On April 2, 2025, President Trump announced the so-called "Liberation Day," sharply increasing import duties on products from almost all countries of the world. The baseline rate of 10% went into effect on April 5. The increased "reciprocal" tariffs were supposed to take effect on April 9; however, on that same day, Trump announced a 90-day pause regarding these additional rates, keeping only the baseline duties.

On April 27, 2026, the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission recommended coordinated approaches to the admission of banks to the common financial market of the Union to the EAEU member states (Source: EEC, 27.04.2026). This concerns banking unification, the significance of which goes beyond granting financial institutions access to the markets of EAEU countries. The convergence of rules governing banks and payment intermediaries creates the foundation for a more interconnected payments space, as the stability of cross-border settlements depends on the comparability of requirements across different jurisdictions.

Today’s economic situation in Russia cannot be described as unambiguous. People have many questions regarding changes in prices, the key interest rate, the situation with the ruble, the reliability of bank deposits, and fuel prices. To clarify the situation, let us turn to an interview given to RBC by Bank of Russia Deputy Governor Alexei Zabotkin. Zabotkin commented in detail on the current situation and answered the most pressing questions.

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.

There is a popular myth: if a woman entrepreneur is tired, she just needs to buy a ticket to the sea, lie on a lounge chair, and sip a cocktail. But in reality, this hasn’t worked for a long time.

There’s one phrase I hear from women entrepreneurs more often than any other: “I manage everything. But it’s getting hard.”

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?