Women should not be faced with a choice between work and family. For this, all the necessary conditions are being created in Russia, according to the country’s President Vladimir Putin at the Eurasian Women’s Forum. The President welcomed the participants of the forum and called it incredible that, despite the pandemic, women politicians, entrepreneurs, and
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Russia International | Recommended | 28.09.21
Spanish NGO Strongly Offends Russians in Anti-Human Trafficking Posters
The Russian Embassy in Madrid, Spain, has condemned a protest of the ‘NUEVA VIDA’ NGO that while trying to protect human rights offended the Russian community by placing billboards with inappropriate content in cities nationwide, RT reports. As part of a campaign, the banners list drugs and young Russian women for sale. The adverts were
Russian Women to Be Allowed to Conduct Planes Repair
The Russian Ministry of Labour decided to exclude the professions of aircraft mechanics and aircraft engineers from the list of prohibited for women, RBC reports with reference to the publication on the official portal of legal information. According to the order of the Ministry of Labour of the Russian Federation “On the Approval of the
Russian Women Reduced Expenses in Beauty Segment
Russian women spend money on beauty services more often than men, though the average bill for men is twice as high, according to a study conducted by the Russian Standard Bank, RIA News reports. The study examined anonymized data on all online and offline transactions with bank cards in the beauty segment of the Russian
Insight | Around Russia | 03.04.21
Russian Women Start Feeling Independent Earlier Than Men
Most often, Russians realize their independence from their parents when they begin to earn their own money, but 17 per cent feel dependent on their parents anyway, as follows from the results of a survey conducted by specialists from the SuperJob job search service. The average age of realizing their complete independence from their parents
Insight | Around Russia | 01.04.21
Russian Men Cook Not Often but Great
Specialists of the SuperJob job search service conducted a survey of economically active married citizens of Russia over 18 years old. It turned out that in the majority of Russian families women are the ones who cook. However, if men should make food, they usually cope better. According to the results of the study, in
Insight | Nizhny Novgorod | 08.03.21
Nizhny Novgorod Women Live Longer Than Men
At the beginning of 2020, 132 long-lived women lived in the Nizhny Novgorod region, NewsNN reported with reference to the regional state statistics service (Nizhegorodstat). According to the data provided, at the beginning of 2020, there were 1.7 million women in the region, which is about 55 per cent of the total local population. Of
Russian Women Entrepreneurs Told About Business in Pandemic
In the difficult economic situation caused by the pandemic, the majority of women entrepreneurs in Russia (93 per cent) plan to further develop their businesses. This is evidenced by the results of a study conducted by the NAFI analytical centre jointly with the ‘Otkritie’ Bank and the ‘Opora Rossii’ Committee for the Development of Women’s
Chelyabinsk to Host Russian Women’s Boxing Championship
The Russian Women’s Boxing Championship will take place in the autumn of 2021 in Chelyabinsk, FAN reports. This decision was made during a meeting between the general secretary of the Russian Boxing Federation, Umar Kremlev, and the governor of the Chelyabinsk region Aleksey Teksler. It is specified that in 2021 the Russian women’s boxing championship
Russian Experts Compared Men’s and Women’s Rights
The experts of the Russian Public Opinion Fund conducted a survey among the residents of the country and found out that half of the surveyed (50%) are sure that life is harder for women, as they have so many duties (cooking, buying food, housekeeping, taking care of children and much more), while 15% of respondents
Samara Scientists Found Out What Men Value Most in Women
Scientists from the S. P. Korolev Samara University conducted a study on how city residents perceive female beauty. For this, they interviewed residents of Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, and Moscow aged 20 to 34. The results are published in the EurAsian Journal of BioSciences. It turned out that most men, when communicating with a woman, first of
Novosibirsk Federal Penitentiary Service Organized Beauty Contest
In the Novosibirsk region, a beauty contest was held among the employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service. Ladies were assessed by accuracy in shooting, talents and skills, as well as their outfits; there was a pistol shooting, a set of strength exercises, and a test for knowledge of the laws, VN.ru reports. The winner of
Experts Named Richest Women in Russia
The Forbes published the list of the richest people of Russia which includes 6 women. The first place took the entrepreneur, Elena Baturina, with a fortune of 1.3 billion dollars. In the general list, she took 72nd place. Among the leaders was the founder of the ‘Wildberries’ online store, Tatyana Bakalchuk, with a fortune of
