— The real number of coronavirus infections in Moscow is likely around 300,000, Sobyanin said. — Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine is more than 90% effective, Reuters cited a Health Ministry representative as saying Monday. — Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has been hospitalized in Moscow with a suspected coronavirus infection, Interfax reported, citing an unnamed source in Moscow's medical services. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said stay-at-home restrictions would remain in place beyond May 12, but companies involved in industry and construction would be allowed to return to work that day. — Russia confirmed 5,841 new coronavirus infections, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 99,399. — A number of unidentified African countries have asked Russia to assist them in the fight against coronavirus, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said. — For the first time since Aug. 15, more than 5,000 people were infected with coronavirus in Russia on Friday (5,100). Millions of Russians celebrated Orthodox Easter amid the coronavirus pandemic. — The Murmansk region will use electronic bracelets to monitor the movements of coronavirus patients self-isolating at home and people suspected of having the coronavirus, the investigative Novaya Gazeta newspaper reported. — The Kremlin doesn't view Russia's coronavirus mortality data as unusual and Rospotrebnadzor is ready to explain its numbers to the WHO, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Doctors there had complained that the hospital doesn't isolate patients suspected of having coronavirus and that there's a shortage of personal protective equipment. — Kazakhstan will start producing Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine from Dec. 22, the country's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said Friday. — Moscow has banned large events of more than 5,000 people until April 10 in a move to prevent the spread of the virus, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said in a decree. — President Vladimir Putin made his first public appearance after weeks of coronavirus lockdown, saying at a ceremony to mark the Russia Day public holiday that an "absolute majority" of Russians back his controversial plan to change the Constitution. — Private clinics in Russia won't be allowed to administer paid vaccination with the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine prior to its official registration in the country, representative of Russia's health watchdog Roszdravnadzor told state-run Interfax agency Thursday. — China's northeastern Heilongjiang province has tightened its border controls to prevent new coronavirus infections from neighboring Russia, Bloomberg reported. — The head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund which is funding coronavirus vaccine research called Russia's race to develop the world's first coronavirus vaccine "a Sputnik moment," comparing it to the Soviet Union's 1957 launch of the world's first satellite. — Russia confirmed 8,764 new coronavirus infections, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 308,705 and marking the lowest daily increase since May 1. EASTENDERS fans are convinced Tina Carter survived Gray Atkins’ murder attempt and is really alive. — Moscow has enacted a citywide quarantine from Monday, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said as the city's number of coronavirus cases surpassed 1,000 over the weekend. — The Russian Embassy in the United States advised Russian citizens to return home due to the possibility that the U.S. could close all its airports to slow the spread of coronavirus there. So far this month, China’s northeastern Heilongjiang province has reported more than 100 infections imported from Russia through its land borders. — Russia's movie theaters will reopen on July 15, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko said at a meeting with Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. — A mutated version of the coronavirus strain that causes Covid-19 has been discovered in Siberia, Rospotrebnadzor head Anna Popova said Tuesday. Beasley, W.G. — Moscow could receive bulk shipments of Russia’s coronavirus vaccine by the end of 2020 while the vaccine continues to undergo final clinical trials, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said. Cinemas, theaters and concert halls will be allowed to fill no more than 25% of seats, according to restrictions taking effect from Dec. 1. — Russian Railways will resume regular service of its Sapsan high-speed trains between Moscow and St. Petersburg starting June 24. — Moscow City Duma deputy Mikhail Timonov has reportedly tested positive for coronavirus. — Belarus plans to re-open its border and resume transport connections with neighboring Russia within the next few days, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said following talks with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. — More than half of 149 overall Covid-19 cases in central Russia’s Sverdlovsk region are concentrated in one hospital in the regional capital of Yekaterinburg, governor Yevgeny Kuyvashev said. Valentina Martynovna is now at home with family and "feeling well," the hospital said. — A 103-year-old coronavirus patient in St. Petersburg has recovered from the illness, the hospital where she was treated said. — European Union leaders are considering temporarily banning all non-essential travel into the Schengen borderless travel zone by non-EU citizens, the BBC reported, citing a diplomatic note it obtained. 