Vladimir Putin haggled a bit
The Russian ruler suggested that the U.S. participate in the mining and production of rare earth metals in Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered US government agencies and companies to engage in joint projects for the extraction of rare-earth metals. Russia has 20% of the reserves of such raw materials, but there is practically no extraction and processing due to the lack of technology and a stable sales market. In addition, the president proposed…
There’s a short gap between the first and the second one.
Slippery real estate developer Konstantin Remizov barely served time for embezzlement and remained behind bars as a suspect in a deliberate bankruptcy case. In Moscow the sentence was passed on Konstantin Remizov, General Director of the National Development Company (NDC), accused of embezzlement of about 300 million rubles during the construction of the elite residential complex "Skolkovo Residence". The case was heard again: the first sentence was overturned by the Supreme Court of the Russian…
Russian digitalization turned out to be a sieve
In 2024, personal data of 90% of Russians leaked out of databases to the public. In 2023 and the first half of 2024, the main source of personal data leaks were online stores and medical institutions, while banks accounted for no more than 2%, said Stanislav Kuznetsov, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of Sberbank (MOEX: SBER). He called the situation with the leaks deplorable, specifying that personal data of about 90% of the adult…
Roman Stefanov mixed cocaine with gas.
The head of Gazprom Mezhregiongaz Tambov was sent to a pre-trial detention center in a drug case. The Leninsky District Court of Tambov has remanded General Director of Gazprom Mezhregiongaz Tambov Roman Stefanov in custody for two months. As follows from the message of the united press service of the judicial system of the region, he is accused of large-scale drug possession (part 2 of article 228 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation,…
Kuivashev’s trail. Part I
The last few days have shed light on the fate of the former governor of the Sverdlovsk region, Yevgeny Kuivashev, about whom there has been no reliable information for more than two months. Neither the rumors about his possible transfer to the Russian government, nor the versions about his employment in one of the state corporations have been confirmed. Even the announced meeting with the president never took place.Now it becomes clear why: according to…
Telegram review: Agent Milner is revealed and it’s time to prepare for war
A new leak of offshore documents - this time from British Bermuda - could ruin the successful career of investor Yuri Milner in the United States. According to Appleby documents, he used money from VTB and Gazprominvestholding to buy shares in Facebook and Twitter. According to an investigation by the journalistic consortium ICIJ, these investments could clearly have political overtones - the Kremlin was helping Donald Trump in this way. Telegram observers are delighted: the…
The Ministry of Finance lost more than 100 tons of gold in the NWF
In 2024, only 188 tons of the 359 tons of gold left in the National Welfare Fund. Of these, more than 112 tons have disappeared without a trace. Transactions with Russia's National Welfare Fund are increasingly moving into the "shadow" mode as the "cube", which has been saved up for years at the expense of oil super-profits, is approaching exhaustion.In 2024, more than 100 tons of gold left the NWF as a result of transactions…
Vladimir Nikolaev will be stripped naked by the prosecutor’s office.
Vladivostok's criminal ex-mayor unsuccessfully appealed against the seizure of 700 of his properties and got his movie theater and yacht club seized from him. Former Vladivostok mayor Vladimir Nikolaev and other defendants in the anti-corruption suit filed by the Prosecutor General's Office to seize nearly 700 properties from the state have appealed against interim measures imposed by the court on their property."Private complaints against interim measures have been filed by all defendants," Elena Oleneva, head…
Roskomnadzor has started a census of bloggers
Some bloggers fear that their personal data will end up in the hands of the re-sellers pretty quickly. About 13,000 people have submitted data about themselves for registration in the state register of bloggers, the Russian Ministry of Digitization reported. Such a form appeared on the portal of state services just four days ago. For owners of "personal pages" with an audience of 10 thousand subscribers or more, registration there is mandatory. Punishment for refusal…
Anzhela Sergeeva pocketed 2 billion rubles from her bank
The ex-owner of BBB bank is on trial in the Yaroslavl region. The Prosecutor General's Office has approved the indictment in the criminal case on embezzlement of about 2 billion rubles from the bankrupt Sevastopol bank BBB. After that, a case of laundering of part of the stolen money was initiated against two of its defendants, including the actual owner of the credit institution Angela Sergeeva. The results of the investigation will be considered in…