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Russia to reopen schools as COVID-19 case tally passes 3.5 million

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 11:35 PM

Russia will fully reopen schools across the country from next week and the second wave of the COVID-19 outbreak may have passed its peak, authorities said on Friday, as the national case tally passed the 3.5 million mark. Read more »

Russia to distribute over 1 million Sputnik V shots at home by yearend

Reuters
Posted at Dec 30 10:29 PM

MOSCOW - Russia will have supplied more than 1 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V to its own national inoculation program by the end of this year, a government minister said on Wednesday.   Read more »

If Russia had poisoned critic Navalny he would be dead, says Putin

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 18 05:55 AM

Experts of several Western countries concluded that Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-era Novichok nerve agent, a claim Moscow has repeatedly denied. Read more »

Katawan ng buwayang nabuhay sa WWII bombings, naka-display sa Moscow

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 15 10:51 AM

Pinaniniwalaang kay Adolf Hitler ang buwaya.  Read more »

Russian deaths in October up nearly 50,000 on last year

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 11 09:38 AM

MOSCOW, Russia - The number of deaths from all causes recorded in Russia in October rose by nearly 50,000 on the previous year, the country's statistics agency said on Thursday. Read more »

Kremlin sounds alarm over 'doomsday plane' robbery

Anna Smolchenko, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 10 06:40 AM

MOSCOW - The Kremlin on Wednesday sounded the alarm over the theft of sensitive equipment from a secretive "doomsday plane" designed for the country's top command in event of a nuclear attack. Read more »

Moscow aims to vaccinate 7 million as Russia reports record rise in COVID cases

Reuters
Updated as of Dec 07 12:59 AM

Moscow wants to vaccinate up to seven million people, its Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said, as Russia on Sunday reported yet another record high number of new COVID-19 cases. Read more »

How 700 epidemiologists are living now, and what they think is next

Margot Sanger-Katz, Claire Cain Miller, and Quoctrung Bui, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 05 01:13 AM

In a new informal survey of 700 epidemiologists by The New York Times, half said they would not change their personal behavior until at least 70% of the population was vaccinated. Read more »

Duterte invites Putin again to visit PH to celebrate Manila-Moscow relations

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 03 12:48 AM

The Office of the President said in a statement Wednesday that Duterte invited Putin again, as he welcomed Marat Pavlov as the new Russian ambassador to the Philippines.   Read more »

Russia tries to import COVID-19 drugs as deaths hit high

Reuters
Posted at Dec 01 09:40 PM

MOSCOW - Russia is trying to import foreign-made drugs to fight the COVID-19 pandemic due to a shortage of products at home, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said on Tuesday, as authorities reported a record 569 new daily deaths from the coronavirus. Read more »

Russia begins mass trials of second coronavirus vaccine

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 30 11:09 PM

MOSCOW - Russia plans to begin mass trials of its second coronavirus vaccine, EpiVacCorona, on people aged over 18 on Monday, the RIA news agency cited the consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor as saying. Read more »

Russian army starts mass coronavirus vaccination campaign

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 28 01:05 AM

Russia's military has started a mass coronavirus vaccination campaign which aims to inoculate more than 400,000 servicemen, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced on Friday.   Read more »

Russia says Sputnik COVID-19 vaccine to cost under $20

Andrew Osborn and Polina Nikolskaya, Reuters
Posted at Nov 24 09:42 PM

MOSCOW - Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine will cost under $20 per person on international markets and Moscow aims to produce more than a billion doses at home and abroad next year, its financial backers and developers said on Tuesday.   Read more »

Russia reports record 25,173 new coronavirus cases

Reuters
Posted at Nov 23 11:14 PM

Russia reported a record 25,173 new coronavirus infections on Monday as the Kremlin said it was up to regional authorities to decide what measures needed to be imposed in their regions to curb its spread.   Read more »

Russian COVID-19 cases pass 2 million; minister urges regions to act

Reuters
Posted at Nov 20 12:57 AM

MOSCOW - Russia's health minister urged regional leaders on Thursday to take further steps to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, as the country's COVID-19 case tally passed 2 million and the number of daily deaths and infections hit new highs.   Read more »

COVID deaths spike, beds near capacity in Russia as infected governor sparks anger

Reuters
Posted at Nov 19 01:59 AM

MOSCOW - A Russian regional governor's decision to be treated for COVID-19 in a private Moscow clinic rather than in his own region drew public criticism on Wednesday, as Russia reported a new record daily high of 456 coronavirus-related deaths.   Read more »

Siberian student scales birch tree for internet access as classes move online

Alexey Malgavko, Reuters
Posted at Nov 17 03:35 PM

STANKEVICHI, Russia - Russian student Alexei Dudoladov has been forced to go to great lengths - or rather great heights - to attend classes online, having to climb a birch tree in his remote Siberian village every time he needs an internet connection. Read more »

Russians sickened by virus surge feel lucky to be in well-off Moscow

Romain Colas, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 12 01:19 PM

MOSCOW, Russia - Alexander Komarov, a patient in one of Moscow's temporary hospital wards, cannot hold back tears as he speaks about his fear of dying from the coronavirus. Read more »

Russia set to start post-registration trials for second COVID-19 shot

Reuters
Posted at Nov 11 11:19 PM

Post-registration trials of Russia's second COVID-19 vaccine are expected to start on Sunday, Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova said, as authorities urged the population to cancel year-end holiday plans. Read more »

Moscow to close bars and restaurants overnight as Russia's COVID-19 cases climb

Reuters
Posted at Nov 10 10:16 PM

MOSCOW - Bars, clubs and restaurants in Moscow face two months of overnight closures to reduce the spread of COVID-19, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Tuesday, as Russia's daily tally of cases exceeded 20,000.   Read more »