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Russia coronavirus update: Moscow's Covid-19 death toll reaches 5,203

The death toll from the coronavirus in the Russian capital city of Moscow has reached 5,203, with 23 new fatalities recorded over the past 24 hours

Russia, China block release of United Nations report criticising Russia

Russia and China blocked the official release of a report by UN experts on Libya that accused its warring parties and their international backers of violating a UN arms embargo

US elections 2020: If Joe Biden wins, it is probably bad news for Putin

US politics have become so polarized that there's little need for Russia to step in and invent new controversies

Russian President Putin seeks cyber deal with US for no 'poll meddling'

Putin called for an agreement between the two countries to prevent incidents in cyberspace.

You are good people: Alexei Navalny thanks Russian pilots, medics

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny thanked Russian pilots and paramedics for acting quickly after he fell into a coma on a flight from Siberia.

Iran, Russia discussing joint production of Covid-19 vaccine: Report

The Russian Direct Investment Fund has said it is in talks with a number of countries about the possibility of producing the Russian 'Sputnik-V' vaccine abroad

US Presidential elections: Facebook purges 3 Russia-based fake networks

Facebook has pulled down three separate networks for violating its policy against foreign or government interference that originated in Russia

FB suspends fake Russian accounts, warns of US polls hack-and-leak threat

The Russian foreign ministry did not respond to a request for comment after normal working hours in Moscow

Facebook takes down fake Russian accounts, warns of US poll hack threat

The company said the accounts, which it suspended for using fake identities and other types of 'coordinated inauthentic behaviour', were linked to Russian intelligence

At UN, China, Russia and US clash over Covid-19 pandemic responses

The remarks at the UN Security Council came two days after UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres decried the lack of international cooperation in tackling the still "out-of-control" coronavirus

Russia's Sberbank enters tech space; to compete with Google, FB, Amazon

The 179-year-old bank, which commands a market valuation of $67 billion and is majority-owned by the Russian government, is present in 17 other countries, including in India through branches

Russia to supply 17 more countries with coronavirus drug Avifavir

Avifavir gained approval from the Russian health ministry in May and is based on favipiravir, which was developed in Japan and is widely used there as the basis for viral treatments

India's Covid diplomacy: US to Russia, Delhi part of every vaccine alliance

India is party to Sputnik-V, the vaccine under development jointly by Russia's Gamaleya National Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology and Indian pharma company Dr Reddy's Laboratories

Ready to offer Covid-19 vaccine to UN staff, offices free of cost: Russia

Russia is sure that all capacities of the global pharmaceutical industry need to be employed so as to provide free access to vaccination for the population in the foreseeable future, Putin remarked

Russia's Oppn leader Navalny released from German hospital after 32 days

The German hospital treating Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny for poisoning says his condition improved enough for him to be released from the facility

Russia's Yandex in talks to buy online bank Tinkoff for $5.5 billion

Tinkoff is the world's largest bank that is fully online, with more than 10 million customers across Russia

Egypt to Philippines: Russia's dominance of the wheat world keeps growing

In 20 years, Russia has gone from being reliant on wheat imports to accounting for a fifth of global sales, as its fertile soils generate bigger harvests at attractive prices

What a gift: Russia offers United Nations staff free virus vaccines

What do you do when Vladimir Putin offers you Russia's new coronavirus vaccine, for free? United Nations staff around the world are now facing that choice

After Sputnik-V, Russia to register second Covid-19 vaccine by Oct 15

Russia registered its first vaccine candidate, developed by Moscow's Gamaleya Institute, in August.

Russia 'confident' on Covid-19 vaccine, to share legal risks: Report

With the global vaccine race hotting up, and dozens of candidates being tested on humans, backers of Russia's 'Sputnik-V' shot see liability as a key battleground as they aim to capture market share