themoscowtimes--2020-05-04--Coronavirus in Russia: The Latest News | May 4

May 4 : 3 things you need to know today • Russia confirmed 10,581 new coronavirus infections Monday , bringing the country ’ s official number of cases to 145,268 .
Russia is now the seventh most-affected country in terms of infections , having surpassed China , Turkey and Iran last week .
• Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has been diagnosed with coronavirus , he said during a video meeting with President Vladimir Putin broadcast on the state-run Rossiya 24 television channel Thursday .
• President Vladimir Putin has extended the national “ non-working ” month through May 11 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rises in new coronavirus infections in recent days .
Moscow 's coronavirus lockdown has also been extended until May 11 .
— Bosnia denied entry to a team of 24 Russian military medical experts who had come to the Balkan country to carry out decontamination work .
— Starting May 8 , all individuals flying from Moscow to Beijing will be required to provide proof of a negative coronavirus test received 120 hours or less before departure .
— Sergei Bebenin , the speaker of the Leningrad region 's parliament , has been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — Russia has removed its ban on the export of medical masks and respirators , Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov told the state-run Rossia 1 news channel .
He said there is no shortage of masks or other sanitary products in Russian pharmacies .
— The Russian National Guard said it is using drones and a helicopter to enforce self-isolation rules in Moscow and the Moscow region over the May holidays .
The drones and helicopter will send information about violations to officers on the ground , who will then issue fines @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new coronavirus infections Sunday , bringing the country ’ s official number of cases to 134,687 and marking a new one-day record increase .
— Russia confirmed 9,623 new coronavirus infections Saturday , bringing the country ’ s official number of cases to 124,054 and marking a new one-day record increase .
— About 2 % of Moscow residents — or more than 250,000 people — have the coronavirus , the mayor of the Russian capital said on Saturday , citing test results .
Around 2,000 Moscow doctors have either recovered from or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sergei Sobyanin said .
— Russia confirmed 7,933 new coronavirus infections Friday , bringing the country ’ s official number of cases to 114,431 and marking a new one-day record increase .
— Half of Moscow ’ s coronavirus patients in serious condition have tested negative for the virus , Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Thursday amid questions over the accuracy of Russia ’ s tests .
— Eight refrigerated containers to store the bodies of deceased coronavirus patients have been installed at hospitals in St. Petersburg , the local Fontanka.ru news website reported @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Fontanka that the containers are n't being used yet and are a precautionary step in case the number of deaths rises .
— Russia could possibly tighten its coronavirus lockdown after May 11 if residents do n't follow the self-isolation rules over the May holidays , consumer protection watchdog head Anna Popova said .
— Moscow is setting up 44 temporary hospitals which will treat up to 10,000 coronavirus patients , deputy mayor Pyotr Biryukov said .
— Russia confirmed 7,099 new coronavirus infections Thursday , bringing the country ’ s official number @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new one-day record increase .
— More than 300 members of the National Guard have contracted coronavirus , the defense force said .
— Residents of the Moscow region will soon be required to wear masks in public places , the governor of the region surrounding the capital said .
— The opening of Russia 's new Orthodox mega-cathedral dedicated to the Armed Forces has been indefinitely postponed due to the coronavirus , Interfax reported .
The cathedral was originally scheduled to open to mark the 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Russia confirmed 5,841 new coronavirus infections Wednesday , bringing the country ’ s official number of cases to 99,399 .
— More than 1,000 Russian military personnel have tested positive for coronavirus , the Defense Ministry said .
— Moscow will start constructing temporary hospitals that will hold a total of 10,000 beds for coronavirus patients , Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said .
— Russia will allow its nationals who hold second passports to leave the country amid the coronavirus outbreak , according to a government decree issued Wednesday .
— Konstantin Malofeyev , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's `` Orthodox tycoon , '' said he has contracted the coronavirus .
— Russia has indefinitely extended its entry ban for foreigners , which was originally set to end May 1 , Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said .
— A group suspected of attempting to sell 100 counterfeit ventilators used to treat coronavirus patients have been detained after an armed confrontation outside Moscow , news outlets reported Wednesday .
— Russia confirmed 6,411 new coronavirus infections Tuesday , bringing the country ’ s official number of cases to 93,558 and marking a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Minister Mikhail Mishustin has ordered the federal consumer protection watchdog Rospotrebnadzor to draft a coronavirus lockdown exit strategy for the country by Wednesday .
— More than 270 Federal Penitentiary Service ( FSIN ) workers have contracted the coronavirus , the Russian prison authority said .
Its press service said that 40 inmates have tested positive for the virus nationwide .
— A priest at the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius monastery in Sergiev Posad who was diagnosed with coronavirus died on Sunday two days after he escaped from the hospital and attempted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ monastery said .
Following media reports that the priest had set himself on fire , Russian Orthodox Church archpriest Leonid Kalinin told the Govorit Moskva radio station that the 90 % of the priest 's body was covered in burns .
— Russia confirmed 6,198 new coronavirus infections Monday , bringing the country ’ s official number of cases to 87,147 .
Russia has now surpassed China to become the world 's ninth most-affected country amid the pandemic .
— Russia 's coronavirus lockdown measures may be gradually lightened as soon as May @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the measures until then , the head of the federal consumer protection watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said .
— Russian doctors mistrustful of official coronavirus data have launched an unofficial list of their colleagues who have died from the virus .
— The republic of Karelia in northern Russia will create an interactive map of the places where confirmed coronavirus patients in the region live , including their street names and house numbers , in order for the region 's residents to avoid these places , its head Artur Parfenchikov wrote .
— The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which millions of people in Russia parade with portraits of relatives who fought in World War II , will take place in an online video broadcast this year as the coronavirus has canceled Victory Day events .
— The head of a Siberian hospital repurposed for coronavirus patients is in critical condition after she fell from the hospital building following a conference call with health officials , local media reported Saturday .
— President Vladimir Putin is not waiting out the coronavirus pandemic in a bunker , his spokesman Dmitry Peskov said .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ entry into the region unless one has an emergency work permit or proof of residence there , its governor said .
The region has Russia 's fourth-highest number of coronavirus cases , after Moscow , the Moscow region and St. Petersburg .
— Nearly 50 employees at the Mariinsky Hospital in St. Petersburg have tested positive for coronavirus , the local Fontanka.ru news website reported .
Starting Monday , the hospital will only treat patients with coronavirus , with all other patients transferred to other hospitals .
— At least 874 Russian troops @ @ @ @ @ @ @ April 26 , 19 of whom are in critical or serious condition , the Defense Ministry said .
— Russia confirmed 6,361 new coronavirus infections Sunday , bringing the country ’ s official number of cases to 80,949 and marking the highest one-day increase so far .
Overall , 747 people have been killed by the virus .
— In St. Petersburg , four nurses have died of coronavirus this month , officials confirmed .
— Two Russian lawmakers — Leonid Kalashnikov and Dmitry Novikov , both of the Communist Party — have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being treated in hospital .
They are the first positive Covid-19 cases to be confirmed from among Russia ’ s 450-seat State Duma .
— Authorities in Russia 's western exclave of Kaliningrad will end the region 's coronavirus lockdown for most residents starting April 29 , Governor Anton Alikhanov said , making it the first Russian region to do so .
Nonessential businesses will re-open on April 29 and salons and hairdressers will re-open on May 4 .
All residents will be required to wear masks and observe social distancing in public @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the city 's self-isolation orders during the May holidays which include Labor Day and Victory Day , the mayor 's office said .
Meanwhile , the head of Russia ’ s consumer health watchdog argued self-isolation should be extended by at least another two weeks , until the middle of May .
— Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said he has asked Russia 's Health Ministry and Education Ministry to prepare fourth- and fifth-year medical students to help treat coronavirus patients .
— More than 40 % of Moscow 's health system is now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against coronavirus , deputy mayor for social development Anastasia Rakova said .
— All of Moscow 's doctors and nurses will take an express test to detect the presence of coronavirus antibodies and test their immunity to the virus , Rakova told reporters .
— Russia confirmed 4,774 new coronavirus infections , bringing the country ’ s official number of cases to 62,773 .
Overall , 555 people have died from the virus in Russia .
— Vladislav Filev , the owner of Russian carrier S7 Airlines , has predicted that international air @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the pandemic will resume in April 2021 .
— Russia will temporarily suspend deportations of foreigners over the next two months due to the coronavirus outbreak , the Interior Ministry said Thursday .
— More than 100,000 pregnant women will be unable to undergo medical abortions in Moscow because of restrictions during the coronavirus outbreak , the women ’ s rights organization Nasiliyu.net ( “ No to Violence ” ) Center has said .
— Russia ’ s Labor Ministry has ordered mental health facilities and nursing homes to quarantine residents and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to fight the coronavirus outbreak , the state-run TASS news agency reported .
— Staff in the neurological department of the Lyubertsy Regional Hospital near Moscow have asked the FSB to investigate the hospital 's administration .
According to the staffers , 52 doctors have been infected with coronavirus due to management 's actions .
— A hospital in the Chelyabinsk region city of Zlatoust has been quarantined after 44 patients and staff became infected with coronavirus , the region 's governor said .
He added that the outbreak happened as a result @ @ @ @ @ @ @ medical assistance to one of the patients . ''
— Russia confirmed 5,236 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday , bringing the country ’ s official number of cases to 57,999 .
— Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin warned that the regions ’ hospitals risk running out of beds within three to four weeks at current rates of infection .
— At least 21 Russian regions have requested digital travel passes a week after coronavirus-hit Moscow enacted its system to enforce lockdown measures and slow the deadly outbreak , the Communications and Press Ministry said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Russian patients with rare diseases are in danger because the country ’ s hospitals are being repurposed to address the coronavirus outbreak , the Kommersant business daily reported Wednesday .
— The authors of Russia ’ s delayed domestic abuse law have asked the government to take emergency steps to protect victims during the coronavirus quarantine , the RBC news website reported .
— Russia 's mosques will close during the holy month of Ramadan , Ravil Gainutdin , the chairman of the Council of Muftis which represents Russia ’ s Muslim @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — The Khabarovsk region in Russia 's Far East has become the third region to require residents to wear face masks in public , following the Amur region and the republic of Tatarstan .
— Russia confirmed 5,642 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday , bringing the country ’ s official number of cases to 57,999 .
— A new Moscow hospital built in a little over a month to treat coronavirus patients has admitted its first 20 patients , the Moscow mayor ’ s office said Tuesday as the Russian capital continues to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — A number of unidentified African countries have asked Russia to assist them in the fight against coronavirus , Russia ’ s Foreign Ministry said .
— Authorities in Moscow will start monitoring the movements of all people showing coronavirus symptoms using their cellphone geolocation data .
The city was already tracking the movements of confirmed coronavirus patients who are self-isolating at home .
— The rector of Moscow 's Yelokhovo Cathedral , Archpriest Alexander Ageykin , has reportedly died from coronavirus .
His death marks the highest-level coronavirus-related death within the Russian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Yandex said that it will offer free coronavirus tests to everyone in Moscow as the city grapples with a rapid rise in infections .
