Experts from Moscow’s biodefense unit have been deployed at the epicenter of the deadly Covid-19 outbreak in Italy, tasked with disinfecting a nursing home where patients died amid the coronavirus pandemic. A Russian military biological and chemical protection team was dispatched to the Martino Zanchi nursing home in the city of Bergamo in Italy’s northern Lombardy region on Friday. Going from room to room, anti-epidemic specialists […]
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Russian help is “very much needed” in Italy’s ongoing battle against the Covid-19 virus, the VP of the Lombardy region Fabrizio Sala has said, as the country recorded its worst yet single-day spike in fatalities. Sala said on Friday that the presence of Russia’s military in Italy proves that the pandemic has become “a problem for the whole world” and that its scale indicates that countries […]
Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio brushed aside suggestions that aid from Moscow to combat the coronavirus pandemic came with hidden intentions, stating his country had nothing to fear from Russian assistance. In an interview with Euronews’ Giorgia Orlandi published on Friday, the reporter pressed Di Maio to reveal the “real purpose” behind Moscow’s mission to deliver medical supplies to the Mediterranean nation, citing amorphous “doubts” […]
A 56-year-old Moscow woman is the fourth fatality in Russia diagnosed with Covid-19 who had pre-existing conditions, the authorities confirmed. With only one lung after surviving cancer, she could not cope with the infection. The woman, who has not been identified by name, was diagnosed upon admission to hospital with pneumonia in her remaining lung. She passed away on Friday. The total official number of Covid-19 […]
Russian military medics carried out reconnaissance at health facilities in Bergamo, where the elderly are being treated for the coronavirus, before engaging in the fight against the disease on Italian soil. The Russian experts, sporting full protective gear, inspected four hospitals with their Italian colleagues on Friday. They examined the layout of the buildings and talked to staff to come up with a list of urgent […]
While the international internet might be dominated by the English language, there is one area where anglophones have to yield: memes. There can be almost no doubt that the kings of this genre reside on the RuNet. Making the best out of a bad situation seems to be a vital component of the Russian spirit, and it is, therefore, no surprise that coronavirus has spurred the […]
An employee of the Russian government who may have tested positive for the Covid-19 virus has been put under quarantine, and those he had contact with are being monitored. The employee’s test results have been sent for additional verification, the government said on Thursday. Meanwhile, his colleagues have been placed under observation and the areas in government buildings where he had been working have been disinfected, […]
Russian military medics have made a lengthy journey from Rome to Bergamo where they’re going to be helping Italy in its fight against the coronavirus. Some 22 trucks, loaded with equipment and one hundred Russian military disease specialists were flown to Italy over the weekend as the country remains the worst-hit among European nations. The khaki-colored trucks, with stickers, reading “From Russia with love,” have covered […]
With people all around the world ordered to stay at home to protect themselves from Covid-19, focus has now switched to the potential side effects of so many being confined for an unknown period of time. Many of the downsides to self-isolation are also clear, including loneliness, potential mental health problems, and the inevitability of an increase in families who can’t make ends meet. However, another […]
Over 1,000 Russian tourists remain stranded in the UAE after cancellation of four FlyDubai flights. Some of them turned to protesting after Dubai denied entry to an evacuation flight – that was already in the air. Footage from the scene, circulating on social media, shows a group of tourists carrying placards and chanting “Home, home!” at the Dubai airport. Тем временем пассажиры рейса DP888 до сих […]
A Russian Su-27 multirole fighter jet crashed into the Black Sea late on Wednesday, the country’s defense ministry said. The accident occurred during a routine flight amid bad weather conditions. While the fate of the aircraft’s pilot remains unknown, the military has detected a signal from his emergency beacon. Despite the bad weather, a search and rescue operation has been launched immediately. Several aircraft, including an […]
Russian military specialists who arrived in Italy to help with the fight against coronavirus are heading towards the north of the country, which has been affected by the deadly epidemic the worst. The convoy, composed of 22 trucks and other vehicles, set off for the northern Italian city of Bergamo early on Wednesday. The convoy, escorted by the Italian Carabinieri, has reached Florence, making a brief […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin outlined a range of measures on Wednesday to tackle the economic impact of the Covid-19 outbreak. They included making sure that everyone pays their fair share of taxes. According to the Russian president, all income payments (as interest and dividends) leaving the country should be taxed adequately. Putin called on increasing tax on offshore funds to 15 percent. “Currently two-thirds of such […]
