Russia’s consumer health watchdog overseeing public health, consumer rights and sanitary-epidemiological surveillance.
A mounting body of studies shows climate hazards are increasingly disrupting data centers worldwide, raising costs and threatening reliability. Insurers warn of higher premiums; operators push for water-efficient cooling and location strategies. With heat waves intensifying, a systemic rethink of cooling, water use, and siting is underway.
Russian presidential decrees have placed the Russian operations of several Western retailers and food companies under temporary administration, transferring control to newly registered or Kremlin‑linked firms. The moves follow earlier 2023 seizures and are taking place as Moscow and Berlin exchange diplomatic and security accusations, putting German firms such as Metro and Globus at risk.
A laboratory worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute has died after hospitalisation with severe pneumonia. Russian health officials have diagnosed "pneumonia of unknown etiology" and say tests found no pathogens linked to the employee's work. Nearly 200 contacts have entered medical observation as authorities carry out testing and precautionary quarantines.