A declaration will only be required in certain cases Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a package of laws abolishing the mandatory annual submission of anti-corruption declarations for officials and deputies. We are talking about two bills that exempt civil servants from the obligation to annually provide information on income and expenses provided for by the anti-corruption law. According to the new norms, declarations will be submitted only in certain cases.

According to the President of Ukraine, 95% of the peace plan has been agreed upon Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky told reporters that in Florida on December 28, he proposed to US President Donald Trump to provide Kiev with security guarantees for up to 50 years, while the United States agreed to provide security guarantees for 15 years. “I told him that we are already at war and it has been going on for almost 15 years. Therefore, I would really like the guarantees to be longer.

Previously, 250 million rubles had already been allocated for it The Cinema Fund has approved the third round of financial support for the film Kumparsita, which tells the story of Soviet figure skaters. As “Verstka” noted, the film is being filmed by the company “H2O Production,” a third of which is controlled by the wife of the president’s press secretary, Tatyana Navka.

The Tagansky court decided that the plaintiff does not have evidence to represent interests in defense of messengers The Tagansky District Court of Moscow terminated the proceedings on the administrative claim of the Russians against Roskomnadzor and the Ministry of Digital Development to recognize the restrictions on calls in the Telegram and WhatsApp messengers as illegal.

Price jumps began in September The Russian authorities were unable to stabilize the cost of diesel after the autumn shortage at gas stations in different regions of Russia. Average prices in the country per liter of this fuel are growing weekly and the jumps are usually 15–51 kopecks, Vorstka found out after analyzing Rosstat data.

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Officials consider the project to transfer the population to Max a “failure” The second half of 2025 was marked by Max. Only in June, Vladimir Putin signed a law on the creation of a “national messenger,” and already on December 17, its creators reported 75 million users. Max seemed to be absolutely everywhere. It was advertised over loudspeakers and in cartoons , and the media and celebrities talked about the advantages of the new messenger.