Russia

Russian police want to question opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Germany. The Russian Ministry of the Interior has submitted a request to that effect to the German authorities. 44-year-old Alexey Navalny, a prominent critic of…

Russian investigators will consider whether someone tried to assassinate opposition leader Alexej Navalny. The Russian investigation committee has asked its department in Siberia for further investigation, the Russian news agency…

The Kremlin and the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church have warned Turkey about plans to turn the former Hagia Sophia Cathedral in Istanbul, now a museum, into a mosque again. The highest judges in Turkey will have to make a…

The number of corona infections diagnosed in Russia has passed 500,000. Authorities report that a further 8,779 people have been diagnosed with the virus in the past 24 hours. This brings the total number of detected infections in…

The number of people who died of the new coronavirus in Russia on Monday will approach 6000. In the last 24 hours, 112 Russians died with the lung virus, bringing the total death toll to 5971. Moscow reports that the virus has…

According to official figures, the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in Russia has passed 3000. Authorities report that 127 patients have died in the past 24 hours. A further 8,849 people have also been found to have…

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobjanin wants to gradually ease measures against the spread of the new coronavirus in his city. The situation in the Russian capital with almost 12 million inhabitants has, in his view, stabilized somewhat in…

The number of new cases of the coronavirus in Russia has increased by 10,102 in the past 24 hours, compared with 10,581 the day before. This brings Russia's nationwide total to 155,370 infections, the country's crisis centre said…

Moscow is setting up emergency hospitals to accommodate the rapidly growing number of corona patients in the city. The deputy mayor told state news agency TASS to be there in about twenty days. The operation must yield a total of…

The Russian government extends the travel ban for foreigners until further notice, Prime Minister Mikhail Misyustin announced on Wednesday. Russia took the measure in mid-March to stem the spread of the new coronavirus in the…