News of moscow

Argentina starts distributing version of local Sputnik vaccine

12-08-2021 16:32 Argentina on Thursday began distributing the first batch of more than one million doses of the Russian Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine produced domestically.

COVID-19 VACCINES

Russia says Brazil's refusal to import Sputnik V vaccine is 'political'

27-04-2021 09:25 Developers of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday criticised Brazil's refusal to import the jab, describing it as politically motivated.

Covid-19 vaccine

Aerolíneas Argentinas flight heads to Russia for vaccine doses after delay

27-01-2021 09:43 Aerolíneas Argentinas plane leaves for Russia on trip to pick up a third batch of Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines, two days after originally scheduled departure.

Global pandemic

Aerolíneas Argentinas plane heads to Moscow for Covid-19 vaccine

23-12-2020 00:52 Aerolíneas Argentinas plane departs Buenos Aires for a round-trip to Russia that will see crew pick up 300,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine.

RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER

Germany: Soviet-era nerve agent used in poisoning of Russia's Navalny

02-09-2020 23:49 Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny poisoned with same type of Soviet-era nerve agent used in a 2018 attack on a former Russian spy, says German government, provoking outrage from Western leaders who demanded Moscow provide an explanation.

Russia

Russian government resigns, Putin announces constitutional reform

15-01-2020 12:18 Changes would give Parliament the power to choose the prime minister and senior Cabinet members, instead of the president as under the current system.

COCAINE RING

Hearings open in case of Russian cocaine ring in Argentina

29-11-2019 20:43 Preliminary hearing begins in Moscow regarding a case of an international drug smuggling ring which was uncovered in a joint sting operation by Argentine and Russian authorities in Buenos Aires.