Experts attribute the uptick to a number of factors, including the pandemic and geopolitical tensions Russia’s federal statistics agency Rosstat has reported the first rise in the number of alcoholism cases nationwide in over a decade. The spike may have been caused by stress stemming from the pandemic, as well as “intensifying geopolitical confrontations,” according…

Three Tochka U ballistic weapons were downed over Russia’s Kursk Region, with no casualties reported, according to the Defense Ministry The Russian military has thwarted a Ukrainian “terrorist attack” on the border region of Kursk, shooting down three Soviet-era ballistic missiles, the Defense Ministry has said.

The upward moves in crude prices have so far shown no signs of panic-buying, although investors remain on edge Russian Market is a project by a financial blogger, Swiss journalist and political commentator based in Zurich. Follow him on X @runews