Новости за 04.02.2021

According to the WHO, the number of COVID-19 deaths has gone up by over 13,000

The Russian minister underscored that the Russian vaccine had already proven its safety and efficacy

He added that the vaccine is safe for the senior population as well

Latvia’s Tet telecommunications company, 51% of which is owned by the government, previously reported that since February 1, it suspended broadcast of five Russian TV channels in Latvia - PBC, NTV-Baltic, REN TV Baltic, Kinokomediya and Kinomiks

Earlier, Sobyanin canceled some coronavirus pandemic restrictions in Moscow starting from January 22

Speaking about another possible postponement of the Games in Tokyo, Coates, who is also the chair of the Tokyo 2020 Coordination Commission, said: "It isn't an option to postpone the Games"

The IOC president symbolically signed and sent invitations to eight National Olympic Committees, including the Chinese Olympic Committee

Russia’s well-known ethnologist and anthropologist Andrei Golovnev will lead a team of experts, working on the new book

The program to cut carbon dioxide emissions is a part of the company’s ecology strategy to 2030

In late May, 2020, some 20,000 tonnes of fuel spilled at a thermal power plant at Nornickel subsidiary’s facility due to a storage collapse

Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova reminded that Russia welcomes the decision of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to hold a stage-by-stage general election

Meanwhile, two countries have already passed the figure of ten million

The marine infantry employed Eleron-3 and Orlan-10 air surveillance and reconnaissance drones to detect the notional enemy’s amphibious assault forces on the approaches to the coastline and transmit their coordinates to the command observation post

On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky greenlighted sanctions slapped on three TV channels and their owner, member of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada (parliament) Taras Kozak

According to the prosecution, the blogger on June 2 uploaded a video to Telegram and Twitter, in which he made wittingly false comments harmful to the honor and dignity of a World War II veteran

The drills involve firings on the Kunashir Island

Earlier, UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay promised to send experts of the organization to Nagorno-Karabakh to help preserve its historic heritage

He said that currently there were no alternatives to pre-emptive vaccination and all countries sought to achieve collective immunity, preferably post-vaccination immunity, and not acquired in the natural way

The sides are expected to discuss a whole range of issues and prospects of Russia-EU relations

The top diplomats are expected to discuss bilateral cooperation, including the schedule of upcoming political contacts, issues of cooperation on the trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian tracks, the agenda of regional formats of cooperation in the Baltic Sea region and in Northern Europe

According to the diplomat, a global attempt to restrain Russia is underway aimed at meddling in its domestic affairs