Moscow is a key economic and financial center of Russia, home to a significant concentration of office jobs. This is due to the concentration of headquarters of large companies, government agencies, financial institutions, and the IT sector.

In 2025, Moscow saw a record volume of office space commissioned – 704,000 square meters. This is the highest figure since 2015, when the volume was 720,000 square meters. In 2026, the announced volume of new projects exceeds 1 million square meters. Photos by: Slava Stepanov.

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The Russian government plans to increase the tax burden on licensed bookmakers by 60 times, resulting in an annual revenue of 60 billion rubles. This budget plan includes a new 25% corporate profit tax and a 7% tax on the difference between accepted stakes and paid-out wins, referred to as Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR). International casino non GamStop operators typically set a standard for comparing these high domestic rates to worldwide industry averages.

Licensed Russian businesses now face these record-high taxes, along with a 2% increase in the national VAT rate to 22%. Market analysts who work for casino sites non GamStop and platforms offering online gambling without GamStop interference keep an eye on how these changes in local laws affect the provision of competitive betting odds across Eurasia. The government needs to standardise these increased rates to plan for the future financially in 2026.

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In Russia, work on cutting the largest diamond in the country’s history has been completed. The weight of the unique diamond of rare fancy color Vivid Yellow is more than 100 carats.

The diamond was named “The New Sun” – as a reflection of the history of the super-large diamond weighing more than 200 carats of a rich honey-gold color, which was mined by ALROSA at the Ebelyakh Arctic placer deposit, among the sands of an old river bed in Yakutia.

amazing diamond

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Russians who want to try and build up their immune systems are now turning to healthy food, which means that the sales have soared. Russians have been trying to eat much healthier to try and build their immune system as it is a way for them to protect themselves during the current pandemic.

Elena Shifrina, who is a former model and now CEO of a health food organization, has done her part to try and explain the surge in sales. She is the owner of BioFoodLab, and she has said that three years ago, the company was just getting started. Within just two years, the Forbes Magazine, Russian Edition named the company as being one of the most profitable start-ups of that year. The company has a leading brand called Bite, and they have certainly come a very long way since their early days.

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Borodinsky coal strip mine is located 7 km from the town of Borodino in the Krasnoyarsk region.

In January 2016, the one billionth ton of coal was mined here, making it the largest coal strip mine in the country. It provides jobs for about 1,500 people.

take a look at the mine and equipment

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Prirazlomnoye oil field, located about 60 km from the coast on the shelf of the Pechora Sea, was opened in 1989. The sea depth in the area of the field is 19-20 meters.

Today, thanks to technological advances, oil production is conducted here with the help of the world’s first stationary Arctic oil platform called “Prirazlomnaya”, 320 km north-east of Naryan-Mar (the Nenets Autonomous District). Photos by: Alexander Cheban.

visit Prirazlomnaya platform

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Novorossiysk sea port is the largest in Russia and the fifth port in Europe by cargo turnover. The port handles about 20% of the total volume of goods exported and imported through the sea ports of Russia.

It is located on the northeastern coast of the Black Sea in the ice-free Novorossiysk (Tsemes) Bay. During the year, more than 4500 ships come to Novorossiysk sea port. Photos by Stepanov Slava

the largest Russian port

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Aluminum appeared in our lives only about century and a half ago, but in that short time it managed to go from being a decorative metal to the material, which allows us to move faster, to live in warmth and comfort, and enjoy all the benefits of modern civilization.

At the moment, the leader of the global aluminum industry is the Russian company RUSAL which accounts for about 12.5% of global production of aluminum that ensures the production facilities to produce 3.9 million tons of aluminum per year. Krasnoyarsk aluminum plant is owned by RUSAL. Photos by dedmaxopka

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Bachatskiy coal open-cast mine, located in Belovo city (Kemerovo oblast) is one of the largest mines of the Kuzbass (total area is about 20 square kilometers, depth – 300 meters). Annual production amounts to more than 8 million 700 thousand tons.

The mine produces fuel for energy and metallurgical industries of Russia and other countries around the world.

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According to the ranking of British company Brande Finance Sberbank (Russia’s largest bank) is the most expensive Russian brand in 2011 with the value of about 12 billion dollars taking 65th rank in the top 500 brands of the world (58^th rank in 2010).

Also the following companies from Russia are included in the rating:

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