Main materials
The first ice hockey match in felt boots took place in Mordovia this season.
For the twelfth year in a row, traditional ice hockey and stick hockey competitions have been held in the Atyrau region. Skating skills are not required to participate in them.
Technologies
Mettoil Company to build a second production facility in Moscow region
Thanks to this, the company will expand the production of equipment for the oil and gas sector.
Society
Popular
Ruslan Kuharuk checked the construction of significant facilities in Nizhnevartovsk
The acting head of Ugra inspected the construction sites.
Policy
Incidents
In Moldova, more than ten state institutions were disconnected from gas
The list of disabled organizations includes educational, cultural and medical companies.
Economy
Russian airlines ordered to sell flights for children under 12 years of age with a 50 discount%
The rule will enter into force on January 10, 2025. Since January 1, 23 carriers have alre...
Sport
A commission for the development of sports among veterans of special operations with disabilities will be created in Russia.
The commission will be headed by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko.
Real estate
Lipetsk builders restored a five-storey house in Mariupol
The building, which was damaged by shelling, was repaired for the New Year.
National projects of Russia
In Tyva, a contractor stole almost 4 million rubles while repairing roads under a national project
The entrepreneur is suspected of especially large-scale fraud.
New materials
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.
Repin's "Portrait of a Persian Woman" is up for auction for 60 million rubles
On December 15, the Moscow Auction House will hold the final auction of the year, where paintings and graphics by Russian artists of the XIX century will be presented.
In Russia, a record volume of commercial real estate was introduced in 2024 - more than 6 million square meters
Most of the areas are storage facilities. Experts expect the growth trend to continue next year.
A unique basketball hall will soon open in Angarsk
Several new sports facilities appeared in the city district in 2024.
Elon Musk may once again become the "Man of the Year" according to Time magazine
The billionaire has already received this status in 2021. Musk said he did not want to see his portrait on the cover of Time
In Voronezh, streets and sidewalks are treated with deicing materials
Due to temperature "swings", an ice crust forms on the roads.
The mayor of Novosibirsk spoke about plans to open another rehabilitation center for participants of the special operation
The new social and medical institution will start operating in January 2025.
Voronezh Mayor Sergey Petrin signed a concession agreement on the development of the Dolphin-2 territory
The investor will have to improve 8 hectares. About 200 million rubles will be invested in the project.
The Mayor of Voronezh instructed to create an electronic resource with the names of those who died during the Great Patriotic War
The city continues to work on perpetuating the memory of veterans.
In Samara, as part of the comprehensive development of the territory in the Kirovsky district, a school, kindergartens and multi-storey buildings will appear
In total, 227,000 square meters of residential development will appear on two sites.
This year, 11 thousand new jobs were opened in the industrial parks of Balashikha
In total, there are 5 industrial zones in the city.
