Russia

MOSCOW, October 10. /TASS/: Several Russians have been deleted from the US sanction lists in exchange for Russia’s consent to receive US Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland in Moscow, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Sunday.

MOSCOW, Oct 10 (NNN-TASS) – Russia confirmed 968 COVID-19-related fatalities, over the past 24 hours, the highest daily count in the country, bringing the national death toll to 215,453, the official monitoring and response centre said yesterday.

A total of 29,362 new COVID-19 infections were registered, up from 27,246 the day before, taking the nationwide tally to 7,746,718, the centre said, adding that, the number of recoveries increased by 21,049 to 6,840,845.

MOSCOW, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Russia will allow U.S. Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland to visit for talks despite having previously blacklisted her, after Washington agreed to lift a similar restriction placed on a Russian citizen, Moscow said on Sunday.

The U.S. official, who is expected in Moscow from Oct. 11 to 13, visits at a time when political ties between the countries are badly strained. She will meet senior officials to discuss bilateral, regional and global issues, the State Department has said.

10 Oct 2021; MEMO: Russia and the EU had misunderstandings on mutual recognition of vaccines, but now work is going on positively, Kremlin spokesman said on Friday.

Moscow considers the negotiations on vaccines recognition "extremely important" as the freedom of movement depends on it, Dmitry Peskov said at a press briefing in Moscow.

MOSCOW, October 6. /TASS/: Americans handed over messages to Iranian representatives on US President Joe Biden’s intentions of implementing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Iran’s nuclear program during the UN General Assembly in New York, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said at a press conference following talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday.

MOSCOW, October 9. /TASS/: In the past 24 hours, 968 people died from COVID-19 versus 936 one day earlier, bringing the total death toll to 215,392, the federal coronavirus combating anti-crisis center told journalists Saturday.

This grim figure is the highest since the onset of the pandemic. Saturday marks the fourth day in a row with over 900 Covid-related deaths registered.

The relative lethality remains at 2.78%, according to the statistics.

MOSCOW, October 8. /TASS/: Red tape, together with political pressure from European officials, and unfair competition hinder the recognition of Russia’s Sputnik V jab by the European Union, Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev said on Friday.

PLESETSK COSMODROME /Arkhangelsk Region/, October 8. /TASS/: Two launches of Angara-A5 heavy rocket and two launches of its light class are planned to be carried out from the Plesetsk cosmodrome next year, the Aerospace Force’s commander, Colonel-General Sergey Surovikin reported to Russia’s Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu.

MOSCOW, October 8. /TASS/: Russia cannot rely on the European Union in economic issues because Brussels can impose sanctions against Moscow anytime, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a meeting with members of the Association of European Businesses in Russia.

"We realized that relying [on the EU] in strategic areas of the economy, in the military industry, [expecting] supplies of technologies and components from countries that can overnight impose sanctions against us is simply impermissible for such a power as Russia," he said.

MOSCOW, October 8. /TASS/: Russia sent an official diplomatic note to the US embassy in Moscow asking to withdraw diplomatic immunity from three embassy employees in order to press criminal charges on them, Russian Foreign Ministry told TASS Friday.

"A note was sent to the US embassy with a request to yank the diplomatic immunity from three employees of the American diplomatic mission over their designation as theft suspects of personal belongings from a Russian citizen," the Ministry said.