Russia’s coronavirus cases grew by 8,135 in the past day, a record high since June 16, and the total case tally reached 1,159,573, the anti-coronavirus crisis center said, as reported by Russian news agency TASS.
According to its data, the growth in the past two days stood at 0.7%.
Some 2,217...
Sheremetyevo International Airport served 13.45 million people from January through August of 2020, with 2.22 million passing through the airport in August alone.
There were 129,490 takeoff and landing operations in the same eight-month period, including 16,492 in August.
The increase was due to the high demand for flights to popular...
The base case and conservative scenarios of the outlook of Russia’s social and economic development for 2021-2023 suggest no second wave of the coronavirus, though it remains the key risk for macroeconomic parameters, according to the revised outlook provided by the Economic Development Ministry, TASS writes.
"The base case and...
Hackers carried out attacks several months ago on computers of Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine’s developers, Director of the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology said on Saturday, TASS writes.
"Hacker attacks were carried out. But I’m not a specialist in IT technologies to say whether they were linked to...
Production of oil and gas condensate in Russia is projected at 507.4 mln tonnes in 2020, a 9.5% decrease compared with 2019, whereas gas output is expected to drop by 6.4% to 690.8 bln cubic meters, according to the country’s social and economic development for 2021 and the planned...
During the Slavic Brotherhood-2020 military exercise, servicemen of Belarus and Russia practiced repelling a military aggression against the Union State, the chief of the Belarusian Armed Forces’ General Staff told the Belarus-1 TV channel, TASS writes.
"A joint grouping of forces practiced tasks related to repelling a joint aggression...
Twenty businesses, planning to invest in Karelia’s Arctic zone more than 150 million rubles ($2 million), registered on the Arctic investment portal, the regional Ministry of Economic Development told TASS, adding the project would offer 270 jobs.
"From August 28, businesses may apply for the status of the Arctic zone’s...
The Avifavir coronavirus drug price in pharmacies will be about 8,000 rubles ($103.9), being approximately 30% lower than the price of foreign counterparts, chief executive of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Kirill Dmitriev said at a press conference on Thursday, TASS reported.
"Our price will be about eight thousand...
Russia is discussing the transition to green technologies at different international forums, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin said on Friday in an online interview with TASS First Deputy Director-General Mikhail Gusman.
"Activities we are currently implementing in terms of emissions are a pressing topic," Vershinin said.
"You can figure out...
