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Covid-19: Moscow shuts down as Russia sees record virus cases, deaths

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Putin orders Russians stay off work for a week amid rising COVID-19 infections, deaths

MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered most Russians to stay off work for a week starting later this month amid rising COVID-19 infections and deaths, and he strongly urged reluctant citizens to get vaccinated.The government coronavirus task force reported 1,028 deaths in the past 24 hours, the highest number since the start of the pandemic. That brought Russia's death toll to 226,353, by far the highest in Europe.Putin said he supports the Cabinet’s proposal to introduce a nonworking period starting Oct.

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Putin approves week-long Russian workplace shutdown as COVID-19 surges

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Russian film crew lands after shoot onboard space station

MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA - OCTOBER 17, 2021: Soyuz MS-19 Mission crew members Oleg Novitsky (L back), Klim Shipenko (C facing the camera) and Yulia Peresild (top R) are pictured at the Cosmonaut Training Centre in Star City, Moscow Region, during a cere MOSCOW - A Soyuz space capsule carrying a cosmonaut and two Russian filmmakers has landed after a 3 1/2-hour trip from the International Space Station.The capsule, descending under a red-and-white striped parachute after entering Earth’s atmosphere, landed upright in the steppes of Kazakhstan on schedule at 0435 GMT Sunday with Oleg Novitskiy, Yulia Peresild and Klim Shipenko aboard.Actress Peresild and film director Shipenko rocketed to the space station on Oct.

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Shooting at Russia’s Perm State University leaves 6 dead, 28 hurt

MOSCOW - A student opened fire Monday at a university in Russia, leaving six people dead and 28 hurt, before being shot by police and detained, officials said.Beyond saying that he was a student, authorities offered no further information on his identity or a possible motive.During the attack, students and staff at Perm State University locked themselves in rooms, and video posted on Russian news sites showed some students jumping out of second-story windows.In some footage, a black-clad, helmeted figure could be seen striding on a campus sidewalk cradling a long-barreled weapon. Russia’s Investigative Committee, the country's top body for criminal probes, said the gunman fired a smoothbore hunting weapon.

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Shooting at Russia's Perm State University leaves 8 dead, 24 hurt

MOSCOW - A gunman opened fire at a university in Russia on Monday morning, leaving eight people dead and 24 hurt, officials said.The gunman was detained after the shooting at Perm State University, according to the Interior Ministry. There was no immediate information on his identity or a possible motive.Students and staff at the university locked themselves in rooms, and the school urged those who could leave the campus to do so.

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Belarus sprinter granted Polish visa says ‘punishment’ awaited her at home

MOSCOW - A Belarusian Olympic sprinter who had a public feud with officials from her team at the Tokyo Games said Tuesday that authorities "made it clear" she would face punishment if she returned home to an autocratic government that has relentlessly stifled any criticism.Waiting to leave Japan to seek refuge in Europe, Krystsina Tsimanouskaya said she hopes she can continue her career, but for now, her safety is the priority. After she criticized the management of her team on social media, she accused officials of hustling her to the airport and trying to put her on a plane back to Belarus.In the dramatic standoff, several countries offered her help, and Poland granted her a humanitarian visa Monday.

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Launch of single-dose Sputnik Light Covid vaccine in India expected soon: Russian envoy

Sputnik Light Covid-19 vaccine is expected to launch soon in India, Russian envoy Nikolay Kudashev was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

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Moscow police investigate fake vaccine certificates

Moscow police said they have launched dozens of criminal probes to crack down on fake inoculation certificates, as vaccine scepticism remains stubbornly high in Russia despite soaring infection rates.

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Russia marks record number of COVID-19 deaths for 5th day in a row

coronavirus cases nationwide, the most it has reported since January. Officials blame the surge on the infectious Delta variant and tepid demand for vaccinations.Moscow, the worst-hit region throughout Russia’s pandemic, accounted for 7,446 of Saturday’s new cases.

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Russia: Moscow begins booster vaccine campaign as COVID-19 cases surge

Moscow: Health clinics in Moscow will begin offering booster vaccine shots against COVID-19 on Thursday, the city's mayor said, as Russian officials scramble to contain a surge in cases blamed on the highly infectious Delta variant.

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Managed isolation returnees now eligible for release

Whole genome sequencing has determined there is unlikely to be in-facility transmission of COVID-19 at the Novotel Auckland Airport managed isolation facility.

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Returnees required to extend stay in managed isolation as a precaution

Last evening a number of people in the Novotel Auckland Airport managed isolation facility were advised their stay in managed isolation would be extended.

