The United States made an exception for Hungary - it will allow it to bypass sanctions to pay for Russian gas supply under contracts with Gazprom. This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations of Hungary Peter Siyyarto. Such a decision was made by the Trump administration. Earlier, the same decision was made in relation to Turkey and its contracts with Gazprom.

The 235th garrison military court arrested the head of the Main Center for Information Technologies (IT) of the Russian Guard Nikolai Chekopsov in the fraud case on an especially large scale (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code), the TASS State Russian Agency reports . He faces imprisonment for up to ten years.

The Moscow State Theater "Lenkom Mark Zakharov" will be united with the "Center for Drama and Directs", the Moscow News Agency "Moscow" reports with reference to the director of "Lenkoma" Dmitry Berestov. “I believe that the symbiosis of two sites will only benefit them-both from a creative and administrative and economic point of view. The new theater association will increase the quantity and variety of creative projects.

The news The Insider March 21, 2025 #Military report In today's report: About 100 km² of territory remains under sustainable control of Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region Frontelligence Insight - the Kursk operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not achieve their goals, the results at best are "ambiguous" To the north of Kupyansk there are assault on the RF Armed Forces in small groups with the support of drones and artillery, the activity of the DRGs has also increased The Ministry of

The news The Insider March 21, 2025 The Sudanese army took control of the capital of the country Hartum and the Presidential Palace, which previously controlled the rebel forces of quick response (SBR). About this writes the BBC. A photo and video of the Sudanese military in the city center and directly in the presidential palace appeared in social networks. The BBC Verify project confirmed the authenticity of the video and notes that they were really shot in the capital of Sudan.

Controlled burns of dry grass, carried out under the supervision of forest and fire services, are theoretically intended to prevent larger wildfires. However, experts argue that in practice, these burns only dry out trees and shrubs, creating the perfect conditions for flames to spread. Instead of preventing disasters, human activity often turns forests into an even more fire-prone environment. In 2019, the Amur Region abandoned the springtime preventive burning of grass and deadwood.

ECONOMICS Varvara Senizhskaya 21 March 2025 The United States spends more on healthcare than any other G7 country, according to a March study by the Our World in Data project. Yet among G7 nations, the U.S. ranks last in life expectancy and lags behind on most other health indicators.

The United States spends more on healthcare than any other G7 country, according to a March study by the Our World in Data project. Yet among G7 nations, the U.S. ranks last in life expectancy and lags behind on most other health indicators. Healthcare has long been a central issue in American politics, and the debate only intensified after Luigi Maggione, outraged by the system’s injustices, killed a top executive of the country’s largest health insurance company.

Russia chronically underfunds its wildfire response organizations. On the surface, 2025's budget for wildfire prevention appears to be 40% higher than that of 2024, totaling 19.9 billion rubles ($232.4 million). However, this increase is largely symbolic — in 2023 and 2024, wildfire protection funding barely changed , while Russia's real inflation rate far exceeds the official 9.5%.

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that on the night of March 20, the air defense forces were shot down by 132 drones, 54 of them - above the Saratov region. The Federal Air Transport Agency against the BPP attack introduced restrictions on flights in Saratov and Engels. Governor Roman Busargin called this blow to the drones "the most massive attack of the UAV for all the time." It was also reported that the damage was received by the Engels City Clinical Hospital No.

A Russian company with close ties to the state is offering up to $4 million for a working method to hack the popular messaging app Telegram. The St. Petersburg-based firm Operation Zero, which specializes in purchasing software vulnerabilities and reselling them to government entities and private sector organizations, has announced a reward for anyone who can provide exploits targeting Telegram.

Bundesrat approved a financial package, which provides for multi -billion dollar investments in defense and infrastructure, DW reports . On March 18, the necessary changes to the Constitution were approved by the Bundestag. This happened after complex negotiations and a number of concessions, as a result of which the conservative unit achieved the support of the agreement by the Green.

Lyudmila Razumova, 58-year-old convicted for seven years for Fakes, was transferred from IK-5 in Vyshny Volochka to a prison hospital in Torzhka after a hunger strike . It is reported by the New Gazeta. According to the publication, Razumova stopped the hunger strike on March 12, after which she was again sent to a schizo. On March 20, according to lawyer Maxim Kharchenko, she was finally transferred to the hospital, which she tried to achieve.

In Great Britain, Oleg Gordievsky died in his house in 87 years of life, who is called one of the most famous spies of the 20th century. The causes of death are not reported. In 1970–80, Gordievsky for 15 years oversaw Britain and Scandinavia in the First Main Directorate of the KGB. In 1974, the British intelligence service of Mi-6 recruited the Soviet diplomat. He began to work with her under the pseudonym Ovation.

The Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands plans to increase the number of its staff to 200 thousand people - twice as much as it was announced earlier. This information was confirmed by NOS television companies two trade unions after a meeting with employers and employees. Currently, the defense department has about 75 thousand employees, including professional military, civilian personnel and about 8 thousand reservists.