8,764 new coronavirus infections, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 308,705 and marking the lowest daily increase since May 1. — Russia will begin negotiations with other countries to restart international flights from July 15, deputy prime minister Tatiana Golikova said. — Authorities in Russia's western exclave of Kaliningrad will end the region's coronavirus lockdown for most residents starting April 29, Governor Anton Alikhanov, — Moscow authorities will not ease the city's self-isolation orders during the May holidays which include Labor Day and Victory Day, the mayor's office, — Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said he has, — More than 40% of Moscow's health system is now being used in the city's fight against coronavirus, deputy mayor for social development Anastasia Rakova, — All of Moscow's doctors and nurses will take an express test to detect the presence of coronavirus antibodies and test their immunity to the virus, Rakova, — Vladislav Filev, the owner of Russian carrier S7 Airlines, has, — Russia will temporarily suspend deportations of foreigners over the next two months due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Interior Ministry. — More than 50% of Russia's medics have no plans to vaccinate against the coronavirus, according to the result of the Russian Federation Medics Network poll published by VTimes Monday. — Yandex will end its free coronavirus testing program, the tech giant said, adding that it has carried out 20,000 of the free tests since the program began on April 20. — Foreign students in Russia will be allowed to return for the spring semester if they fly from countries that have resumed flights with Russia, Russia’s consumer protection watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said Tuesday. The agency later backtracked, with its press service saying that the figure was "not official" and was based on "data circulating on the internet.". — Moscow authorities are deporting 88 foreign nationals who violated quarantine measures imposed on them as a precaution against coronavirus, the state-run RIA news agency cited Moscow's deputy mayor as saying. — Discrepancies in Russia's coronavirus mortality data are caused by the fact that Moscow authorities haven't sent the city's final numbers to the federal headquarters, the RBC news website reported. Russia plans to restart international flights to Britain, Turkey and Tanzania on Aug. 1 more than four months after closing its borders due to the coronavirus pandemic. — About 2% of Moscow residents — or more than 250,000 people — have the coronavirus, the mayor of the Russian capital said on Saturday, citing test results. He said city authorities would reconsider implementing the system if the coronavirus situation worsens or the number of self-isolation violations rises. it has recruited dozens of volunteers among its ranks for two-month clinical trials of a coronavirus vaccine set to begin Wednesday. — Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport — the capital's main international transport hub — will close two of its terminals, C and E, starting Friday as closing borders and travel restrictions have suspended many flight routes. The statement follows recommendations issued by the Rospotrebnadzor head Anna Popova who advised recipients to avoid alcohol and immunosuppressants for 42 days. — Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that the growth in new coronavirus cases has been stopped in Russia. The leaflets called Covid-19 vaccination the “rebirth of fascism” and equated the jab to weapons of mass destruction. — Russia confirmed 8,926 new coronavirus infections, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 290,678 and signaling a potential slowdown in new cases. The vaccine’s creator Denis Logunov echoed her claim, telling Meduza that the Gamaleya institute expects to produce around 1 million shots per year by the end of 2020. — Russia will suspend all regular and charter flights to other countries starting today. The city has 1,507 confirmed cases so far. — President Vladimir Putin said the coronavirus outbreak was easing in Russia, after daily confirmed cases dropped back below 10,000. — Up to 40% of Covid-19 tests performed in Russia could be "false negatives" due to the sample collection errors, the state-run Interfax agency reported citing Russia's chief pulmonologist Sergei Avdeev. “We’ve moved towards the level of stability that we’ve all been waiting for .. November 2020 was the deadliest month for at least 16 years. The city issued 3.2 million passes for residents to leave their homes on Monday. Excess deaths since the start of the pandemic stood at 337,000 by the end of December. The order will be valid from Nov. 13 through Jan. 15, 2021, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced. This is the second extension of the measure that was first introduced in October. — Russia is expected this month to register a spike in mortality rates amid the coronavirus epidemic, Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova said. The region has Russia's fourth-highest number of coronavirus cases, after Moscow, the Moscow region and St. Petersburg. — The European Union has approved Russia’s application to register its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in the bloc, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported Tuesday. — Moscow authorities will no longer require a two-week home quarantine period for people with symptoms of acute respiratory viral infection if the individuals test negative for coronavirus, deputy mayor Anastasia Rakova said. — Moscow introduced its digital pass system to allow residents to