🇷🇺 Meanwhile, the Russian economy continues to stagnate. The budget deficit for the first 8 months of 2026 amounted to 5.795 trillion rubles compared to 3.9 trillion in 2025.
Oil and gas revenues over 8 months fell by 16.7%. Non-oil and gas revenues grew by 18.1%.
Decided to bring back the column with useful reviews of services I use myself.
I want to start with a free Telegram bot @BridgePostBot through which our team puts together the content plan and publishes posts. An indispensable tool for us, since it lets you do quick rewrites + translate posts while preserving formatting, and publish everything automatically to all channels, plus you can attach buttons. If it also supported premium emoji, this bot would be priceless.
I remember back in 2022 our head press secretary Oleg did all of the above by hand 😕
The compound effect. That's what the power of small actions is. That's what they possess. When you have systematic daily actions with discipline, and proper analysis and adjustment to the feedback you get during these actions, sooner or later you win, reaching that very big goal you set.
Say what you will, but I've always believed — and still believe — that buying real estate is the best investment there is. Gold, crypto, stocks ➡️ those are just hobbies, supplementary assets, not your core investment vehicles.
First comes business ⏩ your own venture, and a conditional 20% of your dividends goes into real estate — whether that's installments, a mortgage, or saving up to buy property in cash down the line.