Russia

On Tuesday, museums, libraries and zoos in the city of Moscow are reopening their doors, albeit with continued limits on the number of visitors at any one time. Residents of Moscow were able to return to museums and summer terraces on…

On Monday, Russia reported 8,246 new cases of the coronavirus, taking the nationwide tally of infections to 537,210. The country’s coronavirus crisis response centre said that 143 people had died from the virus in the past 24 hours,…

President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that Russia was emerging from the novel coronavirus epidemic with minimal losses, having handled it better than the United States where he said party political interests got in the way. With…

Russia on Saturday reported 8,706 new coronavirus cases, bringing its cumulative infection tally to 520,129. The authorities said 114 people had died of the virus in the last 24 hours, raising the official national death toll to 6,829.

President Vladimir Putin appealed to what he termed Russians’ core values on Friday, the country’s national day, as he sought to rally support for a vote on constitutional reforms that could potentially keep him in office until 2036. “We…

Russia reported on Friday 8,987 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing its nationwide tally of infections to 511,423. Officials said 183 people had died in the last 24 hours, pushing the official national death toll to 6,715.

The Kremlin denied on Thursday there was anything untoward with Russia’s official coronavirus death data after the World Health Organisation said this week that Russia’s low death rate was “difficult to understand”. Asked if the Kremlin…

Russia on Thursday reported 8,779 new cases of the new emerging coronavirus, bringing its total infection tally to 502,436. 174 people had died in the last 24 hours, taking the official national death toll to 6,532.

Russia reported on Wednesday 8,404 cases of the new emerging coronavirus, taking the nationwide tally of infections to 493,657. Also 216 people had died from the virus in the past 24 hours, bringing the overall death toll to 6,358.

The number of deaths from the new emerging coronavirus in Russia has risen to 5,971, the country’s coronavirus response centre said on Monday, after it reported 112 deaths in the last 24 hours. It reported 8,985 new infections of the…