Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Russia’s coronavirus cases rose by 21,513 to 3,677,352 in the past 24 hours, the anti-coronavirus crisis center said on Friday. According to the crisis center, the number of new daily cases remained below 22,000 for the fourth day in a row. The coronavirus growth rate stands at 0.6%, TASS reported. The...
The UAE health ministry on Thursday approved Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, state media reported, as infection levels hit a record and only weeks after vaccine trials began in the United Arab Emirates, Reuters reports. Daily infections of the novel coronavirus in the UAE reached 3,529 on...
Russia’s federal budget for 2020 was executed with a deficit of 3.8% of GDP, or 4.1 trillion rubles ($55.7 bn), Finance Minister Anton Siluanov was quoted as saying by TASS. "The federal budget for 2020 was executed with a deficit of 4.1 trillion rubles, or 3.8% of GDP," he said. According...
About half of Russians are ready to use the digital ruble for payments and only 15% of respondents do not trust the digital currency, according to a survey carried out by the country’s Otkritie Bank, TASS reports. The survey indicates that the majority of Russians - 53% - are neutral...
The Russian Health Ministry on Thursday approved changes in storage conditions for the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine and allowed its transportation and storage at temperatures from +2 to +8 degrees Celsius (+35.6 to 46.4 °F), Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said, as reported by Sputnik. The minister specified that batches of...
The economic downturn in Russia on the back of the coronavirus pandemic was smaller than in many developed and developing economies and a range of macro indicators returned to the pre-crisis level by the end of the last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday when opening the...
The Russian central bank has continued getting rid of US Treasury bonds, with the share of investments in American debt shrinking 19.2 percent in November, according to the US Treasury Department, RT informed. The statistics, commonly published with a three-month lag, show the share of Russian holdings totaled a modest...
A special Aerolíneas Argentinas flight picked up Argentina's second shipment of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine on January 15th at Sheremetyevo International Airport and returned to Buenos Aires. The shipment of 300,000 doses of the world's first coronavirus vaccine follows a previous shipment of 300,000 doses shipped to Argentina on...
The United States has informed Germany that it plans to impose sanctions on a Russian pipe-laying ship involved in construction of the Russian-led Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany, the German Economy Ministry said on Monday, Reuters reports. “We’re taking note of the announcement with regret,” an...
Experts from GRM consulting company forecast an increase in the number of applications for declaring individuals bankrupt to 260,000 in 2021, which is 65% more than in 2020, the company’s press service told TASS. "In 2021, GRM analysts predict that the 2020 trends will continue: an increase in the total...