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Pakistan approves emergency use of Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine

Pakistan has authorised the emergency use of Russia's Sputnik V, the third anti-Covid-19 vaccine approved by the country against the deadly coronavirus, authorities said on Sunday

Russia registers 21,127 Covid cases in past 24 hours, tally at 3,719,400

Russia registered 21,127, Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, up from 20,921 the day before, taking the tally to 3,719,400, the coronavirus response center said on Sunday.

Russia awaits response from Joe Biden's admin on proposal to mend ties

Zakharova also urged the Biden administration to "promptly take all necessary measures" to restore phone communication at the Russian Consulate General in New York

European Union leaders call on Russia to immediately release Alexei Navalny

EU summit host Charles Michel said the leaders "expect Russia to urgently proceed with the independent and transparent investigation into the attack on his life"

US to seek five-year extension of key arms control treaty with Russia

Biden's nominee for Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that Biden would extend the treaty

OPEC+ compliance with oil production cuts at 99% in December, says report

The figure is slightly below November's 101 percent

Russia: Navalny calls on supporters after court jails him for 30 days

Navalny was arrested at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport on Sunday following his return to Russia from Germany after five years

Judge orders Alexei Navalny to be remanded in custody for 30 days: Report

The ruling concluded an hours-long court hearing set up at a police precinct where the politician was held since his arrest at a Moscow airport Sunday

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny detained after landing at Moscow airport

The prisons service said he would be held in custody until a court rules on his case. No date for a court appearance was immediately announced

US State Dept calls for release of Russian Opposition leader Navalny

On Sunday, Navalny landed at Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport where he was detained

Russia blasts US for imposing sanctions on Cuba as terrorism sponsor

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement that Cuba was designated as a "State Sponsor of Terrorism" for "repeatedly providing support for acts of international terrorism

Russia denies Mike Pompeo's allegation of links between Iran, al-Qaeda

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that there is no evidence of Iran's ties with terrorist group al-Qaeda, after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made such an accusation.

Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan to restore transportation in Nagorno-Karabakh

Leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to take joint measures to restore transportation in the Nagorno-Karabakh region recently freed from armed conflict

Russia receives invitation to attend Joe Biden's presidential inauguration

The US has sent an invitation to Russia to attend the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden scheduled for January 20, the Russian Embassy in Washington D.C. confirmed in a statement on Tuesday

Russia confirms first case of new coronavirus strain first seen in UK

Russia detected its first case of the new coronavirus strain, which was first discovered in the United Kingdom (UK) last month

Production of Russian Covid vaccine Sputnik V to begin in Brazil on Jan 15

Brazil will begin manufacturing the Russian-developed Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus disease on January 15, according to the vaccine's Twitter account

OPEC+ deadlocked over raising oil output, to resume talks on Tuesday

OPEC+ will resume talks after reaching a deadlock over February oil output levels as Saudi argued against pumping more due to new lockdowns while Russia led calls for higher production

Russia ready to trial combined AstraZeneca, Sputnik V vaccine in Ukraine

Russia's sovereign RDIF, which is marketing the Sputnik V vaccine abroad, announced in December trials to test a combination of the AstraZeneca vaccine with the Sputnik V

Russia to carry out around 30 non-military space launches in 2021

Russia is going to carry out around 30 civilian and commercial space launches in 2021, a source in space and rocket industry told Sputnik

Putin battles to sell Russian Covid-19 vaccine amid new rift with the west

President Vladimir Putin has pushed the inoculation in calls with other world leaders since touting Russia's approval of Sputnik V in August as the globe's first Covid-19 vaccine