Where are private investors fleeing from Russia?

We talk about the “hole” in the budget and the spending of Russians with economist Vyacheslav Shiryaev.

Last Sunday, December 14, an evening of letters to prisoners in the “Baymak case” was held in Yerevan. Participants signed 62 postcards and wrote eight letters to those involved in the case, some of whom are still being held in pre-trial detention centers awaiting a verdict, and some have already been transferred to a colony outside of Bashkortostan. Liliya Chanysheva, a former political prisoner and ex-coordinator of Navalny’s former Ufa Headquarters, spoke to those who came via video link.

Members of the art group "What to do?" talk about their project “Fell - Get Up”

On December 16, the European Commission proposed abandoning plans to completely ban sales of new cars with internal combustion engines in the EU by 2035. The plan was previously approved to achieve the EU's climate change commitments. This measure, however, was opposed by a number of EU countries, as well as leading car manufacturers. The adjusted plan calls for a 90% cut in sales of internal combustion engine vehicles compared with 2021 - but not a complete ban.

In the first part of an interview with Present Time TV channel host Irina Romaliyskaya, Ukrainian journalist and human rights activist Maxim Butkevich talks about the torture and violence he experienced in Russian captivity, about “good Russians” and the responsibility of Russians for the war.

Show more Collapse The Moscow City Court sentenced the judges and prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, in particular, for the illegal criminal prosecution of Vladimir Putin - in March 2023, the ICC prosecutor issued a warrant for his arrest. What does this verdict mean and what are the reasons for the crisis of confidence in international justice?

How Russia uses anti-personnel mines in the occupied territories of Ukraine and why Ukraine decided to withdraw from the Ottawa Treaty, which prohibits the production and use of anti-personnel mines.

Lukoil oil field in the Caspian Sea Based on the tax price of Urals oil for November, in December, oil and gas revenues of the Russian budget will fall to the lowest level since the pandemic year of 2020. Budget revenues will be almost a quarter less than in November, and will be approximately half of what oil companies transferred to the treasury in December 2024.