Russia

MOSCOW, September 7. /TASS/: Russia recorded 17,425 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the lowest daily number since June 22, the anti-coronavirus crisis center said on Tuesday. The total number of cases rose by 7,047,880.

According to data from the crisis center, the coronavirus growth rate was 0.25.%.

In particular, 880 coronavirus cases were reported in the Moscow region in the past day, 626 in St. Petersburg, 510 in the Sverdlovsk region, 475 in the Rostov region, and 461 in the Voronezh region.

YEKATERINBURG, September 7. /TASS/: Combat crews from the Central Military Region's air defense brigade, rearmed with the newest missile systems Buk-M3, have demonstrated 100% accuracy during a live fire exercise at the Kapustin Yar proving ground in the Astrakhan Region, the region's press-service has said.

MOSCOW, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Russian tech firm Yandex (YNDX.O) said on Tuesday it had removed jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's tactical voting website from its search engine to comply with a government ban ahead of a parliamentary election this month.

Navalny and his allies want to use the website and a separate app to organise a tactical voting campaign at the Sept. 17-19 contest to land a blow against the ruling United Russia party.

ST. PETERSBURG, September 6. /TASS/: The meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden in Geneva brought no drastic changes in relations between Moscow and Washington, the US continues to believe that it can dictate Russia’s domestic agenda, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday.

MOSCOW, September 6. /TASS/: The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Russia grew by 17,856 in the past 24 hours reaching 7,030,455, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Monday.

The relative growth rate stands at 0.25%.

The Moscow Region confirmed 891 daily COVID-19 cases, St. Petersburg - 690, the Sverdlovsk Region — 514, the Rostov Region — 477 and the Voronezh Region — 465.

Currently, 557,458 people in Russia are still undergoing treatment.

MOSCOW, September 6. / TASS /: Guinean Foreign Minister Ibrahima Khalil Kaba will not pay a working visit to Moscow, scheduled for September 6-8, due to the internal situation in his homeland, the Russian Foreign Ministry told TASS on Monday.

"The Guinean Foreign Minister’s visit to Russia has been canceled due to the internal situation [in the country]," the Russian diplomatic service said.

MOSCOW, September 6. / TASS /: Russia’s diplomacy is going to keep on combating any attempts, by whomever, to revise the outcome of World War II, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated on Monday.

MOSCOW, September 6. /TASS/: The last pipe of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline has been welded in the Baltic Sea, after which the pipe will be lowered onto the seabed, Nord Stream 2 AG, the project operator of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, reported on Monday, adding that it plans to put the pipeline into operation by the end of this year.

MOSCOW, September 5. /TASS/: Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said that she had begun to receive threats from Alexey Navalny’s supporters after the publication about her containing inaccurate information on the blogger’s resources.

MOSCOW, September 5. /TASS/: The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Russia grew by 18,645 in the past 24 hours, the total number of infections has surpassed 7 million reaching 7,012,599, based on data provided by the anti-coronavirus crisis center on Sunday.

The relative growth rate stands at 0.27%.

St. Petersburg reported 1,357 daily COVID-19 cases, the Moscow Region - 826, the Sverdlovsk Region - 517, the Rostov Region - 480 and the Voronezh Region - 469.

Currently, 554,668 people in Russia are still undergoing treatment.