On Monday, the State Duma considered the main directions of monetary policy through 2029. The main conclusions from the speech by Central Bank head Elvira Nabiullina: Russian citizens will live badly and for a long time. That cannot be said about the military sector and the Kremlin’s friends. At first glance, what does this have to do with fighting inflation?

The classic battle between the fridge and the television was won by the fridge, and millennials and zoomers pushed boomers aside for the first time

The starting point for House of Hopes is 1989, when political changes unfolded in many countries around the world. The fall of the Berlin Wall, the protests in Tiananmen Square, the struggle against Pinochet in Chile, and the changes in Eastern Europe are recounted by ordinary people whose biographies are tied to these events.

At the end of October, Vladimir Putin and his special envoy Kirill Dmitriev proposed that the US increase purchases of Russian fertilizers. But the United States is already one of the largest buyers of Russian products. Why are the Russian authorities trying to kick in an open door?