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RDIF head Kirill Dmitriev on the risks of a third wave of COVID and Sputnik V, what business thinks about accusations of greed, oil and gas companies are no longer leaders in dividends - in a review by RBC Interview with RDIF CEO Kirill Dmitriev The biggest risk of developing a new wave of the coronavirus pandemic is associated with active mutations of the disease-causing virus, Kirill Dmitriev, h...

City officials decided to "evenly distribute the holding of mass events" Members of The Hatters Pavel Lichadeev and Yuri Muzychenko Петербургские власти решили отменить концерты и другие массовые мероприятия, которые запланированы на период проведения Чемпионата Европы по футболу (11 июня — 11 июля) и праздника выпускников «Алые паруса» (25 июня). Переносятся также концерты, которые должны были пр...

Restrictions on mass events in Moscow, introduced due to the coronavirus, will be lifted “closer to the fall”, when citizens will have collective immunity, the mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin, told reporters during the SPIEF, Interfax reports. According to him, the city has been living in a normal mode for about a year now, only preventive measures against the spread of COVID-19 remain . “Ma...

The number of hospitalized elderly people with coronovirus in the Novosibirsk region has increased by 10-15%. This was announced on June 3 during a briefing by Deputy Minister of Health of the region Elena Aksenova. “This week, they began to notice an increase in the number of hospitalized over 65 years old with chronic diseases in infectious diseases hospitals who did not receive vaccination,” Ak...

Anna Popova is listed as one of the authors of the patent for the drug from the Vector Center. Rospotrebnadzor reported, One of the developers of the EpiVacCorona coronavirus vaccine from the Novosibirsk Scientific Center Vector of Rospotrebnadzor turned out to be the head of the department, Anna Popova, follows from the description of the patent for the drug, published on the website of Rospatent...

They are representatives of "big pharma", which includes Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, as well as political opponents of Moscow, said Kirill Dmitriev.Campaigns against Sputnik V have been repeatedly announced by the authorities The customers of the information campaign against the first domestic coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V are representatives of the so-called big pharma. This ...

Bashkiria plans to open direct flights from Ufa to Tel Aviv. The initiative was discussed on Thursday, June 3, at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum Radiy Khabirov and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Israel to Russia Alexander Ben Zvi. Similar plans were announced in 2019, but their implementation was prevented by the COVID-19 pandemic . The head of Bashkiria stressed ...

Anna Popova Black mold, like any other infectious agent, is dangerous in a weakened immune system and in a pandemic. About this, according to RIA Novosti, said the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. “High humidity and high temperature are not unusual, but in the conditions of immune damage caused by COVID, it can lead to t.........

The Russian economy is recovering from the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, President Vladimir Putin said at the signing ceremony of investment agreements at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). His words are quoted on the Kremlin website. “To a large extent, thanks to you and your colleagues, Russia is able to overcome the difficulties that the whole world faced over...

Bashar al-Assad Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was vaccinated against coronavirus with the Russian drug Sputnik V. This was announced by the country's ambassador to Russia, Riyad Haddad, Interfax reports. “Yes, I was vaccinated,” Haddad said, answering a related question. In March, Assad and his wife, Asma al-Assad, contracted the coronavirus. Bashar al-Assad and his wife recovered from COVID-19...

In the Rostov region, as of June 3, 158 new cases of COVID-19 infection were recorded . During the day, 268 people recovered, according to the Stopcoronavirus.rf portal. According to Rospotrebnadzor, over the past 24 hours, the number of confirmed coronavirus infected people has reached 94,676 on an accrual basis, and 85,......

Rospotrebnadzor published research data on coronavirus for the previous day. 98 new cases of Covid-19 infection have been identified in the Perm Territory. Of the new patients, 5 people are being treated in hospitals, 93 outpatients at home under the supervision of doctors. Among the 98 newly infected patients, 49 were male, 49 were female, and 1......

US President Joe Biden announced a "month of action" program to encourage more Americans to get vaccinated against the coronavirus infection by July 4 and reach the goal of 70% of the vaccinated population faster by offering people various incentives. It is reported by the Associated Press. For example, Biden negotiated with Anheuser-Busch, which said it would give all Americans over the age of 21...

Over the past day, 166 new cases of coronavirus infection were recorded in the North Caucasus. Relevant information is posted on the Stopcoronavirus.rf website. Of these, 59 cases were registered in Stavropol, 53 in Dagestan, 14 in Kabardino-Balkaria, 12 in Karachay-Cherkessia, 10 in Ingushetia, 9 in Chechnya and 9 in North Ossetia. Since the beginning of the pandemic in the North Caucasus Federal...