— Russia confirmed 4,268 new coronavirus infections , bringing the country ’ s official number of cases to 47,121 .
— The Russian military will quarantine everyone involved in rehearsals for Russia ’ s postponed Victory Day Parade , the Defense Ministry said following reports that some participants have tested positive for the coronavirus .
—Around 500 demonstrators gathered in the southern Russian city of Vladikavkaz to protest against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the coronavirus outbreak , the MBKh News website reported Monday .
— Russians should stop coming to Crimea during the coronavirus pandemic , its Moscow-backed leader said Monday after a surge in traffic to the annexed peninsula this weekend .
— Russia has extended visas and other temporary residence permits for foreigners from March 15 to June 15 during the coronavirus pandemic that has shut national borders around the world .
Putin ’ s act bans authorities from canceling visas and work permits , as well as from deporting and denying people refugee @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
— Russia says it has so far carried out over 2 million tests nationwide .
— Authorities in Moscow are investigating the death of a woman on a bench outside her home on the day she was discharged after testing negative for the coronavirus .
— Dozens of patients and staff have been infected with the coronavirus at a psychiatric hospital in Russia ’ s northwestern Arkhangelsk region .
— More than half of 149 overall Covid-19 cases in central Russia ’ s Sverdlovsk region are concentrated in one hospital in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kuyvashev said .
City hospital No .
1 was placed under quarantine after 78 of its doctors and patients tested positive for the virus , Kuyvashev said on social media .
Most of them are asymptomatic , he added , while one patient is in critical condition .
— Russia confirmed 6,060 new coronavirus infections , bringing the country ’ s official number of cases to 42,853 and marking the latest one-day record in new cases .
— Millions of Russians celebrated Orthodox Easter amid the coronavirus pandemic .
Russian Patriarch Kirill , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a service in Moscow 's Christ the Savior Church without worshippers .
President Vladimir Putin did not go to a service as usual but visited a chapel at his country residence .
— Russia confirmed 4,785 new coronavirus infections , bringing the country ’ s official number of cases to 36,793 and marking the latest one-day record in new cases .
— Russia confirmed 4,070 new coronavirus infections , bringing the country ’ s official number of cases to 32,008 and marking the latest one-day record in new cases .
— President Vladimir @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mark the 75th anniversary of Soviet victory in World War II .
— Moscow , the epicenter of Russia ’ s coronavirus outbreak , will begin treating respiratory infections as Covid-19 as the disease shows no signs of slowing down , a senior city official has said .
— The Russian government has authorized hospitals to treat coronavirus patients with the untested Chinese malaria drug hydroxychloroquine , which studies have linked to deadly side effects .
— Russian national carrier Aeroflot has closed ticket sales for all international flights until Aug. 1 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ About half of Russia 's coronavirus cases are asymptomatic , the head of consumer protection watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said .
— St. Petersburg can expect to see anywhere from 40,000 to 120,000 coronavirus cases by June depending on how closely residents follow lockdown orders , Alexei Borovkov , a member of the city 's coronavirus task force , has said .
The city has 1,507 confirmed cases so far .
— Russia 's Emergency Situations Ministry has advised against wearing face masks for regular trips outside , recommending their use only in crowded places @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for a sick person .
— Russia confirmed 3,448 new coronavirus infections , bringing the country ’ s official number of cases to 27,938 and marking the fifth consecutive one-day record in new cases .
— Russian tech giant Yandex will start delivering coronavirus tests to the homes of Moscow residents aged 65 and older .
The first 10,000 tests will be delivered at no cost , the company said , and the test delivery service will later be expanded to all age groups .
— Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin signed a decree @ @ @ @ @ @ @ free taxi rides to and from work , as well as free hotel accommodation , during the coronavirus outbreak .
— Moscow authorities said they have switched to random checks of public transit passengers ' quarantine passes rather than checking each person 's pass after large queues formed outside metro stations during rush hour Wednesday .
— President Vladimir Putin believes the global coronavirus pandemic is an opportunity for his country to work together with the United States , the Kremlin said .
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday offered to send ventilators @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus infections in the Leningrad region are concentrated in a crowded hostel that houses migrant workers involved in construction at an IKEA-owned shopping mall , local media reported .
— Russia confirmed 3,388 new coronavirus infections , bringing the country ’ s official number of cases to 24,490 and marking the latest one-day record in new cases .
— Russian officials denounced U.S. President Donald Trump ’ s decision to cut Washington ’ s funding to the World Health Organization ( WHO ) , with Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov calling the move @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ very disturbing.
” — President Vladimir Putin announced a new package of measures to support Russia ’ s businesses hit by the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic Wednesday .
— Muscovites complained of large queues outside metro stations and severe traffic jams on the first day of the city ’ s mandatory digital lockdown passes , prompting concern that the coronavirus could spread further .
— Russian veterans ' associations have asked Putin to postpone Russia 's annual Victory Day parade in Moscow , which is set for May 9 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year 's celebrations mark the 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany .
— Russia 's coronavirus information center will be headed by doctor and television presenter Alexander Myasnikov , BBC Russia reported .
Myasnikov previously predicted that it would be `` impossible '' for the virus to spread to Russia .
— The Murmansk region will use electronic bracelets to monitor the movements of coronavirus patients self-isolating at home and people suspected of having the coronavirus , the investigative Novaya Gazeta newspaper reported .
— The head of Moscow 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ virus two weeks after he tested positive .
— Russia confirmed 2,774 new coronavirus infections , bringing the country ’ s official number of cases to 21,102 and marking a one-day record in new cases .
— Moscow could face a shortage of hospital beds for coronavirus patients in the next two to three weeks , the city 's health department warned .
It added that an additional 24 hospitals will be converted to accommodate coronavirus patients , bringing the total number of beds to 21,000 .
Moscow has 13,002 coronavirus cases as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ applications for digital lockdown passes in the passes ' first day of operation due to residents entering incorrect or inaccurate information , the city 's coronavirus response center said .
The city issued 3.2 million passes for residents to leave their homes on Monday .
— Nine doctors at a hospital in the Moscow region have been infected with coronavirus , the RBC news website reported Tuesday .
Doctors there had complained that the hospital does n't isolate patients suspected of having coronavirus and that there 's a shortage of personal protective equipment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Moscow ’ s small and medium businesses hit by the coronavirus lockdown will lead to mass starvation and widespread protests , opposition lawmakers reportedly warned Mayor Sergei Sobyanin .
— A group of liberal Russian economists called on the government to send cash payments to the public in order to avoid an economic crisis caused by the coronavirus , the RBC news website reported .
— Moscow traffic police will start checking all cars entering the city for digital lockdown passes starting Wednesday .
— Russia confirmed 2,558 new coronavirus infections , bringing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cases to 18,328 and marking the latest one-day record in new cases .
— Moscow introduced its digital pass system to allow residents to leave their homes this week .
Traffic police have also been deployed at all city entry points to control movement and ask drivers why they ’ re entering the Russian capital during the coronavirus lockdown , according to state media .
— The coronavirus situation in Russia is worsening and the next few weeks will be `` decisive '' for the country , President Vladimir Putin said at a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin .
— China 's northeastern Heilongjiang province has tightened its border controls to prevent new coronavirus infections from neighboring Russia , Bloomberg reported .
A growing number of Chinese nationals have returned from Russia with the virus , threatening a new outbreak in the country where the pandemic originated .
— The Russian Orthodox Church 's St. Petersburg diocese has ordered the city 's cathedrals to close their Holy Week and Easter services to the public and broadcast services online .
— Russian Railways will indefinitely suspend free @ @ @ @ @ @ @ veterans to encourage over-65s to stay home .
The free travel offer had been introduced ahead of the 75th anniversary of Victory Day in May .
— More than 500 Russian writers , publishers and bookstores have signed an open letter asking the government to provide support to the book industry after the coronavirus lockdown shuttered bookstores across the .
country .
— Russia confirmed 2,186 new coronavirus infections on Sunday , bringing the country ’ s official number of cases up to 15,770 and marking a one-day record in new cases .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus infections reported on Sunday originated from a Russian flight to Shanghai the day before , a potential sign of the severity of Russia 's outbreak , Bloomberg reported .
So far this month , China ’ s northeastern Heilongjiang province has reported more than 100 infections imported from Russia through its land borders .
— Russia confirmed 1,667 new coronavirus infections on Saturday , bringing the country ’ s official number of cases up to 13,584 and marking a slight decrease in infections from the previous day .
— Russia confirmed 1,786 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ number of cases up to 11,917 and marking a new record one-day increase .
— Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced additional lockdown measures from April 13-19 in order to slow the spread of the coronavirus , with all nonessential business and activity suspended .
Grocery stores and pharmacies will stay open , and only the government , hospitals , protective gear manufacturers and the defense sector will continue to work .
All construction and maintenance work is suspended , as are car-sharing services .
— In a statement Friday , Sobyanin also said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pass system to enforce lockdown rules starting April 14 .
— Moscow ’ s health department has warned the city ’ s clinics that many coronavirus tests return false negative results , the Kommersant business daily reported .
— Russia 's President Vladimir Putin on Friday spoke with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump for the third time in two weeks , discussing the coronavirus pandemic and global oil prices .
— Moscow 's hospitals and ambulance service are working at peak capacity after a sharp rise in those hospitalized with serious coronavirus complications , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — A detention center east of Moscow has been placed under lockdown after the alleged death of one of its inspectors from coronavirus , the Mash Telegram channel reported .
— At least 170 doctors and patients at a hospital in central Russia have tested positive for coronavirus in preliminary tests , the state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported .
— The Russian Orthodox Church has advised worshippers to pray at home during the Holy Week and Easter , the Church 's most important holidays .
— Russia 's number of coronavirus cases @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The country confirmed 1,459 new coronavirus infections , bringing the total number of cases up to 10,131 and marking a new record one-day increase .
— Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has temporarily banned Muscovites from visiting the city 's cemeteries except for those attending funerals .
Many Russians visit the cemetery on Orthodox Palm Sunday , which falls on April 19 this year .
— The health minister of Russia 's northwestern republic of Komi has resigned after the remote region became one of the country 's hotspots for the coronavirus .
— @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ' movements through smartphone geolocation for coronavirus prevention after Russia reopens its national borders , the Kommersant business daily reported Thursday .
— Coronavirus patients in Moscow have started to receive blood plasma transfusions from recovered patients , the city 's deputy mayor for social development said .
Blood plasma from coronavirus survivors has been found to help current patients recover from the virus .
— Russia 's consumer protection watchdog Rospotrebnazdor said that more than 1 million coronavirus tests have been carried out across the country .
— Russia confirmed 1,175 new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s official number of cases up to 8,672 and marking a new record one-day increase in infections .
— Russia will reach the peak of its coronavirus outbreak in 10-14 days , the head of the Federal Biomedical Agency said .
