Strengthening Russia’s significance in the global monetary system directly depends on the ability of national payment systems to service the constantly growing volume of domestic and cross-border settlements in rubles.

New approaches to organizing financing for technological development in the BRICS countries, according to the study by the Central University with the support of the Ministry of Finance of Russia “Knowledge Is Power Again: How BRICS Countries Can Build Financing for the Technologies of the Future,” are capable of generating a cumulative annual economic effect of up to 2.74 trillion US dollars, which corresponds to approximately 8.8 % of the association’s total GDP. The study states that, given the significant demographic and economic base (more than half of the world’s population and about 42 % of global GDP at PPP), the BRICS potential in creating high‑tech solutions has been only partially realized.

Central bank digital currencies are gradually becoming full-fledged tools for practical settlements. The experience of Russia and China is particularly indicative: both countries started with limited pilot projects, but by 2026 they have approached a new stage in the development of national digital currencies.

There is a level of fatigue that cannot be cured by spa salons and a glass of wine on Friday. It is the state when your inner CEO does not fall silent for a minute. You control the numbers, employees, family, schedule. And at some point you realize: you are carrying everything on your shoulders, but you yourself have nothing to lean on.

August 2026 dictates new rules of the game. The planning horizon has narrowed, speeds have increased, and stress levels in the business environment have reached a historic high. In these conditions, women executives and entrepreneurs are facing a paradox: the more they control processes, the faster they lose energy, time, and ultimately money.

This year, Kamchatka has seen an anomalous amount of snow. In July, we followed our маршруты sinking into snowdrifts, under the strict supervision of EMERCOM instructors. But that’s exactly why we came here.

On August 1, 2026, at the VDNH Green Theater, with the support of the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives, the First All-Russian Musical Festival of Soviet Song "Voices of the Heirs" kicked off. The festival officially opened with a "Songs of the War Years" concert performed by the legendary A. V. Alexandrov Academic Song and Dance Ensemble of the Russian Army. Nearly two hundred artists of the ensemble, founded almost a century ago, took the stage of the Green Theater: soloists of the choir, which is considered one of the benchmark male choirs in the world, an orchestra with a unique lineup where Russian folk instruments sit alongside brass, and a dance group renowned across all continents.

“Fragile Art. Pastels from the Graphic Arts Collection of the 18th — Early 20th Century” is the title given to this unique exhibition. Around 150 works from the collection of the Tretyakov Gallery are on display, including masterpieces by Mikhail Vrubel, Valentin Serov, Ilya Repin, Natalia Goncharova, and Nicholas Roerich. Visitors enter a suite of dimly lit halls with the most carefully regulated climate in the gallery — conditions required for works created in this beautiful yet vulnerable technique.

At the Benois Wing of the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, a large-scale retrospective of Pyotr Konchalovsky, “Garden in Bloom,” dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the artist’s birth, runs until September 14, 2026.

Recently in Accra, at the partner Russian House of the Center for Public Diplomacy, an intensive course was launched to help Ghanaian students of the targeted enrollment program adapt to life in Russia before they soon leave to study at Novosibirsk State Technical University (NSTU).

An 8% decline in the number of students in India's primary schools over the past two years could lead to serious consequences.

As of January 1, 2025, Russia has 1,115 higher education institutions, with Lomonosov Moscow State University taking first place in the ranking of the best universities in Russia in 2024. But which other institutions train highly qualified specialists?