Lithuanian Airports (LTOU) estimated that in October and November, they incurred losses of around EUR 200,000 due to smuggling balloons arriving from Belarus, which most significantly disrupted operations at Vilnius Airport. According to the airports, the amount consists of lost revenue and other direct losses (wages, operational expenses, etc.). According to LTOU Communications Manager Vitalija…
The Government continues to develop the cogeneration network. It will ensure energy security for communities and independence from large facilities that are being deliberately destroyed by the enemy. Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko emphasised this and announced that she had instructed the Ministry of Energy to submit a plan for increasing cogeneration for the…
The government has extended the ban on the export of automobile gasoline from Russia for the third time – the restrictions will now be in effect until February 28, 2026, inclusive. This was reported by the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers, noting that the measure is aimed at maintaining a stable situation in…
Despite Rosstat’s reports about a sharp decline in the poverty rate, tens of millions of Russian citizens are in a “pre-poverty” state, as they can only afford food and basic goods. As RBC reports, this was stated at a meeting of the Stolypin Club by Dmitry Belousov, the brother of Defense Minister Andrey Belousov, who…
The Russian housing construction market is facing a “collapse” if the annual volume of mortgage issuance falls below 4 trillion rubles, said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin. “We would like to see at least as many mortgages issued in 2026 as in 2025. We understand that to maintain the necessary pace of construction, we…
In 2025, more than 20 Russian clothing and footwear brands closed all their retail outlets. A year earlier, there were only four such companies. This follows from the data of the consulting organization CORE.XP, which are cited by “Vedomosti”. Clothing sellers Incity, Mai Collection, Mudo, Noun, Ready! Steady! Go!, Yollo, shoe retailers Megatop and Urban…
Industrial production in Russia in November 2025 began to decline, reported Rosstat. Overall, the economy’s output volumes decreased by 0.7% in annual terms, and in the manufacturing sector, they fell into the red for the first time since February 2023 – by 1% year-on-year. Mining increased by 0.7%, but sectors outside the raw materials industry…