In 2025, Russians reduced their spending on new and used car purchases for the first time in 10 years. The total volume of the car market in monetary terms decreased by 7.8% year-on-year to 13.8 trillion rubles. This follows from data from the Association of Russian Automobile Dealers (ROAD). Russians spent 4.61 trillion rubles on…
Russian shipbuilding continues to depend on foreign software, said Presidential Aide and Chairman of the Russian Maritime Board Nikolay Patrushev. This, in particular, leads to delays in the transition of domestic shipyards to modern production technologies, he said during a meeting at the St. Petersburg State Marine Technical University (SPbSTU), Interfax reports. “The digital transformation…
Passengers of a regular civilian flight RD-382 from Irkutsk to the working settlement of Mama, which was carried out on January 22, complained about the airline “IrAero” due to the replacement of the aircraft without notice, reported in the East Siberian Transport Prosecutor’s Office. According to people, they were transferred to a cargo plane An-26,…
Russians are buying less butter after its sharp price increase. In January-September 2025, sales of the product in physical terms fell by 12% year-on-year, to 210,400 tons, but in monetary terms they rose by 17%, to 216.8 billion rubles. This follows from the data of the analytical company NTech, which cites “Vedomosti”. In “Magnit”, they…
On January 22, Deputy Minister of Finance of Ukraine for European Integration Yuriy Draganchuk met with representatives of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Business Development Fund (BDF). The parties discussed prospects for financial and technical cooperation aimed at supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Ukraine, as well as possible instruments for…
Lithuania’s government debt reached EUR 33.6 billion in the third quarter of last year, equivalent to 40.7% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), one of the lower ratios in the European Union, Eurostat data showed. By comparison, Latvia’s government debt stood at EUR 19 billion, or 45.2% of GDP, while Estonia’s debt totalled EUR…
Communities will receive UAH 740.3 million to implement 119 recovery projects in communities, with the support of the European Investment Bank. The Government approved the distribution of subventions for local budgets. This is the next stage of financing within the framework of the Recovery Program of Ukraine III. The funds will be directed to the…