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President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a long-delayed law aimed at protecting the Russian language, though independent observers say the legislation has been significantly watered down from its original version. Starting in March 2026, store signs and public-facing notices such as “open,” “closed,” and “sale” will be required to appear in Russian. Translations into other…
Russia’s lower-house State Duma on Wednesday approved amendments to the 2025 budget, forecasting a drop of more than $15 billion in revenues and a wider deficit due to falling oil and gas earnings. The budget signed by President Vladimir Putin last December projected revenues at 40.3 trillion rubles ($508.5 billion) and a deficit of 1.17…
Russia’s State Duma passed a bill Wednesday overhauling the country’s constitutionally mandated two-tier system of local self-government, further consolidating the Kremlin’s control six years after President Vladimir Putin proposed the reforms. The bill, which has been amended over 1,000 times since its introduction in 2021, allows regional authorities to decide whether to abolish lower-tier urban…
Russian Parliament Speaker Wants Joe Biden and Antony Blinken Electrocuted Russian Parliament (State Duma) Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin called for punishment for former US President Joe Biden and ex-Secretary of State Antony Blinken following Tucker Carlson’s recent remarks about the alleged intention of the Biden administration to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo: commons.wikimedia.org by Vladimir…
