A poll conducted by the Research Center of the SuperJob.ru website showed that 38% of Russians with higher education don't work in their specialty. The number of those who don't work in their specialty is especially high among …
The number of elderly people in Russia is expected peak at 43.7 million in 2030, accounting for almost 29 percent of the total population, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said. According to her, the non-working age …
On Tuesday, March 30, the 10th meeting of the Presidential Council for Interethnic Relations was held by videoconference under the chairmanship of Russian President Vladimir Putin. It was the first meeting during the coronavirus pandemic, and …
The number of those who left the Stavropol Territory turned out to be higher than the number of arrivals, the press service of the North Caucasusstat informs. It is reported that last year 44 700 people arrived in the territory of the …
The debt burden ratio of Russians at the macro-level (DBR, the ratio of all payments under relevant loans to total income of the population) increased to record-breaking 11.7% as of 2021 year-start, according to papers for the presentation of …
Russia’s coronavirus situation has been steadily improving since December 2020, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said in an interview with YouTube host Anton Krasovsky. "We currently see no reason to introduce lockdowns …
The number of cyber attacks on the Kremlin website has risen lately, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. When asked whether it was possible to determine if there were indeed technical difficulties in operation of websites of the …
The number of Russians with incomes below the subsistence level amounted to 18.8 mln people in the third quarter of 2020, Labor and Social Protection Minister Anton Kotyakov said. The amount of unemployed in Russia registered with …
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law that allows the Central Electoral Commission, as well as regional and district electoral commissions, to contact the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Telecom, Information Technologies …
The Kremlin on Thursday dismissed as baseless and illogical U.S. calls for Russia to destroy its chemicals weapons, saying that Moscow had destroyed them long ago in line with the chemical weapons convention. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry …
The struggle to defeat poverty in Russia faces certain difficulties, but national officials are not giving up on it, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Thursday. "True, not everything works out well," he …
Russians will be able to stop wearing medical masks at public places this year, if they continue to observe coronavirus pandemic-related preventive measures, the deputy chief for clinical and epidemiological work of the consumer rights watchdog …
Russia has all the technical means to ensure the autonomous work of its Internet, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said. However, he added that no one would want to take things to an extreme. …
The population of Russia contracted by 510,000 over 2020 to 146.238 mln people as of January 1, 2021, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) said on Thursday, TASS reports. The Russian population was 146.748 mln as of January 1, …
Russian police apprehended the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) employee, Alexey Navalny press secretary Kira Yarmysh, and Georgy Alburov, also an FBK employee, a source in the law enforcement said. "Police officers have …
The ideology of Russian President Vladimir Putin is close to liberalism and is based on achieving the goals of developing the country and ensuring Russians’ prosperity, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. Peskov …
The Azerbaijani embassy in Russia has addressed the citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan in this country, according to the embassy. "Taking into account the current situation related to the spread of coronavirus infection, …
St. Petersburg museums and the Leningrad Zoo are reopening Monday after a 12-day hiatus imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19. Moreover, visitors are cleared to attend exhibitions and concerts, while busses can now resume tourist trips …
The law on increasing the personal income tax rate (PIT) from 13% to 15% on income exceeding five million rubles a year was introduced in Russia. Simultaneously, the tax rate of 13% will remain for individuals' income from the sale …
Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has listed economic issues and a rise in poverty among the main challenges of 2020, he said in an interview with the RTVI channel. When asked about the main challenges of the year besides the coronavirus, …