Veronika Skvortsova predicted that the country 's number of infections will start to fall in early to mid-June .
— Putin has ordered the government to automatically renew documents for Russian citizens , including passports and driver 's licenses , for as long as the coronavirus situation persists .
Speaking at a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ officials , he also ordered the government to create a business support program within five days and said doctors will receive a monthly bonus while dealing with the pandemic .
— Moscow police will now be able to directly issue fines to residents who violate lockdown orders , according to an agreement between the Interior Ministry and the city government .
— Russia has now sent coronavirus test kits to more than 30 countries , Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at a meeting of the government 's coronavirus task force .
— Russian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ high-speed trains between Moscow and St. Petersburg to four per day in each direction amid reduced demand due to the coronavirus .
— The airport in Grozny , the capital of Russia 's republic of Chechnya , will require all passengers arriving from Moscow to provide proof of a negative coronavirus test starting April 11 .
— Moscow City Duma deputy Mikhail Timonov has reportedly tested positive for coronavirus .
He had attended city council meetings as recently as April 1 , when it voted to impose fines on Muscovites who violate lockdown @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus infections , bringing the country ’ s number of cases up to 7,497 and marking a new record one-day increase in infections .
— The head of a top Russian research center told Putin that his lab was ready to start human trials of experimental coronavirus vaccines in June .
— Putin has asked health experts whether it would be possible to end Russia 's paid `` non-working '' period sooner than planned .
He originally declared a `` non-working '' week from March 28 to April 5 , then extended the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ meeting , he added that the peak of the coronavirus epidemic in Russia has n't passed yet .
— The head doctor at Moscow 's Davydovsky hospital , Yelena Vasiliyeva , has tested positive for coronavirus , the Mash Telegram channel reported .
Because she continued to work and attend conferences while waiting for the test results , more than 500 patients and doctors who were in contact with her are now self-quarantining and getting tested for the virus .
— Russia 's national carrier Aeroflot operated a flight from Moscow to New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Russia due to its closed border and suspension of international flights .
Aeroflot 's last Moscow-New York flight was abruptly canceled on April 3 after the plane had already started taxiing to the runway .
— Russia 's largest business associations have called on the government to introduce a sweeping package of measures to support employers amid the coronavirus lockdown .
In a letter to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin , firms asked the government to cover two-thirds of employees ' salaries for those who can not work due to the shutdown .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus tests so far , the federal consumer protection watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said .
— Russia confirmed 954 new coronavirus infections , bringing the official number of cases to 6,343 and marking a new record one-day increase .
— Russia will send $ 1 million to the World Health Organization to help in the fight against coronavirus , according to a decree signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin .
— Three Russian Orthodox priests in Moscow have been hospitalized with coronavirus , the state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported .
Two other priests are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ diagnosis has n't been confirmed .
— It is `` unacceptable '' for Russia 's regions to close their borders with other regions of the country , Mishustin said at a meeting with regional envoys after the republic of Chechnya sealed off its borders .
The Kremlin also called such measures `` excessive . ''
— Russia 's health watchdog Rosdravnadzor has developed an `` express '' coronavirus test that can test at 94 % accuracy within 40 minutes , the Industry and Trade Ministry said .
— Three regions of Russia — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Krasnoyarsk region — have begun ordering all people arriving from Moscow and St. Petersburg to self-isolate for two weeks in a move to prevent the spread of coronavirus .
— Russia confirmed 658 new coronavirus infections , bringing the official number of cases to 5,389 .
Forty-five people have been killed by the virus in Russia .
The majority of new cases were in Moscow , where Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said the risk of the coronavirus spreading is the highest in the country .
The capital accounts for 87 % of all confirmed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Vladimir Putin announced an extension of the nationwide “ non-working week ” until April 30 after the country registered a sharp increase in coronavirus cases .
He added that he would delegate the decisionmaking power on anti-coronavirus measures to regional authorities .
— Russia will halt flights returning its nationals from abroad after midnight Saturday , Interfax cited an unnamed source at an unnamed airline as saying .
Domodedovo , one of Moscow ’ s four international airports , has shut down its international flights board , according to the state-run TASS news @ @ @ @ @ @ @ medics and equipment to Serbia , the latest country Moscow is helping to fight the global coronavirus pandemic as it also flexes its soft power muscles .
— Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that the city will hold off on introducing a QR code pass system to enforce movements under quarantine and extended the quarantine until May 1 .
He said city authorities would reconsider implementing the system if the coronavirus situation worsens or the number of self-isolation violations rises .
— Moscow residents may now only ride together in a private vehicle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Moscow City Duma speaker Alexei Shaposhnikov said .
— Anastasia Vasiliyeva , the head of the Doctors ’ Alliance , an independent trade union linked to Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny , was detained overnight in the Nizhny Novgorod region .
She and other members of the union were there to donate protective gear to doctors fighting the coronavirus , the union tweeted .
— Russia confirmed 771 new coronavirus infections , bringing the country ’ s official number of cases up to 3,548 and marking a record one-day increase in infections .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Muscovites found to be violating the city 's self-isolation orders .
Individuals will be fined up to 4,000 rubles ( $ 50 ) for first-time offenses and up to 5,000 rubles ( $ 63 ) for repeat offenses .
Businesses will be fined up to 40,000 rubles ( $ 500 ) for violating the order .
Legal entities will be fined up to 300,000 rubles ( $ 3,800 ) for first-time offenses and up to 500,000 rubles ( $ 6,300 ) for repeat offenses .
— The United States purchased medical supplies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outbreak in the country , the State Department said , contradicting the Kremlin 's description of the shipment as humanitarian aid .
— Russia could close to the public or reschedule its annual parade in Red Square that commemorates the Soviet victory in World War II due to the coronavirus pandemic , the RBC news website reported .
— The Nizhny Novgorod region has launched a QR code pass system to allow residents to leave their homes for essential reasons .
Moscow has announced it is developing a similar pass system for its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it yet .
— One of Moscow ’ s leading cancer hospitals , the Blokhin Cancer Center , has stopped admitting patients to chemotherapy sessions after one of the department 's medics tested positive for coronavirus .
All of the chemotherapy department 's employees have been quarantined and its patients are under special supervision , the hospital said .
— Russia 's state statistics service Rosstat has said it may postpone this year 's census until 2021 due to the coronavirus .
— Putin signed legislation imposing severe punishment — including up to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ convicted of spreading false information about the coronavirus .
The legislation also imposes punishments for people breaking coronavirus quarantine rules , including up to seven years in prison .
— Russia confirmed 440 new coronavirus infections , bringing the country ’ s official number of cases up to 2,777 .
— Russia has earmarked almost $ 18 billion to battle the coronavirus pandemic , Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin told President Vladimir Putin during a televised video conference with his cabinet .
— Moscow authorities have developed a QR code system to allow residents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a smartphone app to monitor coronavirus patients ’ movement in self-isolation , the city ’ s IT chief said Wednesday after tech experts raised privacy questions .
— President Vladimir Putin is now practicing social distancing with everyone and does n't shake hands , Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters .
He has also started holding meetings remotely .
— A nurse at a police hospital in the Lipetsk region has potentially infected eight of her colleagues with the coronavirus after she returned to work with symptoms instead of self-isolating , the Kommersant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Igor Artamonov condemned what he said was `` criminal negligence '' in a statement .
— Moscow 's Sheremetyevo Airport , the capital 's main transport hub , has closed a third terminal due to reduced air traffic caused by the coronavirus , leaving three terminals open .
— Russia will extend its suspension of football matches in the face of the coronavirus pandemic until May 31 , the Russian football association ( RFS ) said .
— Several regions of Russia have imposed limits on alcohol sales during their self-isolation regimes .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sakha , including Yakutsk , have banned the sale of alcohol altogether .
— Russia 's consumer protection watchdog has ordered quotas on the number of Russians being returned from abroad per day , the Kommersant business daily reported , a move that the Foreign Ministry said `` immediately complicated , and in some places paralyzed , the process of returning '' the approximately 35,000 Russians seeking to return .
— Russia confirmed 500 new coronavirus infections , bringing the country ’ s official number of cases up to 2,337 and marking its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
— Denis Protsenko , the head doctor at the infectious diseases hospital treating Moscow 's coronavirus patients , has tested positive with the virus , the state-run Rossia 24 television station reported .
He was photographed shaking hands with President Vladimir Putin six days ago .
— A Russian plane carrying medical equipment and protective gear has departed for the coronavirus-hit United States .
U.S. President Donald Trump had said earlier that Russia sent a `` very , very large planeload '' of medical aid .
`` Trump accepted this humanitarian aid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Peskov said Tuesday .
— The Justice Ministry has proposed suspending registrations of marriage and divorce in Russia until at least June 1 in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus .
— Moscow has enacted a citywide quarantine from Monday , Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said as the city 's number of coronavirus cases surpassed 1,000 over the weekend .
Moscow residents will only be allowed to leave their homes to seek emergency medical care , shop for food or medicine , go to work , walk pets or take out the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ St. Petersburg announced stay-at-home orders for their residents following Moscow 's quarantine .
— Moscow 's self-isolation order will be active through April 14 , the city 's coronavirus crisis center said .
It later deleted the statement from its Telegram channel .
— In televised comments on state television , President Vladimir Putin said decisive measures by Russia had helped win it time in its battle to contain the coronavirus and to prevent an explosive growth in cases , but that it was vital authorities now used that time effectively .
— @ @ @ @ @ @ @ regional governors to consider imposing the same restrictions on movement to halt the spread of the coronavirus that have been imposed in Moscow , the state-run RIA news agency reported .
— The makeshift memorial to opposition politician Boris Nemtsov at the site near the Kremlin where he was gunned down in 2015 has been abandoned for the first time since his death due to Moscow 's stay-at-home order , the activists who had maintained a 24/7 watch at the memorial said .
— Several regions of Russia have enacted region-wide stay-at-home orders @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's quarantine : — Russia confirmed 196 new coronavirus infections , bringing the country ’ s official number of cases up to 1,036 and marking the largest one-day increase in cases so far .
It also said one person had died in the past 24 hours , taking the total number of deaths to four .
— Russia will suspend all regular and charter flights to other countries starting today .
— President Vladimir Putin declared that the week from March 28 to April 5 will be a nationwide paid holiday to encourage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spread of the virus .
All restaurants and cafes have been ordered to close during this time with the exception of delivery services .
— Russia is urging its citizens to refrain from traveling , with the exception of essential trips , asking people to stay at home in an effort to stop the spread of coronavrius , Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said .
— Russia will close all resorts , sanatoriums and children 's camps until June 1 in an effort to slow the spread of the virus .
Regional authorities have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ avoid traveling .
