Interest in these products has increased by 26 percent in one year, with more than 362,000 customers purchasing. Demand is driven not by religious beliefs, but by confidence in safe and quality ingredients.

As of January 1, 2025, there are more than 30,000 foreign prisoners in Russian colonies, 69.5% of whom are citizens of Central Asian countries.

In the city of Balashikha, near Moscow, a drunken man beat 11-year-old Egor with derogatory language that many Russians use to describe Central Asians.

Representatives of the United States, Ukraine, and Russia have arrived in Saudi Arabia for talks on resolving the situation in Ukraine. Some media outlets are reporting that the meeting will take place without the participation of the Ukrainian delegation.

In Karachay-Cherkessia, officers from the Federal Security Service (FSB) are demanding that school administrators compile a list of female students wearing the hijab. This requirement reportedly applies even to first-graders.

Surgut City Duma deputy Evgeny Barsov proposed using pensioners at car washes.

In Russia, a "bonus" may be paid to those who have been married for a long time (30 years or more). A corresponding bill will be submitted to the State Duma today, February 14.

The Moldovan government has decided to close the Russian-funded cultural center in Chisinau, the "House of Russia."

The Ukrainian Armed Forces have launched their first counterattack in a year, successfully liberating the village of Peschanoe in the Donetsk region.

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone for about an hour and a half. The leaders discussed the conflict in Ukraine and stressed the need for a peaceful resolution.