Staff at industrial enterprises, public transport and journalists will be able to get vaccinated against the novel coronavirus in the Russian capital starting from December 21, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Thursday, TASS reported.
As many as 15,000 people have already got the COVID-19 shot, he noted.
"Moscow is the first...
More than 1.23 mn Russians have passed tests for antibodies to the coronavirus in Invitro’s laboratories, with some 25% of them testing positive, the Russian medical company said on Wednesday, TASS reports.
"By now, more than 1.23 mn coronavirus tests have been conducted, while the total number of positive results...
Russian flag-carrier Aeroflot has proposed creating special zones on its planes where anti-mask passengers will be forced to sit as the Covid-19 pandemic continues, RT reports.
Face coverings are already mandatory for boarding, with this new measure set to be implemented to deal with those who remove their mask after...
Sheremetyevo International Airport was ranked number five among Russian public companies for the efficiency of its investments, according to a new study of Russian companies conducted by the rating agency National Credit Ratings (NKR) and the Agency for Social Analysis and Forecasting.
NKR and the Agency for Social Analysis and...
As many as 1,773 coronavirus patients were taken to hospitals in Moscow in the past day, the city’s coronavirus monitoring center said in a statement on Tuesday, TASS reports.
"As many as 5,418 coronavirus cases were confirmed in Moscow in the past day and 1,773 COVID-19 patients were admitted to...
At least five members of Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, have been infected with coronavirus twice, its speaker said Tuesday, The Moscow Times reports.
Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said 11 lawmakers have tested positive for coronavirus over the past week, bringing the total number of infections in the 450-member...
Two launches of Russia’s latest Angara carrier rocket are planned for 2021, Chief of the State Space Corporation Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin announced on Monday, TASS informed.
"Two launches next year," the Roscosmos chief wrote on Twitter, without specifying the rocket’s modifications.
The Roscosmos head told TASS in August that the 2021...
The Russian ruble is currently “undervalued” and has the potential to strengthen by over 10 percent against the US dollar, according to the Chief Investment Officer of Saxo Bank Steen Jakobsen, RT reports.
“Trading the USD/RUB pair is relatively easy because we know where to stop: if the close...
The Kremlin has denied that President Vladimir Putin has been living in a bunker since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. His spokesman said, on Sunday, that he has been working from home at his residence outside Moscow, RT reports.
Last week, the Lithuania-based news outlet Proekt Media accused Putin...
