Ex-Mayor Sorokin Sells Former Plant Site for FortuneFormer Nizhny Novgorod mayor Oleg Sorokin, serving a prison term, has sold the former Start plant site on Belinsky Street, with the deal reportedly worth over 1 billion rubles.
Volgograd activist outraged by sudden water shutoff in city centerPublic activist Sergei Ostrovsky condemned a sudden water shutoff in central Volgograd, calling the treatment of residents barbaric and treacherous. Several residential buildings and the Serebryakov Conservatory were left without water.
Lara Fabian to Perform in Sharm el-Sheikh on February 14On Valentine's Day, a concert by renowned singer Lara Fabian will take place in Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh. The event will be held at the Rixos Radamis hotel and is part of the holiday program for tourists.
New 10-billion-ruble metallurgical plant to be built in BashkortostanA new plant for processing iron ore concentrate into granulated cast iron will be built with an investment of 10 billion rubles ($111 million at current rates) in the Beloretsk advanced development territory.
S-Class fitness studios in Rostov close, ignore refund requestsTwo S-Class fitness studios in Rostov have abruptly closed, with the company citing a 'difficult period,' leaving over a hundred customers unable to recover subscription fees and planning legal action.
Nadezhda Shield Clears Kamenka Station on Green Metro LineThe tunnel-boring complex 'Nadezhda' has completed excavation under the 'Kamenka' station, the terminus on the green line of St. Petersburg's metro. Next, it must cover 600 meters to the dismantling site.
Hearings begin in Volgograd explosion case that killed 6In the Krasnoarmeysky District Court of Volgograd, the closing arguments stage has begun in the criminal case concerning an explosion at a sewer pump station that killed six people. The defendant is the chief engineer of 'Water Supply Concessions', Dmitry Lebedev.
