Main materials
The new business began to use car leasing less often
The share of car leasing in new companies fell below 50% for the first time since 2019. The difficult situation in the automotive market and the growth of inflation expectations had an impact.
Technologies
NASA is preparing to launch the Intuitive Machines module to the Moon on February 26
On Wednesday, February 26th, NASA plans to launch the Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission to the moon.
Society
Popular
Demand for Chinese brand appliances and electronics has tripled in Russia
Residents of the Russian Federation actively buy goods from China.
Policy
Incidents
Novosibirsk court ordered compulsory labor for a man for trying to sell a weapon
A resident of Ust-Tarka has put up for sale his Khatsan air rifle on a social network.
Economy
Bailiffs forcibly recover more than 20 billion rubles from Google
Bailiffs are working to recover more than 21.5 billion rubles from Google in favor of indi...
Sport
Representatives of the Ministry of Sports and the Ministry of Defense discussed the development of mass sports and the adaptation of veterans of special operations
The head of the Ministry of Sports Mikhail Degtyarev met with the Deputy head of the Minis...
Real estate
Krasnodar evaluates development options for the north-eastern district of the city
It is expected that more than 5 million square meters of living space and about 1 million business areas will appear on the territory of 1,500 hectares.
National projects of Russia
Stavropol wants to upgrade the airport infrastructure within five years as part of a national project.
Stavropol airport plans to upgrade its infrastructure as part of the national project "Efficient Transport System".
New materials
In Samara, a contractor stole 5 million rubles allocated for the overhaul of apartment buildings
The Samara Prosecutor's Office has revealed a major embezzlement by a contractor who was overhauling apartment buildings.
Vologda Guarantee Center has almost tripled the size of guarantees for small and medium-sized businesses
The Vologda Oblast Guarantee Center for Small and Medium-sized Organizations has almost tripled the amount of guarantees.
Chelyabinsk Governor and envoy of Ural Federal District visited Ural Automobile Plant
The forum "Patriots of the Urals" is being held in Miass.
Cosmetics production to be opened in Pskov region
The Pskov Investment Development Fund will support the construction of a plant for the production of cosmetics and perfumes in the region.
A food store was repaired in one of Stavropol's hospitals.
The food department at the Shpakovskaya district hospital has been completely renovated.
In Ugra, the powers of one of the deputies were terminated due to loss of confidence in him.
The Nizhnevartovsk prosecutor's office checked the municipal deputy for compliance with the anti-corruption law.
VEB has invested more than 9 billion rubles in the renovation of the Lipetsk tram fleet
In Lipetsk, thanks to the support of the VEB RF Development Corporation, the tram fleet has been completely renovated.
Tyva court demanded that former officials demolish their illegally built houses
In Kyzyl, the prosecutor's office appealed to the court in order to recognize the houses of former employees of the city administration as unauthorized buildings.
In Novosibirsk, a group of schoolchildren beat a boy
The incident occurred at school No. 170.
In Bashkiria, a driver who fell asleep after a night shift crashed into a cafe
The accident occurred near the bus station in Uchaly.
Yandex, Ozon and Wildberries have become the most expensive online companies
On February 20, 2025, Forbes named the 30 most expensive companies on the Runet.
POS loans decreased sharply in January 2025
In January 2025, Russians took out fewer loans to purchase goods directly in stores. 222,000 such loans were issued in the amount of 13.8 billion rubles.
Yandex earned more than 1 trillion rubles by the end of the year
The company's revenue increased by 37% over the year and amounted to 1.095 trillion rubles.
The cost of an ounce of gold is close to $ 3,000
On the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), by 13:30 Moscow time, April gold futures rose by 1.21%, reaching $ 2,971.51 per troy ounce.
The dollar exchange rate dropped below 88 rubles for the first time in six months
On February 20, 2025, the exchange rate of the US currency on the interbank market fell below 88 rubles, this happened for the first time since September 5 last year.
