who died, 43,789 were volunteers, 18,876…

The Moscow authorities will allow the use of alcohol in gasoline production to increase fuel supply, following the country’s crisis caused by Ukrainian drone attacks on refineries, according to The Moscow Times. The Ministry of Finance has prepared amendments to the Tax Code that will eliminate the excise duty on denatured ethyl alcohol used in the production of AI-92 gasoline. Oil refineries increase alcohol content The measure aims at the profitability of gasoline production using alcohol and is necessary in case of insufficient gasoline supply on the market, Interfax sources explained. According to them, the Ministry of Finance has introduced…

Russian authorities intend to disable mobile internet and the ability to send SMS messages on the SIM cards of Russian citizens returning to the country from abroad, reports Kommersant, citing four sources from the telecom industry. The restriction is expected to be applied within the first 24 hours of returning to the Russian Federation. This measure targets not only SIM cards that are in international roaming, but also those that have been inactive in Russia for the last three days. There is already a similar mechanism applied to foreign cards connecting to Russian mobile networks. For Russian citizens, the government…

The former NATO Secretary General warns: without decisive action, the war in Ukraine risks becoming “endless” if Europe does not change its strategy regarding Ukraine and does not radically intensify pressure on Russia, the war could become “endless”, and Ukraine – the aggressed country – will continue to lose territories, believes the former NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen. In an interview given to The Guardian, Rasmussen stated that Europe should send troops to Ukraine before signing a possible ceasefire agreement. At the same time, he proposes the creation of a “shield of missiles and drones” on European territory, intended…

A member of the State Duma’s Security Committee, Mihail Şeremet, stated that the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation should organize exercises simulating nuclear strikes on replicas of iconic buildings in the US and Europe, to “terrify” the West. “Russia has played the peacemaker role for too long, unsuccessfully trying to find a compromise with the aggressive West. It means that it’s high time we built a fake Pentagon, a fake Big Ben, and a fake Eiffel Tower to conduct a test by launching a devastating retaliatory nuclear attack on these splendid targets,” the deputy told News.ru. In Şeremet’s…

Russian authorities are preparing tax incentives for the energy giant “Gazprom”, which is in decline after losing the European market and recording losses in its main activity — the natural gas sector — for the second year in a row. According to Interfax agency, starting from November 2026, “Gazprom” will benefit from a tax deduction on the mineral extraction tax (NDPI) for gas, totaling 64 billion rubles (approx. 630 million euros). The information comes from amendments to the Tax Code, developed by the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation. Tax exemptions are provided for “Gazprom” subsidiaries that extract gas…

98% of Russian companies in the light industry have failed to demonstrate that they have actual production at the declared addresses, announced Revas Iusupov, deputy director of the Center for the Development of Prospective Technologies (ЦРПТ), the operator of the national labeling system “honest brand”. According to Iusupov, a year and a half experiment, conducted in collaboration with Rospotrebnadzor, aimed at identifying fictitious clothing manufacturers. Out of the 107 companies checked, only two managed to confirm that they are actually engaged in production. In the other cases, residences, hotels or vacant lands were found at the declared addresses, not workshops,…

The US has refused to grant the international oil trading company Gunvor permission to purchase the foreign assets of Russia’s largest private oil and gas company – Lukoil. “President [Donald] Trump has made it clear that the war [in Ukraine] must end immediately. As long as [Russian President Vladimir] Putin continues his absurd crimes, the Kremlin’s puppet, Gunvor, will never receive a license to operate and profit,” stated the US Treasury Department. About an hour later, Gunvor announced that it was withdrawing its offer to acquire the international assets of Lukoil. Gunvor representatives described the US Treasury’s statement as “completely…

Poland will begin a new military training program this month as part of a broader plan that involves training about 500,000 people by 2026, announced the Ministry of Defense in Warsaw on Thursday, according to Reuters and AFP. Driven by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Poland is currently spending more of its GDP on defense than any other NATO state, writes Agerpres, citing the two foreign agencies. With 216,000 soldiers, Poland has become the third largest army in NATO and intends to increase its forces by almost a third in the next decade. The program titled “Always Ready” will be voluntary…

The type of pro-Kremlin figures who are rewarded by the regime for their loyalty are now finding themselves targeted by the very repressive machinery they supported, reports The Guardian. The British publication presents the case of three fervent followers of Vladimir Putin who have become overnight enemies of the state. Recently, an analyst who praised Putin in glowing terms in the foreign press, a fervent pro-war blogger, and a volunteer and commentator for the RT network, were declared “foreign agents,” a term reserved for dissidents and exiled opponents. Political analyst Serghei Markov hailed Vladimir Putin as one of the great…