The head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund RDIF Kirill Dmitriev was one of the first to step forward to get the home-grown Russian coronavirus vaccine. The injection is currently in the trial phase, human testing began just days ago, Russia Today reports.
Speaking to Moscow business daily RBK, Dmitriev explained...
Some 7,600 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Russia in the past day, taking the total case tally to 592,280, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Monday, TASS reported.
According to the crisis center, the daily growth in cases was 1.3% versus 1.34% a day earlier. In the past...
Gazprom has said it will take Germany to court over a decision not to exempt the Russian company’s controversial gas pipeline from EU regulations governing energy markets, The Telegraph reported.
The pipeline, Nord Stream 2, is an $11bn (£8.9bn) subsea link that aims to double the delivery of Russian natural gas to Europe’s biggest economy.
However, the project has been buffeted...
A total of 1,114 people have recovered from COVID-19, a disease caused by the novel coronavirus, in the past 24 hours in Moscow, with the total number of recoveries reaching 136,670, Moscow Deputy Mayor Anastasia Rakova informed on Monday, TASS reported.
"The number of recoveries in Moscow continues to rise....
Russia has documented 7,889 cases of COVID-19, a disease caused by the novel coronavirus, in the past 24 hours, the anti-coronavirus crisis center informed reporters on Saturday. For four days running, the daily increase in new cases has not surpassed 8,000, TASS writes.
According to the crisis center, Russia has...
Russia has documented 7,972 cases of COVID-19, a disease caused by the novel coronavirus, in the past 24 hours, with the total amount of documented cases reaching 569,063, the anti-coronavirus crisis center informed reporters on Friday, TASS reports.
For three days running, the amount of new cases has not surpassed...
Active cooperation of Russia and China over the fight against the coronavirus pandemic will continue, Russian Ambassador to China Andrei Denisov said Friday in an open interview with TASS First Deputy Director General Mikhail Gusman.
"Since effectively the first days of the outbreak, it has become clear that international cooperation...
Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has blasted as absurd accusations that Russia along with China and Iran are advancing disinformation campaigns against European Union member states since the coronavirus pandemic began, TASS reported.
"As for disinformation, we believe that these accusations are absurd," Peskov told reporters.
The spokesman underlined that the Kremlin...
Russia on Thursday reported 7,790 new cases of the novel coronavirus, its lowest daily rise in infections in six weeks, bringing the nationwide total to 561,091, Reuters reported.
Russia’s coronavirus crisis response center said 182 people had died in the last 24 hours, bringing the official death toll to 7,660...
Clinical trials of a vaccine against the novel coronavirus begin in Russia on Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry said, TASS reports.
"The Russian Defense Ministry and the Gamalei National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology are beginning clinical trials of the Russian vaccine against the novel coronavirus infection," the ministry...
