Russia News
18 Jan 2021
A Russian influencer, who had stirred controversy online for marrying her stepson last year, has announced the birth of their first baby.
18 Jan 2021
Russian Opposition leader Alexei Navalny was arrested on Sunday at a Moscow airport as he tried to enter the country from Germany, where he had spent five months recovering from nerve agent poisoning that he blames on the Kremlin.
23 Dec 2020
"Good riddance, Ambassador Heusgen." That is what China's deputy United Nations envoy, Geng Shuang, said to Germany's ambassador as the latter completed a two-year term on the UN Security Council.
18 Dec 2020
India will reportedly produce around 300 million doses of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine called Sputnik V.
08 Oct 2020
India's drug regulator has refused to allow a large scale clinical trial of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine.
18 Sep 2020
Sputnik V, the COVID-19 vaccine developed and approved by Russia, has shown side effects in some trial volunteers.
16 Sep 2020
In a major development, Hyderabad-based pharma company Dr. Reddy's Laboratories has partnered with the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) to source their Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for India.
11 Sep 2020
Expanding its range of affordable smartphones, Honor has launched a Honor 30i model in Russia. It comes as a rebranded version of the Honor 20 Lite that was launched in China last year.
08 Sep 2020
In a major move, Russia has started the public distribution process of its 'Sputnik V' COVID-19 vaccine.
07 Sep 2020
The Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology in Russia has reportedly submitted "comprehensive data" on its COVID-19 vaccine candidate to Indian authorities.
30 Aug 2020
India and Russia were declared as the joint winners of the 2020 FIDE Online Chess Olympiad.
21 Aug 2020
Russia has been in the headlines for its two-month-tested 'Sputnik V' COVID-19 vaccine.
20 Aug 2020
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been hospitalized after a suspected poisoning, his spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said on Thursday morning.
15 Aug 2020
Despite all the questions over safety and efficacy, Russia is moving ahead with what it claims is the first officially registered vaccine for COVID-19.
12 Aug 2020
On Tuesday, Russia announced what it claims is the first COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology in Moscow.
12 Aug 2020
Russia is taking long strides in, what it claims to be, the world's first officially-approved vaccine to prevent COVID-19.
11 Aug 2020
In a major (but questionable) development, Russia has announced the world's first COVID-19 vaccine.
09 Aug 2020
Russian health officials are set to register a vaccine candidate for the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, as early as this week.
16 Jul 2020
Security agencies in the UK, US, and Canada have warned that Russian hackers are targeting their COVID-19 vaccine research.
13 Jul 2020
In what qualifies as a major breakthrough, meant to help the world battered by the novel coronavirus, a Russian University has claimed to have successfully completed trials of the first COVID-19 vaccine.
15 Jun 2020
A former United States marine, Paul Whelan (50), has been sentenced to 16 years in jail by a Russian court.
07 Jun 2020
Portugal could hold the UEFA Champions League mini-tournament as UEFA bids to complete their flagship tournament in August, according to reports in Germany.
31 May 2020
United States President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he will be postponing the upcoming Group of Seven (G7) Summit. The US holds the presidency of the G7 this year.
21 May 2020
The number of coronavirus infections around the world has surpassed the 5 million mark, the latest figures suggested.
22 Apr 2020
Former world champion Viswanathan Anand will lead India's contingent in the upcoming online Nations Cup.
13 Apr 2020
Since witnessing a peak of the coronavirus outbreak in February, the daily new infections had dropped to double digits in China.
07 Apr 2020
According to US prosecutors, former FIFA executives took bribes in return for voting for Russia and Qatar to host the World Cup.
25 Mar 2020
On Wednesday afternoon (local time), Russia's far east region was jolted by a 7.5 magnitude earthquake, but no casualties were reported at the time of the press.
09 Mar 2020
The prices of petrol and diesel fell for the fifth consecutive day on Monday as the global coronavirus outbreak had a ripple effect on crude oil rates.
09 Mar 2020
Oil prices crashed by 30% on Monday after Saudi Arabia slashed prices launching a price war against Russia.
12 Feb 2020
Moscow Police have arrested a man who pranked commuters on a metro train by pretending to be infected with coronavirus.
15 Jan 2020
The entire Russian government has resigned after President Vladimir Putin's State-of-the-Nation address on Wednesday, reported the country's state news agency TASS.
29 Dec 2019
Even as the world celebrated Christmas this week, there were some interesting developments in the sphere of technology.
26 Dec 2019
In a major move, Russia has tested its own alternative to the global internet.
11 Dec 2019
The world is still in shock over the four-year ban of Russia by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) over multiple violations.
10 Dec 2019
The sporting world received a shocker when the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Russia from participating in global competitive events for four years.
09 Dec 2019
On Monday, Russia was banned from the Olympics and all other major sporting events for four years by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) over doping charges.
09 Dec 2019
After several leaks and teasers, Chinese tech giant Vivo has finally launched the V17 smartphone in India today at Rs. 22,990.
04 Dec 2019
The much-awaited first teaser trailer of Marvel Studios' upcoming solo Black Widow movie, starring Scarlett Johansson in the titular role is out now.
02 Dec 2019
Given the way gadgets are priced these days, one can't buy a lot of high-tech devices in a Rs. 1 lakh budget.
