Russia has launched an intercontinental ballistic missile from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region to verify the technical and flight characteristics of the missile system, the Defense Ministry’s press service reported on the Max soci...

The volume of penthouses in St. Petersburg's new developments increased by 44% over the past year. According to NF Group, there are currently 26 available lots with a combined area of 5,800 square meters. Despite the growth, these luxury units remain...

Rivers across the Altai region have reached critically low water levels this summer, while Russia's Hydrometeorological Center has reported similar hydrological problems in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Novosibirsk Oblast and Kirov Oblast. Spec...

Drivers in Yakutsk are facing fuel rationing as several gas stations have capped sales or halted certain fuel grades entirely. According to data released by the regional Operational Headquarters on August 28, these restrictions affect multiple provid...

St. Petersburg Dining Sector Contracts as Traffic Drops The catering market in St. Petersburg is shrinking, with the total number of restaurants falling 3.1% over the past year to 1,700 establishments. This downward trend extends to cafes and fast...

Lake Baikal, recognized as the world's deepest and most voluminous freshwater lake, is now experiencing a warming trend that surpasses the global average for large bodies of water. Data from the Point No. 1 research program indicates that by 2025, th...

The recovery of marketplace logistics infrastructure following damages recorded in the summer of 2026 is not expected to pose a critical threat to the Russian economy. According to Yaroslav Kuzminov, scientific director of the Higher School of Econom...

Power supply restrictions in Sevastopol, Crimea, have triggered a surge in consumer demand for candles, flashlights, matches, grains, and canned goods. Despite this shift in purchasing behavior, city government officials maintain that there is no sho...

The Ministry of Fisheries of the Sakhalin region has proposed to permit amateur fishing of the spiny crab in the South Kuril zone during the peak summer period. The agency plans to shift the season start date to July 15. Under current regulations, cr...

Russian Railways (RZD) will launch a double-decker high-speed train, No. 747/748, on the route between Moscow and Yaroslavl starting August 26. The service will operate as an express without intermediate stops. The train departs Moscow at 13:00 and d...

The Saint Petersburg government has assumed 100% ownership of JSC Metrostroy Severnoy Stolitsy. Under a decree signed by the governor on August 19, the VTB Group transferred its remaining 14% stake—consisting of 350 shares—to the city treasury fr...

Russia is integrating a third form of national currency—the digital ruble—into its financial system starting September 1. This instrument is designed to expand payment capabilities rather than replace existing cash or cashless formats. The transi...

Pacific Salmon Catch Plummets in Russian Far East Pacific salmon harvests in the Russian Far East have fallen nearly 64% below projected volumes for the current season. As of August 18, fishermen have extracted 82,552 tons of fish—a sharp declin...

Russia plans to expand the geographical reach of its nuclear power plants across the country, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting on nuclear energy, the Kremlin press service said. The president outlined plans to add around 30 gigawatts of nuc...

The Bank of Russia has proposed new measures to simplify the issuance of convertible bonds—hybrid debt instruments that can be transformed into equity shares under specific conditions. This regulatory move aims to remove long-standing technical and...

Russian households took out 487 billion rubles (roughly about $6 billion) in cash loans in a single month, a 45 percent increase from the same month a year earlier, according to data cited by the Mash Money channel and analyzed by economist and finan...

The removal of the sunken research vessel Okeanolog from the waters of the Arctic sea port of Tiksi has been completed, the Ministry of Transport of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) reported. Salvage operations began in May 2026. On August 18, 2026, the ...

Red scale (Aonidiella aurantii), a quarantine pest, has been detected in a shipment of oranges at a wholesale distribution center in Kirov, Russia. Russian agricultural inspectors found the harmful insect in a viable state within a consignment weighi...

Gasoline shortages affected at least ten Russian regions in August, creating supply gaps for motorists and farmers. Regional authorities have increased monitoring of gas station sales to manage the scarcity, but officials warn that conditions may wor...

Residents of the Nizhny Novgorod region spent an average of 11,867 rubles ($140) per person per month on food in 2025, according to a household survey conducted by Nizhny Novgorodstat, the regional statistics agency. The survey covered 830 households...