In the first ten months of 2024, retail sales of alcohol in Russia reached 184.2 million decaliters - this is the maximum volume since 2017. RBC writes about this with reference to Rosalkogoltabakcontrol. Vodka sold the most during this period: 62.5 million decaliters versus 54.2 million decaliters in 2017. Wine sales for the same period also turned out to be record high: 46.9 million decaliters of still wine were sold at retail, and 16.3 million decaliters of sparkling wine.

The founder of the Vera Hospice Fund, Nyuta Federmesser, announced her resignation as director of the Moscow Palliative Care Center. Her press secretary, Araksi Muradova, told Takim Dela about this. Federmesser will resign from office on December 2, 2024. “Eight years of my directorship are over. It was an amazing, life-changing and very rewarding experience. How do I feel now? I want to cry. Cry and sleep.

Real prices in Russia have increased significantly since February 2022, several times for some products and services. At the same time, pensions and salaries cannot keep up with such growth. However, there are groups of workers who have benefited from the current situation. “Things like this” open a series of publications about the new price reality of Russians and what will happen next with this.

In the village of Arbagar, Trans-Baikal Territory, residents launched a petition asking to stop the liquidation of the school. The local administration wants to close the institution due to the small number of students. “We are categorically against closing the school. Our children have already been deprived of kindergarten. They must study at their own school. Low class enrollment should not be the reason why they want to close the school,” residents wrote.