That's just stupid. It's around half of what you suggested. Just read statisticsRussia per capita PPP GDP should be well over $100K.
That's just stupid. It's around half of what you suggested. Just read statisticsRussia per capita PPP GDP should be well over $100K.
This is logistic firm that supply vehicles to Vostok Oil project in Arctic.The difference between the highest and lowest salaries in Russia exceeded 220,000 rubles.
"The average monthly nominal accrued wages of those employed in the economy since December 2025: Moscow – 288,524 rubles, Chechen Republic – 60,913 rubles," the materials state.
These shift workers not like they will have down time outside Arctic. Couriers make $2.5k a month outside big cities. This high salaries for drivers and couriers only happen in society with high disposable income or large families stay at home.Shift work: 45 working days / 45 days off;
Shift allowance 700 rubles/day;
Vacation 28 days + 12 northern (2 days for each month of the shift);
1) Category CE vehicle driver — requirements: category CE driver's license; CIPF tachograph card, at least 1 year of experience in category CE according to the Labor Code — salary per shift, including meals, after deduction of personal income tax (take home), rubles — from 300,000.00 rubles;
The Human Rights Council predicted a decline in couriers' income in the near future.
In January, the hh.ru service's press service told RIA Novosti that the average salary offered for couriers in Russia at that time was almost 170,000 rubles.
According to hh.ru, by region, the highest salaries for couriers in January 2026 were offered in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania (190,800 rubles), the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, , and the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (190,000 rubles each), as well as in the Udmurt Republic (189,600 rubles).
March 24, 2026
Couriers are being deprived of their last source of income. Yandex delivery robots will appear in five more cities.
Yandex is expanding its robodelivery service. On March 24, 2026, the service became available , St. Petersburg, Kazan, and . but will expand significantly in the near future.
Introduction of a new generation rover
According to robots surpass previous versions in technical specifications : they have increased maneuverability and an improved lidar sensor. At the same time, their production is significantly simpler and less expensive.
Yandex plans to deploy 20,000 fourth-generation delivery by the end of 2027. They will be used in all new locations and will gradually replace previous-generation robots in existing cities where the service operates.

Speaking at the international conference “Uzbekistan – Russia: strategic partnership in the Eurasian space” in Termez and moderating the session “Connecting North and South: transport, logistics, infrastructure”, First Deputy Director of the Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies Akramjon Nematov emphasized that a main priority for Russia and Uzbekistan is developing a strong transportation system and adaptable infrastructure for international trade based on modern technological solutions.
Within this architecture, the Termez hub plays a crucial role as the southern gateway and a link between Central and South Asia, offering the shortest route to the ports of the Indian Ocean.
Riyadh and Sochi direct flights expected next month. now why it is important. Sochi was new built city and alot of Russian bought expensive real estate in that city. now Putin goal is to show it to Royal Kingdoms and gain that culture. and Saudi has done polite programme that Russia is expensive for large families.
These are only the largest projects; in fact, there are many more. Currently, approximately 115 projects worth 3.2 trillion rubles are underway. Our trade turnover is growing: it has reached $11.5 billion, while Russian investment in Uzbekistan's economy totals $13 billion. The mutual benefits of such cooperation are obvious.

24 Apr 2026 12:40
FESCO completes first export voyage from Novorossiysk to port of Jeddah on Red Sea
"In this way, thanks to a single intermodal chain through the port of Jeddah, FESCO provides logistics coverage for key markets of the Arabian Peninsula in both export and import directions," the group said.
"Against the backdrop of the tense situation in the Strait of Hormuz area, FESCO is consistently diversifying routes to maintain supplies to the region. Developing transportation via the Red Sea allows us to provide broad logistics coverage of the region, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and the UAE, for both export and import shipments. This strengthens our position in one of the key centers of world trade and demonstrates the capabilities of Russian logistics," the deputy general director for the Line-Logistics Division of FESCO German Maslov said.
This has info about Space technologies used in Arctic development. I have seen figure as high $400B further for Arctic development.The agricultural sector led the way in wage growth in Russia, up 14.3%.
It's important to keep in mind that these are average salaries for the industry. In large agricultural holdings, salaries for these specialists can be much higher. For example, an agronomist-seed grower can earn over 300,000 rubles per month.
Salaries for livestock specialists reach up to 500,000 rubles in Vologda, Kostroma, and some other regions of Russia. Of course, these are niche offers for industry gurus, and achieving such salaries will be difficult early in a career. However, there is already a benchmark and a goal for agricultural university graduates.
The main trend of 2026
Given labor market trends in recent years, agricultural specialties will continue to experience rising wages in 2026. Employers are interested in finding employees who possess not only traditional competencies but also those who are willing to be innovative and bring skills in robotics, artificial intelligence, and extensive databases to the agricultural sector.
