Almost a third of Russians’ appeals to the Human Rights Commissioner this year were related to the war. Most often, Tatyana Moskalkova is asked to help with the search for missing Russian military personnel. Despite the fact that according to the report of the Russian Ministry of Defense, every second person missing at the front has been found

2025 was a record year for the number of detected corruption crimes. This is evidenced by the reports of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation and the Prosecutor General's Office of Russia. Against this background, the State Duma decided to cancel the annual income declarations of officials. From January 2026, the closed state system “Poseidon” will control their income.

At least five Russian soldiers who participated in the war were accused of treason. In total, according to the “First Department” project, in 2025, 468 sentences were passed in Russia under articles of treason and espionage - this is several times more than in the entire period since the introduction of the modern Criminal Code in 1997.

We discuss the problems of the Russian economy with economist Vladislav Zhukovsky.

Satellite image of a secret military base in the village of Pavlovka in Belarus from Planet Labs Inc., taken on December 18, 2025 In the Slutsk district of the Minsk region, construction of a large-scale complex continues on the site of a former Soviet missile base, which was previously found by journalists from the Belarusian service of Radio Liberty. The facility does not have a name in official documents, but is being built according to a secret decree of Alexander Lukashenko.

Pope Leo XIV Pope Leo XIV, in his first Christmas message to the Vatican, called on Ukraine and Russia to find the “courage” to conduct direct negotiations to end the war. The pontiff said this while addressing those gathered in the square in front of St. Peter's Basilica on Thursday. In his message "To the City and the World" (Urbi et Orbi), the head of the Roman Catholic Church also called for an end to conflicts around the world, in particular between Thailand and Cambodia.

In the fall of 2022, Olga Tsaple and Dmitry Vilensky, members of the art collective “ What to do, ” had to quickly leave Russia after their St. Petersburg apartment was searched in connection with a case brought against Max Evstropov , the founder of the “Party of the Dead.” The group "What to do" has been working in Germany for 3 years and recently completed the multimedia project "Fell, Get Up", which centers on the feature film "Songs of Hope and Despair".

Unauthorized protest against corruption in Moscow, March 26, 2017 The State Duma canceled the annual income declarations of officials. A closed state system will control their income 2025 became a record year for the number of detected corruption crimes for the entire period of public statistics in recent years. This is evidenced by the reports of the Investigative Committee and the Prosecutor General's Office of Russia.

Mothballed construction site, Oktyabrsky district of Irkutsk, 2025 In just a year, the financial situation of Russian regions has worsened by more than a trillion rubles: from a record surplus to a massive deficit. According to the results of nine months of this year, 56 regions of Russia have a deficit budget . The total deficit exceeds 169 billion rubles, while in 2024 there was a surplus of 849 billion.

Illustrative photo According to the newspaper, the shortage is due to the transfer of rights to this drug in Europe and Russia from the British-Swedish AstraZeneca to the German Cheplapharm. One of the most popular drugs for the treatment of schizophrenia, psychosis and bipolar disorder, Seroquel, began to disappear from Russian pharmacies. As Kommersant writes , most large pharmacies in Moscow and other Russian cities do not stock Seroquel in the popular dosages of 25 mg and 100 mg.

US Air Force F-35 and Polish Air Force F-16 fighters, August 15, 2023 Polish fighter jets intercepted a Russian reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea, which was flying close to the country's airspace. This was reported by the Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces. The incident occurred on Thursday morning.

The Antonov case: a banker from the Russian Federation was detained in France, whose banks burst in Lithuania and Latvia. He pretended to be a refugee from Ukraine Present Tense Material In mid-December, Russian banker Vladimir Antonov, co-owner of the now liquidated bank Snoras Bank, who operated in several Baltic countries, was detained in France.