Polotsk Dairy Plant Declared Bankrupt

The Economic Court of Vitebsk Region declared the Polotsk Dairy Plant bankrupt and decided to initiate its liquidation procedure. Павялічыць Illustrative photo Shortly before this, the production assets of the enterprise were transferred to the management of “Savushkin Produkt” company. It received production buildings, equipment, and the workforce, which are planned to be used for…

Russia’s Only Domestic TV Maker Declared Bankrupt

A Moscow court has declared Russia’s only domestic television manufacturer bankrupt, the newspaper Kommersant reported Monday, citing court records. Consumer electronics retailer DNS filed a bankruptcy petition against the manufacturer, Kvant, last June over an unpaid debt of more than 654 million rubles ($8 million). DNS owns the in-house TV and electronics brand Irbis, which Kvant stopped…

Student loan settlement erases debt for 170K borrowers

A 2026 update to the $23 billion borrower defense class action case, Sweet v. McMahon, allows an additional 170,000 student loan borrowers to have their debt forgiven. MarioGuti/Getty Images Roughly seven years after plaintiffs filed a massive class action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), more than 170,000 additional borrowers will have their…