Russia’s COVID-19 cases grew by 5,057 in the past day and the total caseload in the country reached 907,758, the anti-coronavirus crisis center said on Thursday, as reported by TASS.
According to its data, the daily growth rate in the past 11 days did not exceed 0.6%.
Some new 692 cases...
Russia said on Wednesday the first batch of the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine would be rolled out within two weeks and rejected as “groundless” safety concerns aired by some experts over Moscow’s rapid approval of the drug, Reuters reported.
The vaccine, called “Sputnik V” in homage to the world’s first...
Russia’s suspended athletics federation said on Wednesday it had paid a multi-million-dollar fine to World Athletics in a move that could help it avoid expulsion by the sport’s global governing body, Reuters reported.
Last month World Athletics said the federation would be expelled if it failed to pay $6.31 million,...
The coronavirus situation in Russia is gradually improving, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at a meeting of the government’s anti-coronavirus coordination council on Monday, TASS reported.
"Although the coronavirus situation in the country is gradually improving, we continue monitoring activities that allow us to promptly identify the sick and provide...
Cyprus has agreed to Russia’s terms on raising the tax on dividend and interest to 15%, Russia’s Finance Ministry said in a statement on Monday, TASS reported.
"As part of the talks the Republic of Cyprus agreed to the terms of the Russian Federation on making changes to the Russian-Cypriot...
Germany's foreign minister has expressed his dismay to his U.S. counterpart over Washington's threat of sanctions on a small German port where the final sections of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline are being constructed, Deutsche Welle reported.
German Foreign Minister Heiko Mass on Monday said he had expressed "displeasure" to...
Russian President Vladimir Putin recommended that regional authorities organize flu vaccinations free of charge, the Kremlin press service reported. The president also called for the formation of a stock of medicines, antiseptics and protective equipment in pharmacies and medical organizations, Kommersant reported.
Putin also instructed the government to provide funding...
A magistrates' court in Moscow has imposed a fine of 1.5 million rubles on Google LLC for a repeated violation related to the search engine's insufficient filtering of content banned in Russia.
"A court circuit magistrate in the Tagansky district of Moscow has found Google LLC guilty of committing an...
Russia is willing to supply a coronavirus vaccine to the Philippines, or team up with a local firm to mass produce it, its ambassador to Manila said on Friday, as infections in the Southeast Asian nation surge, Reuters reports.
Russia is expecting regulatory approval for its first potential COVID-19 vaccine...
