Oil prices jumped after the West imposed major sanctions on Russian crude and looser Covid-19 restrictions in China boosted hopes for demand on.wsj.com
In museum and hospital collections, some disease detectives are seeking samples leftover from the Russian flu pandemic of the late 19th century, hoping it could yield clues to what will become of Covid-19. nyti.ms
@guardian3 years ago
Covid live: Russian cases hit new record of 180,000; pandemic memorial woodlands to be planted in Wales theguardian.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Even with a record-breaking coronavirus death toll, the Russian government's vaccination campaign has floundered, sociologists say, because of a combination of apathy and mistrust. nyti.ms
@guardian4 years ago
Moscow’s cafes ‘sacrificed’ as Russian government plays Covid catch-up theguardian.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Russian authorities approved a single-dose version of the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine that they said was effective on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Stuck in North Korea since the country sealed its borders due to the coronavirus, Russian diplomats found an imaginative way to get home: pushing a hand-powered rail cart over the border on.wsj.com
@guardian4 years ago
Coronavirus live: Merkel says Russian vaccine welcome if approved by EMA; Poland bars AstraZeneca jab for over-65s theguardian.com
@guardian4 years ago
Coronavirus live news: Germany may use Russian and Chinese vaccines, leaders suggest; Israel extends lockdown theguardian.com
@BBCWorld4 years ago
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova reveals more than 80% of excess deaths this year linked to coronavirus bbc.in
@nytimesworld4 years ago
Moscow on Thursday ordered schools to remain closed for grades six and up until at least Nov. 22, as the Russian capital recorded at least 5,000 new coronavirus cases for the third straight day. Follow our updates on the pandemic. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Kyiv is full of young people who have been cooped up for two years, first because of Covid and then the war. They yearn for contact. War makes that urge even greater, especially this war, where a Russian cruise missile can take you out, anywhere, anytime. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Analysts are debating whether the Russian leader’s ambitions and appetite for risk have been altered by his long-held Covid bubble, or by his urgency to secure a legacy, or both. nyti.ms
@BBCWorld3 years ago
French President Emmanuel Macron refused to take Russian Covid test bbc.in
@WSJ3 years ago
With the Beijing Olympics barely a week away, positive Covid-19 tests are mounting among Russian athletes, threatening the participation of stars in a country whose sports programs have barely acknowledged the virus—until now on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Even with a record-breaking coronavirus death toll, the Russian government's vaccination campaign has floundered, sociologists say, because of a combination of apathy and mistrust. nyti.ms
@guardian4 years ago
Coronavirus live news: situation getting worse in many Russian regions, warns Putin; highest daily cases in Indonesia theguardian.com
@guardian4 years ago
Vladimir Putin receives first dose of Russian-made Covid vaccine in private theguardian.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Stuck in North Korea since the country sealed its borders due to the coronavirus, Russian diplomats found an imaginative way to get home: pushing a hand-powered rail cart over the border on.wsj.com
@guardian4 years ago
Sputnik V vaccine has 91.6% efficacy against symptomatic Covid, Russian trial suggests theguardian.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
The mayor of Moscow declared on Wednesday that the coronavirus pandemic was easing in the Russian capital and abruptly lifted most of the remaining restrictions in place in the city. nyti.ms
@guardian4 years ago
Chess: 'Game of the Year' decides title as Covid-19 hits Russian championship theguardian.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
As Russian provinces are hit hard by a second Covid-19 wave, hospital and morgue workers have posted grim videos showing piles of bodies in black plastic bags nyti.ms
@guardian3 years ago
Zelenskiy compares Russian invasion of Ukraine to Covid theguardian.com
@WSJ3 years ago
As Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a war against Ukraine, half a world away the U.S. economy appeared to be rebounding from a winter surge of Covid-19 infections on.wsj.com
@BBCWorld3 years ago
French President Emmanuel Macron refused to take Russian Covid test bbc.in
@WSJ3 years ago
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered people stay off work for at least a week, beginning Oct. 30 and stretching to Nov. 7, to encourage people to stay home and slow the spread of Covid-19 on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Russian President Vladimir Putin is self-isolating after being exposed to several people with Covid-19 but was tested for the virus and “is absolutely healthy,” his press secretary said on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
French counterintelligence authorities are investigating whether the Russian government was behind an attempt to pay high-profile health and science bloggers to sow public doubts about the safety of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
A Russian court has confined prominent opposition figures to house arrest on accusations that they violated coronavirus safety rules, in what appears to be a government effort to muzzle its opponents. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld4 years ago
To secure the release of an Israeli civilian detained in Syria, Israel agreed to finance a supply of Russian-made Covid-19 vaccines for Damascus, an official said nyti.ms
@guardian4 years ago
Germany considering Russian and Chinese vaccines to boost Covid inoculation drive theguardian.com
@BBCWorld4 years ago
Hungary first in EU to approve Russian Covid vaccine bbc.in
@BBCWorld4 years ago
Coronavirus: Long road ahead as Russian vaccine rolled out bbc.in
@nytimesworld4 years ago
As Russian provinces are hit hard by a second Covid-19 wave, hospital and morgue workers have posted grim videos showing piles of bodies in black plastic bags nyti.ms
@BBCWorld3 years ago
Russian man accused of Alexander Litvinenko killing dies with Covid, says Tass state news agency bbc.in
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Historians who have studied the Russian flu of the 19th century can’t help noticing striking parallels with today’s coronavirus pandemic. That could offer insights to what may become of Covid-19. But other experts voice caution about the hypothesis. nyti.ms
@BBCWorld3 years ago
French President Emmanuel Macron refused to take Russian Covid test bbc.in
@WSJ3 years ago
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered people stay off work for at least a week, beginning Oct. 30 and stretching to Nov. 7, to encourage people to stay home and slow the spread of Covid-19 on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Russian authorities are turning to measures such as barring some unvaccinated employees from their jobs as they seek to reboot a flailing Covid-19 vaccine campaign on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
French counterintelligence authorities are investigating whether the Russian government was behind an attempt to pay high-profile health and science bloggers to sow public doubts about the safety of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Breaking: Russian intelligence agencies have mounted a disinformation campaign to undermine confidence in Pfizer’s and other Western Covid-19 vaccines, using online publications that question their development and safety, U.S. officials said on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
The world needs Covid vaccines, and the Russian Sputnik vaccine has been judged effective. But can the country deliver on its promises to share with the world, given production troubles at home? nyti.ms
@guardian4 years ago
Coronavirus live news: Germany may use Russian and Chinese vaccines; Pfizer pledge for 75m extra doses to EU theguardian.com
@BBCWorld4 years ago
Russian police arrest Covid-denying priest Father Sergiy bbc.in
@BBCWorld4 years ago
Early results from trials of Covid vaccine developed in Russia suggest it could be 92% effective, Russian researchers say bbc.in
@nytimesworld5 years ago
Anna Netrebko, the Russian opera star, is in the hospital with pneumonia caused by the coronavirus, the latest example of a case affecting classical musicians and singers in Europe nyti.ms