Barclays bank experts predict that countries in the south of the eurozone will not be able to recover from the consequences of the pandemic as quickly as those in the north. The impact of the pandemic fell on industries important for the southern economies of the EU, The southern states of the eurozone have been hit harder by the COVID-19 pandemic than the countries of central and southern Europe,...

Relief can be introduced after 60% of the population is vaccinated against the coronavirus. In combination with the number of people who have been ill, this will create “good immunity” in Russia, Partial easing of restrictions imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic can be made after 60% of the Russian population is vaccinated, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said on the sidelines of the St. Petersb...

According to the Minister of Health, there is no third wave of COVID-19 in Russia. Murashko explained that in general, the incidence in the country is declining, but the regions come out of the pandemic in different ways. There is no third wave of the spread of coronavirus in Russia, said Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF...

At the moment, there is no evidence that the coronavirus began to spread around the world after a leak from a Chinese laboratory. This was stated by the head of the US National Institutes of Health ( under the Department of Health and Human Services) Francis Collins, reports Fox News. “There was another idea that maybe it was an accidental leak from the laboratory . I never ruled it out, alth........

The Health Committee of St. Petersburg reported isolated cases of hospitalization of participants and guests of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). “At the moment, isolated cases of hospitalization of guests and forum participants have been recorded in the city,” the message says. However, the authorities did not name the reasons. 2......

Coronavirus 53 new cases of COVID-19 have been registered . In 47 people, the infection proceeds in the form of SARS, five suffer from pneumonia, and one patient is asymptomatic. 42 people have recovered. Read more . Tourist restrictions The Kaliningrad authorities want to limit the entry of private cars into the resort towns. The restriction may affect tourists, not local residents. Guests of the...

Dmitry Peskov Switzerland's decision not to accept for accreditation to the summit of Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden a certificate of vaccination with the Sputnik V vaccine will not affect Russia's decision to hold a meeting in Geneva, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, RIA Novosti reports. When asked if this would affect the choice of the Geneva venue for t...

The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Mauritius has registered the Russian vaccine against coronavirus infection Sputnik Light. This was announced by the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF). “The registration of the Sputnik Light drug will allow adding another safe and effective coronavirus vaccine to the national portfolio of Mauritius,” said Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the fund. The 55th count...

On the opening day of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, one of the participants was diagnosed with COVID-19 . According to the Nevskiye Novosti publication, a volunteer girl from Moscow received a positive test for coronavirus and was immediately taken by ambulance to a temporary hospital at Lenexpo. According to sources of the publication, she did not pass through the territory of ...

About 18 million Russians were vaccinated with the first component of the coronavirus vaccine. This, according to RIA Novosti, was announced on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) by Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko. “In total, more than 18 million have already been vaccinated with the first component. Now the activity of the population has increased very we...

From June 6, fairs, conferences and exhibitions will be allowed in Poland, but with a limit of one person per 15 sq.m. This was announced by the Minister of Health of the Republic Adam Nedzielski, writes Radio Poland. The number of guests at weddings and other public gatherings will be allowed to increase from 5......

The Belgian pig sector is recovering from the shock caused by African swine fever (ASF). On the other hand, beef production is declining. After last year's decline, Belgian pig farmers increased their herds again by 2.2% to 6.2 million heads, the best result in five years. Thanks to a contingency plan, the Belgian meat industry has handled the pandemic relatively safely, surpassing the previous ye...

In the Stavropol Territory, more than 52 thousand people have already recovered from the coronavirus infection since the beginning of the pandemic. Relevant information is posted on the Stopcoronavirus.rf website. The daily increase in recovered from COVID-19 in the region amounted to 77 people. In addition, 33 people recovered in Dagestan, 17 in the KChR, 13 in Kabardino-Balkaria, 13 in Ingusheti...

The daily increase in new cases of infection amounted to 8.8 thousand, according to this indicator, Moscow, St. Petersburg and the Moscow region are still leading.Died during this period 394 infected In Russia, 8,832 cases of coronavirus were detected per day, 394 people died, the operational headquarters said. In total, since the beginning of the epidemic, 5.......

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the most popular topics of fake news about coronavirus have been rumors about the dangers of vaccines and pseudo-medical rumors. This is stated in a study by Yandex.Q and specialists from the RANEPA and the National Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Human Potential (available from RBC). The researchers collected 244 fakes about COVID-19 that have appeared...

In the Krasnodar Territory, 98 cases of COVID-19 were laboratory confirmed over the past day . This is reported by the operational headquarters of the region. In Krasnodar, the number of cases amounted to 19 people, in Sochi and Dinskoy district - 8 cases each. Six new cases each in Anapa, Korenovsky and Starominsk districts. Five each - in Tuapse and Bryukhovetsky. Four are in the Caucasus region...