In Istanbul, at Dolmabahçe Palace, a high-level economic dialogue took place between the European Union and Turkey. The meeting was co-chaired by European Commissioner for Economy Valdis Dombrovskis and Turkey’s Minister of Treasury and Finance Mehmet Şimşek. Representatives of the European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) also participated.

The transformation of Russia’s previous foreign economic model is linked to the need to strengthen its position on the African continent. The intensification of economic cooperation between Russia and African countries requires solving a number of problems, one of which is expanding the use of national currencies in bilateral settlements. Settlements in national currencies are complicated by the fact that the volume of Russian exports to African countries significantly exceeds imports from them. As a result, Russian exporting companies accumulate substantial amounts of low-liquidity African national currencies, while settlements in dollars, euros, or potentially rubles are difficult for African importers.

Russia has tens of thousands of kilometers of sea coastline, yet for most of its residents the ocean still remains a distant geography. Meanwhile, everyday things depend on marine technologies: the price of fish in a Moscow store, the speed of cargo delivery, maritime safety, the emergence of new medicines, and new jobs. The key question is not whether Russia needs ocean development technologies, but whether they can move beyond laboratories and turn into accessible goods and services.

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.

Any activity we engage in consumes resources—time, energy, money. But not everything we do ultimately benefits us or helps us achieve our goals. That’s why it’s especially important to identify which everyday and work habits are simply draining your resources, exhausting you physically and emotionally.

The heaviest burden for a woman in business is not taxes, not competitors, and not even cash flow gaps. The heaviest burden is the illusion of total control.

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?