Russia

April 26, 2021

35 years on, Chernobyl warns and inspires

The Chernobyl zone saw its tourism increase two-fold after the lauded television miniseries of 2019 and officials hope that level of interest will continue, or grow, once the global pandemic has receded.

April 20, 2021
Column | All is not well between New Delhi and Moscow

The impact of the long history of Indo-Soviet cooperation during the Cold War is too significant to be erased or wished away.
March 14, 2021
An artful protest: Russian ballerina performs on ice to save bay

Braving freezing temperatures in her pointe shoes and white tutu, Bagautdinova filmed herself as she performed arabesques and plies on the frozen waters.
December 30, 2020
Russian sumo wrestler, once world's heaviest child, dies at 21

As a two-year-old, Khatokhov weighed about 34 kilogrammes (75 lbs), and weighed in around 180 kilogrammes (397 lbs) when he was 13, according to Russian media.
December 13, 2020
Sputnik V COVID vaccine may offer 2-year protection, say developers

According to interim research results, the efficacy of the Sputnik V vaccine exceeds 95 per cent on the 42nd day after the first dose, provided that a patient receives the second dose.
October 14, 2020
Russia approves another Covid-19 vaccine after Sputnik V

Russia became the first country to give regulatory approval to a Covid-19 vaccine in August when Sputnik V was officially registered ahead of large-scale clinical trial.
September 25, 2020
Kremlin critic Navalny's bank accounts frozen, apartment seized

Navalny was flown from Russia to Berlin last month after falling ill on a domestic flight in Siberia. Tests in Germany, France and Sweden found he was poisoned with a nerve agent.

Russia

35 years on, Chernobyl warns and inspires

Column | All is not well between New Delhi and Moscow

An artful protest: Russian ballerina performs on ice to save bay

Russian sumo wrestler, once world's heaviest child, dies at 21

Sputnik V COVID vaccine may offer 2-year protection, say developers

Russia approves another Covid-19 vaccine after Sputnik V

Kremlin critic Navalny's bank accounts frozen, apartment seized

Kremlin critic Navalny appears in public after leaving Berlin hospital

Sometimes harshest climates make the best tourist spots

Govt in talks with Russia for possible advancement of COVID vaccine: Health Ministry