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Sharp increase in Moscow pneumonia cases fuels fears over coronavirus statistics

Sharp increase in Moscow pneumonia cases fuels fears over coronavirus statistics

By , MOSCOW (Reuters) - A reported sharp increase in pneumonia cases in the Russian capital and contradictory information around the issue is fuelling fears about the accuracy of official coronavirus data which remains much lower than many European countries.Russia, which has a population of 144 million, has reported just 199 coronavirus cases and some doctors have questioned how far the official data reflects reality, given what they say is the patchy nature and quality of testing.A sharp spike in pneumonia cases in Moscow, Russia’s biggest transport hub and a city with a population of...

March 20, 2020
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Sixteen more years? Russian parliament backs move to keep Putin in power

Sixteen more years? Russian parliament backs move to keep Putin in power

By , MOSCOW (Reuters) - Constitutional changes allowing Vladimir Putin to run for president again in 2024 sailed through both houses of Russia’s parliament on Wednesday, raising the prospect he could clock up over three decades in the Kremlin.Putin, 67, who has dominated Russia’s political landscape for two decades as either president or prime minister, made a dramatic appearance in the lower chamber a day earlier to argue that term limits were less important in times of crisis.A former KGB officer, Putin is currently required by the constitution to step down in 2024 when his second...

March 11, 2020
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Russia arrests over 1,700 at rallies for hunger-striking Navalny

Russia arrests over 1,700 at rallies for hunger-striking Navalny

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comVLADIVOSTOK/MOSCOW, April 21 (Reuters) - Police rounded up more than 1,700 protesters on Wednesday as Russians in dozens of cities took part in rallies organised by allies of hunger-striking Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny over his failing health in jail.His spokeswoman was jailed for 10 days, and another close ally detained, on the same day that President Vladimir Putin delivered a state-of-the-nation speech warning the West not to cross and pointedly made no mention of Navalny."This is one of the last gasps of a free Russia, as many are...

April 21, 2021
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Russia's Sputnik V vaccine 92% effective in fighting COVID-19

Russia's Sputnik V vaccine 92% effective in fighting COVID-19

By MOSCOW (Reuters) - - Scientists gave Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine the green light on Tuesday saying it was almost 92% effective in fighting COVID-19 based on peer-reviewed late-stage trial results published in The Lancet international medical journal.Experts said the Phase III trial results meant the world had another effective weapon to fight the deadly pandemic and justified to some extent Moscow’s decision to roll out the vaccine before final data had been released.The results, collated by the Gamaleya Institute in Moscow that developed and tested the vaccine, were in line with efficacy...

February 2, 2021
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Police crack down on Russian protests against jailing of Kremlin foe Navalny

Police crack down on Russian protests against jailing of Kremlin foe Navalny

By , MOSCOW (Reuters) - Police detained more than 3,000 people and used force to break up rallies across Russia on Saturday as tens of thousands of protesters ignored extreme cold and police warnings to demand the release of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.Navalny had called on his supporters to protest after being arrested last weekend as he returned to Russia from Germany for the first time since being poisoned with a nerve agent he says was slipped to him by state security agents in August.The authorities had warned people to stay away from Saturday’s demonstrations, saying they risked...

January 22, 2021
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Police crack down on Russian protests against jailing of Kremlin foe Navalny

Police crack down on Russian protests against jailing of Kremlin foe Navalny

By , MOSCOW (Reuters) - Police detained more than 3,000 people and used force to break up rallies across Russia on Saturday as tens of thousands of protesters ignored extreme cold and police warnings to demand the release of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.Navalny had called on his supporters to protest after being arrested last weekend as he returned to Russia from Germany for the first time since being poisoned with a nerve agent he says was slipped to him by state security agents in August.The authorities had warned people to stay away from Saturday’s demonstrations, saying they risked...

January 22, 2021
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Russia detains Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, faces clash with Western nations

Russia detains Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, faces clash with Western nations

By , MOSCOW (Reuters) - Police detained prominent Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on arrival in Moscow on Sunday after he flew home to Russia from Germany for the first time since he was poisoned last summer, triggering a political clash with the West.The move, which could see Navalny jailed for 3.5 years for allegedly flouting the terms of a suspended prison sentence, may reignite political pressure on the West to tighten sanctions on Russia, especially against an $11.6 billion project to build a natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany.In a case that drew wide international attention,...

January 17, 2021
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Russian state employees describe pressure to join vaccine trials

Russian state employees describe pressure to join vaccine trials

By , , , MOSCOW (Reuters) - In late September, Moscow municipal official Sergei Martyanov sent a series of text messages to his subordinates: “Colleagues!!!... What is this sabotage???”Martyanov was expressing dismay at his staff’s apparent reluctance to volunteer for the human trials of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, named after the Soviet-era satellite that triggered the space race. The official in the Moscow department of city property said many quota spots for his staff to join the trial remained unfilled.He said he had heard some workers were signing up to receive flu...

December 4, 2020
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Special Report: The woman who fell from the sky - the pandemic crashes into Russia's space city

Special Report: The woman who fell from the sky - the pandemic crashes into Russia's space city

By STAR CITY, Russia (Reuters) - The Star City Closed Administrative Territorial Unit is barely an hour’s drive northeast of the Kremlin, but for decades the town never appeared on any maps. Only after the Soviet Union fell apart was its location revealed.Even now, it is shrouded by forests, and behind its tall concrete walls lies the somber infrastructure of Russia’s legendary space program, and the Soviet-era apartment blocks that its cosmonauts and scientists call home.Star City’s medical clinic stands in a wooded area just past a monument to Yuri Gagarin, who became the first man in...

November 13, 2020
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