— The Kremlin confirmed that a member of the presidential administration has tested positive for coronavirus .
According to spokesman Dmitry Peskov , the infected person had no contact with Putin .
— A Russian citizen infected with coronavirus has died in a hospital in Cuba .
— The Russian Direct Investment Fund ( RDIF ) and its partners have produced 500,000 coronavirus test kits so far , but are planning to soon ramp up production to 2.5 million kits a week , Kirill Dmitriev , RDIF 's head , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — Russia confirmed 182 new coronavirus infections , bringing the country ’ s official number of cases up to 840 .
— Russia 's coronavirus situation could be resolved in less than three months , President Vladimir Putin told a meeting with members of the business community .
— Putin called for sanctions relief during the coronavirus pandemic , telling G20 leaders it was a matter `` of life and death . ''
— Russia will suspend all regular and charter flights to other countries starting March 27 , Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will switch to remote work starting March 27 , Mishustin 's order said .
— Moscow will close all shops except for pharmacies and grocery stores , the city 's mayor Sergei Sobyanin said .
This measure , which also includes the closure of restaurants , cafes and bars , will last from March 28 until April 5 , a period that President Vladimir Putin declared a paid holiday .
— St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov has ordered the city 's restaurants , cafes , bars and non-essential shops to close for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ barred from visiting parks or religious buildings during this time .
— The popular southern Russian resort city of Sochi has asked Muscovites to stay away during the week-long nationwide holiday .
— Next week , Sberbank and VTB with backing from the Central Bank will launch a pilot business loan program that offers six-month , 0 % interest loans to businesses to help them pay employee salaries during the coronavirus crisis .
— A staffer for the Russian government 's chief of staff has tested positive for coronavirus , the Meduza news @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its ban on foreigners entering the country to allow the spouses and immediate relatives of Russian citizens to enter .
— Russia 's Rosatom is continuing the construction of nuclear stations abroad despite the global coronavirus outbreak , the state atomic agency 's head Alexei Likhachev said .
— Russia ’ s April 22 public vote on a package of constitutional amendments will be postponed until after the coronavirus outbreak is under control , President Vladimir Putin said in an address to the nation .
He added that next week would be a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stay home and slow the spread of the virus .
— Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced that libraries , theaters , recreational centers and nightclubs will be ordered to close in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus .
— “ Half of the people who arrived [ in Russia ] from abroad passed through Moscow .
A suitcase of viruses was brought from Courchevel , ” Sobyanin said in a television interview , referring to a French ski resort .
— Russia has closed all sporting and cultural events and most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the spread of coronavirus .
Starting Thursday , Moscow residents aged 65 and older will be ordered to self-isolate at home .
— The Russian Embassy in the United States advised Russian citizens to return home due to the possibility that the U.S. could close all its airports to slow the spread of coronavirus there .
— The Russian government has told the country 's regions to close nightclubs and cinemas to slow the spread of the coronavirus .
— The Moscow health department said it will allow patients with mild cases of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the hospital .
— Putin has ordered the Russian army to carry out drills designed to increase its readiness to fight the coronavirus if necessary , the Defense Ministry said .
— Russia confirmed 57 new coronavirus infections , bringing the country ’ s official number of cases up to 495 .
— Russia is facing a “ serious situation ” as the coronavirus spreads , Moscow ’ s mayor told President Vladimir Putin , adding that `` the real number of those who are sick is much greater '' than official @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hospital in Moscow 's Kommunarka suburb where patients with coronavirus are being treated , wearing a special protective suit during the visit .
He also took a moment to shake the hand of the hospital 's head doctor .
— Russia confirmed 71 new coronavirus infections on Monday , bringing the country ’ s official number of cases up to 438 .
— Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has ordered all residents over 65 to self-isolate at home starting Thursday , saying each elderly citizen would receive a total of 4,000 rubles ( $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ order .
— The Kremlin later said that Sobyanin 's order does not apply to Putin , who is 67 .
— Moscow announced it has finished converting a seventh hospital building to treat coronavirus patients .
Sobyanin said the city has the capacity to more than double this count if needed .
— Moscow is changing the way it counts its coronavirus cases .
Patients will now be considered positive upon a single positive test rather than having samples sent to a lab Novosibirsk , Siberia for further verification .
— The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ region has been indicted after she returned to work with coronavirus symptoms after vacationing in Spain and later tested positive .
— The Kremlin said that medical assistance Russia was providing to Italy to help it battle the coronavirus was not part of an attempt to get Rome help lift EU sanctions on Moscow .
— Russia confirmed 61 new cases of coronavirus , bringing its official count to 367 .
— The Russian military will start sending medical help to Italy from Sunday in order to help it battle the new coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Putin , Russia 's Defense Ministry said in a statement .
— Moscow authorities again ruled out the possibility of a citywide lockdown .
Meanwhile , Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said the city 's metro will not close down .
— The Tokyo 2020 Olympics should be postponed by a year because coronavirus outbreaks worldwide have disrupted athletes ' preparations and could jeopardize their health , the head of Russia 's Boxing Federation said .
— Russia confirmed 53 new coronavirus infections , bringing the country ’ s official number of cases up to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sports facilities including swimming pools and fitness clubs due to the coronavirus outbreak , the city 's health authorities said .
— The Moscow Times has found evidence , based on dozens of interviews , that Russia ’ s rich are buying up and hoarding ventilators that have proven essential in saving lives in severe cases .
— Russia 's largest carmaker Avtovaz , which employs around 35,000 workers , has reported the first two coronavirus cases among its workers and quarantined 29 employees .
The carmarker said it does n't plan to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new cases of coronavirus , bringing the country 's total number of infections to 253 .
— There is `` no need '' for President Vladimir Putin to take a coronavirus test because he has n't shown any symptoms of the illness , Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said .
— The Russian Armed Forces ' spring draft will go on as planned despite the coronavirus , Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a military meeting .
All new recruits will be checked for the virus , he said .
— Russian public figures @ @ @ @ @ @ @ petition urging the government to take urgent action against the coronavirus as the country ’ s number of confirmed cases continues to climb , including postponing the April 22 vote on President Vladimir Putin 's constirutional amendments .
— Moscow traffic police have launched spot checks on the city 's taxis to ensure drivers wear face masks and regularly disinfect their vehicles .
Under new regulations , drivers must change masks every three hours and use sanitizer to clean their hands and disinfect their vehicles twice a day .
— Russia has postponed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` internet isolation '' law due to the coronavirus , officials told Interfax .
— The head of infectious diseases in the Stavropol region — who returned to work after vacationing in Spain despite having coronavirus symptoms — has been hospitalized with suspected coronavirus , the Mediazona news website reported .
— Russia has reported 52 new cases of coronavirus , bringing the total to 199 .
This marks a 35 % jump in cases in the past 24 hours .
— A 79-year-old Russian woman with pre-existing conditions has died in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus .
It is the first coronavirus-related death in the country .
— President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed the coronavirus by phone and agreed to deepen cooperation on developing pharmaceuticals , the Kremlin said .
Putin praised China 's efforts in preventing the spread of the virus which emerged in China late last year , the Kremlin said in a readout of the phone call .
— The Russian government announced a `` high alert '' status for all 85 of its regions , requiring the whole country to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gatherings , moving schools to online classes and encouraging working from home .
— Russia 's consumer protection watchdog has ordered mandatory two-week isolation at home for all people entering the country even if they show no symptoms of coronavirus .
— Russian courts will stop considering all except the most urgent cases from Thursday onwards until April 10 to contain the spread of coronavirus , a decision by the Supreme Court on Wednesday showed .
— Moscow 's Sheremetyevo Airport — the capital 's main international transport hub — will close two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , starting Friday as closing borders and travel restrictions have suspended many flight routes .
Flights operating out of terminals C and E will be transfered to terminals D and F. — Russia reported 33 new cases of coronavirus , bringing the total up to 147 from 114 the previous day and marking a 29 % increase .
— President Vladimir Putin has ordered an April 22 nationwide vote on constitutional amendments , which would allow him to run again for president .
He said the vote will be postponed if the coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will go on a three-week vacation from March 23 to April 12 to prevent the spread of coronavirus , Education Minister Sergei Kravtsov said .
— Russia will limit flights to the United States , Britain and the United Arab Emirates starting Friday , Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin ordered .
— Russian prisoners , students and military personnel will produce medical masks and other equipment as the country faces down the coronavirus pandemic , the RBC news website reported .
— Employees of the presidential administration and journalists covering President Vladimir Putin 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said .
— Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has urged employers to allow their employees to work from home to prevent the spread of infection .
— St. Petersburg has banned events and gatherings with more than 50 attendees as well as all sporting and cultural events .
— The Federal Penitentiary Service said it will suspend visits to inmates in pre-trial detention centers and prisons .
— Journalists accredited with foreign media outlets have been barred from the Russian State Duma over the coronavirus , BBC Russian correspondent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media are still permitted to enter , he added .
— Moscow 's network of facial recognition cameras has detected more than 200 people who violated orders to self-quarantine because they might be infected with the virus , the city 's police chief Oleg Baranov said .
— Russia has closed Bolshevik revolutionary Vladimir Lenin 's tomb on Moscow 's Red Square to the public , the Kremlin guard service said , making it the latest Russian tourist attraction to shut down amid coronavirus fears .
— The number of confirmed coronavirus cases @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova said , a 22 % increase from Monday .
Ten of these infections were transmitted within the country rather than contracted abroad , she added .
— Moscow authorities have denied reports that they will introduce a near-total shutdown of the city to contain the spread of the coronavirus .
— President Vladimir Putin said the situation with the spreading coronavirus is `` under control '' in the country after infections were `` contained . ''
— Russia 's embassies and consulates have suspended the processing of documents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , including e-visas , the Foreign Ministry said .
The ministry said there are a small number of exceptions , including for diplomats and people attending funerals of close relatives in Russia .
— Football 's 2020 European Championship has been postponed for a year because of the outbreak of the coronavirus , the Norwegian and Swedish FAs said on Tuesday .
— Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin 's cabinet plans to unveil a slew of new economic and regulatory measures to reduce the coronavirus ' impact on Wednesday , including creating an anti-crisis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 4.05 billion ) to support Russian citizens and the Russian economy and compensating quarantined citizens , including freelancers and the self-employed , for lost income .
— Ukraine has temporarily closed 107 of its border checkpoints , including those with neighboring Russia , as it seeks to prevent the coronavirus from spreading .
— Russia 's airlines could lose 100 billion rubles ( $ 1.4 billion ) due to the coronavirus outbreak and risk going bankrupt , the head of Russia 's Federal Air Transport Agency , also known as Rosaviatsiya , told @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has ordered all of Russia 's regions to ready a two-month food supply to prevent shortages .
