Contracting the novel coronavirus is possible between the first and second injections of the anti-coronavirus vaccine as immunity develops on the 21st day after the first jab on average, becoming stable three weeks after the second shot, the director of the Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology...
Russian online retailer Ozon Holdings is looking to raise up to $825 million from a U.S. initial public offering (IPO), it said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday, Reuters reported.
The company, which filed its registration statement for the IPO earlier this month, said it expects to price the offering...
Russia’s State Duma has ratified a Bill that may give Russian President Vladimir Putin a permanent post in the powerful Federation Council for life. Putin has previously indicated he may stand down at the end of his current term, RT reported.
The new legislation, which passed its first reading on...
The Plesetsk spaceport in northern Russia will be able to conduct up to 20 launches of the latest Angara carrier rockets annually after the works planned before 2025 are completed, Defense Minister Army General Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday, TASS informed.
"The fulfillment of the works for creating the Angara...
The second wave of the coronavirus has not pushed business activity substantially down across the Russian economy, Deputy Finance Minister Vladimir Kolychev told a conference on Wednesday, TASS writes.
"Judging by daily figures, we do not see the second wave leading to any substantial decline in business activity across the...
Russia’s coronavirus cases rose by 20,985 over the past day, the lowest figure since November 11, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Wednesday, TASS writes.
Russia’s coronavirus case tally grew to 1,991,998, according to its data.
The lowest growth rates over the past day were recorded in the Dagestan Republic,...
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has demanded that Armenia pays compensation for damage to infrastructure and buildings in territories re-acquired by Baku, after the recent Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, RT informed.
The president has accused Yerevan of destroying property before withdrawing from the areas under the terms of the armistice brokered by Moscow...
BRICS member states have taken emergency steps in order to support national industries, finance and welfare in response to the global coronavirus pandemic, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, RT informed.
Putin opened the 12th annual BRICS Summit which is chaired and held as a video conference by Russia...
New restrictive measures imposed by different countries in response to a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic are having less effect on oil demand than previously, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said at a meeting of the OPEC+ monitoring committee on Tuesday, adding that the understanding of how...
Bitcoin rose by 2.12% peaking at $17,081, according to CoinDesk data at 15:02 Moscow time, TASS writes.
The last time bitcoin rose above $17,000 was in January 2018. As of 15:16 Moscow time, the bitcoin rate was at $17,009.
Bitcoin is a decentralized cryptocurrency system of the same name based on...
