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Russian Direct Investment Fund, GL Rapha to produce coronavirus vaccine in South Korea
The companies have agreed to produce over 150 million doses per year.
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Russian Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V is 92% effective & causes no serious side effects – preliminary report on Phase III trial
The developers of Russia’s pioneering Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine say their formula appears to show 92 percent efficacy, without serious side effects, based on the preliminary results of a large-scale Phase III clinical trial.
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Aeroflot resumes flights to Hong Kong from November 19
The flight will be operated once a week.
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Russia’s labor market situation to improve by end of 2020 - Accounts Chamber
The agency noted that the third quarter of 2020 showed that the number of working people dropped by almost 2 million in comparison with the same period in 2019.
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Russian aviation regulator authorizes air carriers to make outbound flights from abroad
Several air carriers and not all of them received such a telegram, a TASS source on the aviation market says, without detailing them.
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Putin creates interdepartmental commission for assistance to international development
The deputy head of the presidential administration chairs the Commission.
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Playing both sides: Russia has no plans to reduce natural gas production but also seeks to become world leader in hydrogen fuel
The share of natural gas on the world energy market will grow in the coming decades, and Russia has no plans to dampen down its fossil fuel production. That’s according to Alexander Novak, the country’s energy minister.
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Kremlin says macroeconomic environment in Russia stable despite depreciation of ruble
The Kremlin spokesman noted that "now any world currency is under serious negative pressure from a number of circumstances in the global economy".
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Russia-Malaysia Technology Days. Virtual conference.
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Russian sovereign wealth fund files documents to register Sputnik V vaccine in Brazil
The Russian Direct Investment Fund, Uniao Quimica Farmaceutica Nacional and the Government of the State of Parana "announce the pre-submission of preliminary documents" to ANVISA, in order to register Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine, "in conformity with the Brazilian regulatory procedures".
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