Hello and welcome to Regions Calling, your guide to developments beyond the Russian capital from The Moscow Times.
Since the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s regions and ethnic republics…

Hello and welcome to Regions Calling, your guide to developments beyond the Russian capital from The Moscow Times.
Since the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s regions and ethnic republics…


Russian authorities can now confiscate vehicles from drivers convicted of repeat drunk driving offenses, state media reported on Thursday, citing a new ruling by a regional court.
A Krasnodar cassation region court ruled that a vehicle…


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Earlier this month, Russian telecom operators began rolling out a so-called “cooling-off period” for all foreign SIM cards — a 24-hour blackout on mobile Internet meant to curb drone activity near the country’s borders. But…
The agenda: budgetary funding to support the housing and utilities infrastructure in the Belgorod and Bryansk regions and Orenburg Region residents, impacted by a flash flood, fuel purchases for boiler rooms and thermal power plants in…


Police in the South Caucasus country of Georgia arrested five Russians accused of running an unlicensed cryptocurrency business and laundering money through illicit financial channels, authorities said…