Trump Team Not in Touch With Kremlin, Russian Officials Say
[The Moscow Times] - 01/27/2025
“Contacts with the new administration have not started,” Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told state media.
In Russian newspapers
Bank of Russia received 4% more complaints from financial service consumers last year
The people made less complaints in respect of tied selling and mis-selling and more in respect of cyberfraud and (…)
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025
Russia’s special envoy suggests creating small business protection institute in UN
Such effort can be implemented in two areas - creation of a specialized international arbitration and a special (…)
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025
Russia’s Sex Shops Decline as Industry Moves Online
Industry analysts said online retailers and beauty supply stores are increasingly dominating the adult product market.
[The Moscow Times] - 5/02/2025
Woman finds seal napping in her hotel room in the Netherlands — TV
The woman reported this to hotel staff, who called the Zeeland animal protection service
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025
Zelensky’s demands for nuclear weapons speed up his inevitable downfall — Russian senator
Viktor Bondarev noted that Zelensky is not thinking hard enough about the possible consequences of nuclear weapons (…)
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025
Russia, Ukraine exchange 150 prisoners of war from each side
Currently, all the Russian servicemen are on the territory of the Republic of Belarus where they are receiving the (…)
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025
US Postal Service suspends inbound parcels from China — newspaper
It was not immediately clear if the move was related to Beijing’s counter-tariffs in response to those imposed on (…)
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025
Special US envoy could visit Ukraine on February 20 — report
The meeting with US Special Envoy Keith Kellogg "will take place on February 20 in Kiev, unless the schedule (…)
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025
Trump intends to wage hybrid war with Iran, response should be tough — expert
"The only viable strategy for Iran is to demonstrate strength and mitigate the effects of maximum US pressure (…)
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025
Russian Agriculture Ministry authorizes butter imports under duty-free quota
Therefore, the volume approved for supply is 2,201 metric tons
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025
Russian budget to receive $1 bln worth of extra oil and gas revenues in February
Payments from the budget to oil companies as part of the fuel damper mechanism amounted to $18.4 bln in (…)
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025
