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Russian customs claim that Gabon unexpectedly rose to the top of the list of suppliers of spare parts for Russian aircraft in 2023. Source: The Moscow Times Details: Ter Assala Parts, a Gabonese company, allegedly exported spare parts worth nearly US$1.
Across Putin's Russia, creaking infrastructure and a wave of accidents have plunged households into the cold in the depth of winter, fueling rare showings of anger and irritation in a country where public criticism has been increasingly quashed.
The Kremlin has cut housing and utility budgets every single year since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, explaining why many Moscow Oblast residents are complaining of unheated apartments during a -20 degrees C frost, Lithuania-based Russian economist Igor Lipsits said in an interview with NV on Jan. 10.
Russia reported 5.5% GDP growth in the third quarter of this year — reversing a 3.5% decline in the same period last year.
Companies are pulling out of Russia at a much slower pace than in the weeks after it invaded Ukraine.