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... 

According to Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, the State Duma, the lower chamber of the Russian parliament, will shortly outlaw foreigners paying Russian women to carry their children. Early December will see the passage of a measure on the subject, he added. On Sunday, Volodin said on his Telegram channel, “The selling of children is abhorrent.” “45,000 toddlers born to surrogate moms... 

In a rather suspiciously timed coincidence, several billboards reading “Alaska Is Ours” appeared in Siberia on Thursday, the day after State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin suggested Russia “take back” Alaska from the United States in retaliation for sanctions. Volodin is the top man in the Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, and a very aggressive ally of strongman Vladimir Putin.... 

New round of Western sanction against Russia will target seven individuals and 17 companies. They are meant to affect Moscow’s stance over the ongoing Ukrainian crisis. The individuals listed by the US Department of Treasury on Monday include Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, chair of the parliamentary commission on Foreign Affairs, Aleksey Pushkov, chief of presidential office, Vyacheslav...