Russia‘s coronavirus death toll reached 1,000 and its total number of cases broke through 100,000 today after another record day of new infections. The 7,099 new cases – surpassing the previous high of 6,411 on Tuesday – bring the total from 99,399 to 106,498, the eighth-highest tally in the world. The daily death toll was … Read more
Woman is blackmailed by fake Russian gynaecologist who duped her into recording an ‘online examination’ then demanded £2,000 not to share the footage Victim Maria was refused a hospital appointment due to coronavirus lockdown She was then approached online by a ‘gynaecologist’ named Arnold Karapetyan After their appointment, he threatened to release a recording of the … Read more
A senior FSB officer has become the highest-ranked Russian official linked to the investigation into the MH17 jet tragedy. Col. Gen. Andrei Burlaka, the FSB Border Service’s chief of operational staff, has been named as the highest-ranking person of interest in the criminal investigation into the downing of the plane, by open-source intelligence site Bellingcat and … Read more
Russia saw a record daily rise in coronavirus cases and deaths today as Vladimir Putin prepares to announce whether a month-long lockdown will be extended. The latest 6,411 cases – a new high, surpassing Sunday’s 6,361 – bring the total number of infections from 87,147 to 93,558. The jump means that Russia overtakes Iran and … Read more
Amazing rock art depicting ‘woolly mammoths and rhinos’ were created by an ancient man at least 15,000 years ago, says a new study. The petroglyphs straddling the border between Russia and Mongolia are 7,000 years older than previously thought. The finds at the ancient alfresco ‘art gallery’ have been confirmed in a detailed study by … Read more
Another Russian doctor falls to her death from hospital window ‘after being blamed for spread of Covid-19 at Russian cosmonaut training facility’ Natalya Lebedeva was accused of failing to stop an outbreak, colleagues claim She was involved in treating the city’s ‘patient zero’, a top cosmonaut trainer Lebedev was being treated in Moscow and fell … Read more
A senior doctor in Russia plunged 50 ft from her office window during a conference call when she was told her hospital would be forced to take in coronavirus patients, say reports. Dr Yelena Nepomnyashchaya, 47, a mother of two, had objected to the move because of an ‘acute shortage’ of personal protection equipment for … Read more
Badly paid doctors have quit in droves, fearing for their lives after being told to treat coronavirus patients without adequate protective equipment in a chronically underfunded health system. Ambulances crews queue for hours to deliver patients to overloaded hospitals where medical staff have run out of oxygen – yet desperately needed ventilators have been bought … Read more
Russia is preparing for a major increase in coronavirus cases with regions told to urgently boost available hospital beds and draft in medical students. Infections outside Moscow and its surrounding region have soared 110 per cent in the past week. And the authorities are scrambling deal with a 31-fold increase in a fortnight at a … Read more
Russia today recorded 5,849 new coronavirus cases and another 60 deaths as the mayor of Moscow denied claims that official figures were ‘hiding’ the full picture. Sergei Sobyanin said Russia’s 0.9 per cent mortality rate was so low because of mass testing which leads to a high number of confirmed infections. ‘No one is hiding … Read more
TEEN & YOUNG ADULT By Sally Morris for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 23 April 2020 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 23 April 2020 BURN by Patrick Ness (Walker £12.99, 480 pp) BURN by Patrick Ness (Walker £12.99, 480 pp) It’s 1957 and the Cold War between Russia and America provides a tense backdrop of … Read more
Orthodox Christians have defied coronavirus lockdown measures to gather outside Easter services as the nation’s infection rate today soared by 6,060 to 42,853. Worshippers gathered near to churches across Russia in a celebration of the festival on Sunday, as priests led processions around churchyards to mark the occasion. Patriarch Kirill, who leads 150 million believers, held … Read more
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have had four phone calls in the last two weeks as D.C. and the Kremlin try and ease tensions during the coronavirus choas Since March 30, President Trump and Vladimir Putin spoke four times over the phone as the coronavirus pandemic rages on Their last call came on Easter Sunday … Read more