— The Russian Orthodox Church is instigating an unprecedented list of measures aiming to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in its sacred spaces nationwide , it said in a statement .
— Russia 's Energy Ministry has suspended the majority of its foreign and domestic business trips , with the exception of urgent cases , to prevent the spread of the coronavirus .
— Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied reports that President Vladimir Putin is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the coronavirus .
— Russia 's consumer protection watchdog , Rospotrebnadzor , has ordered Russia 's regions to test everyone who has been in Europe in the past two weeks for the coronavirus .
— All football , hockey and basketball games will be suspended in Russia until April 10 , the state-run TASS news agency reported , citing a source to Russia 's national leagues .
The Russian Football Union confirmed the news .
— Russian tourists in Europe are trapped abroad as flights have been canceled and borders closed due to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Russia ’ s travel industry union told Interfax .
— Russia will ban the entry of foreign nationals and stateless people from March 18 to May 1 in response to the coronavirus outbreak , the government said .
The ban will not apply to diplomatic representatives , airplane crew members and some other categories of people .
— The number of coronavirus infections in Russia has risen to 93 , a 47 % increase from the previous day , the state-run TASS news agency reported , citing Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ banning all non-essential travel into the Schengen borderless travel zone by non-EU citizens , the BBC reported , citing a diplomatic note it obtained .
— Moscow has banned all public events larger than 50 people from now until April 10 , Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said in a new decree .
Older citizens are also advised to stay at home .
— From March 21 to April 12 , all schools and universities will be closed , Sobyanin said .
— An Irish citizen has been hospitalized with suspected coronavirus infection in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Arctic after participating in a chess tournament .
— People entering Russia from the United States , Britain , the European Union , Ukraine , Belarus and all other non-EU countries in Europe — as well as those who live with them — will now be required to self-isolate for 14 days upon arrival .
— Starting today , coronavirus tests will be available for free in St. Petersburg , city health officials said .
— President Vladimir Putin has ordered the creation of a special working group within the State Council to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Putin put Sobyanin in charge of the new group , which will also include government officials .
— Russia 's Science and Higher Education Ministry recommended that higher educational institutions switch to distance learning from Monday .
— Russia has closed its border with neighboring Belarus as a `` proactive step '' to halt the coronavirus ' spread , the state-run TASS news agency quoted Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin as saying .
— A Russian patient has escaped from coronavirus quarantine near Moscow , the hospital ’ s head physician said Monday .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the hospital after police found her at her home .
— Russia registered four more cases of coronavirus , Interfax reported , bringing the total number of infections to 63 .
— Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin denied that the authorities are downplaying the numbers of coronavirus patients in the capital .
— The Russian protection watchdog Rospotrebnadzor confirmed the first community transmission of the coronavirus in Russia , RBC reported , but this information was later removed from Rospotrebnadzor 's statement .
— Rospotrebnadzor also said it ran just over 104,000 coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ while 14,742 people are currently being monitored for coronavirus .
— A Russian Orthodox Church spokesperson said it will not be closing churches or canceling religious proceedings .
— Russian Railways announced it would stop international passenger trains from Moscow to Berlin and Paris .
Earlier it was announced that train connections to and from Ukraine , Moldova and Latvia will be suspended .
— The World Health Organization declared that the coronavirus is a pandemic as the number of cases worldwide surpassed 112,000 in 114 different countries .
— Moscow 's chief @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on new measures to combat coronavirus , including compulsory hospitalization of patients with atypical course of flu and banning visitors in hospitals , orphanages and boarding schools .
— Russia will close its land borders with Poland and Norway to foreigners in a bid to limit the spread of the coronavirus , Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said .
— Russia is limiting flights with Europe from Monday to prevent the spread of the coronavirus .
— St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region banned events with more than 1,000 people .
— The Kremlin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to stay away from official events if they felt unwell as a precautionary measure to protect Kremlin staff from the coronavirus .
— Russia 's border will temporarily be closed to Italian citizens and foreigners traveling from Italy starting today as Italy continues to grapple with the worst coronavirus outbreak in Europe .
— The Moscow region 's governor has announced a `` high alert '' status , banning all large events over 5,000 people and encouraging companies to allow their employees to telecommute .
The remote-working measures do not apply to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ million people .
— A joint Russian-European mission to Mars has been postponed for two years , the Russian and European space agencies said Thursday , citing the coronavirus and technical issues .
— A religious procession in central Russia aimed at fighting the coronavirus has been canceled due to the threat of the virus itself .
— About 100 Chinese students in Moscow will be deported from Russia because they violated their self-quarantine orders , the Kommersant business daily reported .
— State Duma lawmaker Sergei Katasonov did not self-quarantine after returning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for several days before his colleagues told him to go home , libertarian party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky has said .
Zhirinovsky , who leads the party Katasonov belongs to , proposed stripping him of his parliamentary powers as punishment .
— Russia will suspend most flights to and from Italy , Germany , France and Spain over the coronavirus outbreak starting from Friday , Russia 's coronavirus crisis center said in a statement .
Russia will also stop issuing tourist visas to Italian citizens , the center said .
— Moscow has banned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ until April 10 in a move to prevent the spread of the virus , Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said in a decree .
Critics accused the city of using the health crisis as an excuse to prevent people from protesting President Vladimir Putin 's constitutional reforms that could allow him to stay in power past his term limit .
— State Duma Deputy Speaker Pyotr Tolstoy is isolating himself in self-quarantine after returning to Moscow from Paris , he wrote on Facebook , adding that he is `` completely healthy '' and will work @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ministry has canceled the Moscow International Security Conference due to the threat of coronavirus .
The defense and international affairs conference , which would have been attended by more than 1,000 delegates from 115 countries , had been scheduled for April 22-23 .
— Russia 's consumer safety watchdog recommended that people avoid public transport , shopping malls and other public places at rush hour as a precaution against the coronavirus , the state-run RIA news agency reported .
— Russia 's confirmed number of coronavirus cases rises to 17 .
Many of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , one of several virus hubs outside China , the authorities said .
— Russian officials have conducted more than 51,000 tests for the coronavirus nationwide , the consumer protection watchdog said .
— Seven Russian passengers from the Diamond Princess cruise ship who were placed in a two-week quarantine in Russia 's Far East have been discharged .
— Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin ordered self-isolation for Russians returning from China , South Korea , Iran , France , Germany , Italy and Spain .
—Russia canceled its flagship annual St. Petersburg International @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The forum , usually chaired by President Vladimir Putin , would have been held in St. Petersburg on June 3-6 .
— Russia 's state carrier Aeroflot said it would suspend its flights to and from Hong Kong amid fears over coronavirus .
— Students at a university dormitory in St. Petersburg have been placed under quarantine and prohibited from leaving the building after the hospitalization of an Italian exchange student who had been living there .
— Two Russian citizens have been diagnosed with the coronavirus in the United Arab Emirates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
— Russia has temporarily banned the export of medical masks , gloves , bandages and protective suits .
— President Vladimir Putin said fake news reports about coronavirus were being sent to Russia from abroad to spread panic .
— The Moscow metro has begun random checks of passengers ' temperatures at station entrances , Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said .
— A Russian national who was quarantined in a Moscow hospital after recently returning from northern Italy , a hub for the coronavirus outbreak , has the coronavirus .
The man , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the first known Russian national to test positive for coronavirus while in the country .
— Schools across Moscow have canceled swimming classes and large-scale events .
— Moscow authorities are deporting 88 foreign nationals who violated quarantine measures imposed on them as a precaution against coronavirus , the state-run RIA news agency cited Moscow 's deputy mayor as saying .
The Russian capital deployed its facial recognition network to enforce the quarantine .
— A Russian citizen has tested positive with coronavirus in Azerbaijan after arriving there from Iran , Interfax reported @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus among Russian citizens and the first infection in Azerbaijan .
— The Russian government temporarily barred Iranian citizens from entering Russia and said it would also restrict the entry of South Korean citizens from March 1 as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus , decrees published online showed .
— The government also said it would not allow in any foreign citizens traveling from Iran or South Korea , and ordered the Foreign Ministry to suspend the issue of visas to Iranian citizens .
— Russia will suspend its train service @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Nice starting March 4 to prevent the spread of the virus .
— Russia has developed five prototypes for a coronavirus vaccine , Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova said .
— Russia 's Federal Tourism Agency recommended national tour operators suspend tours to Italy , South Korea and Iran until the outbreaks of coronavirus there are brought under control .
— Moscow will suspend flights between Russia and South Korea from March 1 over coronavirus fears , except those operated by Aeroflot and Aurora , Golikova said .
— Golikova said Russia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Iranian citizens from Feb. 28 and was advising Russians against traveling to Italy .
— The Chinese Embassy in Russia has asked Moscow authorities to stop the profiling of Chinese nationals on the city 's public transport .
According to Novaya Gazeta , the embassy 's letter said that Moscow police and subway workers had begun questioning passengers believed to be Chinese to check for signs of coronavirus , something that is n't being done anywhere else in the world .
— Around 2,500 people arriving in Moscow from China have been ordered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the Russian capital ’ s facial-recognition technology , Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said .
— Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told the RBC news website that the coronavirus had caused a drop in Chinese trade with Russia of 1 billion rubles ( $ 15.68 million ) a day .
— Two Russian citizens from the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship were diagnosed with the new coronavirus , bringing the total number of infected Russian nationals to three .
— Russia 's ban on the entry of Chinese citizens to its territory has gone into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in China have left a quarantine area in Siberia ’ s Tyumen region following a 14-day quarantine .
— Russia discharged a Chinese national from the hospital in the Siberian city of Chita after he recovered from coronavirus infection , the second of Russia 's first two confirmed cases of coronavirus to recover .
— The coronavirus outbreak may delay Russia 's delivery of S-400 air defense systems to China , the state-owned arms exporter Rosoboronexport said .
— Authorities in the Chelyabinsk region 1,500 kilometers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ set up a quarantine center after local residents formed a human shield to prevent entry to Chinese nationals .
— The Kremlin has started checking the body temperatures of individuals attending events with President Vladimir Putin , spokesman Dmitry Peskov said .
— Russia will temporarily restrict the entry of foreigners arriving from China , Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova said .
She said the restrictions would not apply to Moscow 's Sheremetyevo Airport .
— Russia 's second-largest food retailer Magnit said it is suspending fruit and vegetable imports from China due @ @ @ @ @ @ @ logistical complications .
— State-run Russian Railways said it would halt passenger trains to China , including the Beijing-Moscow route , until further notice .
Reuters and AFP contributed reporting to this article .


