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At Least Another 5 Years of Decline: What Lies Ahead for russia’s Housing and Utilities Sector Until 2030

Despite officials’ attempts to blame the situation on weather conditions, experts point out that the main reason is critical infrastructure deterioration and chronic underfunding of the sector.
3/25/2026
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russia Wants to Legalize the Stolen: From Petty Theft to Cars from the EU

Another shameful trend is emerging in russia: a country that already has a reputation for high crime rates is effectively moving toward legalizing the stolen. Theft remains the most common crime in the rf. In 2025 alone, over 453,000 such cases were recorded.
3/25/2026
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The Scale of Today’s Attack Strongly Indicates That Russia Has No Intention of Really Ending This War – Address by the President

But it is crucial that we in Ukraine, the United States, Europe, and other global actors do everything possible, everything necessary, to make the Russians interested in diplomacy in a real and honest way, not just to profit more from oil and buy more time for further attacks and aggression. Peace must be reliable – that is our goal, and it will be achieved. And we will respond to attacks. That is certain.
3/25/2026
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Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

Through the Targeted Fund Program for support, recovery, reconstruction, and reform of Ukraine (URTF) program, the World Bank mobilized over $2.8 billion in donor contributions for our country in 2025.
3/24/2026
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Fewer Jobs, Stronger the Competition: russia’s Labor Market Is Falling Apart

The first quarter of 2026 proved to be telling for the russian labor market. Job openings fell by 12% year-on-year, while the number of resumes submitted rose by 22%. One in four employers in the country cut staff in 2025 – and 66% of them cited financial difficulties as the reason.
3/24/2026
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The US Intelligence Community’s Report: russia Remains a Key Military Threat

Compared to the 2025 assessment, the list of threats has remained unchanged, but their intensity and complexity have increased, confirming the deepening of systemic competition among major powers.
3/24/2026
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russia Is Once Again Trying to Blackmail Europe and the World with “Little Green Men”

The government of the rf has submitted to the state duma the amendments to the laws “On citizenship” and “On defense,” which grant putin the right to deploy the army to “protect” russian citizens who are under arrest or facing criminal prosecution based on decisions by foreign courts, particularly those whose jurisdiction is not based on international treaties with moscow.
3/24/2026
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There Is Information from Our Intelligence that the Russians Are Preparing a Massive Strike – Address by the President

Now, our intelligence indicates that Russia intends to continue using the territory of Belarus, as well as the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, to build ground-based control stations for long-range UAVs. There will be responses, and they will be tangible.
3/24/2026
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Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

At the end of 2025, the “bank of russia” reported a loss of 184.8 billion rubles. The regulator’s interest income fell by 35.4%, and total revenue decreased by 31.7%. Personnel expenses increased by 4.4%, even though the average headcount decreased by 3,564 employees (-8%).
3/23/2026
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80 Days, 400 Submissions – the First Results of the Foreign Intelligence Service’s Confidential Platform for Those Who Possess Important Information

In just over two and a half months, the FISU’s confidential platform for collecting important information has received 400 submissions – from foreigners, Ukrainians abroad, and residents of temporarily occupied territories.
3/23/2026
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VK Has Become a Public Trough for the Children of the kremlin Elite

The VK holding company, which controls 95% of the russian internet market and has 80 million users, has reported losses for the sixth consecutive year. In 2025, the loss was 24.9 billion rubles; in 2024, it was 94.9 billion. In total, over 195 billion rubles in state funds have been squandered without any results, while the company continues to operate as if this were normal.
3/23/2026
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russia Uses Pressure on Migrants to Recruit Foreigners into the Army

Since most countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America officially oppose the recruitment of their citizens into the russian army, moscow has chosen a workaround – artificially creating conditions under which staying in the country without a passport of the rf becomes practically impossible.
3/23/2026
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There Are Signals that Further Exchanges May Be Possible, and This Would Be Good News and Confirmation that Diplomacy Is Working – Address by the President

And we know from our intelligence how much it irritates Russia that Ukrainians are needed by the world, and that Ukrainians can help bring about stabilization. We all need joint decisions and joint work so that there is more security for everyone. I thank everyone who contributes to coordination and shared results.
3/23/2026
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Cash Is Returning: russians Are Rescuing Their Savings from the Government and Inflation

In January 2026, russian citizens withdrew over $19.7 billion from their bank cards and savings accounts, while depositing only $5.8 billion. The net outflow from the banking system amounted to $13.9 billion – the second-largest figure since 2010.
3/22/2026
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“The ‘True Elite’ on the Rubbish Dump”: The Failure of the kremlin’s Veterans Project

A war for an empire guarantees nothing but poverty and betrayal for those who fought. russian soldiers returning from the front should remember: their dossiers in the kremlin are not for awards, but for screening and the rubbish dump. There will be no paradise.
3/22/2026
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The Key Issue Is to Understand How Ready Russia Is to Move Toward a Real End to the War, and Whether It Is Ready to Do So Honestly and With Dignity – Address by the President

It is important for all of us in the world that diplomacy continues and that we are working to end this war – Russia’s war against Ukraine. No one wants this war.
3/21/2026
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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