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The team of Russian scientists behind a new Covid-19 drug, Avifavir, have issued a statement in which they insist that it is highly effective against the two strains of coronavirus, Delta and Omicron, that are currently dominant. Covid-19, like most other ribonucleic acid (RNA) viruses, is known to be highly …

China agrees with Russia that the West’s desire for a dominant position on the world stage is unacceptable, and the two countries must work together for “mutual development,” Beijing said on Tuesday. Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian was speaking at a briefing, following a claim on Monday from Russian Foreign …

A court in Moscow has ordered the liquidation of a prominent NGO dedicated to preserving the memory of those who died under communist rule, after prosecutors said the group was seeking to rewrite the history of the Soviet Union. In a ruling issued on Tuesday, a judge decreed that Memorial, …

At the behest of the West, Ukraine may strike at Russia in February 2022 and launch an offensive in several directions, including in Crimea, an opposition MP in the Russian State Duma claimed on Sunday. According to RIA Novosti, the unlikely claim from Mikhail Delyagin suggested that, contrary to what has been …

That’s according to Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking in an interview aired on Sunday by national television.  This month, Moscow called on the US and NATO to sign treaties banning further expansion of the military bloc. Russian officials have repeatedly said they see US-dominated bases and other infrastructure, inside the …

A journalist has apologized after bragging about using the results of an outdated Covid-19 test to gain access to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annual press event and saying she had a fever, which she later claimed was due to her simply being over-excited and running on little sleep.  In a …

Representatives of the right-wing populist LDPR party submitted the resolution to the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, on Monday, proposing to send it to Russian President Vladimir Putin and to other authorities across the country. The document reads, “the Duma once more calls attention to the importance of …

However, a senior official in President Joe Biden’s government used a background briefing to reveal others might be explored at a meeting sometime in January.  Washington was ready for diplomacy with Moscow as early as after the winter holidays, but no specific date or location for a meeting had yet been …

The fear of US sanctions impacted this decision, local media said, citing Indonesia’s Air Force chief. “Regarding the Sukhoi Su-35, with a heavy heart, yes, we have abandoned that plan. We can’t just keep talking about it,” Air Marshal Fadjar Prasetyo told reporters on Wednesday. Benar News quoted Prasetyo as …

“Faced with the challenges of coronavirus infection and the necessary forced restrictions, our economy turned out to be more mobilized and ready for such shocks than many other developed economies in the world,” said the Russian president. Putin added that other problems for the country remain, including rising inflation. He …