Russia

Pandemic in Russia: despite new outbreaks, healthcare system critically unprepared, authorities discussing lifting quarantine restrictions

Coronavirus

April 10, 2020

Official stats, alarming as they are, do not reflect the whole picture, as even a bigger number of cases may have gone undiagnosed. What doctors, journalists and and officials say in Russia.

Russian soldiers travel to Armenia to fight coronavirus

Coronavirus

April 09, 2020

They plan to conduct lab research and disinfect military bases in Armenia, and the Russian military base in Gyumri

Confrontation at Vladikavkaz hospital: “I don’t believe in coronavirus”

Coronavirus

April 08, 2020

There is a growing number of coronavirus deniers in North Ossetia. Meanwhile, authorities plan to soften self-isolation requirements

Op-Ed: “Russia has abandoned its people”

Coronavirus

April 04, 2020

The Russian government suddenly “suspended” the evacuation of Russian citizens from abroad

Chechnya closes borders for quarantine

April 03, 2020

The Chechen Republic is the first region in Russia to close its borders due to the coronavirus epidemic

North Ossetia: warehouses brimming with alcohol, pharmacies without disinfectants

April 01, 2020

Alcohol factories in North Ossetia could provide disinfectants to Russia and the entire Caucasus. But Moscow is not giving permission and the plants have been shut down

Russia prepares for pandemic peak

Coronavirus

March 30, 2020

The government is introducing new taxes, the wealthy are buying up medical equipment, experts are in quarantine, and residents are having barbeques

Moscow: no one to leave the house unless absolutely necessary

Coronavirus

March 30, 2020

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church urges believers to refrain from attending church services

Moscow Mayor: “There are significantly more coronavirus cases than reported”

Coronavirus

March 25, 2020

Russia has started bulk purchasing testing kits, intending to test tens of thousands of people daily. Experts are pessimistic

Iconovirus. Russian parishioners defending themselves from global pandemic by kissing holy relics

Coronavirus

March 18, 2020

The relics of John the Baptist were brought to Petersburg from Jerusalem: thousands came to kiss the relics, and take communion from one spoon for all. Priests say there is no risk of infection

The new Russian constitution: Putin for life, God, and the special role of Russian speakers. What does it all mean?

March 17, 2020

Lawyers say that the law has been sacrificed to ensure Putin’s lifelong rule

Coronavirus in Russia: 59 ill and a suspicious spike in pneumonia

March 14, 2020

In connection with the outbreak of coronavirus, Russia closed its borders with Norway and Poland

Russian nationalities divided into “state-forming”— and everyone else

March 12, 2020

A constitutional amendment was proposed to recognize that "Russian is the language of the state-forming people." In the national republics of Russia, this proposal provoked outrage

Putin proposes “zeroing out” term clock, extending his rule through 2036

March 10, 2020

If the constitutional amendment is adopted, then when Putin’s current term expires in 2024, he will still be able to serve another 12 years

On April 22, Russians to approve mention of God in the constitution, among other amendments

March 05, 2020

God will be mentioned in the amended Russian constitution, marriage is described as a union between a man and a woman, and distortions of historical truths are prohibited. The amendments aim to extend Vladimir Putin’s time in power.

22,000 on march in Moscow, Boris Nemtsov Square in front of Russian Embassy in Prague

March 01, 2020

This is how the fifth anniversary of the killing of the famous Russian opposition leader right at the Kremlin walls was marked

“Loving Kadyrov” — head of the Chechen Republic filmed in “humorous” videos with leading Russian bloggers

February 28, 2020

Millions of Russian instagram subscribers watch two videos which are part of an unusual advertising campaign of the head of Chechnya

Failed in Abkhazia or in Ukraine? Why Putin has fired his influential assistant

February 20, 2020

Surkov was a symbol of the Kremlin in regions involved in conflicts with the shadow participation of Russia, he also oversaw the pro-Kremlin youth movements

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