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On Saturday, Russian authorities reported 5,212 new cases of the new coronavirus, taking its national tally to 882,347, the fourth largest in the world. The official death toll rose to 14,854 after officials said 129 people had died…

On Friday, Russian authorities reported 5,241 new cases of the new coronavirus, taking its national tally to 877,135, the fourth largest in the world. The official death toll rose to 14,725 after officials said 119 people had died across…

On Thursday, Russian authorities reported 5,267 new cases of the new coronavirus, bringing its national tally to 871,894, the fourth largest in the world. The official death toll rose to 14,606 after officials said 116 people had died…

On Wednesday, Russia reported 5,204 new cases of the coronavirus, taking its nationwide tally to 866,627, the fourth largest caseload in the world. Russia’s coronavirus taskforce said 139 people had died over the last 24 hours, pushing…

On Tuesday, Russia reported 5,159 new cases of the coronavirus, taking its national tally to 861,423, the fourth largest in the world. The country’s coronavirus crisis response centre said 144 people had died in the past 24 hours,…

On Monday, Russia reported 5,394 new cases of the new coronavirus, taking its national tally to 856,264, the fourth largest in the world. Officials said 79 people had died in the past 24 hours, bringing the official death toll to 14,207.

On Saturday, Russia said it would allow flights to resume to Geneva starting from Aug. 15, a first air link to be reopened between Russia and a continental European since all scheduled air traffic was suspended in March due to the…

Moscow has denied any links between the Belarus opposition and alleged Russian mercenaries detained this week in Belarus, a Russian diplomat in Minsk said, according to Russia’s RIA news agency. RIA also reported that Russian diplomats…

Russia reported 95 new deaths from the new coronavirus on Saturday, pushing its national tally to 14,058. Officials also reported 5,462 new cases of the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, pushing the country’s tally to 845,443.

The Kremlin said on Friday it hoped that more than 30 Russian private security contractors detained in neighbouring Belarus and accused of plotting acts of terrorism would soon be released. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on…