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New York: Addressing the General Assembly’s annual high-level debate, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday called on the international community to strengthen cooperation on a range of pressing issues and praised the UN’s successes, particularly through adherence to the world body’s Charter, in ensuring the post-war peace. more
Russia gathered almost 31,000 volunteers for phase 3 trials of COVID-19 vaccine, says Minister

Moscow/Sputnik:  Within just 10 days Russia has gathered almost 31,000 volunteers wishing to take part in the post-registration trials of the vaccine against COVID-19, Health Ministe ...

LDPR Leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky vaccinated against Coronavirus

Moscow/Sputnik: Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky has been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the party's press service s ...

Distribution of Russia's 1st COVID-19 vaccine to be regulated by state - Government

Moscow/Sputnik: The first Russian vaccine against COVID-19 has been included in the list of drugs the distribution of which will be controlled by the state in order to avoid deficit, the ...

Russia begins production of COVID-19 vaccine

Moscow/Xinhua: Russia has begun production of the first batch of vaccines against COVID-19, its health ministry said in a statement released on Saturday.

Russia registers world's 'first' COVID-19 vaccine: Report

Moscow: Russia has become the first country in the world to register a vaccine against COVID-19, President Vladimir Putin announced on Tuesday during a government meeting, Russian news ag ...

Russian COVID-19 cases top 700,000

Moscow/Xinhua: Russia registered 6,562 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking its total to 700,792, the country's coronavirus response center said in a statement Wednesday.

Over 2mln COVID-19 tests conducted in Russia - health watchdog

Moscow/Sputnik: Over 2 million tests for COVID-19 have been conducted in Russia, with 135,000 people across the country remaining under medical monitoring as they are suspected of being i ...

Number of COVID-19 cases in Russia rises by 1,667 to 13,584

Moscow/Sputnik: The number of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 in Russia has risen by 1,667 in the last 24 hours to 13,584, the country’s coronavirus response center ann ...

Russia cancels St Petersburg Economic forum Amid coronavirus outbreak

Moscow/Sputnik: The organizing committee of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) has decided not to host the event in 2020 in light of the global spread of the deadly C ...