Russia

MOSCOW, July 15. /TASS/: Customers are likely to place hundreds of orders for Russia’s latest Su-57 fifth-generation fighter, CEO of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Yuri Slyusar said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday. 

"We hope that this aircraft will be chosen as the platform and the basic plane for coping with a broad range of tasks, and orders for these fighters will run into the hundreds," the chief executive said.

This year, work will begin to develop several modifications of the aircraft, he said.

MOSCOW, July 15. /TASS/: Russia’s Sputnik Light single-component coronavirus vaccine has been registered in Kazakhstan, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said on Thursday.

"RDIF announces registration of the Russian Sputnik Light single-component vaccine against coronavirus by the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The single-component Sputnik Light vaccine will reduce population’s vaccination timeline and speed up herd immunity buildup," the Fund says.

MOSCOW, July 15. /TASS/: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi have discussed information security, the situation in Central Asia and the Iran nuclear deal at a meeting on the sidelines of the high-level international conference "Central and South Asia: Regional Connectivity. Challenges and Opportunities" in Tashkent.

MOSCOW, July 15. /TASS/: Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss overcoming global problems related to the coronavirus pandemic with the leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) in a videoconference on Friday, the Kremlin press service reported on Thursday.

"The issues on overcoming global problems in the spheres of healthcare and the economy caused by the coronavirus infection faced by the countries of the Asian-Pacific region will be discussed," the statement said.

MOSCOW, July 15 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia's government to help Belarus weather western sanctions imposed during Minsk's crackdown on political opponents, the Kremlin said on Thursday.

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko travelled to Russia, a close ally, to hold talks with Putin on Tuesday. The European Union and United States have imposed punitive measures on Belarus in recent months.

MOSCOW, July 14. /TASS/: Russia’s United Engine Corporation (part of the Rostec state tech corporation) delivered two AL-55I turbojet engines to India’s HAL Corporation for the final stage of certification tests of the Indian HJT-36 combat trainer plane, the Rostec press office announced on Wednesday.

The United Engine Corporation carried out work to bolster the potential of the two engines that had logged over 5,000 hours of operation during bench tests. The customer’s representatives were present at the acceptance/delivery trials, the press office said in a statement.

MOSCOW, July 14. /TASS/: Russia confirmed 23,827 COVID-19 cases over the past day, bringing the total case tally to 5,857,002, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Wednesday.

In relative terms, the incidence rate rose by 0.41%.

Moscow confirmed 3,966 COVID-19 cases over the past day, a new low since June 8. Some 2,469 COVID-19 cases were recorded in the Moscow Region, 1,942 in St. Petersburg, 531 in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, 461 in the Sverdlovsk Region and 451 in the Krasnodar Region.

VLADIVOSTOK, July 14. /TASS/: The Russian Pacific Fleet’s support vessels that participated in far-reaching naval maneuvers in the Pacific have returned to their home naval base in Vladivostok, the Fleet’s press office reported on Wednesday.

MOSCOW, July 14. /TASS/: Russia and France have rich history of bilateral relations, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a congratulatory telegram to his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, voicing confidence that the development of constructive dialogue would contribute to enhancing stability on the continent.

MOSCOW, July 13. /TASS/: No decisions on toughening restrictions towards those, who are not vaccinated against the novel coronavirus infection, have been taken at the federal level in Russia but regional authorities are already imposing certain measures, Russian president’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Tuesday.