The strengthening of the Russian national currency against the dollar has led to a number of negative consequences for the economy. Experts called the growth dynamics of the ruble exchange rate a deviation, RBC reports . At the beginning of 2025, the national currency exchange rate remained above 100 rubles per dollar. However, over 12 months it has corrected significantly. The ruble felt the strongest on December 6, when one dollar was sold for 76 rubles.

A graduate of one of the best pedagogical universities in the country, 22-year-old Athena Simeonidis, brought 12-year-old students to her home three times. According to the investigation, the girl did this in order to “satisfy her sexual desire and sexual needs,” reports the joint press service of the courts of St. Petersburg Simeonidis was detained on December 16, and two days later she was sent to a pre-trial detention center on charges of violent acts of a sexualized nature.

The country's main bank has become stronger than ever. What's the catch? The head of Sberbank, German Gref, has spent years building the image of an innovator and Western-style visionary who thinks about the future. The war between Russia and Ukraine has not changed his behavior: in public he behaves as if nothing had happened, and artificial intelligence has taken the main place in his speeches.

Sociologists are increasingly calling young people the loneliest. Data for Britain confirms this trend - citizens under 30 are rated as the most lonely generation, reports the BBC. According to research from the Office for National Statistics, 33% of Britons aged 16 to 29 reported feeling lonely “often or always”. This is the highest figure among all age groups. “Adults aged 18 to 24 are the loneliest.

The State Duma adopted a law allowing the Moscow authorities to organize toll zones for motorists in the city. Corresponding amendments have been made to the federal law “On the Status of the Capital,” Kommersant reports . Thanks to the adopted bill, the Moscow government will be able not only to create paid zones in certain territories, but also to charge entry into certain areas of the city and into the capital itself. The law will come into force on March 1, 2026.

The unkempt man, whose name has not been disclosed, boarded a plane departing from Heathrow Airport in London without a passport or boarding pass. The Telegraph newspaper reported this story. The unknown person went through the turnstiles, where you need to scan your boarding pass, along with another passenger. The man then underwent a security check, where no illegal substances were found in his possession.

The girls were detained on Red Square for filming “eating sandwiches with red caviar.” The detainees were taken to the Kitai-Gorod police department, the telegram channel “Caution, News” reported . The girls’ lawyer, Petr Khromov, said that a report on an administrative offense was drawn up against his trustees. The police considered filming the consumption of sandwiches with red caviar as petty hooliganism. However, the girls were not fined and were released from the department with a warning.

Reuters published a draft plan of the European Union to use Russian assets to help Ukraine. The document may still change, the journalists added. From the draft, which the agency has reviewed, it follows that the leaders of the European Union will appeal to the institutions of the union with a request to urgently take measures to create a “reparation loan” secured by Russian assets frozen in Europe.

Several Moscow residents appealed to the Investigative Committee, claiming that the founder of the popular extracurricular group “Nadezhda,” 80-year-old Efim Steinberg, had been persuading teenagers to engage in oral sex and masturbation for many years, reports Vestka. Steinberg is an honorary worker in the field of youth policy and a teacher of the highest qualification category. Over 60 years, he raised more than six thousand children.

The recruiting portal Superjob has published a ranking of the most popular employers according to Russian students and young professionals. As the authors of the list note, it was compiled on the basis of a comprehensive study of companies.

The upper house of the Kazakh parliament, the Senate, approved amendments to the legislation banning “propaganda of pedophilia and non-traditional sexual orientation.” This was reported by BAQ. The bill involves introducing amendments to some legislative acts on archiving issues and limiting the distribution of illegal content. The Senate approved the document in two readings in one day.

The station police department in the city of Tula opened a criminal case against a 70-year-old woman. In the actions of the pensioner, they found signs of attempted fraud on a large scale after she sold the apartment and then sued for it back, the Sloboda newspaper reports . A year ago, Tula resident Daniil Volchkov purchased a one-room apartment near the city center for 1.6 million rubles.

The online cinema Kinopoisk has published its list of the best TV series and feature films released in 2025. The site clarified that the rating was compiled by voting by regular authors and editorial staff, warning that “the evaluation criteria are absolutely subjective.” First place in the ranking was taken by director Paul Thomas Anderson's film "Battle after Battle", in which the main roles were played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn.

In Chelyabinsk, police detained local residents suspected of fraud. The detainees could have stolen money and property from participants in the war with Ukraine, the department’s press service reported . The main member of the criminal group, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was a 49-year-old resident of Novocheboksarsk, who this spring was released from a colony where he was serving a sentence for fraud.

Rapper Dzhigan may play the role of Woland in the New Year’s film adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel “The Master and Margarita.” The artist himself announced this in his Telegram channel. “Soon the filming of the film “The Master and Margarita” will start on TNT, and I am participating in auditions for the role of Woland. I am part of that force that always wants evil, but always does good,” said the artist.