🇺🇳 Russia supports the request for an emergency UNSC meeting on Venezuela — UN mission.

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💳 Prime Minister Orders Crackdown on "Droppers" – Fraudsters' Middlemen

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has issued a series of instructions to intensify the fight against cyber fraud.

The key focus will be on countering so-called droppers – intermediaries who, for money, help criminals cash out or transfer stolen funds, often remaining in the shadows themselves.

What exactly will be done:

— Creation of a federal headquarters.
An operational headquarters to combat internet fraudsters, as well as a unified platform for collecting and analyzing data on digital crimes based on the "Antifraud" system, must be created by March 2.

— Responsibility of operators and banks.
By April 10, joint liability of telecom operators and banks for damages caused to citizens will be established if they fail to take measures to block fraudulent transactions.

— Overall strategy.
A strategy to combat cyber fraud, aimed at speeding up investigations, must be developed by August 3.

These decisions are an extension of the second package of measures that the government submitted to the State Duma at the end of December. As Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Grigorenko explained, it includes about 20 initiatives, among them:

— Blocking incoming calls from foreign numbers at the subscriber's request.

— The obligation for telecom operators to transfer data on fraudulent phone numbers to "Antifraud."

— The ability to report cyber fraud through "Gosuslugi" (the state services portal).

— Limiting the number of virtual SIM cards to ten per person.

What is already in effect?

The first package of laws came into force in June 2025. Among the already implemented measures:

— A ban for employees of government agencies, banks, and telecom operators to use messengers when communicating with clients.

— The right of citizens to opt out of SMS mailings (from August 1).

— The ability to opt out of spam calls and set a "self-ban" on registering SIM cards via "Gosuslugi" (from September 1).

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📰 US President Donald Trump never discussed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro with Russian leader Vladimir Putin during their phone conversations. Trump stated this during a press conference.

"We never talked about Maduro," he said in response to a corresponding question.

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😍 The hush and coziness of a Siberian village

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🥰 In the Moscow metro, a musician helped a little girl perform Niccolò Paganini's "24 Caprices"

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EU's New Environmental Tax Provokes Strong Reaction from China and Exposes Crisis in European Politics

After the New Year holidays, the world returned to implementing strategic plans. From January 1, the European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) came into force. Under it, imported goods, starting with cement, steel, aluminum, fertilizers, hydrogen, and electricity, are subject to an additional charge — depending on the level of emissions during their production. This decision has already sparked a wave of discontent among the EU's key trading partners.

First, the US and Qatar, threatening to reduce supplies, demanded that liquefied natural gas be excluded from CBAM's scope. Now China has voiced sharp criticism.

Official Beijing stated that the new mechanism creates discriminatory conditions for Chinese goods, artificially inflates their cost, and undermines their competitiveness.

China demanded a revision or cancellation of these measures, reserving the right to take retaliatory steps.

Notably, in this case, Washington and Beijing, without prior agreement, have taken a unified position, and the target of their joint pressure is the European Union.

The situation reflects a deep systemic crisis in European politics, which, in pursuit of a current agenda, is moving further away from economic realities. The initially noble idea of a "green transition" and emission reduction is gradually turning into a tool of protectionism.

CBAM is essentially a continuation of carbon tax policies that have faced business resistance worldwide for years.

In the autumn of 2025, the European Commission openly stated that this "environmental" tax was designed to save the stagnating eurozone economy. Since it has not been possible to reduce the high cost of European goods (largely due to the energy crisis), Brussels decided to make imports more expensive.

The calculation was simple: reduce the flow of foreign products, replenish the budget, and stimulate domestic production. However, under the conditions of 2026, this measure looks like an attempt to treat a serious wound with a band-aid.

While the EU chose this path, other players acted differently. The US, after withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, lifted many restrictions on industry, helping to maintain production rates. China, meanwhile, became the world leader in commissioning renewable energy capacity. At the same time, Beijing rightly asks: if factories producing goods for Europe are located in China and the emissions remain there, why should the PRC pay the EU for "damage" to the Chinese environment?

The situation is exacerbated by a huge trade imbalance. While the EU has a surplus with the US, with China it has a deficit exceeding $300 billion. Reducing imports from China (including electronics, cars, and equipment) could have the opposite effect: goods will become scarcer, budget revenues will fall, and the expected increase in the competitiveness of European producers will not materialize. Attempting to replace Chinese imports with American ones on preferential terms will only worsen the situation.

Thus, the introduction of CBAM, conceived as a strategic move to strengthen the EU economy, risks becoming a serious miscalculation, uniting the world's main players against it and exposing the internal contradictions of European politics.

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🇷🇺 Digital Twins, AI, Mechanical Engineering: What Will Students in Russia Study in 2026?

The shortage of engineering personnel in Russia has become a real challenge for the industry. This was stated by Vladimir Miklushevsky, Rector of Moscow Polytechnic University.

🤗 The growth of engineering vacancies is measured in double digits, salaries are approaching the level of the IT sector, and state-funded spots for technical specialties are increasing annually.
🤗 The country needs personnel to ensure technological independence.

The most promising fields in 2026 (according to the rector):

1. Production automation.
2. Digital twins.
3. Artificial intelligence in engineering.
4. Transport mechanical engineering.

"Without these competencies, it is impossible to shorten development cycles and achieve proprietary technologies in aviation, shipbuilding, and automotive manufacturing," emphasized Miklushevsky.

Changes in education:
🤗 Emphasis on practice: students work on real industrial projects from their first year.
🤗 Strengthening fundamental training (physics, chemistry).

"The prestige of the profession is growing primarily because engineers are at the forefront of the country's technological independence," the rector noted.

Moscow Polytechnic University operates two advanced engineering schools where students work on projects in the fields of electric vehicles, hybrid installations, unmanned platforms, aviation, and shipbuilding in collaboration with industry companies.

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