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Russia confirms single-day record of 28,782 new Covid-19 infections

508 new deaths were reported, taking the nationwide count to 42,684

OPEC+ resumes talks on 2021 policy amid discord on how to tackle oil demand

OPEC and Russia resume talks in a bid to define policies for 2021 after an initial round of discussions this week failed to bring a compromise on how to tackle weak oil demand amid a second Covid wave

OPEC+ agrees to raise oil output by 500,000 bpd from January: Report

OPEC+ sources have said Russia, Iraq, Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates have all to a certain extent expressed interest in supplying the market with more oil in 2021

China launches a 1,100-km middle section of China-Russia East gas pipeline

Operations have started on the middle portion of the China-Russia East natural gas pipeline

Putin orders Russia to begin mass coronavirus vaccinations next week

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the government to begin large-scale vaccinations against the coronavirus next week

Putin orders Russia to begin mass Covid-19 voluntary vaccinations

Russia will have produced 2 million vaccine doses within the next few days, Putin said

Oil rallies as OPEC+ makes headway on output cut deal after days of talks

The Russian government, after internal talks with its own oil companies, has settled on its position, a person familiar with the discussions said on Wednesday

Russia to present Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus at United Nations

Russia's permanent mission to the UN and the Health Ministry will hold a presentation, which will provide detailed information on the Russian vaccine against the novel coronavirus disease

Russia deploys defense missiles to Pacific islands claimed by Japan

The Russian military announced the deployment of state-of-the-art air defense missiles to the Pacific islands claimed by Japan

Russia registers 26,683 coronavirus cases in past 24 hours; tally at 2.2 mn

Russia has registered 26,683 Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 2,269,316, the federal response centre said

Second launch of Russia's heavy carrier rocket scheduled for December

Russia carried out the first test launch of the Angara-A5 rocket in 2014 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Russia agrees to produce coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V in India

Russia's sovereign wealth fund and Indian pharmaceutical company Hetero have agreed to produce over 100 million doses per year in India of the Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19

Russia's Sputnik V developers call on AstraZeneca to try combining vaccines

Russia said its Sputnik V vaccine is 92% effective at protecting people from COVID-19, according to interim trial results

Russia chases off US warship in row over waters in the Sea of Japan

Russia said its Pacific Fleet warship had been tracking the American destroyer in the Peter the Great Gulf

Sputnik V vaccine to cost less than $10 a dose, reports 95% efficacy

Russians plan to supply one billion doses globally in 2021 through partnerships

Russia says Sputnik V vaccine over 95% effective against Covid-19

The cost of one dose of the shot for international markets is expected to be less than $10 (around Rs 740).

Russia coronavirus update: Moscow's Covid-19 death toll rises to 8,455

Moscow has registered 76 deaths of patients infected with COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the Russian capital's death toll to 8,455

Russia coronavirus update: New record high of daily Covid-19 cases reported

Russia registered 25,173 Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, a new all-time high, as the pandemic worsened in the cold season, the country's Covid-19 response centre said on Monday

Russia opens case against Google for failing to delete banned content

Roskomnadzor said Google was not removing up to 30% of what it called "dangerous content", some of which it said was extremist, pornographic and suicidal in nature

Russia hopes remaining parties of Open Skies Treaty meet commitments

The Russian Foreign Ministry has said that Moscow will seek firm guarantees that the remaining parties of the Treaty on Open Skies fulfil their obligations, amid the US' withdrawal from the agreement