Russia will need at least 50 additional high-ice-class vessels by 2030.
The agenda included issues related to the formation of a constellation of spacecraft to provide remote sensing of the Earth, including for the purpose of monitoring ice conditions in the Arctic region and the Northern Sea Route.
"The Roscosmos State Corporation has already launched seven spacecraft into orbit between 2021 and 2025: four for hydrometeorological purposes and three for radar," said Yuri Trutnev.
The Arktika-M space system makes a significant contribution to the production of various types of information products, which are necessary not only for improving the accuracy of weather forecasts in the Arctic region but also throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Based on data from the Arktika-M space system, various information products on atmospheric and ground surface parameters are produced for the benefit of consumers. By decision of the Roscosmos State Corporation, the Kondor-FKA space radar observation system, including the Kondor-FKA No. 1 and No. 2 satellites, has been commissioned for targeted missions. The Kondor-FKA space system enables monitoring of the Earth's surface at any time of day and in any weather conditions. These advantages make it possible to map ice conditions, particularly for routing vessels along the Northern Sea Route during the polar night. To expand radar surveillance of the Northern Sea Route, the Obzor-R No. 1 satellite was launched in December of last year. Following completion of flight tests, the Obzor-R No. 1 spacecraft will be accepted into operation. Data from the Meteor-3M spacecraft will be used to obtain hydrometeorological information.

Laboratories on Wheels": Why KAMAZ is working on "hydrogen vehicles" and what they are
"We don't turn a blind eye to Chinese developments—we analyze them and understand how they work," the director of the Center for Economic Analysis and Policy answered. "But copying them is pointless, because to develop a market, it's not enough to master existing technologies—we need to take trends into account. By the time state programs are launched, we must come up with high-level solutions."
Together with Rosatom, which expressed interest in the KAMAZ technology park, the Center for Energy and Environmental Protection is currently developing a hydrogen refueling complex, which will be located next to the Olympus facility. An agreement to this effect has been signed. The state corporation is working on this project within its own industry, addressing the challenges of hydrogen production and storage."All over the world, businesses are uniting in consortiums to solve problems of this magnitude," Makarov states. "We adhere to the same strategy: without duplicating efforts and investments, we and our partners are developing technological solutions in our own fields."

This Polymetallic projects and unified processing centers.Russia has proposed replacing metals in ion batteries with cheap organic materials.
These organic substances are widely available in both natural environments and fossil hydrocarbon sources and are easily processed and recycled.
MOSCOW, April 21. /TASS/. Russian scientists have concluded that a significant portion of the expensive transition metal compounds used in the production of ion batteries can be replaced with cheaper analogs based on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons without compromising the batteries' performance. This was reported by the press service of Skoltech (part of the VEB.RF group).
"We've shown that common aromatic compounds, such as naphthalene or anthracene, can perform just as well, and in some cases even better, than expensive synthetic materials. This opens the way to creating batteries in which key components are produced from renewable raw materials," said Ilya Chepkasov, a senior researcher at the Skoltech Center for Materials Science and Engineering, as quoted by the university's press service.
As Chepkasov and his colleagues note, lithium-ion and other types of batteries currently use a large number of complex and expensive synthetic materials for the cathode, positive terminal, and other components. These materials typically utilize various transition metal compounds, including nickel and cobalt, which are expensive and have limited reserves on Earth.
As a result, we are seeing not only an increase in reserves but also a shift in the model of subsoil development. Many projects are now being considered as elements of future production clusters with a unified processing and logistics infrastructure. Moreover, a significant portion of new projects are emerging as a result of the inclusion of reserves identified through additional exploration of previously known occurrences.
According to Rosnedra , the deposit contains titanium reserves of approximately 17.3 million tons, phosphorus reserves of approximately 6.3 million tons, and iron ore reserves of over 218 million tons.
According to the overall assessment, Zhidoiskoye is considered one of the largest new discoveries of the past year in the industrial materials segment, which is responsible for the growth of the country's mineral resource base.
Lithium: Formation of a new raw material base
Among the most notable events of recent months is of an increase in lithium reserves in Russia, recorded for the first time in two decades.
Thus, by 2026, the map of Russian deposits will become more dense and multilayered. A system of interconnected ore clusters is emerging in the country, where gold, copper, polymetals, and strategic metals mining projects are developing in parallel across several regions.
Representatives of Rosnedra stated that in the coming years, new deposits will be more actively involved in industrial development.
Russia imposes duties on lithium-ion imports to support local manufacturers.
The Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade is considering imposing import duties on lithium-ion products to stimulate demand for domestically produced goods, announced Anton Alikhanov, head of the ministry, at a meeting of the State Council Committee on Industry. The possibility of including Russian lithium-ion batteries in the calculation of localization points is also being discussed.
