The Gamaleya Institute behind Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine said it’s working on a technology that will lead to an effective jab against several coronavirus variants and which could also be swiftly updated to tackle new mutations, RT reported.
The multiplying variants of Covid-19, which could turn out to be resistant...
The Twitter account of the Russian delegation that represents the country at OSCE-hosted arms control talks in Vienna has been suspended by the US platform. The head of the team suggested it was an act of Big Tech censorship, RT reported.
The unexplained ban of the account was reported on...
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree expanding the list of Ukrainian companies that have economic sanctions imposed on them in connection with unfriendly actions of Ukraine. The document was published on the official portal of legal information on Friday, TASS reported.
The document introduces amendments to Appendix No....
Russia’s coronavirus cases rose by 14,861 in the past day to 4,057,698, the anti-coronavirus crisis center reported on Saturday, TASS informed.
The coronavirus growth rate is 0.37%, according to the data from the crisis center.
Particularly, 1,130 new coronavirus cases were registered in St. Petersburg in the past 24 hours, 884...
Russia should be ready for hostile acts from the European Union but would not want to sever ties with Brussels, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Friday, commenting on the remarks by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov who said that Moscow is ready cut ties with the EU if...
Russia's Gamaleya research institute is completing the second phase of clinical trials of the Sputnik Light vaccine against the coronavirus, institute chief Alexander Gintsburg said on Friday, Sputnik News reports.
Sputnik Light is a single-shot spin-off of the Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19.
"A month passed since it was first mentioned,...
Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to return to his regular work mode soon as the COVID-19 situation in Russia improves, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday, TASS reports.
"Let’s not be complete pessimists, and let’s hope that in the near future, we will be gradually returning to the...
The carrot and stick policy is not acceptable in Russia to stimulate people to get COVID-19 jabs, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Thursday when asked if Moscow is considering specific measures to ramp up the pace of vaccination in the country, TASS reports.
"There can be no stick or...
Two Russian regions’ move to lift their face mask mandates is premature, a leading health expert told The Moscow Times on Thursday.
Officials in the republic of Chechnya and the republic of Udmurtia on Wednesday announced that residents would no longer be required to wear face masks in public, becoming...
