Intensified web control, restrictions and widespread internet shutdowns are now surpassing those of the PRC in scope and impact; businesses disruption, estimated in over $60 million in Moscow alone in 5 days, sparked criticism beyond opposition groups

Anyone involved in protests against tightening internet restrictions will be held criminally responsible: the warning comes after cryptic videos circulating online called for nationwide rallies last weekend

!n St. Petersburg community-led restorations of the decaying grand residential buildings has become a form of resilience, as apartment owners, preservationists and volunteers are fixing them up again, using messaging apps that allow neighbors to organize

In the Arctic zone of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug one of the most significant oil fields of the past 30 years has been discovered, within the South Novoportovsky and Saletinsky license areas; reserves are estimated at around 55 million tons of oil