leave their homes this week. The country's cinemas had closed in late March due to the coronavirus. clinical trials of the world’s first coronavirus vaccine using human volunteers. — Russia says it has so far carried out over 2 million tests nationwide. — Elderly scientists who helped develop Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine have not reported adverse effects after being injected, the head of the research institute behind the inoculation told the state-run RIA Novosti news agency. According to official statistics, there have been 3,371 coronavirus infections and just 29 deaths from Covid-19 in the region. Russia has given preliminary approval for its Covid-19 Sputnik V vaccine to be manufactured in Serbia, a minister said on Friday. "As for the Russian vaccine, I have said multiple times that it does not exist," he said. — St. Petersburg authorities have ordered the city’s cafes, restaurants, museums, theaters and concert halls to shut down in the period from Dec. 30 until Jan. 10. — Russia's Agriculture Ministry has ordered all of Russia's regions to ready a two-month food supply to prevent shortages. — Russian medics are 16 times more likely to die from the coronavirus than healthcare professionals in countries with similarly high Covid-19 numbers, the Mediazona news website reported. Moscow could face a shortage of hospital beds for coronavirus patients in the next two to three weeks, the city's health department, — Moscow introduced its digital pass system to allow residents to leave their homes this week. — Serbia is expected to begin administering 2,400 doses of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine over the course of the week starting Jan. 5, Serbian health officials said according to TASS. — The Russian Orthodox Church has advised worshippers to pray at home during the Holy Week and Easter, the Church's most important holidays. He had attended city council meetings as recently as April 1, when it voted to impose fines on Muscovites who violate lockdown orders. — The Ivanovo region is experiencing a shortage of mortuary cabinets amid a growing number of coronavirus deaths. — Russia confirmed 10,699 new coronavirus infections, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 187,859. Moscow’s health department has warned the city’s clinics that many coronavirus tests return false negative results, the Kommersant business daily, A detention center east of Moscow has been placed under lockdown after the alleged death of one of its inspectors from coronavirus, the Mash Telegram channel, Moscow is planning to track foreign tourists' movements through smartphone geolocation for coronavirus prevention after Russia reopens its national borders, the Kommersant business daily, Russia's health watchdog Rosdravnadzor has developed an "express" coronavirus test that can test at 94% accuracy within 40 minutes, the Industry and Trade Ministry. conditional mortality rates increased to 1.79%, according to the data from the operational headquarters for the fight against coronavirus. The UAE is the first Middle East nation to use Russia's jab in a mass vaccination drive. Russia will allow its nationals who hold second passports to leave the country amid the coronavirus outbreak, according to a government decree. Most of them are asymptomatic, he added, while one patient is in critical condition. — Russia has conducted more than 795,000 coronavirus tests so far, the federal consumer protection watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said. "We know and firmly believe that we are invincible when we stand together," Putin said in a televised speech after plans for a grand Victory Day military parade in Red Square had to be postponed because of the pandemic. — Russian prisoners, students and military personnel will produce medical masks and other equipment as the country faces down the coronavirus pandemic, the RBC news website, — Employees of the presidential administration and journalists covering President Vladimir Putin's upcoming trips are being tested for coronavirus, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, — Journalists accredited with foreign media outlets have been barred from the Russian State Duma over the coronavirus, BBC Russian correspondent Pyotr Kozlov, — Moscow's network of facial recognition cameras has detected more than 200 people who violated orders to self-quarantine because they might be infected with the virus, the city's police chief Oleg Baranov. — Russia's largest carmaker Avtovaz, which employs around 35,000 workers, has reported the first two coronavirus cases among its workers and quarantined 29 employees. Health care experts interviewed by The Moscow Times named transportation and production problems among the key logistical issues impeding Russia's mass vaccination campaign. 10,102 new coronavirus infections, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 155,370. — Russia will allow its nationals who hold second passports to leave the country amid the coronavirus outbreak, according to a government decree issued Wednesday. Five regions of the country are at over 95% of their bed capacity for coronavirus patients, she added. — Moscow traffic police have launched spot checks on the city's taxis to ensure drivers wear face masks and regularly disinfect their vehicles. The measure was first introduced three weeks ago and, according to Sobyanin, has proven to be effective in slowing the spread of coronavirus. — President Vladimir Putin in a speech at the United Nations boasted of Russia's creation of the world's first coronavirus vaccine, though it has not completed large-scale clinical trials.