JUST IN: At least five dead in fire at Saint Petersburg hospital
SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia (AFP) -- A fire at a hospital in Russia's second city Saint Petersburg has killed at least…
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Russia sees over 10,000 new virus cases for fourth day in row
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia recorded more than 10,000 new coronavirus cases for the fourth day in a row on…
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Russia sees record rise of more than 10,000 in one day as total virus cases surge past 130,000
by Anna SMOLCHENKO Agence France Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia on Sunday reported a new record daily rise…
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Putin warns Russia has not reached peak of virus infections
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- President Vladimir Putin warned Tuesday that Russia had not yet reached the peak of coronavirus infections…
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Astronauts land back on Earth transformed by pandemic
by Christopher RICKLETON Agence France Presse Two NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut on Friday made a safe return…
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Russia ready to start testing coronavirus vaccines on humans in June
MOSCOW, United States (AFP) -- The head of a top Russian research center told President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that…
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Russian plane heads to US with supplies for virus fight
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- A Russian military plane carrying medical equipment has departed for the United States, the defense ministry…
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Moscow begins lockdown, as Russia regions prepare for confinement
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Moscow on Monday imposed a lockdown in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus…
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UPDATED: Quake hits off Russia’s Kuril Islands, prompts tsunami alert
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- A 7.2-magnitude quake hit off Russia's Kuril Islands on Wednesday, prompting local residents to seek higher…
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For Moscow’s quarantined, 100,000 cameras are watching
by Victoria LOGUINOVA-YAKOVLEVA Agence France-Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) —A vast and contentious network of facial recognition cameras keeping watch over Moscow…
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Russia sends virus experts, medics to Italy
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia on Sunday sent the first of nine military planes which are to take a…
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Russia registers first coronavirus death
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia registered the first death of a patient infected with the coronavirus on Thursday, an elderly…
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