Main materials
A career guidance course is being organized for high school students in Mordovia
Ninth grade students of the Vysota Education Center No. 15 were given an excursion to the Saransk College of Services and Industrial Technologies as part of the career guidance classes "Russia – My Horizons".
Technologies
About 72,000 hectares of forest will be restored in the Vologda Region this year.
The Vologda Oblast authorities have planned to restore more than 72,000 hectares of forest this year.
Society
Popular
The Central Bank has recorded an increase in the popularity of SBP transfers among residents of Russia
Citizens of the Russian Federation began to use the Fast Payment System more often.
Policy
Incidents
Alexander Gratsky, the former deputy mayor of Pskov, was given 10 years in prison for bribes
The court found Alexander Gratsky, ex-deputy mayor of Pskov, guilty of bribery, patronage ...
Economy
Publishers reported a shortage of materials for the production of bright bindings
The shortage of printed materials for book covers was 30% relative to the required vol...
Sport
Fifty Russian athletes have received neutral status from the World Aquatics Federation
Russian athletes engaged in swimming and diving have received a neutral status from the In...
Real estate
Thermal resort to be built in Chelyabinsk for 320 million rubles
A year-round thermal resort is planned to be built in Chelyabinsk on the shore of Smolino Lake.
National projects of Russia
The Popular Front has begun collecting data on non-functioning medical equipment in hospitals in the Sverdlovsk region.
Public activists from the Popular Front intend to collect information about the use of budget money in the healthcare system of the Sverdlovsk region.
New materials
The "Golden Apple" appeared on the UAE market
The Russian cosmetics chain has launched sales in Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman and Abu Dhabi. It is still in test mode.
Supplies of Vologda plywood abroad have almost tripled in a year
A total of 5,600 cubic meters of laminated plywood were shipped to 6 countries.
The Pskov region was visited by students from Belarus under the program "More than a trip"
The region took part in the project for the first time.
The price for two tickets to the ballet "The Nutcracker" reached 400 thousand rubles
On December 10, 2024, a pair of tickets for the New Year's ballet at the Bolshoi Theater could be bought for 400 thousand rubles.
More than 300 heads of Chelyabinsk enterprises took part in the Productivity Leaders project
In total, the new federal project will help to improve the skills of 20,000 managers.
VTB bought out a stake in Post Bank and became its sole owner
The transaction amount amounted to 36 billion rubles. Before that, the company owned almost half of the shares of Post Bank
A garbage sorting complex will be built in Tyva in 2026 for 3 billion rubles
The implementation of this project will help transform the waste management system in the republic.
Gold prices have exceeded the $2,700 per ounce mark
The price of a troy ounce of the precious metal has increased for the first time since November 25.
Coffee has risen in price on world markets at a record high. Stock prices have updated the maximum
Brazil and Vietnam, the largest coffee suppliers, are projected to produce even less coffee than previously expected.
The Accounting Chamber summed up the results of the implementation of the federal program "Sport is the norm of life"
The project aimed at involving the maximum number of Russians in systematic sports started in 2019.
TV channels will raise advertising prices in the new year
In 2025, most broadcasters will increase the cost of advertising time by 5-15%. The main reason is the high demand from advertisers.
The grocery delivery market has almost doubled in a year. Experts predict a further decline in indicators
For 9 months of 2024, the growth in delivery, according to analysts, amounted to 45.6%. Further volume increases are limited by a shortage of personnel.
Sberbank's net profit for the first 11 months of 2024 approached 1.5 trillion rubles
The number of individual clients has grown to almost 110 million people. The number of corporate clients amounted to 3.2 million companies.
47 thousand American visas were issued to Russians during the year. Almost 40% of applicants received refusals
7,000 fewer U.S. visas were issued to Russian citizens than in 2023. The failure rate remained at the level of 2023 - about 38%.
The government wants to limit the price ceiling for hotel accommodation
It is planned to develop coefficients of the marginal cost of housing for each region during periods of peak demand, for example during major forums.
