The demand for services of psychiatrists and therapists has increased during the coronavirus pandemic, Melita Vujnovic, World Health Organization (WHO) representative in Russia, told TASS.
"A WHO study of influence of COVID-19 on neurological and mental health demonstrated that 93% of 130 countries participating in it reported disruptions in provision...
The coronavirus outbreak in Moscow has started to subside which clears the path for authorities to slowly return the city to normality, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said, TASS reports.
"Moscow has minimal restrictions compared to what is imposed in other cities. Today, we can already say with confidence that the...
Sberbank has filed an application with the Central Bank to launch a platform to issue its own cryptocurrency - Sbercoin, said Anatoly Popov, deputy chairman of the bank's board. According to him, the launch is scheduled for this spring, ICT Moscow reported.
The application was submitted in accordance with the...
More than 100 million coronavirus tests have been conducted in Russia so far, the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor) said in a statement on Tuesday.
"Over 100 million coronavirus tests have been conducted in Russia," the statement reads. As many as 292,000 tests...
The Russian government and the nation’s financial watchdog are reportedly working on a bill to prevent capital flight. The plan implies banning suspicious transactions to foreign bank accounts, RT reported.
The Russian authorities want to battle a popular scheme for withdrawing money – when a company based in Russia transfers...
Russia is expecting that the World Health Organization (WHO) will soon certify the Russian coronavirus vaccine, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzia said in an exclusive interview with TASS.
"We have submitted our documents to requalify our vaccine and to add it to the EUL (Emergency Use Listing)...
Russia recorded 19,290 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the lowest number since November 3, the anti-coronavirus crisis center said on Monday. The overall case tally has reached 3,738,690, TASS writes.
According to data from the crisis center, the coronavirus growth rate stands at 0.5%. The rate is the...
Russia’s largest lender, Sberbank, has applied to the national financial regulator to set up a blockchain platform for its own digital token called Sbercoin. The project may be launched as early as this spring, RT informed.
Sberbank sent the application for the platform to the Central Bank of Russia at...
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has said the nation plans to accelerate its rollout of wireless technology, setting up 30 "fully connected" 5G factories in ten key industries in the next two years, RT reported.
According to the ministry, which has revealed an action plan for the...
Sheremetyevo International Airport was Europe's fifth-busiest airport in terms of passenger traffic in 2020, following Istanbul's new airport, Roissy - Charles de Gaulle in Paris, London Heathrow and Amsterdam's Schiphol, according to Bloomberg.
Heathrow had been first among European airports, but suffered a 73% decrease in passenger traffic due to lockdowns and border closures stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, which...
