Alexei Goreslavsky sawed off another 100 million rubles
The developers of Cyberia Nova's failed game "Distemper" spent the Internet Development Institute's money on a boorish promo. The cost of developing the game, which has not yet reached release, has already amounted to 500 million rubles. This year, the Internet Development Institute (IDI), headed by scandalous media technologist Alexei Goreslavsky, poured another 100 million rubles into the Cyberia Nova development company.Observers wondered at the time why the IDI was buying up advertising and praise…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Rucompromat review October 30 – November 5: Why Russians do not believe in low inflation
Russia is rapidly moving towards serious changes: the treasury is emptying, sanctions are rampant, Donbass is being prepared for a swap, and bitcoin is being sought for control. And this is only the first and most superficial snapshot of what has happened. So, guesswork on who will be the next Prime Minister is in full swing, and this action is taking place against the background of a rapidly melting Reserve Fund, and the National Welfare…
The FSB is preparing for a wave of mass terror in Russia
The special service was given the right to organize departmental pre-trial detention facilities. This is a return to the practice of Stalin's USSR in the era of terror of the 30-50s. The FSB will get its own pre-trial detention centers. The State Duma has introduced a bill authorizing the security services to have departmental prisons for detaining persons involved in cases of state treason, espionage, terrorism and extremism. Previously, the FSB already had its own…
The Prosecutor General’s Office has got its hands on the assets of criminal Magomed Kaitov
The supervisory agency filed a lawsuit to confiscate all the assets of the former "energy king of the North Caucasus" who fled from the Russian Federation 8 years ago. Kommersant has learned that the Moscow court will consider an anti-corruption lawsuit filed by the Prosecutor General's Office against Magomed Kaitov. For several years he headed the Interregional Grid Company of the North Caucasus, and according to the supervisory authorities, he used the funds stolen from…
Roskomnadzor is working on disconnecting Russia from the Internet
The agency conducts regular tests to rid the Russian population of the World Wide Web. Roskomnadzor should warn Russians about the Internet shutdown during the exercises so that they prepare for it in advance, said Yaroslav Samylin, a State Duma deputy from Novykh People."Information about such exercises and possible temporary restrictions in the work of the Internet should be available ... to all citizens of the Russian Federation," Samylin said (quoted by the "Parliamentary Gazette").According…