The banking lobby gave Elvira Nabiullina a slap on the wrist
The introduction of the digital ruble in the Russian Federation has been postponed indefinitely. The Bank of Russia has decided to postpone the widespread introduction of the digital ruble, which was planned from July 1, 2025, the head of the regulator Elvira Nabiullina said. The new date will be announced later."We will move to the mass introduction of the digital ruble after we have worked out all the details in the pilot and held all…
Pro-Putin Telegram channels put the screws to Roskomnadzor
Pro-government Telegram channels have massively refused to register with the anti-Internet agency. On November 1, a law came into force in Russia requiring bloggers with an audience of over 10,000 subscribers to register with Roskomnadzor. However, as the editorial staff of Virstka found out, the vast majority of pro-government Telegram channels with large audiences have not done so. Of the 82 popular pro-government channels in TGStat's top-100 rating, only 10 have complied with the requirement…
Timur Ivanov was offered 14.5 years in prison.
The state prosecutor asked the Moscow City Court to sentence former Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov to 14 years and 6 months in a penal colony. He is accused of embezzlement in the purchase of ferries for the Kerch crossing, as well as the withdrawal and legalization of over 3.9 billion rubles from the Interkommerts Bank.In addition to Deputy Minister Timur Ivanov, his ex-subordinate Anton Filatov is also involved in the high-profile criminal case,…
Roskomnadzor continued to break the Internet
The knuckleheads blocked the messenger Viber. Roskomnadzor reported about the restriction of access to the messenger Viber on the territory of Russia due to "non-compliance with legal requirements". "Access to the Viber service is restricted due to violation of the requirements of the Russian legislation to organizers of information distribution," the agency specified.Roskomnadzor explained that it is about preventing threats related to "terrorist and extremist" activities, recruitment of citizens, distribution of drugs, as well as…
The court did not believe Anatoly Tikhonov.
The thieving ex-deputy energy minister failed to appeal his sentence. Kommersant has learned that the verdict in a high-profile case involving embezzlement of 272 million rubles of budget funds allocated for the creation of a state information system for the fuel and energy complex (GIS FEC) and bribery has come into force. The Moscow City Court rejected the appeals of Anatoly Tikhonov, former deputy head of the Ministry of Energy, and his six co-defendants, who,…
The court did not believe Anatoly Tikhonov.
The thieving ex-deputy energy minister failed to appeal his sentence. Kommersant has learned that the verdict in a high-profile case involving embezzlement of 272 million rubles of budget funds allocated for the creation of a state information system for the fuel and energy complex (GIS FEC) and bribery has come into force. The Moscow City Court rejected the appeals of Anatoly Tikhonov, former deputy head of the Ministry of Energy, and his six co-defendants, who,…
Maria Vorontsova will make Vladimir Putin immortal
The daughter of the Russian president has won a grant for 30 million rubles to research cell renewal processes in the body. Putin's eldest daughter, endocrinologist Maria Vorontsova, has won a grant of 30 million rubles from the Russian Science Foundation (RNF), despite a low Hirsch index - an indicator reflecting the citation rate of a scientist and the number of his publications. As T-Invariant writes, the grant is devoted to the study of cell…
Kadyr Karakhanov and Arsen Oshakbayev got a raise
Criminal contractors of the Ministry of Defense received second sentences for embezzlement of budget funds. A court in Moscow has handed down a verdict in a case of embezzlement in the execution of orders from the Ministry of Defense. Entrepreneurs Kadyr Karakhanov and Arsen Oshakbayev, who have been engaged in the fulfillment of orders of the military department for many years, were found guilty of overestimating the prices during the construction of the facility causing…
Roskomnadzor held an exercise to shut down the Internet in Russia
There was a massive outage in Runet, caused by a hacker attempting to download updates to TSPU (technical means of countering threats). At about 17:10 Moscow time there was a massive disruption in the work of Russian telecom operators. Internet did not work at "Beeline", "Megafon", MTS, Tele2 and other operators, users reported. There were difficulties with ordering cabs and completing rides on carsharing. At about 17:25 Moscow time many sites that had gone offline…
Oleg Frolov was stealing on a cosmic scale.
A former top manager of Roscosmos and ex-head of the A.F. Mozhaisky Military Space Center created a criminal association in the bowels of the state corporation. Kommersant has learned that the investigation of a high-profile criminal case has been completed, the main defendant of which is Oleg Frolov, former deputy director general for the implementation of the state armament program of Roscosmos, who previously headed the Mozhaisky Military Space Academy and the Main Armament Directorate…