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The increase in tariffs for housing and communal services in Russia, which citizens faced at the beginning of 2026, became the largest in the last 16 years. The data was published by the Federal Statistical Service of Russia (Rosstat) in the Unified Interdepartmental Statistical Information System (EMISS). According to official statistics, in January the average tariffs for communal services at the national level increased by 15.02% compared to the same period of the previous year. This is the largest increase recorded since September 2010, when the increase reached 15.6%. The regions where the bills have increased the most are the…

The State Duma of Russia, the lower house of parliament, will examine a bill that authorizes the deployment of troops abroad for the defense of Russian citizens, according to an official source quoted by the Russian news agency Interfax. The government commission for legislation agreed to forward this project, which will introduce amendments to two federal laws, to the lower house of the Russian Parliament, reports Agerpres. The bill “provides, among other things, the possibility of extraterritorial use, by the decision of the President of the Russian Federation, of military units for the defense of Russian citizens”, according to the…

Teachers from the Transbaikal region in Russia have once again complained about delays in the payment of their salaries and bonuses. According to the portal Chita.ru, the problems affect technical colleges in the region’s capital, Chita, as well as schools in the Mogocea district. According to a complaint received by the editorial office, the salaries of the employees of the colleges in Chita have been delayed since the beginning of the year. “Employees of the Transbaikal Transport Technical College were told they would not receive their salary for February, even though they should have already received an advance for March……

Supporters of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition figure who died in a penal colony two years ago, have published details from the official autopsy regarding his death, posted on Monday on the X network by Maria Pevcik, a member of the dissident’s team. Maria Pevcik said that the document was published with the permission of the Navalny family and with the aim of preventing a possible sensationalist official presentation by the Russian state media. She said that the 270-page forensic expertise was compiled in mid-2024, was in the possession of Navalny’s relatives for the last 18 months, and has been…

Donald Trump stated on Monday to The New York Post that he has “not the slightest intention” of sending American troops to Iran to protect the nuclear materials in Isfahan, keeping secret how he intends to deal with the country’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei. “I have made no decision in this regard”, Trump said regarding discussions about deploying American troops to the underground uranium enrichment facility in Iran, located near the historic Persian capital, writes the New York Post. Trump also said that he is “not satisfied” with the fact that Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, replaced his father, Ali Khamenei,…

Europe can no longer be the “guarantor of the old world order” and needs a “more realistic and interest-oriented foreign policy”, declared on Monday the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. Addressing the ambassadors of the European Union, von der Leyen said that the community bloc will “always defend and uphold the rule-based system”, but can no longer rely on it to protect European interests and shield the continent from threats, according to The Guardian. She added: “We urgently need to reflect whether our doctrine, our institutions, and our decision-making process – all designed in a post-war…

The Israeli aviation struck the “Russian House of Culture” in the city of Nabatieh, in southern Lebanon, destroying the building that housed the center. The information was conveyed by Rossotrudnichestvo, the Russian governmental agency responsible for promoting the Kremlin’s influence in the world through cultural, humanitarian programs, and by supporting Russian communities abroad. According to the director of the complex, Asaad Diya, the institution, founded in 2004, was a socio-cultural center where graduates of Russian universities and Russian citizens from the entire southern region of Lebanon met. Here were organized “festive evenings of Russian-Lebanese friendship”, concerts, Russian language courses, and…

The global economy is currently going through what could become the most severe energy crisis since the 1970s, due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the reduction of oil transport produced in the Middle East, as a result of the war in Iran, writes The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), as relayed by The Moscow Times. However, the WSJ publication specifies that the USA will not suffer as much as it did over 50 years ago, when Arab countries imposed an oil embargo against countries that supported Israel in the former Yom Kippur war, triggered in 1973. Currently,…

The former mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, risks 2,430 years in prison. The most watched trial in Turkey has begun to the applause of supporters. A new trial has begun in Istanbul against the former mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu. The charges against the Turkish president’s rival total 3,900 pages and include 142 counts. Today, Ekrem İmamoğlu entered the courtroom to the applause of his supporters. Ekrem Imamoglu is accused of creating a criminal organization, taking bribes, and embezzlement, writes Mediafax. According to Hurriyet Daily News, if the prosecution finds the former mayor guilty of all charges, he could face…

Hackers associated with the Russian state could have obtained secret information after they breached the accounts of Dutch officials in messaging applications WhatsApp and Signal. It is about access to the conversations of high-ranking officials, government employees, and military personnel, writes Nederlandse Omroep Stichting, citing a report from the Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service and the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service. “The Dutch intelligence services believe that the targets of this campaign could also include other persons of interest to the Russian government, for example, journalists,” a statement from the AIVD reads. The services did not specify which…