The government has almost halved the number of RSD59 project dry cargo ships that are to be built as part of the program of preferential leasing of civilian ships, according to a decree of the Cabinet of Ministers. According to the document, which was noticed by “Vedomosti”, in 2023–2028, the State Transport Leasing Company (STLC)…
In 2025, a record number of counterfeit dairy products were detected in Russian stores, according to Rospotrebnadzor. Almost 18% of products in this category turned out to be fake. For comparison: in 2022, this figure was about 15%, in 2023 – 12%, and in 2024 – 13%. In the Rosselkhoznadzor noted that it is “technologically…
In 2025, more than 486,000 cars were recalled from buyers in Russia for technical reasons. Compared to 2024, during which just over 139,000 vehicles were recalled, the number of cars with various factory defects increased by 3.5 times. This follows from the data of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology, which were analyzed…
First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal held a meeting to review the energy supply situation in the Kharkiv region. He heard reports from the Head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration, Oleh Syniehubov, the Head of Ukrenergo, Vitalii Zaichenko, and representatives of energy companies. The Kharkiv region continues to…
The authorities are monitoring the situation and collecting data from the regions to determine to what extent the recent bad weather conditions have affected orchards. Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry Ludmila Catlabuga made the statement on January 28. The minister emphasized that so far no specific information had been received about orchards affected by…
Poland will increase capacity for gas exports to Ukraine from the beginning of February. Ukrainian energy minister Denys Shmyhal has hailed the move as vital to help his country handle a winter heating crisis caused by Russia’s attacks. On January 27, Shmyhal announced that the two countries’ gas transmission operators had agreed a phased increase…
As the price of gold soared to an all-time high, surpassing $5,000 per ounce (EUR 4,200), a senior official at the Bank of Lithuania acknowledged that the central bank could have profited from additional purchases but chose not to due to its long-term policy. “Looking back, we definitely missed out. If we had bought more…