Main materials
Russians have become one and a half times more likely to leave a tip
According to analysts at Check Index, the largest operator of fiscal data, the OFD Platform, the amount of tips paid in Russia increased by 47% in 2024, while the average check for such payments increased by 29%.
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
By the end of 2025, a new children's polyclinic will be built in Pushkino near Moscow
The healthcare facility is being built as part of the Healthy Future project.
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
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.
The government of the Novosibirsk region has attracted more than 700 young teachers to the educational sphere
There is a positive trend in the number of employees of educational institutions in the region.
In the Angara region, the prosecutor's office helped to repay a $60 million salary debt to employees of an electric grid company
More than 1,800 employees received salaries for November.
Voronezh wants to create an infrastructure for a metrobus in the next five years
Now the regional authorities are studying applications from two companies for the development of design estimates.
A new building of the children's regional hospital was built in Krasnodar
At the moment, the medical institution is undergoing licensing.
Industrial coworking will appear in St. Petersburg
Businesses will be able to rent and buy out spaces.