In a historically unprecedented measure, the Russian military has sent well over a dozen strategic lift aircraft packed with medics and medical equipment to help the Mediterranean nation battle COVID-19. Russian military medics sent to Italy to assist that country in its fight against coronavirus have been spotted on route to Bergamo, the Lombardy region city which has become one of the global epicenters of the […]
Russia is less vulnerable to external shocks linked to turbulence in energy markets than many other oil-exporting nations, according to rating agency Moody’s. The dramatic plunge in oil prices could cut fiscal revenue and exports by more than ten percent of GDP for most exposed oil-exporting sovereigns and could eventually weaken their credit profiles, Moody’s analysts warned in a recent report. However, the impact would differ […]
Russian combat pilots have mastered the new capabilities of the fifth-gen Sukhoi Su-57 fighter jets, the Defense Ministry reported. Footage of the test flights includes a rare firing of a missile while in a near-vertical climb. The Su-57 is an advanced warplane which can speed straight up into the sky immediately after take-off, thanks to powerful engines and state-of-art controls needed to maintain stability during such […]
Europe 00:14 GMT 25.03.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107867/17/1078671765_0:133:3073:1861_1200x675_80_0_0_41a32f8bffe28b5a7d5c317a72f4e049.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202003251078699913-fifteenth-russian-aircraft-leaves-for-italy-to-help-fight-coronavirus—defence-ministry/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The fifteenth aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces has taken off from a Moscow region airport, departing for Italy to help combat the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. “The fifteenth Il-76 military transport aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces took […]
All organized tourists will return to Russia within a week, according to the Russian Federal Agency for Tourism. In the week from March 17 to March 23, 2020, the number of Russian organized tourists abroad went down from 100,000 to 57,800, the press service of the agency said. By March 31, “practically all organized tourists will have returned” to Russia, the agency’s head, Zarina Doguzova, said. […]
The Russian government may soon allow the creation of regulatory sandboxes for companies working on cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence and distributed ledgers. Introduced in a new bill on March 17 by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, the plan does not directly mention blockchain or cryptocurrencies, but an explanatory note mentions distributed ledger as one of the technologies that could be explored in the new “experimental regulatory […]
As Covid-19 rapidly spreads, the world is united in hoping for a light at the end of the tunnel. On Monday, some potentially good news came from Moscow where hopes are high that progress has been made on a vaccine. The head of the Russian Federal Biological Medical Agency (FMBA), Veronika Skvortsova, announced that the remedy should be available before the end of next winter. The […]
Europe 12:38 GMT 23.03.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107868/12/1078681228_0:0:1636:919_1200x675_80_0_0_662b73f8fea55739c341c7fade12f39a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202003231078681280-italy-holds-consultations-on-russian-experts-engagement-in-covid-19-fight/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Italy has hold the first consultations on using the Russia-provided equipment for COVID-19 fight and on engaging Russian experts in the process, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday. “On 23 March, the buildings of the Officer Assembly of the Italian Armed Forces’ Army (in Rome) hosted the first consultations […]
Russia’s approach to the Covid-19 pandemic has been quite effective, partially because it started taking preventive measures long before the World Health Organization labeled it as such, the WHO’s chief in Russia has told RT. “Russia started with the measures very early, before the famous ‘pandemic’ word was spelled out by the [WHO] Director General” Tedros Ghebreyesus on March 11, said Dr Melita Vujnovic, who heads […]
Russian personnel swiftly airlifted trucks full of medical equipment to Italy, the nation with the highest death toll from the Covid-19 pandemic. A video by Russia’s Defense Ministry shows containers with equipment being offloaded onto Kamaz military semi-trucks after an Il-76 transport plane landed in Italy’s Pratica di Mare airbase, 30km (18.6 miles) from Rome. Personnel in white hazmat suits helped to prepare the cargo hatch […]
The first two Ilyushin Il-76 military transport planes carrying medical supplies and experts to help Italy battle the devastating Covid-19 outbreak have landed at the Italian air force base Praktik de Mare. The planes brought Russian military medics and specialists in infectious diseases, as well as equipment necessary for diagnostics and disinfection of the deadly coronavirus. The experts will immediately begin their work once the Italian […]