themoscowtimes--2020-05-04--Explainer: Russia’s Biggest Coronavirus Hotspots

With 145,268 officially confirmed cases as of Monday , Russia has the world ’ s seventh-most number of confirmed coronavirus infections .
Two months after the first case was brought from Italy , the disease has spread to all corners of the world ’ s largest country and appears to show no signs of slowing down .
While more than half of the country ’ s infections are in Moscow , the contagion is also on the rise in a handful of epicenters outside the capital .
Here is a brief look at the top epicenters of Russia ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Health Ministry official who visited the site said around 10,000 workers from other regions and countries have been tested for Covid-19 .
— Regional authorities maintain that just 39 cases have been recorded at the gas field .
A senior regional official ’ s interview claiming that 3,500 Chayanda workers have tested positive for Covid-19 has since been deleted .
— Russia ’ s second-largest Covid-19 outbreak started in mid-April among construction workers building a liquefied natural gas facility for the Novatek energy giant in Russia 's far north .
— Although authorities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seaside village of Belokamenka 2,000 kilometers north of Moscow , construction was reported to have continued , with infected workers returning to work .
Around 300 workers who tested negative for Covid-19 have been evacuated to central Russia , where at least 114 have since tested positive .
— A cruise ship has been sent to the seaside village of Belokamenka , where 11,000 people are said to be working for 20 contractors , to place workers under observation .
— Authorities erected one 500-bed field hospital near Belokamenka .
Local media reported @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if Covid-19 cases continue to rise have been scuttled by Moscow for financial reasons .
— The Kuvatov Republic Clinical Hospital was placed under strict lockdown with more than 1,000 medical staff and patients in early April after a handful fell ill with coronavirus symptoms .
Its chief doctor later said that Covid-19 was confirmed among 52 patients , while 78 others had pneumonia .
— Thirty of the hospital ’ s medical staff filmed a video address questioning the official figures and asking President Vladimir Putin to order an investigation into the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ following initial reports of the outbreak , but have not yet published their findings .
— Authorities are racing to build a hospital for coronavirus patients in the city 1,500 kilometers east of Moscow , which they hope to open by May 25 .
Regionwide , Bashkortostan ’ s governor extended lockdown measures until May 11 , restricted inter-city travel and mandated the wearing of masks in public starting next week .
— With a population of 3,272 , this Pacific village 9,000 kilometers east of Moscow has emerged as an “ unexpected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outbreak .
The regional task force believes that the virus was transmitted through a local hospital , but an investigation has been unable to locate “ patient zero ” so far .
— The Khabarovsk region ’ s governor quarantined Bogorodskoye in mid-April , and officials have dispatched doctors to the understaffed epicenter , where infected doctors continued to treat patients .
— The Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North has raised concerns that the virus threatens the livelihood of the indigenous Ulch people , the vast majority of whom are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ All 111 coronavirus patients are doctors and other medical professionals at the hospital .
Though located in Russia ’ s third most-affected locale in terms of infections , it has not been repurposed to treat Covid-19 cases .
— The short-staffed hospital continues to see patients , primarily burn victims and those with alcohol poisoning , but in a limited capacity .
— More than 250 healthcare workers are estimated to have tested positive for Covid-19 in St. Petersburg , with eight of them dying .
Authorities have issued a call to recruit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ growing shortage of current staff .

