Russia achieved its first major territorial success in more than nine months in the Ukraine war, capturing the eastern city of Avdiivka last week. The once-bustling community of 30,000 civilians was gone and it was doubtful whether the local employer, Europe’s biggest coking plant, could be returned to operability soon. But the capture offered Russian President Vladimir Putin bragging rights ahead of the election he faces in March.
Russian tech entrepreneurs are set to launch a picture-sharing application on the domestic market to help fill the void left by Instagram, which the authorities blocked this week.
Hundreds in search of a better future have been duped by the Finiko “investment vehicle.”
A majority of Russian respondents (63%) disapprove of the idea of compulsory coronavirus vaccination, according to a poll by the SuperJob portal published Thursday. Moscow and three other Russian regions announced mandatory vaccination for service-sector workers Wednesday, pointing to a “dramatic” rise in cases and dwindling vaccination rates. Under the decree, businesses operating in the hospitality, education, healthcare […]
Vaccination against the novel coronavirus of 25% Russians over two months or 30% of the population by the end of May will help prevent another wave of the pandemic, the head of the Federal Biomedical Agency, Veronika Skvortsova, said on Wednesday. “If for modelling the situation we assume that the vaccine is 94% effective, just […]
