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Higher education in Russia has become more expensive than in 22 out of the 27 European countries, according to a calculation made by The Moscow Times. At the same time, the difference between the cost of education and the average income in Russia is one of the largest in the region. In December 2025, President Vladimir Putin stated, during a meeting of the Human Rights Council, that “studies in Russia are significantly cheaper than in the West”. Responding to director Aleksandr Sokurov, Putin said: “Regarding what is happening with education in Western countries and ours — there, of course, the…
Prices in Russia continue to rise rapidly, reflecting the increase in VAT. Inflation for the period 13–19 January was 0.45%, and since the beginning of the year – 1.72%, reported Rosstat. At present, the average daily price increase in January is nine times higher than in December, twice as high as in January 2025, and three times higher than in January 2023 and 2024, calculated Daniil Nametkin, director of the Center for Investment Analysis and Macroeconomic Research (CSR). In annual terms, inflation accelerated to 6.47% (from 6.27% a week ago and 5.59% at the end of 2025), according to estimates…
US President Donald Trump confused Greenland, the island he wants to annex, with Iceland, four times, in the speech he delivered on Wednesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, reports CNN. NATO “loved me” until the “last days, when I told them about Iceland,” Trump stated at one point. Later, he stated that NATO “was not there for us in Iceland.” Referring to Tuesday’s stock market drop, fueled by the fear of NATO breaking up, Trump stated that “the stock market fell for the first time yesterday (Tuesday) because of Iceland.” “So Iceland has already cost us a lot…
An acute crisis of “Carboplatin” – an essential chemotherapy drug, has erupted in Russia. The drug is used in the treatment of lung, ovarian, bladder, and breast cancer, as well as in veterinary medicine for animals with malignant tumors. According to the publication “Ostorojno, Novosti”, the drug has become almost impossible to find in pharmacies. A resident of Penza reported to the press that for two weeks she had been unsuccessfully calling numerous pharmacies in the region. The few boxes identified in Ekaterinburg and Vladivostok were sold at prices between 18,000 and 30,000 rubles (approximately 185–310 euros), which is 5–10…
The US special envoy, Steve Witkoff, stated that he and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, will travel to Moscow on January 22 for a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. “The Russians have invited us to come, and that is a significant statement on their part,” Witkoff said in an interview with Bloomberg TV at Davos, on January 21, in the context of Washington-led efforts to mediate peace between Kiev and Moscow. The American envoy clarified that Trump remains “focused on this peace agreement” and that there have been “even more significant progress” towards an agreement. “I believe everyone…
Voices of criticism are increasingly heard within the Republican Party against Donald Trump’s aggressive campaign aimed at taking control of Greenland. According to the Financial Times, Congress may try to limit the president’s territorial ambitions. The most vocal are the legislators who do not intend to run again in November. Among them, Don Bacon, a member of the House of Representatives from Nebraska, told a local newspaper that Trump’s approach to Greenland is “a total absurdity”. He stated that an invasion of the island would mean “the end of his presidency”, as it would constitute a crime worthy of impeachment.…
Several European countries have announced that they will not join the “Council for Peace” proposed by the American President Donald Trump, citing fears of undermining the United Nations Organization and of violating constitutional or foreign policy principles. Germany: internal document, reasoned refusal The German government has decided not to participate in the initiative, according to an internal memorandum of the Foreign Ministry in Berlin, quoted by DW. The document warns that the new body could undermine the role of the UN, and Berlin is also dissatisfied with the composition of the invited states. A spokesperson for the German government stated…
In 2025, Russia imported 493,800 second-hand cars, announced the general director of the analytical agency “Avtostat”, Sergey Tselikov. This is the largest volume recorded since the late ’90s and 25% more than in 2024. If we also add the 8,500 second-hand light commercial vehicles, the total exceeds half a million units, he specified. Tselikov mentioned that such a volume of used cars was only recorded in the 1990s, when, “on the wave of the first massive motorization and in the absence of customs barriers, half a million cars were imported in just a few years”. In the current context, he…
The owner of the “Mașenka” bakery in the Moscow region, Denis Maksimov, who received an icon and wine from Vladimir Putin in response to his complaint about the increasing tax burden during the “Direct Line” in December, announced that he will close his business in April-May. In an interview with “Gazeta.Ru”, the entrepreneur said that Putin’s attention, generated by the televised appeal, temporarily led to an increase in the number of customers in January, but did not solve the fundamental problem. “Periodically, officials of different levels, including ministers of the Russian Federation, get in touch with me, but no concrete…
The volume of cash money supply in Russia increased in December 2025 by 836.3 billion rubles (approximately 8.36 billion euros), which represents a record for the last 11 years, reports RBC, citing statistics from the Central Bank. Throughout the entire year, the volume of “cash” in circulation increased by 1 trillion rubles (approximately 10 billion euros) — five times more than in 2024. Over 80% of this amount was withdrawn in cash towards the end of the year. Usually, in December there is a seasonal increase in cash circulation, driven by additional wages (the 13th salary), bonuses, and expenses related…