With 145,268 officially confirmed cases as of Monday, Russia has the world’s seventh-most number of confirmed coronavirus infections. Two months after the first case was brought from Italy, the disease has spread to all corners of the world’s largest country and appears to show no signs of slowing down. While more than half of the country’s infections are in Moscow, the contagion is also on the rise in a handful of epicenters outside the capital. Here is a brief look at the top epicenters of Russia’s Covid-19 outbreak outside Moscow: 1. Gazprom’s Chayanda natural gas field (approximately 3,000 cases), the republic of Sakha (311 cases regionwide) — A Health Ministry official who visited the site said around 10,000 workers from other regions and countries have been tested for Covid-19. — Regional authorities maintain that just 39 cases have been recorded at the gas field. A senior regional official’s interview claiming that 3,500 Chayanda workers have tested positive for Covid-19 has since been deleted.
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2. Novatek’s Belokamenka LNG construction site (1,680), the Murmansk region (1,974 cases regionwide) — Russia’s second-largest Covid-19 outbreak started in mid-April among construction workers building a liquefied natural gas facility for the Novatek energy giant in Russia's far north. — Although authorities introduced a state of emergency at the seaside village of Belokamenka 2,000 kilometers north of Moscow, construction was reported to have continued, with infected workers returning to work. Around 300 workers who tested negative for Covid-19 have been evacuated to central Russia, where at least 114 have since tested positive. — A cruise ship has been sent to the seaside village of Belokamenka, where 11,000 people are said to be working for 20 contractors, to place workers under observation. — Authorities erected one 500-bed field hospital near Belokamenka. Local media reported that plans to add a second one if Covid-19 cases continue to rise have been scuttled by Moscow for financial reasons.


themoscowtimes--2020-05-04--Third Russian Doctor Falls From Hospital Window After Coronavirus Complaint

This is at least the third incident in which a Russian healthcare professional has plunged from a hospital building under mysterious circumstances in the past two weeks .
The two previous doctors have died from their injuries .
A paramedic who complained about being forced to work despite contracting coronavirus is in critical condition after he fell from a hospital window in western Russia this weekend , local media reported .
Alexander Shulepov is in critical condition with a skull fracture after falling from the second floor of a rural hospital where he was being treated for Covid-19 , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outlet Saturday .
Shulepov , 37 , and his colleague filmed a video on April 22 complaining that the chief doctor of the Novaya Usman village hospital forced him to work despite the fact that he tested positive for Covid-19 .
A second video appeared three days later in which Shulepov denied his initial “ emotional ” claims .
His colleague Alexander Kosyakin reportedly faces criminal charges for spreading “ fake news ” about the virus , which carries a prison sentence of up to five years under a recently passed federal law @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into Shulepov ’ s fall from the hospital in the Voronezh region 500 kilometers south of Moscow .
The Voronezh region has confirmed 636 coronavirus cases as of Monday , less than 1 % of Russia ’ s 145,268 confirmed cases .
At least 41 doctors and patients at the region ’ s largest hospital have reportedly been infected with Covid-19 .

This is at least the third incident in which a Russian healthcare professional has plunged from a hospital building under mysterious circumstances in the past two weeks. The two previous doctors have died from their injuries.
A paramedic who complained about being forced to work despite contracting coronavirus is in critical condition after he fell from a hospital window in western Russia this weekend, local media reported .
Alexander Shulepov is in critical condition with a skull fracture after falling from the second floor of a rural hospital where he was being treated for Covid-19, the local crisis center told the Vesti Voronezh outlet Saturday.
Shulepov, 37, and his colleague filmed a video on April 22 complaining that the chief doctor of the Novaya Usman village hospital forced him to work despite the fact that he tested positive for Covid-19.
A second video appeared three days later in which Shulepov denied his initial “emotional” claims. His colleague Alexander Kosyakin reportedly faces criminal charges for spreading “fake news” about the virus, which carries a prison sentence of up to five years under a recently passed federal law.
Police have reportedly launched an inspection into Shulepov’s fall from the hospital in the Voronezh region 500 kilometers south of Moscow.
The Voronezh region has confirmed 636 coronavirus cases as of Monday, less than 1% of Russia’s 145,268 confirmed cases. At least 41 doctors and patients at the region’s largest hospital have reportedly been infected with Covid-19.


themoscowtimes--2020-05-04--Russia's Coronavirus Cases Rise By Over 10K for Second Straight Day

Russia is emerging as a new hotspot for the coronavirus as many countries in western Europe begin steps to ease lockdown measures after their rates of new infections and deaths dropped .
Despite the sharp rise in cases , Russia 's official fatality rate has remained low in comparison to countries including Italy , Spain and the United States .
Officials credit quick moves to close the country 's borders , as well as widespread testing and tracking of infections , but critics have cast doubts on the numbers .
Authorities have extended a non-working quarantine period until May 11 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gradually lift confinement measures which vary from region to region .
Moscow has emerged as the epicentre of the pandemic in Russia , with around half the total coronavirus cases .
Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has warned that `` the threat is apparently on the rise '' and urged residents to respect confinement rules and anti-virus measures over the May holidays .
Russia marks several public holidays in early May , including for Victory Day on May 9 to celebrate the defeat of Nazi Germany .
President Vladimir Putin had planned a major celebration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with world leaders in attendance as thousands of troops and tanks paraded through Red Square .
The coronavirus forced him to cancel the parade and the day will now be marked with military aircraft flying over major cities .
Fighter jets roared over Moscow on Monday as they rehearsed for the event .
Worldwide , the virus has infected over 3.5 million people .

The highest number of new cases were in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Russia's fatality rate has remained low compared to other badly-hit countries, raising speculation that Moscow could be underreporting figures.
Russian authorities began easing anti-virus measures in June ahead of a massive World War II military parade in Moscow and a nationwide vote on constitutional reforms that now allow President Vladimir Putin to stay in power until 2036.
Both events were initially postponed due the epidemic.
Moscow opened cinemas and theaters on Aug. 1. In the capital, masks are mandatory in stores and on public transport but not in the streets.
Several institutes in Russia are working on a coronavirus vaccine.
The Russian Defense Ministry has said it developed a "safe" vaccine following clinical trials on a group of volunteers.
The trials are ongoing, and the Defense Ministry expects clinical trials to be fully completed in the coming weeks.
AFP contributed reporting to this article.


themoscowtimes--2020-05-04--News From Russia: What You Missed Over the Weekend

A third Russian doctor has fallen from a hospital window after he filmed a video in which he complained of @ @ @ @ @ contracting coronavirus and facing a shortage of protective equipment .
Alexander Shulepov , 37 , @ @ @ @ @ with a fractured skull in a Voronezh region hospital 500 kilometers south of Moscow .
@ @ @ @ @ retracting his earlier claims two days later .
Russia has billed the United States $ @ @ @ @ @ aid package that included 45 ventilators , gas masks and household cleaning gloves , which @ @ @ @ @ humanitarian aid , according to ABC News .
In Italy , where Russia had sent @ @ @ @ @ included military doctors , a pro-Putin lawmaker reportedly received a letter from a Russian colleague @ @ @ @ @ lift sanctions amid the global pandemic .
Russian construction minister Vladimir Yakushev was hospitalized with @ @ @ @ @ prime minister announced he was infected with the contagion .

Doctor down A third Russian doctor has fallen from a hospital window after he filmed a video in which he complained of being forced to work despite contracting coronavirus and facing a shortage of protective equipment.
Alexander Shulepov
Alexander Shulepov, 37, is reportedly in critical condition with a fractured skull in a Voronezh region hospital 500 kilometers south of Moscow. Shulepov filmed a second video retracting his earlier claims two days later. Costly aid Russia has billed the United States $660,000 for its recent coronavirus aid package that included 45 ventilators, gas masks and household cleaning gloves, which Moscow initially referred to as humanitarian aid, according to ABC News. In Italy, where Russia had sent another coronavirus aid package that included military doctors, a pro-Putin lawmaker reportedly received a letter from a Russian colleague calling on the West to lift sanctions amid the global pandemic. Covid in the cabinet Russian construction minister Vladimir Yakushev was hospitalized with coronavirus a day after the prime minister announced he was infected with the contagion.
Vladimir Yakushev Kremlin.ru


themoscowtimes--2020-05-04--St. Petersburg Doctors Compensated Based on ‘Percentage of Guilt’ for Getting Coronavirus

The head of Russia ’ s second-largest city has promised hazard pay ranging from 300,000 rubles ( $ 3,800 ) to 1 million rubles ( $ 12,700 ) , depending on the severity of the infection , to medics battling Covid-19 .
Authorities in St. Petersburg have pledged to pay compensation to doctors who become infected with the coronavirus — but only after an investigation establishes their level of responsibility for getting it , according to newly adopted rules .
A special commission will determine the degree of the doctors ’ responsibility for contracting Covid-19 following a five-day investigation , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s act dated April 27 .
The commission is required to identify “ the medical worker ’ s guilt ( as a percentage ) and its justification ” in a special form before deciding whether a worker qualifies for compensation .
Factors influencing the percentage of guilt include personal violations of sanitary standards , unsanitary working conditions , a lack of proper ventilation or a lack of protective equipment .
Unlike Moscow , where deaths from Covid-19 are tallied regardless of accompanying diseases , St. Petersburg ’ s official statistics only count @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the patient has no other diseases , the Fontanka.ru news website reported Friday .
“ The same method will be applied to doctors , ” the outlet quoted an unnamed St. Petersburg administration official as saying in reference to the city ’ s compensation program .
Around 250 St. Petersburg doctors , paramedics and orderlies have contracted Covid-19 — half of which are said to have been work-related — and eight have died from the disease as of Thursday .
An unofficial tally kept by colleagues lists 11 St. Petersburg medics who have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has confirmed 5,346 coronavirus cases since the outbreak began , third among Russia ’ s regions and almost 4 % of the 145,268 nationwide cases reported as of Monday .

