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Russia publishes coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V results weeks after approval

Russian scientists have published first results from early trials into experimental Sputnik V vaccine as the shots had only been tested on several dozen people before being more widely administered

Kremlin says it wants dialogue with Germany over Navalny case

Germany, where Navalny is in hospital, has said he was poisoned with a Soviet-style Novichok nerve agent and wants the perpetrators held to account

Russia's Covid-19 vaccine shows potential in peer review, Lancet reports

Sputnik V induced an antibody response in all participants in early trials and found no serious adverse effects.

NATO agrees nerve agent used on Russia's Alexei Navalny, demands probe

Stoltenberg said Moscow must cooperate with the international chemical weapons organization in "an impartial, international investigation" and provide information about its Novichok program

Russia fully supports Belarus' sovereignty, independence: PM Mishustin

Russia fully supports Belarus' sovereignty and independence, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said here while meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko

Rajnath meets Russian counterpart, discusses ways to deepen defence ties

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met his Russian counterpart General Sergey Shoigu in Moscow wherein the duo discussed about strengthening defence and strategic cooperation between both countries

India, Russia finalise deal to manufacture AK-47 203 rifles: Report

The Indian Army has a requirement for around 770,000 AK-47 203 rifles, of which 100,000 will be imported and the rest will be manufactured in India

Russia opposition leader Alexei Navalny poisoned with Novichok: Germany

Novichok, a class of chemical weapons developed by the former Soviet Union and Russia, was used to poison former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter

Three Russian Navy warships dock in Sri Lankan port for crew members

Three Russian Navy warships have docked in Sri Lanka's Hambantota port for the rest and replenishment of crew members, the Sri Lankan Navy said on Tuesday. Russian anti-submarine ships Admiral 'Tribuc' and Admiral 'Vinogradov' and maritime tanker 'Boris Butoma' arrived at the southern port on Monday. The ships arrived for replenishment and rest for the crew, the Sri Lankan Navy said in a release. The activities of the Russian crew have been limited due to the COVID-19 guidelines. The Russian crew will depart on September 3, the release added.

Vladimir Putin, Belarusian Prez Lukashenko agree to meet in Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko have agreed to meet in Moscow "in the coming weeks", the Kremlin said in a statement

India and Russia declared joint winners of Online Chess Olympiad

This was the first time FIDE, the international chess federation, was holding the Olympiad in an online format, due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Donald Trump's China sanctions fail Russian history Test in Moscow

The US sanctions machinery has generally been targeted at smaller, rogue states. Not always, though.

India unlikely to participate in tri-services war game in Russia next month

Last week India had conveyed to Russia that it will participate in the strategic command-post exercise to be held in the Astrakhan region in southern Russia from September 15 to 26

Russian fighter Su-27 scrambled to intercept three NATO spy planes

According to the center, airspace control detected three air targets approaching the Russian border over the neutral waters of Baltic Sea

Russian navy holds war games near Alaska involving ships and aircraft

Russia's navy chief, Adm Nikolai Yevmenov, said that more than 50 warships and about 40 aircraft were taking part in the exercise in the Bering Sea, which involved multiple practice missile launches

Rajnath Singh expected to visit Russia next week to attend SCO meet

Russia has also invited External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to attend the SCO foreign ministers' meeting on September 10

Russian oppn leader Alexei Navalny still in coma but improving: Hospital

Last weekend, Navalny was transferred to the Charit hospital in Berlin, where doctors found indications of cholinesterase inhibitors in his system

Vladimir Putin touts Russia's Covid-19 vaccine as effective and safe

The Russian vaccine named Sputnik-V a reference to the Soviet Union's launch of the world's first satellite in 1957 has so far been tested on two groups of 38 volunteers each

Russia finds no signs of crime in Alexei Navalny coma case so far

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday he saw no grounds for a criminal case until the cause of the politician's condition was fully established

Russia coronavirus update: 12 fatalities reported in Moscow, toll at 4,776

A total of 12 COVID-19 related fatalities were recorded in Russia's capital Moscow in the last 24 hours, Sputnik reported citing the city's coronavirus response center