Tag: Russia

• Sunday, February 21st 2021 - 17:14 UTC

  Russia reported to WHO first case of avian flu H5N8 transmitted from birds to humans

  

  Russia announced on Saturday that its scientists had detected the world's first case of transmission of the H5N8 strain of avian flu from birds to humans and had alerted the World Health Organization.

• Thursday, February 4th 2021 - 09:46 UTC

  Argentine president asks Putin to guarantee supply of the Sputnik V vaccine

  

  Supply of the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine and the possible elaboration of the shots in Argentina were among the issues addressed by Argentine president Alberto Fernandez and Russia's Vladimir Putin during a Tuesday phone conference.

• Wednesday, February 3rd 2021 - 09:25 UTC

  Russia's Sputnik V vaccine is 91,6% effective, The Lancet

  

  The Russian Sputnik V vaccine is 91.6% effective against Covid 19 in its symptomatic manifestations, according to the medical journal The Lancet . “The trial results show a strong protective effect consistent across all age groups of participants,” the researchers explain.

• Wednesday, February 3rd 2021 - 08:03 UTC

  Russian dissident sentenced to 3,5 years in jail despite demands from Western countries

  

  Russian dissident Alexei Navalny was sentenced to three and a half years in a penal colony after a Moscow court found him guilty of disobeying the terms of his probation over the 2014 money laundering case. In the Tuesday ruling, however, the court also took into account the time Navalny had spent under house arrest, meaning that the Kremlin critic would spend only two years and eight months behind bars.

• Thursday, January 28th 2021 - 09:14 UTC

  Putin criticizes “digital giants” that challenge “legitimate democratic institutions”

  

  Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized the growing influence of U.S. social media companies and said their impact on society now puts them in competition with elected governments.

• Monday, January 25th 2021 - 08:40 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez releases a picture of her receiving a Russian Sputnik shot

  

  Argentine vice-president Cristina Fernandez released on Sunday a picture of her being inoculated with the first doses of the Russian Sputnik vaccine against Covid-19. “Not only I am looking after myself, but also looking after all the rest of us”, said the strong woman of Argentina in social networks.

• Wednesday, January 20th 2021 - 09:58 UTC

  Russia supports dialogue and UN resolutions on Falklands dispute: criticizes UK ' 'double standards'

  

  The United Kingdom dissenting approaches to the situation with the Falkland Islands and the Crimean Peninsula is a display of double standards, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview.

• Wednesday, January 13th 2021 - 09:04 UTC

  Mexico expected to approve Russia's Sputnik vaccine, and could order 24 million doses

  

  Mexican health authorities will make a decision this week on whether to authorize Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine after getting access to data on it, Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell said on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, December 29th 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  Poisoned dissident Navalny, “Blockhead”, underpants, beards and consonants

  

  By Gwynne Dyer – Surely you don’t want to read about the new, faster-spreading variant of the coronavirus today, or the fourth Israeli election in two years, and I certainly don’t want to write about them. So here are a few matters of lesser import, culled from yesterday’s media.

• Thursday, December 24th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  Argentina authorizes Sputnik V vaccine; first batch of 300.000 doses expected on Thursday

  

  Argentina's health ministry said on Wednesday it has given the controversial Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine “emergency” authorization, making the country the first in Latin America to do so. The first shipment of the total 25 million doses of the vaccine bought by the Argentine government is due to arrive on Thursday.