Tag: Russia
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Russian Prime Minister tests positive for coronavirus
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has announced that he had contracted the coronavirus and requested that his first deputy be appointed as acting prime minister Mishustin made the announcement during an online conference with President Vladimir Putin. He said that he would remain in self-isolation for the time being, but added that his cabinet would…
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Lawmakers move to jail quarantine violators for up to 7 years
Russia’s Lower House of Parliament gave its final approval on Tuesday to legislation to send quarantine violators to prison for up to seven years. According to the legislature, if a person violating a quarantine measure causes an outbreak, that person could be imprisoned for two years. A violation that leads to the death of multiple…
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Russia to ban all int’l flights as COVID-19 cases rise to 840
Russia says on Thursday that it will ban nearly all international flights from Friday and recommend new restrictions, as the number of COVID-19 cases in the country rose to 840. According to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Russia will stop all regular/charter flights from domestic airports to and from foreign countries, except flights associated with Russians…
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Russia starts testing coronavirus vaccines
Russian consumer rights watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, said on Friday Russia has started testing coronavirus vaccines and hopes to launch its mass production by the end of the year. “The research centre of Rospotrebnadzor started testing the vaccine against the novel coronavirus,’’ the watchdog said. It said the vaccine prototypes are based on six different technological platforms.…
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Nigeria in serious trouble as Oil price falls to $31 after Saudi Arabia triggers price war with Russia
Oil fell by the most since 1991 on Monday after Saudi Arabia started a price war with Russia by slashing its selling prices and pledging to unleash its pent-up supply onto a market reeling from falling demand because of the coronavirus outbreak. Brent crude futures fell by as much as $14.25, or 31.5%, to $31.02…
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Brent hits $45 as OPEC, Russia disagree on daily production cuts
Oil prices took a worse turn on Friday evening after Russia rejected the proposal to cut daily oil production by 1.5 million barrels. This development further dented the already battered market. After the meeting, Russia refused to support the move, arguing that it was too early to predict the impact of a coronavirus outbreak on…
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Two coronavirus patients in Russia discharged after full recovery
Russian Health Authorities on Wednesday discharged the country’s only two reported patients with the new coronavirus, two Chinese nationals in Siberia, saying they have fully recovered. The Health Ministry’s branch in the Zabaikalsky region, which borders China, announced on Wednesday that their patient had been released but his wife and daughter were still under observation.…
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Coronavirus: Brent Falls to $54 as Russia Rejects OPEC Cuts
Brent Crude futures fell below $55 per barrel on Friday as major futures recorded a fifth consecutive weekly loss, with Russia saying it was not ready to adhere to cuts recommended to help the global market affected by the spread of the coronavirus. On the back of this, Brent crude shed 46 cents or 0.84…
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JUST IN: 94 passengers, 6 crew miraculously escape aircraft disaster [Photos/Video]
Ninety six passengers and six crew members have miraculously escaped an aircraft disaster after a Boeing airliner on Sunday crash-landed at the Usinsk Airport in Russia. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the Boeing 737-500 aircraft, built in 1997 and belonging to UTair with registration number VQ-BPS, made a hard landing and was damaged in the process. However,…
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Russia banned from Olympic Games
Russia was banned from the Olympics and other major world championships on Monday after sporting officials decided to punish it for tampering with doping-related laboratory data in another blow to Russia’s already tarnished sporting reputation. The decision by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), imposed a four-year ban on Russia participating in a range of top-flight…