Новости за 10.09.2021

According to director of the Gamaleya Center Alexander Gintsburg, the vaccine was specially developed to be able to protect against a wide spectrum of strains

Sputnik V was registered in Russia on August 11, 2020 to be the world’s first officially registered coronavirus vaccine

The Zapad-2021 strategic Russian-Belarusian exercise kicked off in Belarus Friday

Some 39.8 million have received both shots, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova said

Russian Foreign Minister noted that Russia had to take tit-for-tat measures and did not extend the visa of BBC journalist Sarah Rainsford after a TASS employee had faced similar problems

Russian Foreign Minister also noted that Ukraine’s foreign ministry speaks about the plans of convening a Normandy-format summit to settle the problems of the implementation of the Minsk agreements, on the one hand, while the Ukrainian president’s office, on the contrary, claims that the agreements have exhausted themselves, on the other hand

On Wednesday, September 8, the Ministry announced that Minister Yevgeny Zinichev died on duty during the exercise in Norilsk

The Department’s deputy spokesman Jalina Porter also refrained from commenting the statement regarding US IT giants’ violation of the Russian law ahead of the State Duma election

According to the Russian top diplomat, the Taliban are undecided about the new Afghan government and about their inauguration plans

"The decision was unexpected, as the Bloomberg consensus, the markets and we were waiting for an increase in the indicator by 50 base points," analysts at VTB Capital said

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov also stressed that the current situation in Afghanistan could not be settled without an inclusive political process involving the Pushtu, Uzbeks, Hazara, and Tajiks

On Friday, it was reported that from September 21, Russia would lift all COVID restrictions on air traffic with Belarus

The Russian foreign minister also recalled that Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus told a news conference on Thursday that issues of introducing a common currency and establishing a union parliament were not on the current agenda

The Russian top diplomat added that Moscow worked closely with its Central Asian allies, including in the military sense

"Brussels made some halfhearted attempts, which later faded away, to speak about mutual recognition of vaccines. We are absolutely ready for it," the Russian Foreign Minister said

"We are open to cooperation with everybody who is prepared for it on an equitable basis," the Russian foreign minister stressed

Earlier, the embassy claimed that John Sullivan was summoned to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to "discuss bilateral relations" and Joe Biden’s intent for stable and predictable relations with Moscow

"We keep on stressing our readiness to resume normal relations with Ukraine because the Ukrainian people are our kin, our fraternal people," the Russian foreign minister noted

These agreements are geared to preserve the Ukraine’s integrity and stop the conflict in Donbass, Leonid Slutsky recalled

The 9/11 Memorial Museum's press office explained that there had been too many requests, while the number of seats was limited, although the blank form of the accreditation request said that one mass media outlet can delegate up two staffers

Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council Andrei Kortunov noted that two countries would display utmost caution in creating inter-state institutions

According to the report, Rohullah Azizi was detained and later executed last night in the Panjshir Province of Afghanistan

According to the expert, Pfizer’s and Moderna’s efficacy, according to the US and Israeli universities, varied from slightly more than 40 to 52%

Earlier on Friday, Gazprom reported that the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline was fully completed on the morning of September 10

Earlier in the day, the farewell ceremony was held at the emergencies ministry’s national crisis management center in Moscow