Last year, the Russian Federation bought more than 10% of all optical fiber produced in the world Chinese manufacturers have sharply increased prices for optical fibers due to rising demand and shortages amid the AI ​​boom, Vedomosti writes , citing market participants. Prices for one kilometer of fiber have generally increased from $2.34 to $5.84 over the past year. Specifically for Russian customers, China raised prices by 2.5–4 times. China is the main manufacturer of optical fiber.

He will work only at the front, RBC sources say The Russian authorities decided to completely block the work of the Telegram messenger in Russia in early April, RBC writes , citing two interlocutors close to the Kremlin. This is the final decision, the publication's sources say. The authorities motivate this with the fight against the recruitment of Russians through the messenger to commit sabotage. The imminent blocking of Telegram was also confirmed by The Bell's sources in the telecom market.

The State Duma in the third reading adopted a bill that expands the list of grounds for refusing to extradite foreigners, as follows from the database of the lower house of parliament. Article 464 of the Criminal Procedure Code will be supplemented with a clause that allows another state to refuse to extradite a foreigner suspected of criminal offenses abroad if he serves or served in Russian military formations and participated in hostilities.

We are giving this monologue anonymously at the request of the heroine and for security reasons. The editors verified the facts from the teacher’s story. We were gathered at a teachers' council and told that an event would be held, supposedly they would talk about changes in the legislation on military service. All adult boys must attend it. Attendance is strictly required. There are no good reasons. I didn’t immediately understand that we were talking about contract service.

An application with conditions under which students are invited to enter into contracts with the Ministry of Defense as part of a campaign to recruit unmanned systems into the army was published on the website of the Ulyanovsk College of Culture and Art. Human rights activist Artem Klyga drew attention to this. What is written in the application contradicts what recruiters say to university and college students during conversations and write on propaganda posters.

Now it is mandatory for both the military and state employees The State Duma in the third reading adopted a bill introducing mandatory state genomic registration. Initially, they wanted to oblige only military personnel to donate biomaterial - this would make it easier to identify the remains of the dead. But by the second reading, the norm was expanded to include civil servants, police officers and conscripts.

Over the year, the figure increased 3.6 times and became a record The total deficit of unconsolidated budgets of Russian regions in 2025 increased by more than 1 trillion rubles and reached 1.478 trillion rubles, writes Kommersant, citing calculations by ACRA analysts. Compared to 2024, when the deficit was 407 billion rubles, the figure increased 3.6 times and became a record for the entire observation period.

The shortage of fighters in the Russian army is likely to worsen. One of the loudest military news of recent weeks: in January, the losses of the Russian army by 9 thousand people exceeded the number of new contract soldiers, sources told Bloomberg. Here are some signs of a growing shortage. Losses are growing. By the fourth anniversary of the start of the war, journalists and volunteers confirmed by name the deaths of more than 200 thousand people.

They are offered work or study, but in reality they are sent to the front The African Exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church is luring Kenyans to fight in Ukraine. This was reported by the American religious news agency Religion News Service with reference to the human rights organization Vocal Africa. Russian Orthodox Church researcher Ksenia Luchenko was the first to draw attention to the publications.