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Aug 11, 2020 08:37
Vladimir Putin announced on Tuesday morning that Russia has registered the world's first vaccine against coronavirus. He says the dose is effective in forming immunity against the deadly pathogen which has spread globally.
- Russia receives orders from 20 countries for ONE BILLION doses of world’s first Covid-19 vaccine
A total of 20 nations from Latin America, the Middle East, and Asia have already requested doses of Russia’s breakthrough coronavirus vaccine, which was confirmed to be registered on Tuesday by Russian President Vladimir Putin.Aug 11, 2020 15:39 - World’s first registered Covid-19 vaccine named ‘Sputnik V’, Russia launches official websiteIt might not be the space race, but there’s a new Sputnik in town. As an homage to the first-ever artificial Earth satellite, Russia has christened the world’s first registered coronavirus vaccine ‘Sputnik V’.Aug 11, 2020 14:17
- ‘Total falsification’: Russian ruling party MP attacks ‘insane with power’ Lukashenko over ‘shameful’ election campaignThe Belarusian election was entirely falsified, and it’s impossible to know how many votes President Alexander Lukashenko really got, according to a prominent Russian politician, who thinks Russia shouldn’t recognize the result.Aug 11, 2020 12:45
- Russian watchdog says Apple abused dominance of mobile app market, orders US tech giant to stop restricting competitionApple has been found guilty of exploiting its app market dominance by Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS). The investigation began after leading anti-virus software developer Kaspersky Lab lodged a complaint last year.Aug 10, 2020 19:32
- Russia receives orders from 20 countries for ONE BILLION doses of world’s first Covid-19 vaccineA total of 20 nations from Latin America, the Middle East, and Asia have already requested doses of Russia’s breakthrough coronavirus vaccine, which was confirmed to be registered on Tuesday by Russian President Vladimir Putin.Aug 11, 2020 15:39
- World’s first registered Covid-19 vaccine named ‘Sputnik V’, Russia launches official websiteIt might not be the space race, but there’s a new Sputnik in town. As an homage to the first-ever artificial Earth satellite, Russia has christened the world’s first registered coronavirus vaccine ‘Sputnik V’.Aug 11, 2020 14:17
- ‘Total falsification’: Russian ruling party MP attacks ‘insane with power’ Lukashenko over ‘shameful’ election campaignThe Belarusian election was entirely falsified, and it’s impossible to know how many votes President Alexander Lukashenko really got, according to a prominent Russian politician, who thinks Russia shouldn’t recognize the result.Aug 11, 2020 12:45
- Putin says Russia’s Health Ministry has approved world’s FIRST Covid-19 vaccine, his own daughter has been vaccinatedVladimir Putin announced on Tuesday morning that Russia has registered the world's first vaccine against coronavirus. He says the dose is effective in forming immunity against the deadly pathogen which has spread globally.Aug 11, 2020 08:37
- Russian watchdog says Apple abused dominance of mobile app market, orders US tech giant to stop restricting competitionApple has been found guilty of exploiting its app market dominance by Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS). The investigation began after leading anti-virus software developer Kaspersky Lab lodged a complaint last year.Aug 10, 2020 19:32
- Belarus on the brink? Unloved in Moscow, a pariah again in the West & facing protests at home, Lukashenko is running out of roadAlexander Lukashenko will likely ride out the gathering storm across Belarus. However, he cannot remain the president forever. Which means Russia needs to work out a realistic long term strategy toward its closest ally.Aug 10, 2020 19:27
- Millions of tourists & overcrowded hospitals: Crimea advertises for doctors as hospitals struggle to cope with Covid-19 infectionsWith the summer holiday season in full swing, some tourists seem to have taken coronavirus with them to the coast. That's prompted Crimea to search for more doctors as infections in crowded resorts are overloading local hospitals.Aug 10, 2020 17:35
- ‘It’s not brotherly’: Russian Foreign Ministry condemns neighboring Belarus for violent police attacks on journalistsRussian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has criticized Belarusian law enforcement agencies for their “disproportionate actions” against Russian journalists working in Minsk, covering Sunday's controversial election.Aug 10, 2020 17:24
- Court in Sergey Brin's home city slaps $20,000 fine on web giant Google for poor filtering of banned content in RussiaThe US internet behemoth Google has been fined 1.5 million rubles ($20,370) for insufficient search engine filtering of prohibited content, Moscow's Tagansky District Court told news agency TASS on Monday.Aug 10, 2020 14:42
- No more water pollution from oil? Russian scientists create method to effectively clean petroleum products from industrial wasteScientists from Siberia have developed a technique that effectively removes petroleum from wastewater. Using a sorbent, the new system separates impurities, meaning waste released into the environment will cause much less damage.Aug 10, 2020 13:54
- PM Mishustin says Covid-19 situation ‘gradually improving’ in Russia, but country remains 4th worst affected globallyWhile Russia is still home to the fourth highest number of active coronavirus cases in the world, the country is winning the battle with the pandemic. That's according to PM Mikhail Mishustin, himself a survivor of the disease.Aug 10, 2020 13:08
- Moscow protest leader Navalny could face large fine or compulsory labor after calling elderly WWII veteran a ‘traitor’Moscow prosecutors have approved an indictment against anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny. He is accused of slandering a WWII veteran who spoke in favor of constitutional amendments, passed in a public vote, last month.Aug 10, 2020 12:27
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