"Total donations to the APU in cryptocurrency have grown to $12.7 million. This is just two days! Most of all donations are made to Ethereum - $5.5 million, Bitcoin - $4.4 million, Tether - $2.1 million."

– Ukrainian Minister of Digital Transformation, speaking on cryptocurrency donations to the army 

News, states, quotes and notes from around Russia.

The Kremlin's unprovoked, illegal war on Ukraine will backfire. And untold millions will suffer. Silence would be complicity in this horrendous crime.

Is Russia is looking to streamline its 30+ types of visas by potentially adding four more?

Russian bank VTB is set to begin offering customers loans to cover parking spaces and closets, which seem like sound financial decisions.

The minimum price of vodka, set by Russia's Ministry of Finance, has been raised. Barely.

Sellers of souvenirs? They’re missing you, folks! But perhaps not that much.

The digital ruble is about to be tested, so here's a crash course in how digital currency works.

Due to a gas shortage, one former Soviet city has been forced to shut off a war memorial: an "eternal" flame that was never supposed to stop burning.

Russia's independent press faces innumerable pressures. Former Russian Life Editor Mikhail Ivanov (1995–2003) describes how economic issues have long plagued the Russian media system.

“We expect there to be and there already is a decrease in prices for products included in this ‘borscht set,’ and in our opinion, the trend will continue.”

– Elvira Nabiullina, the head of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, has happy news.

There has long been anxiety about a “Chinese takeover” of Siberia. Even Lake Baikal is not immune.