Category: Russia

Dr. Rimma Kamalova says her hospital’s leadership ignored her warnings about an unexplained pneumonia outbreak back in March. She kept working. The hospital admitted more than 50 people for planned Continue Reading

The effect of oil well shut-ins on future production has become one of the main topics of discussion in the energy media lately, what with OPEC+ cutting millions of barrels Continue Reading

Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, has now tested positive for the virus Russia has confirmed 232,000 cases of coronavirus – the second highest toll in the world Continue Reading

Russia’s national death toll from coronavirus could be 70 percent higher than the government’s official data show, as the Kremlin struggles to curb the spread of Covid-19 despite a seven-week Continue Reading

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday announced a gradual easing of coronavirus lockdown measures despite a new surge in infections which took Russia’s tally past Italy’s, making it the fourth-highest Continue Reading

Ever since the coronavirus took hold globally, researchers have been puzzled by Russia’s mortality rate of only about 13 deaths per million, far below the world average of 36 in Continue Reading

Sales of new cars in Russia plummeted by 72.4% in April from a year earlier after a 4% rise in the previous month, the Association of European Businesses (AEB) said Continue Reading

When Vladimir Putin tapped Mikhail Mishustin in January to become prime minister, the little-known tax official was meant to spearhead a push for stimulus spending to help Russia’s president remain Continue Reading

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian authorities said on Sunday they had recorded 11,012 new cases of the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 209,688. Russia’s Continue Reading