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
A pilot project "Digital Foreman" has been launched at construction sites in the Moscow region
An innovative system for monitoring construction sites using a neural network has been launched in the Moscow region.
Society
Popular
Demand for Santa Claus services has increased by almost 200% in Yekaterinburg
Residents of the megalopolis book the winter wizard's visit in advance through agencies....
Policy
Incidents
Rosobrnadzor revoked the license of one of the Russian institutes
The Federal Supervisory Service in the field of education has revoked the license of the Yakut...
Economy
WSJ: The US President wants to get rid of 70% of public sector real estate
The administration of the American leader Donald Trump is exploring the possibility of tra...
Sport
A sports complex worth 2 billion rubles will be built in Omsk.
Omsk Region has won a state subsidy from the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation ...
Real estate
7 social facilities to be built in Yekaterinburg as part of concession
The Yekaterinburg city Administration has selected 7 social infrastructure projects that are being implemented under the concession.
National projects of Russia
Violations were committed in St. Petersburg during the implementation of the national project "Education"
Employees of the prosecutor's office of the Krasnoselsky district of St. Petersburg checked the state institution for the implementation of the national project "Education".
New materials
Cargo turnover of Russian seaports decreased by 2.3% in 2024%
The number of cargoes accepted by Russian seaports from the beginning of January to the end of December 2024 decreased by 2.3% compared to the same period last year and amounted to 886.3 million tons.
As of January 1, 2025, the size of the National Welfare Fund amounted to 11.88 trillion rubles, or 6.2% of GDP.
According to the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, the total volume of the National Welfare Fund at the beginning of the year decreased by 1.22 trillion, while the proceeds from the placement of the fund's funds in December amounted to 1.3 trillion rubles.
Investigators have revealed a multimillion-dollar embezzlement of funds during the execution of an order for the Russian defense industry
Employees of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation have opened a criminal case against Nikolai Borisov, one of the former top managers of the Tenth Bearing Plant in Rostov. He is considered guilty of particularly large-scale fraud in the implementation of an order for the country's...
China's investments in the Russian regions of the Far East in 2025 may reach 1 trillion rubles.
According to the Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Khabarovsk, 90% of all foreign investments in the region come from China.
The Department of Road Management of Ugra requires 1.2 billion rubles from the bus supplier.
The company has not fulfilled its obligations under the agreement.
Last year, more than 5,000 cases of damage to bus shelters were recorded in the Moscow region.
Some of the damage is attributed to acts of vandalism.
In the Novosibirsk region, the court recovered half a million rubles from a resource supply company for damage to a water body
The company used systems that did not ensure proper wastewater treatment.
A group of drones will be created in the Angara region to prevent forest fires.
Forest fire brigade workers will be trained before the start of the dangerous season.
The Vice-governor of the Krasnodar Territory visited the bird rehabilitation center
Birds from Anapa, affected by fuel oil, are being cared for in the Safari Park.
Russia will resume commodity interventions in the grain market
Grain sales from the state fund, which were interrupted at the end of December 2024, will resume on January 27.
The Blue Ghost module went to the Moon on a Falcon 9 rocket
If the scientific expedition is successful, the lunar landing will take place on March 2, 2025.
Foreigners will not be able to work in medicine, education and be couriers in the Voronezh region.
The list of permitted professions includes movers, janitors, cleaners, handymen and unskilled personnel.
The St. Petersburg Capital Construction Fund has terminated the contract for the creation of the brown metro line project
One of the reasons was the cancellation of the FSB contractor's license to carry out some work.
Lipetsk is preparing for the opening of "School 21" with an exclusive design
The project will allow anyone over the age of 18 to learn a sought-after IT profession after passing the selection process.
Enterprises will be obliged to comply with the declared quality standards
The State Duma adopted in the first reading a law according to which companies will be required to register products in the Federal Information Standards Fund.
