Addressing the challenges plaguing Russia’s public utilities sector, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin proposed a potential solution on Tuesday by advocating for the transfer of heating networks and power generation into state ownership. The statement comes in the wake of recent severe cold temperatures that led to substantial power disruptions in various Russian regions during the holiday... 

In the frigid town of Podolsk in the Moscow region, a dire scenario unfolds as more than 21,000 residents find themselves in the throes of life-threatening cold, with temperatures plummeting below a bone-chilling -20°C. The community grapples with an alarming heating crisis that has pushed citizens to the brink. Frustration and desperation reach a boiling point as locals, left without the essential... 

In a bold and relentless move, Ukraine’s army executed a strategic assault on critical Russian infrastructure, leaving Vladimir Putin reeling and the Belgorod region in chaos. The two-day offensive targeted key installations, including an ammunition warehouse and a power substation, escalating tensions in the border region. The assault began with the destruction of an ammunition depot in a Belgorod... 

Italy’s interior minister Matteo Salvini has called on the country’s prime minister to recognize the government’s ruling coalition has collapsed, demanding a vote of no confidence and snap elections. Giorgia Meloni, the leader of the National Populist Brothers of Italy party, has said that new elections could bring about a government set on making the “politically incorrect reforms that Italy...