The head of Russia’s second-largest city has promised hazard pay ranging from 300,000 rubles ($3,800) to 1 million rubles ($12,700), depending on the severity of the infection, to medics battling Covid-19.
Authorities in St. Petersburg have pledged to pay compensation to doctors who become infected with the coronavirus — but only after an investigation establishes their level of responsibility for getting it, according to newly adopted rules .
A special commission will determine the degree of the doctors’ responsibility for contracting Covid-19 following a five-day investigation, according to the St. Petersburg health committee’s act dated April 27.
The commission is required to identify “the medical worker’s guilt (as a percentage) and its justification” in a special form before deciding whether a worker qualifies for compensation. Factors influencing the percentage of guilt include personal violations of sanitary standards, unsanitary working conditions, a lack of proper ventilation or a lack of protective equipment.
Unlike Moscow, where deaths from Covid-19 are tallied regardless of accompanying diseases, St. Petersburg’s official statistics only count Covid-19 as the cause of death if the patient has no other diseases, the Fontanka.ru news website reported Friday.
“The same method will be applied to doctors,” the outlet quoted an unnamed St. Petersburg administration official as saying in reference to the city’s compensation program.
Around 250 St. Petersburg doctors, paramedics and orderlies have contracted Covid-19 — half of which are said to have been work-related — and eight have died from the disease as of Thursday. An unofficial tally kept by colleagues lists 11 St. Petersburg medics who have died after contracting Covid-19.
St. Petersburg has confirmed 5,346 coronavirus cases since the outbreak began, third among Russia’s regions and almost 4% of the 145,268 nationwide cases reported as of Monday.


themoscowtimes--2020-05-05--Russian WWII Veteran Uses Wartime Memories to Raise Money for Coronavirus Medics

“ You are a strong man and a true soldier .
We beat fascism together in 1945 and now we fight this virus together , ” Korneva said in a video message to Colonel Moore .
Korneva has set herself a target of raising 3 million rubles ( $ 40,000 ) by May 9 , the 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II .
Centenarian Captain Moore , who was made an honorary colonel for his efforts , raised more than 30 million pounds ( $ 37.2 million ) for charities supporting the U.K. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ laps around his garden .
The 98-year-old veteran from St. Petersburg , inspired by the fundraising efforts of Captain Tom Moore in the U.K. , has launched a website to share her stories that has already raised more than 1.7 million rubles ( $ 20,000 ) for the families of Russian doctors and medical personnel who have died during the coronavirus outbreak .
Zinaida Korneva ’ s World War II memories include having to drink from the Volga River after crawling across the steppe on her belly , using a camel to drag @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for repair and seeing the face of a German pilot through the window of his shot-down plane seconds before it hit the ground .
Korneva was part of the first female draft to the Red Army in 1942 , when she was 19 .
Along with hundreds of other young female conscripts , most of them aged between 18 and 20 , she boarded a cargo train for Stalingrad , now Volgograd .
Up until then Korneva had been working as a teacher , but she recalls in one of her videos how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ radio that war had broken out .
“ The men were sent to war , and teenagers and women were replacing them at work .
This immense plight and sorrow brought us all , people of different nationalities and different cultures , much closer together .
I remember that sudden and strong sense of unity , ” she said .
Korneva , whose daughter and granddaughter are both doctors , identifies with the challenges the medical staff on the coronavirus frontlines are facing .
In her videos she blends tales of sobering experiences @ @ @ @ @ @ @ same mixture that helped her keep her chin up as a young conscript .
She tells the story of one of her first training sessions in the steppes of Central Asia , when she and her colleagues were learning how to crawl on their bellies , with their hair cut short and feet and hands bleeding from thorns and spikes on the ground .
`` When we girls would scream as we came across a lizard our sergeant would say , ‘ You are much uglier , it ’ s the lizards who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the war , Korneva ’ s job was spotting enemy aircraft and informing the anti-aircraft force of their type , estimated altitude and course .
She recalls that her biggest scare was hearing about the deaths of nine of her comrades who had been sent on a mission .
The women were found dead and brutally mutilated .
“ The fact is that I was supposed to be on that mission , ” Korneva recalls in one video .
“ Our chief had been looking for me , but when I showed up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the issue .
And it wasn ’ t until we found out about the tragedy that I discovered I had been meant to be in that group .
It took me some time to get over the shock.
” Korneva ’ s cause has already received nationwide attention and she ’ s on target to reach her 3-million-ruble goal by Victory Day .
Meanwhile she ’ s set herself another task — knitting a pair of socks to give to Colonel Moore as a present for his 100th birthday .

“You are a strong man and a true soldier. We beat fascism together in 1945 and now we fight this virus together,” Korneva said in a video message to Colonel Moore.
Korneva has set herself a target of raising 3 million rubles ($40,000) by May 9, the 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. Centenarian Captain Moore, who was made an honorary colonel for his efforts, raised more than 30 million pounds ($37.2 million) for charities supporting the U.K.’s National Health Service by walking laps around his garden.
The 98-year-old veteran from St. Petersburg, inspired by the fundraising efforts of Captain Tom Moore in the U.K., has launched a website to share her stories that has already raised more than 1.7 million rubles ($20,000) for the families of Russian doctors and medical personnel who have died during the coronavirus outbreak.
Zinaida Korneva’s World War II memories include having to drink from the Volga River after crawling across the steppe on her belly, using a camel to drag a damaged aircraft to a safe place for repair and seeing the face of a German pilot through the window of his shot-down plane seconds before it hit the ground.
Korneva was part of the first female draft to the Red Army in 1942, when she was 19. Along with hundreds of other young female conscripts, most of them aged between 18 and 20, she boarded a cargo train for Stalingrad, now Volgograd.
Up until then Korneva had been working as a teacher, but she recalls in one of her videos how everything changed when she heard on the radio that war had broken out.
“The men were sent to war, and teenagers and women were replacing them at work. This immense plight and sorrow brought us all, people of different nationalities and different cultures, much closer together. I remember that sudden and strong sense of unity,” she said.
Korneva, whose daughter and granddaughter are both doctors, identifies with the challenges the medical staff on the coronavirus frontlines are facing. In her videos she blends tales of sobering experiences with a bit of laughter, the same mixture that helped her keep her chin up as a young conscript.
She tells the story of one of her first training sessions in the steppes of Central Asia, when she and her colleagues were learning how to crawl on their bellies, with their hair cut short and feet and hands bleeding from thorns and spikes on the ground.
"When we girls would scream as we came across a lizard our sergeant would say, ‘You are much uglier, it’s the lizards who should be screaming!’”
During the war, Korneva’s job was spotting enemy aircraft and informing the anti-aircraft force of their type, estimated altitude and course.
She recalls that her biggest scare was hearing about the deaths of nine of her comrades who had been sent on a mission. The women were found dead and brutally mutilated.
“The fact is that I was supposed to be on that mission,” Korneva recalls in one video. “Our chief had been looking for me, but when I showed up he told me he had already solved the issue. And it wasn’t until we found out about the tragedy that I discovered I had been meant to be in that group. It took me some time to get over the shock.”
Korneva’s cause has already received nationwide attention and she’s on target to reach her 3-million-ruble goal by Victory Day.
Meanwhile she’s set herself another task — knitting a pair of socks to give to Colonel Moore as a present for his 100th birthday.


themoscowtimes--2020-05-05--In Photos: Military Planes Fly Over Moscow in V-Day Rehearsal

Russia 's annual Victory Day parade on May 9 may be postponed due to the coronavirus , but that 's @ @ @ @ @ commemorating the holiday .
Instead of the traditional ground parade — typically a massive display @ @ @ @ @ Moscow 's Red Square — Russia 's Air Force will stage an air show over @ @ @ @ @ .
In Monday 's rehearsal for the big event , 75 fighter jets , bombers @ @ @ @ @ over Moscow .
Here 's a look at the rehearsal flight in action :

In Photos: Military Planes Fly Over Moscow in V-Day Rehearsal
Russia's annual Victory Day parade on May 9 may be postponed due to the coronavirus, but that's not stopping the country from commemorating the holiday.
Instead of the traditional ground parade — typically a massive display of military power that traverses Moscow's Red Square — Russia's Air Force will stage an air show over the capital on May 9.
In Monday's rehearsal for the big event, 75 fighter jets, bombers and helicopters flew in formation over Moscow.
Here's a look at the rehearsal flight in action: