Russia has launched Phase 3 trials of its highly touted coronavirus vaccine to determine the jab’s long-term safety and effectiveness, authorities said Wednesday as questions surrounded the results of its Phase 1 and 2 trials, The Moscow Times reported.
Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said 31,000 out of the announced 40,000...
Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Wednesday called on Germany to halt the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, as Warsaw sees the project as a threat to the stability of the region, Reuters reported.
Nord Stream 2, an underwater pipeline to bring gas from Russia to Germany,...
Berlin has been demonstrating an absolutely unacceptable attitude to Moscow’s legitimate demands and inquiries into the situation with Russian blogger Alexei Navalny, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a press conference on Wednesday, TASS reported.
"Of course, we have amassed quite a few questions for our German colleagues regarding...
Turkey’s lira hit new lows on Wednesday as tensions with Greece persisted, while the Russian rouble ended a three-session losing run which was driven by mounting political pressure over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, Reuters informed.
Market sentiment was fragile as a tech rout extended on Wall Street...
Russia’s sovereign wealth fund (RDIF) will sell 32 million doses of potential COVID-19 vaccine ‘Sputnik-V’ to a top pharmaceutical company in Mexico, Russia’s second vaccine export deal, a source close to the deal said on Wednesday, Reuters writes.
Russia registered its first vaccine candidate, developed by Moscow’s Gamaleya Institute, in...
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday proposed administering a Russian coronavirus vaccine to nearly 15,000 candidates in upcoming legislative elections so that they can campaign safely, Reuters writes.
Russia in August licensed a COVID-19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing, a move celebrated by Moscow but questioned...
Russia and Cyprus signed a protocol on Tuesday amending the intergovernmental agreement on the avoidance of double taxation with respect to taxes on income and capital, TASS writes.
According to the Russian Ministry of Finance, on behalf of Russia the document was signed by State Secretary, Deputy Finance Minister Alexei...
Russia’s Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute’s (TsAGI) proposal for a dedicated research and development center, which would concentrate on low-boom supersonic technologies, has won competition for state funding for a “national scientific project” held by the country’s Ministry for science and higher education, Rusaviainsider.com reported.
The so called “world class scientific center”...
The Kremlin has ridiculed the suggested creation of a 'Navalny List' that would impose more sanctions on Russians, following accusations that Moscow is responsible for the alleged poison attack on opposition figure Alexey Navalny, Russia Today writes.
On Saturday, the American conservative journalist Bret Stephens wrote in the New York...
If mass vaccination goes to plan, Russia will have seen an end to Covid-19 by next summer, says Alexander Gintsburg, the director of Moscow’s Gamaleya Center, where the groundbreaking Russian coronavirus vaccine was developed, Russia Today reported.
Gintsburg believes the world will only be able to defeat the pandemic after...
