Soon after the AFU strikes on Ozon warehouses, it became known about Vladimir Putin’s decree on protecting infrastructure facilities. Its essence is simple: critical infrastructure facilities whose owners failed to ensure their security under conditions of external threats may be transferred to temporary state administration

Elections in Central Asia can be compared to the culture of local weddings — events as beautiful as they are costly for practically all their participants. But that is only partly a joke. We explain why the new parliamentary elections matter for the key country in the region

Beloozersk — one of the oldest cities of the Russian North — attracts tourists from all over the European part of Russia. But you can get there only by car or bus. After the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ strikes on Russian oil refineries, gasoline in Beloozersk first disappeared and then became more than twice as expensive

Last week, the Russian leader visited the Kuril Islands for the first time in the 26 years of his rule. This demonstrative trip sharply worsened Russian-Japanese relations. On the other hand, it was supposed to please the Chinese comrades