Anton Alikhanov emphasized that the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Moscow government, Rosatom, and the EFKO Group are actively working to improve the regulatory framework for lithium-ion batteries, batteries for vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles, and energy storage systems. "We need to clarify the EAEU TN VED codes to more closely monitor import flows and determine import on lithium-ion products," the minister noted.
The Minister of Industry and Trade also emphasized the importance of competition among manufacturers in this sector. He noted that demand for products is quite high in both public transportation, automotive technology, and driverless technology, and it is essential to meet all current needs.
Oreshkin predicted the death of traditional banks
According to Oreshkin, competition is now based not on closed data sets, but on the quality of algorithms and services. He also stated that he had always been surprised by the salaries in this industry. "As someone who worked in the banking system, I was always amazed at why they paid such high salaries. Lord forgive me, I was earning a high salary, and I couldn't understand why I was earning so much more than an engineer inventing an airplane or a car," he said.
Beijing Dialogue. Gazprom and CNPC are preparing to begin gas supplies to China via the Far East route.
A. Miller and Dai Houliang discussed the development of the strategic partnership between Gazprom and CNPC for the second time in 2.5 months.
Putin announced the need to build a bridge to Sakhalin
A bridge to Sakhalin needs to be built, despite its high cost, President Vladimir Putin said.
"Dear story. It's not even that the bridge is expensive, but that the adjacent infrastructure to this bridge is the most expensive, but it still needs to be done," he said at a meeting with representatives of indigenous peoples of Russia.
Putin called Russia the "land of the rising sun"
Thu, 04/30/2026 -
Disciplined and Unpretentious": An Expert Talks About North Korean Migrant Workers
— It is reported that workers from North Korea are entering Russia in groups led by party activists.
"That's their internal matter. Basically, any large, organized group of migrant workers has a leader who maintains order, ensures that their charges comply with the laws of the host country, and avoids incidents and disagreements with local authorities. The language barrier also plays a role. Not all migrant workers speak Russian well enough to resolve problems or conflicts that arise. And here, of course, the role of the group leader is important."
— It is believed that, due to their mentality, North Korean workers obey their superiors unquestioningly.
Our interviewee recalls the words of former Russian Ambassador to North Korea Alexander Matsegora (he held the post from December 2014 until his sudden death in December 2025). In various interviews, Alexander Ivanovich stated that every North Korean working in Russia supports between three and ten of their relatives.
The ambassador also clarified the mechanism: workers received 40-50% of their earnings in cash, with the rest going to the state. But even this 40-50% was enough to support their numerous relatives.
How AvtoVAZ is improving the quality of its Lada models
To achieve this, the Tolyatti plant is optimizing both all production stages and the algorithm for multi-stage testing of manufactured vehicles.
Physicist Golubov returned to Russia to develop quantum technologies
A Russian-Dutch scientist noted that working abroad has become inconvenient due to anti-Russian sanctions.
The scientist was born in 1960 in Gomel, Belarus, where he graduated from high school and then from the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys (MISiS). He worked at the Institute of Solid State Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Chernogolovka, and in 1990, he began his scientific career in Europe. Working first in Germany and then in the Netherlands, he defended his doctoral dissertation in Russia in 1997. That same year, he became a professor at the University of Twente in the Netherlands and gradually acquired Dutch citizenship.
On March 31, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation will host a ceremony to grant Russian citizenship to Alexander Golubov, a leading world-class scientist in solid-state physics, superconductivity, and quantum technologies. He will receive his Russian passport from Minister of Education and Science Valery Falkov during a meeting of the Mega-Grant Council," the press service noted.
"Over time, I won the Russian megagrant program twice. First, in the fourth wave of the competition in 2014, after which I established a laboratory at MIPT, which developed quite successfully. Then, in 2024, there was a new competition, the tenth wave. I won again, and this prompted me to move there permanently," the scientist said.
March 30, 2026, 5:47 PM
Over 1,100 waste sites will be built in Dagestan by 2026.
An additional 1,102 container sites will open in Dagestan in 2026, according to the administration of the republic's governor. The creation and development of modern waste management infrastructure is being implemented in accordance with the objectives of the national project "Environmental Well-Being."
In 2025, 1,578 container sites were created in the republic, and approximately 6,500 containers were purchased. This year, another 1,102 sites are planned for construction. In January–February 2026 alone, 51 sites were already built in the districts, and over 500 containers were purchased.
Published: 15:20, April 22, 2026
Afghanistan will sign a contract with Russia on petroleum products at a forum in Kazan.
Afghan Ambassador Gul Hasan: Kabul will launch new flights to Russia and welcome tourists.
