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russia’s Most Corrupt Region Proposes Protecting Officials from Journalists

In 2025 alone, over 2,400 economic crimes were recorded in tatarstan, 865 of which were linked to the government.
3/21/2026
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Doctors and Miners Across russia Are Left Without Pay While the Government Reports Wage Increases

Across russia, healthcare workers are complaining en masse about a sharp drop in income – salaries have fallen by a quarter, and in some cases – by a third.
3/21/2026
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Poverty in russia Is Worsening

Despite the russian authorities’ official statements about an alleged reduction in poverty, a significant portion of the population continues to live on very low incomes. According to russian statistics, 9.8 million people lived below the poverty line in 2025.
3/21/2026
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Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

“We will deliver on this, one way or another,” President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen stressed regarding the EU’s EUR 90 billion loan to Ukraine for 2026–2027.
3/20/2026
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russia’s Leading Scooter Market Player Has Lost Profitability and Is Mired in Debt

Whoosh, a russian electric scooter rental service that accounts for nearly half of the country’s scooter-sharing market, reported a loss for 2025. The company lost its profitability.
3/20/2026
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A False Flag and Void Insurance: russia Uses Forged Documents for International Transportation of Oil by Sea

The Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine has exposed the use of a false flag and a forged insurance certificate by the sanctioned vessel “PAZ” (IMO 9233765) – part of russia’s “shadow fleet”. The vessel is owned by “Boom Trading Ltd,” a company registered in the Marshall Islands.
3/20/2026
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China Has Recorded a Historic Low in Birth Rates and a Record Decline in Population

China’s total population has fallen to 1.405 billion. Thus, the decline has continued for the fourth consecutive year, causing serious concern among authorities.
3/20/2026
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The Ukrainian Team – the Political Members of the Negotiating Group – Is Already on the Way, and We Expect a Meeting This Saturday – Address by the President

It is also important that we have received signals from the U.S. side indicating readiness to continue working within the existing negotiation formats to bring an end to Russia’s war against Ukraine. There has been a pause in the talks, and it is time to resume them. We are doing everything to ensure that the negotiations are genuinely substantive.
3/20/2026
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Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

EU leaders hope that the disbursement of the first tranche of the EUR 90 billion loan to Ukraine will take place in early April.
3/19/2026
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aeroflot Trying to Stay Afloat at the Cost of Passenger Safety and Comfort

The increase in seating capacity on russian commercial aircraft at the cost of passenger comfort, is taking place against the background of the already announced rise in airfare prices in the rf this year.
3/19/2026
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moscow Is Taking Insulin from the Unemployable

russian authorities have officially acknowledged that they cannot provide subsidized medication to all patients with diabetes, and have used this as a basis for prioritizing patients. Priority access to medications will now be given to the “most able-bodied” – those whose treatment, according to officials’ logic, is “economically justified”.
3/19/2026
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Isolated russia Is Shifting Its Focus to Asia on a Mass Scale

Representatives of russian universities openly acknowledge that the shift in where students study is directly linked to sanctions. Difficulties in opening bank accounts abroad, a significant increase in airfare prices, and difficulties with health insurance are cited as the main problems.
3/19/2026
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Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

russia’s federal budget’s oil and gas revenues, which account for one-fifth of state treasury revenues, will fall by 0.56 trillion rubles (-52%) in March 2026 compared to March 2025.
3/18/2026
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russian Diplomatic Facilities in Vienna Are Being Used for Electronic Intelligence

Vienna remains attractive to russian intelligence services due to Austria’s neutral status. Since 2022, the country has expelled several russian diplomats, though such measures have been far more extensive in other European countries.
3/18/2026
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Officials of the rf Fearing Their Own Messaging app and Buying Separate Phones for Max

In informal conversations, they openly admit that installing this app effectively means handing over control of the device to the fsb.
3/18/2026
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belarus Legalizing Serfdom Amid a Labor Shortage

In fact, minsk is moving toward legally binding employees to enterprises – a classic soviet practice that the civilized world calls forced labor.
3/18/2026
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Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos has reported that as of March 17, Ukraine has unofficially opened all six clusters in the EU accession negotiations. “At a time when Europe is under pressure from both the East and the West, we cannot afford to waste time. And we are not wasting it. All six clusters are now unofficially open,” Kos said.
3/17/2026
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moscow Rewriting Biographies Ahead of the Tribunal

The campaign was launched at this very moment for a reason – against the background of the international community’s plans to launch a Special Tribunal on the crime of aggression against Ukraine by the end of 2026.
3/17/2026
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The Ukrainian Defense Forces Have Thwarted the Russian Strategic Offensive Operation that the Enemy Had Planned for This March – Address by the President

Meanwhile, we are not postponing negotiations; no one is disappointed in diplomacy. This is not a matter of emotions, as some might say. It is a matter of what partners are ready for. Russia operates in a very simple way: if they are afraid, they’re willing to toe the line.
3/17/2026
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Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

The EU Council has extended sanctions until September 15 of this year against approximately 2,600 individuals and entities responsible for undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty, and independence of Ukraine.
3/16/2026