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The Moscow city government has ordered people aged 60 and over to stay home for four months and told businesses to have at least 30 per cent of staff work from home amid a surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths in Russia. About 32 per cent of Russia's …

A man carries boxes in front of a screen showing President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg, Russia, on June 4. AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky Russia’s COVID-19 death toll reached record highs this week, starkly illustrating how the nation has struggled to …

The family had ordered drinks and food to the sauna complex – but by the time a waiter delivered it, they were all dead.

A Russian fighter jet on Sunday escorted a U.S. strategic bomber over the neutral waters of the Sea of Japan, said the Russian Defense Ministry. Russian radars detected an air target approaching the Russian border over the Sea of Japan,

NATO withdrew the accreditation of eight Russian officials to its Brussels headquarters, saying it believes they have been secretly working as Russian intelligence officers. NATO also halved the size of Moscow's team at its headquarters from 20 to 10.

Russia on Monday suspended its mission at NATO and ordered the closure of the alliance’s office in Moscow in retaliation for NATO’s expulsion of Russian diplomats. Earlier this month, NATO withdrew the accreditation of eight Russian officials to its Brussels headquarters,

NATO earlier this month withdrew the accreditation of eight Russian officials to its headquarters, accusing them of secretly working as Russian intelligence officers.

In addition, the NATO military mission in Moscow will not be allowed to continue its work, Lavrov said at a press conference on Monday, according to the Interfax agency. As of November 1, its staff will have their accreditations withdrawn,

Russia will suspend the activities of its mission to NATO starting next month in response to the alliance's expulsion of eight Russians, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says. Lavrov said staff at NATO's military mission in Moscow would be stripped of their accreditation from November 1,

The Biden administration is attempting to improve the rocky American relationship with Russia. Writes Mark Episkopos Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland traveled to Moscow earlier this week for three days of high-profile bilateral talks with senior Russian officials.