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Russia sees Covid-19 surge linked to Delta variant and slow vaccine drive

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Russian man suspected in killing of American student arraigned on murder charges

TOPSHOT - A picture taken on June 19, 2018 shows the cathedral of Alexandr Nevskiy reflected in a puddle, in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, during of the Russia 2018 World Cup football tournament. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP) (Photo credit should r MOSCOW - A court in central Russia on Sunday arraigned a suspect on murder charges in the death of an American woman who was studying at a local university.The body of 34-year-old Catherine Serou was found Saturday in a wooded area near the city of Nizhny Novgorod, 250 miles east of Moscow.

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Covid-19: From Tesla cars to gold bars, what countries are offering to boost vaccination

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Body of missing US student found in Russia, suspect arrested

MOSCOW - Russian news reports said searchers on Saturday found the body of an American student who went missing several days earlier and that a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder.The body of Catherine Serou, 34, was found in a wooded area near the city of Bor, 400 kilometers east of Moscow, the reports said.Local news reports said Serou was last seen on Tuesday after getting into a car. Her mother, Beccy Serou, of Vicksburg, Mississippi, told NPR that her daughter had last texted her: "In a car with a stranger.

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Russian scientists fear potential 'Moscow' Covid strain could fight off vaccines

Covid. Health officials have not yet released any details on the potential variant, but experts are saying they feel confident the jab will remain effective.

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Moscow residents told to stay off work to combat Covid-19

Moscow's mayor has effectively declared a public holiday for all of next week to combat a surge in Covid-19 cases.

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Latest Russian hack attempt largely fended off by US agencies, White House says

WASHINGTON - The White House says it believes U.S. government agencies largely fended off the latest cyberespionage onslaught blamed on Russian intelligence operatives, saying the spear-phishing campaign should not further damage relations with Moscow ahead of next month’s planned presidential summit.Officials downplayed the cyber assault as "basic phishing" in which hackers used malware-laden emails to target the computer systems of U.S.

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Sputnik V in India: RDIF, Panacea Biotec launch production of Covid vaccine

Sputnik V, the world's first registered vaccine against coronavirus, in India.India's Panacea Biotec will now produce 100 million doses of Sputnik V every year, RDIF has said in a statement. Full-scale production is expected to begin this summer.The first batch made by the Indian manufacturer will be shipped to Gamaleya, the Moscow institute which developed the vaccine, for quality controls, RDIF's statement read.BREAKING: RDIF and Panacea Biotec launch the production of Sputnik V in India.

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US, Russia hold parallel military drills in the Balkans

BELGRADE – Serbia and Russia launched joint military exercises near Serbia's capital Thursday as U.S.-led forces held massive drills in neighboring Balkan states in what appeared to be Moscow’s resolve to maintain influence in the European region torn by wars during the 1990s.

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Putin to would-be aggressors: 'Will knock their teeth out'

MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin alleged Thursday that some of the country's foreign foes dream about biting off pieces of the country's vast territory, warning that Moscow would “knock their teeth out” if they ever try.

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Ukraine's leader says France, Germany too soft on Russia

KYIV – Ukraine's leader said Thursday that France and Germany have recently softened their stance in talks with Moscow on settling a conflict with Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine.

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US, Russia at odds over military activity in the Arctic

REYKJAVIK – The Biden administration is leading a campaign against Russian attempts to assert authority over Arctic shipping and reintroduce a military dimension to discussions over international activity in the area.

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When will everybody in India get Covid vaccines? Nadda claims by December

JP Nadda on Wednesday."India developed two indigenous vaccines for the first time in just nine months, which have been administered to 18 crore Indians so far.

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Russia's northernmost base projects its power across Arctic

NAGURSKOYE – During the Cold War, Russia's Nagurskoye airbase was little more than a runway, a weather station and a communications outpost in the Franz Josef Land archipelago.

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Dogged by Mideast crisis, Blinken visits Denmark

COPENHAGEN – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Denmark for talks on climate change, Arctic policy and Russia as calls grow for the Biden administration to take a tougher and more active stance on spiraling Israeli-Palestinian violence.

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Putin bemoans Ukraine's crackdown on pro-Russia opposition

MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday harshly criticized Ukrainian authorities for what he described as their crackdown on the Moscow-friendly opposition amid simmering tensions between the two neighbors.

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Putin: school shooting in Kazan 'has shaken all of us'

MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said that the deadly school shooting in Kazan “has shaken” the country and ordered the government to revise school security protocols and tighten control over civilian gun ownership.

