Russia's GDP in February 2026 fell by 1.5% in annual terms after falling by 2.1% in January. Such assessments are provided by the Ministry of Economic Development in a certificate about the current situation in the economy. At the same time, a number of key industries also continue to show decline. Industrial production fell by 0.9% year on year, and manufacturing by 2.8%.

Russian authorities have set a recruitment quota for higher education institutions: one in 50 students is expected to sign a contract with the Russian Armed Forces to fight in Ukraine. According to Faridaily , the target — 2% of the student body — was communicated by Russia’s Minister of Science and Higher Education, Valery Falkov, to the rectors of the country’s largest universities at a closed-door meeting in early 2026.

Marine exports of Russian diesel fuel and gasoil decreased in March by 3% compared to February - to about 3.06 million tons. The reason was systematic attacks by Ukrainian drones on key port terminals, according to data from market sources and LSEG, as Reuters writes . As noted, the Baltic port of Primorsk, Russia’s largest diesel export hub, was hit the hardest. Supplies of ultra-low-sulfur diesel through it fell by 2.6% to 1.713 million tons.

In the North Caucasus, flooding has continued for the fifth day, which began on the evening of March 28 after heavy rains and gusty winds. In Dagestan, according to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, 822 residential buildings remain flooded, and in Chechnya - 50 residential buildings. According to regional media, the flooding was the worst in the last 107 years: in some areas, about 50 mm of rain fell in a few hours, which small channels, gullies and city sewers could not cope with.

In today's summary: In the Konstantinovsky direction, the Russian military is fighting in the southern part of the urban area of ​​Konstantinovka In the Pokrovsk direction, Ukrainian troops carried out a mechanized counterattack northwest of Pokrovsk Almost four years later, the Russian Ministry of Defense once again declares the complete “liberation” of the territory of the “LPR” The interception rate of air targets of Ukrainian air defense in March 2026 was about 90% Attacks on the ports of

Governor of the Murmansk region Andrei Chibis said that among those killed in the crash of the Russian An-26 military transport aircraft in occupied Crimea were servicemen of the Northern Fleet. He reported this on his Telegram channel: “Among the dead are our North Sea warriors, people of honor, duty and courage.” The governor did not specify under what circumstances the Northern Fleet servicemen ended up in Crimea and what tasks they performed.

The American company Micro1 from Palo Alto hired thousands of contract workers in more than 50 countries to film videos of household chores - these recordings are then used to train humanoid robots. Workers attach phones to their heads and film themselves ironing, washing dishes and cooking.

From April 1, Russian mobile operators have disabled the ability to top up Apple ID balances through a subscriber’s account, Kommersant was convinced . In the first hours after midnight, payment through MTS, Beeline and T2 did not go through and when trying to pay, a message appeared about the temporary unavailability of the service. According to RBC, all four major operators - MTS, MegaFon, Beeline and T2 - recently received appropriate instructions.

In 32 regions of Russia, personal plots, roads and residential buildings were flooded as a result of melting snow, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported in a conversation with RIA Novosti. The department says it is taking preventive measures, including using drones. Krasnoyarsk region According to the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, 59 residential buildings, 65 household plots and dozens of basements were flooded in the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

About 30% of books may be removed from the library collection of Yekaterinburg, since they were purchased with funds from the Soros Foundation. Director of the Municipal Budgetary Institution “Municipal Association of Libraries of the City of Yekaterinburg” Irina Cheremisinova announced this at a meeting of the City Duma. The Vecherniye Vedomosti Telegram channel writes about this, which also published a video with Cheremisinova’s statement.

KamAZ is exploring the possibility of transferring employees to a four-day work week from June 1, as well as reducing the production plan for 2026, RIA Novosti reports . The reasons cited are stagnation of the heavy truck market and an excess of unsold Chinese equipment. The final decision will depend on sales results in April and May.

The “List of Terrorists and Extremists” is a list maintained by Rosfinmonitoring since 2011. It includes people suspected, accused or convicted under articles related to terrorism, extremism and a number of crimes against the foundations of the constitutional order. An increase in the number of people on the Rosfinmonitoring list means an increase in the number of criminal cases. After the start of a full-scale war in Ukraine, the number of Ukrainians on this list increased sharply.

Football player Fedor Smolov entered into a settlement agreement with the victim in the case of a fight in the Moscow cafe "Coffeemania". RAPSI reports this from the courtroom of the justice of the peace in the Presnensky district of Moscow. According to lawyers, Smolov compensated for material and moral damage. The total amount of compensation was 4 million rubles, of which 1 million rubles had previously been deposited with the notary.

At the National Medical Research Center of Radiology of the Russian Ministry of Health, for the first time in clinical practice, a patient received the personalized mRNA vaccine “Neoonkovak” to combat melanoma. TASS writes about this with reference to the department. The patient is a 60-year-old resident of the Kursk region. He is currently receiving immunotherapy, but the risk of disease progression remains. The use of a vaccine is seen as a means of controlling the disease.

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that Russian troops had captured the entire territory of the “Luhansk People’s Republic”. The department's statement is reported by RIA Novosti. “Units of the West group of troops completed the liberation of the Lugansk People’s Republic,” the Ministry of Defense said in a report.