According to The Bell, this unit now oversees blocking messengers, fighting VPNs and putting pressure on IT companies Control over the Internet in Russia since the summer of 2025 has passed to the Second Service of the FSB , a unit responsible for “protecting the constitutional order” and combating terrorism. The Bell writes about this with reference to sources in the IT industry, the telecommunications market and payment services.

A fire at an oil refinery visible from space An oil refinery in Tuapse caught fire after a massive drone attack. Explosions and fire were reported by local residents and Ukrainian monitoring channels. Satellite images show that a dense plume of smoke from the fire spread more than 100 kilometers. According to Ukrainian monitoring channels, at least three fuel tanks caught fire on the territory of the enterprise.

This applies to both the mobile version of the application and the website. The Gosuslugi service has stopped working with VPN enabled, Vorstka noted. When trying to log in, users see a warning: “For the application to function correctly, please disable the VPN. Access is limited for security reasons." The message is displayed both in the mobile version of the application and on the website.

Why Russian regions are drowning, burning and freezing again and again - and who is responsible for it Floods in Dagestan and Chechnya, fires in the Far East, snow collapse in Kamchatka. This is not a chronicle of exceptional natural disasters - this is an ordinary Russian year. Natural emergencies have long ceased to be an anomaly and have become a regular stress test, which the state management system consistently fails.

The number of such searches has reached a five-year high. The number of search queries by Russians on Google and Yandex about housing in Belarus, obtaining a residence permit in this country and purchasing local SIM cards has reached a record level for at least the last five years. “Vorstka” drew attention to this.

While such cases relate to the purchase of drugs Courts in Russia have begun to apply a new law recognizing the use of VPN as an aggravating circumstance in the commission of crimes, the first two such cases were discovered by Vorstka. On the first, the Novomoskovsky District Court of the Tula Region made a decision on December 19, 2025.

The list includes companies in the EU, Turkey and Israel The Russian Ministry of Defense has published a list of companies and enterprises in Europe, Turkey and Israel that, according to the department, are involved in the production of drones and components for Ukraine. The list contains specific legal entities and their addresses, including branches of Ukrainian companies abroad.