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Russia records first cases of Indian variant of Covid-19

COVID-19 first found in India, Kommersant newspaper reported on Thursday, citing authorities in the Ulyanovsk region.The regional branch of consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said it had recorded 16 cases of the variant among Indian students at Ulyanovsk State University, some 700 kilometres (435 miles) east of Moscow.Dilyar Khakimov, an official at the watchdog, told Kommersant that the students had been put in self-isolation and were under medical observation.Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova had previously said the country had not recorded any cases of the variant.The World Health Organization said on Monday that the coronavirus variant first identified in India last year was being classified as a variant of global concern,

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Number of injured in Russia school shooting rises to 23

MOSCOW – Twenty-three people remained hospitalized on Wednesday following a school shooting in the Russian city of Kazan which killed nine people, including seven youngsters.

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Kremlin-imposed cuts at US Embassy leave thousands adrift

MOSCOW – Under Kremlin orders, the U.S. Embassy has stopped employing Russians, forcing the embassy to cut its consular staff by 75% and limit many of its services.

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Slovakia eyes using Russia's Sputnik V; waits for results

BRATISLAVA – Slovakia’s government is set to discuss possible use of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine with Moscow after it was successfully tested in a Hungarian lab.

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Putin tells Red Square parade that Nazi ideas persist

MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin marked the anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe with a speech warning that Nazi beliefs remain strong.

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Moscow Olympic gold medallist and former hockey coach MK Kaushik dies of Covid

New Delhi: Former India hockey player and coach M K Kaushik on Saturday died after battling COVID-19 for the past three weeks.He was 66 and survived by his son and wife.Kaushik, a member of the 1980 Moscow Olympics gold-medal winning Indian team, had tested positive for COVID-19 on April 17 and was admitted to a nursing home here."He was shifted to ventilator this morning but passed away just now," his son Ehsan told PTI.Kaushik had coached both the senior men and women's teams.

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Blinken brings anti-graft message, old Russia foe to Ukraine

WASHINGTON – When Secretary of State Antony Blinken travels to Ukraine this week he’ll be carrying a tough anti-graft message and strong U.S. backing for the country’s response to Russian aggression. He’ll also be bringing along a familiar face in the Washington-Moscow tug-of-war over the former Soviet republic: Victoria Nuland.

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Russia lags behind others in its COVID-19 vaccination drive

MOSCOW – While at the Park House shopping mall in northern Moscow, Vladimir Makarov saw it was offering the coronavirus vaccine to customers, so he asked how long it would take.

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Lawyer representing Navalny's foundation detained in Moscow

MOSCOW – A lawyer representing the anti-corruption foundation of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained in Moscow on Friday morning, his colleague said on social media.

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Russian military says its troops back to bases after buildup

MOSCOW – The Russian military said Thursday that its troops have returned to their permanent bases after concluding massive drills near Ukraine that alarmed Western countries.

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Top ally announces closing Navalny's offices amid crackdown

MOSCOW – A top ally of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Thursday that the network of the politician's offices in Russia is being closed as authorities seek to have it and Navalny's Foundation for Fighting Corruption outlawed as extremist groups.

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Russian FM: US-Russia ties worse than during Cold War

MOSCOW – Russia's top diplomat said Wednesday that relations with the United States are now even worse than during the Cold War times because of a lack of mutual respect.

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Putin: 'Unfriendly' embassies may face Russian hiring bans

MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree allowing the country to limit the number of Russians employed at embassies of countries determined to be unfriendly, or to ban their employment entirely.

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Alexei Navalny, imprisoned Russian opposition leader, to end prison hunger strike on 24th day

MOSCOW (AP) - Imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he is ending his hunger strike after getting medical attention and being warned by his doctors that continuing it would put his life at risk.In an Instagram post on Friday afternoon, the 24th day of his hunger strike, Navalny said he will continue to demand a visit from his doctor to address a loss of sensation in his legs and arms – the main demand the politician announced when launched his hunger strike.But he said he would stop the strike after having been examined by non-prison doctors, something he called "a huge progress.""Thanks to the huge support of good people across the country and around the world, we have made huge progress," Navalny said in his message.

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Russian's Navalny to end prison hunger strike on 24th day

MOSCOW – Imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he is ending his hunger strike after getting medical attention and being warned by his doctors that continuing it would put his life at risk.

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Russian troops start pulling back from Ukrainian border

MOSCOW – Russian troops began pulling back to their permanent bases Friday after a massive buildup that caused Ukrainian and Western concerns.

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Russia holds major drills in Crimea amid Ukraine tensions

MOSCOW – The Russian military on Thursday conducted massive drills in Crimea involving dozens of navy ships, hundreds of warplanes and thousands of troops in a show of force amid tensions with Ukraine.

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Belarus leader heads to Moscow for talks on closer ties

MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to host his Belarusian counterpart on Thursday for talks on closer integration between the two ex-Soviet neighbors.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0