An inter-factional group of deputies, including from United Russia, on Friday evening introduced a bill to the State Duma that should provide housing for FSO employees who cannot obtain apartments from the service’s housing stock. Now the federal authorities whose facilities they serve will issue housing to FSO employees. Details . Judging by the explanatory note, the problem is related to the war.

On the eve of a likely return to international sport, Russia has found itself embroiled in a new doping scandal. The day before it became known that an informant told the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) that the current head of RUSADA, Veronika Loginova, was involved in a scheme to conceal the test results of Russian athletes at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Loginova threatened to sue The New York Times, which was the first to report this.