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Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

The Central Bank of the rf has acknowledged that the decline in inflation expectations may be slower due to rising petrol prices and the upcoming increase in the VAT rate. In particular, the planned increase in the VAT rate from 20 % to 22 % could add 0.6–0.7 % to inflation in late 2025 – early 2026.
10/6/2025
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russia Is Openly Trying to Destroy Our Civilian Infrastructure Right Now, Ahead of Winter – Address by the President

Zero real reaction from the world. We will fight so that the world does not remain silent and so that russia feels the response. Every russian missile and every russian attack drone also contains parts that are still being supplied to russia from Western countries and various countries close to russia.
10/6/2025
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A Joke Has Become a Crime: russian Social Networks Have Been Turned into a Field of Total Control

In russia, social network users are increasingly facing criminal prosecution for publications or even ordinary reposts. The most common grounds for opening cases are accusations of so-called “extremism” (Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the rf).
10/5/2025
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The kremlin Is Rehabilitating stalin’s Repressions

russian archives have stopped releasing files on people repressed during stalin’s purges to historians and representatives  of the public. Under the rf’s  law, any interested person can obtain the file of a repressed person 75 years after its closure.
10/5/2025
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russia’s “Postal Giant” Is Falling Apart

The reviews of former employees are all similar: “work for copecks”, “shortage of staff, one has to work for two or three people”, “complete chaos and abuse”.
10/5/2025
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Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

The activities of the russian “shadow fleet” in the Baltic Sea are becoming increasingly dangerous, and restricting those activities would greatly enhance the security of the region. This is stated in a review prepared by the Intelligence Centre of Estonia’s  Defense Forces.
10/5/2025
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The Electricity Situation Remains Difficult After the Strikes, but Every Effort Is Being Made to Restore the Power Supply – Address by the President

It is essential that in all communities, and at the regional level, our people receive maximum support, especially families with children, the elderly, and those living alone. Support reserves must be available in every region. This is the personal responsibility of regional authorities.
10/5/2025
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The Taliban Is Tightening Control over russian and belarusian Agents in Afghanistan

The Taliban’s special services suspect representatives of the “union state” of attempting to use the “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan” to provoke tensions between the East and the West.
10/4/2025
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Sanctions and Cannibalism Are Destroying russia’s Civil Aviation

At the beginning of 2022, russia had approximately 1,500–1,800 Western-made civil aircraft in operation. Today, the number has decreased significantly.
10/4/2025
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russians Have Lost Access to Clean Drinking Water

Over the past year, polluted drinking water in the rf has led to 11,000 deaths and 1.4 million people falling ill.
10/4/2025
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Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

The Council of the EU has extended sanctions against individuals and companies from russia responsible for hybrid destabilizing actions abroad against the European Union, including interference in the information sphere.
10/4/2025
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Russia Chooses War, Destroys Our People’s Lives, and Must Be Held Accountable – Our Long-Range Capabilities Will Increase – Address by the President

I held a Staff meeting. Energy sector: reports were delivered on protecting our facilities and restoring them. Today, there was another Russian strike on our gas infrastructure – just ahead of the heating season, the Russians are looking for ways to inflict more harm on our people.
10/4/2025
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russia Criminalizes the Status of “foreign agent”, Doubling the Scale of Persecution

Violations that now entail criminal liability include: activities of a “foreign agent” without being entered in the relevant register, receiving funds from foreign sources for political activities, incomplete or distorted submission of data to the authorities, failure to mark status in publications and documents, and violation of the rules for creating a russian legal entity.
10/3/2025
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russians Recognize Inequality As the Main Social Problem – but Do Not Protest

All in all, 92 % of the population acknowledge that there are acute social inequalities in modern russia. More than 75 % say that this personally bothers them. At the same time, a paradox is observed: most russians perceive inequality as part of the “rules of the game” in the unjust society in which they live, or simply go with the flow.
10/3/2025
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Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

Tax increases have proved insufficient to finance the war. The government of the rf has prepared for large-scale borrowing to balance the budget for this year and the next three years: the cumulative deficit for four years is 14.2 trillion rubles.
10/3/2025
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Address by the President of Ukraine to the Participants of the 7th European Political Community Summit

We need to finally complete, one hundred percent, the work on security guarantees. We have already done a lot, and I’m grateful for that. Thanks to you, dear leaders. And now, we need to put everything on paper and fully prepare every, every detail. Security guarantees for Ukraine can already work now – they directly support our army.
10/3/2025
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Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine Oleh Ivashchenko Took Part in a Meeting of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War

The key issues discussed included: the progress of negotiations on the exchange of prisoners of war and the return of civilians, in particular the implementation of agreements reached in Türkiye this year; improving the regulatory and legal framework for the Coordination Headquarters’ activities; organizing the work of the Coordination Headquarters’ regional offices.
10/2/2025
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Instead of Social Services – chekists: in russia, the fsb Will Take Care of Teenagers

russia’s federal security service is preparing to integrate its own detention centers into the probation and crime prevention system for minors. To this end, the fsb has already drafted a government resolution, which provides for the inclusion of departmental detention centers in all key mechanisms for registering and interacting with children and teenagers who have come to the attention of law enforcement agencies.
10/2/2025
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russia Has Cut Spending on State Programs While Increasing Funding for Propaganda

In 2026, federal spending on at least 18 out of 51 state programs will be reduced, allowing the government to save more than 207 billion rubles. The cuts affect healthcare, aviation, energy, and funding for temporarily occupied territories.
10/2/2025
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russia Is Intensifying the Use of belarusian Resources: from Fuel to Military Contracts

At the “INNOPROM. belarus” exhibition, the Orsha-based company Kidma Tek (a manufacturer of automatic weapons, sniper rifles, silencers, cartridges, and optics) signed a contract with the russian Tula Cartridge Plant.
10/2/2025