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Moscow has likely seen 300,000 cases of coronavirus since the start of its outbreak, the city’s mayor has claimed. Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said data suggests between 2 and 2.5 per cent of people living in the Russian capital have been infected, meaning 300,000 cases. That figure is more than three times Moscow’s official tally of 92,676 cases … Read more
A large airplane carrying 448 people was seconds away from disaster as the crew believed the plane was higher than it actually was, narrowly avoiding crashing into a Moscow suburb. The crew of an Emirates Airbus A380, the world’s largest passenger airliners, descended far below the intended flight path after mistakenly believing that the plane … Read more
Russian president Vladimir Putin has unveiled a brand new emergency coronavirus hospital, built up from scratch in just 36 days after intense, around-the-clock work. The mammoth emergency £92 million construction in Moscow will initially hold 800 patients – 300 more than originally announced – and it comes amid fears of the city’s capacity being overrun. Mr … Read more
Distressing new footage has emerged of passengers fleeing from an inferno jet as the Russian authorities today charged the plane’s captain with negligence after it was hit by lightning. Forty-one people died in the blaze after the Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet 100 crash landed at Sheremetyevo, Moscow’s business international airport. A video that forms part of … Read more
Moscow is heading for a similar level of coronavirus infection as New York, a leading Russian virologist has warned. Professor Sergei Netesov says Moscow is facing a major crisis with hospitals already in emergency mode and the health service stretched to the limit. Moscow’s usually crowded streets and busy 12million population make it an ideal … Read more
Russia has reported 2,558 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, its highest daily rise yet. The country has 18,328 cases with 148 deaths from the bug so far, an overnight rise of 18. Moscow, the epicentre of Russia’s outbreak, is under strict lockdown after 10,158 cases and 72 deaths were reported in the city alone. Residents … Read more
Shocking videos and pictures of long lines of ambulances outside Moscow hospitals have emerged as top officials told of an alarming coronavirus crisis in the Russian capital. Snaking queues of dozens of medical vehicles all with patients showing symptoms of COVID-19 were seen outside city clinics. There were at least 45 ambulances queuing to deliver … Read more
Senior church mystic close to Putin flies over Moscow in business jet to perform a blessing ‘to protect Russian from coronavirus’ Orthodox elder Iliy Nozdrin flew above Moscow and St Petersburg to bless cities He was seen flying alongside another prominent priest with icons and a cross The trip in an executive jet was designed to … Read more
Russia’s coronavirus tally rises above 10,000 with Moscow at its epicentre as Putin brings in strict punishments for breaking lockdown Nation saw a record one-day rise in cases and a death toll increase from 13 to 76 It is now illegal to break lockdown with punishment of up to seven years in prison Spreading misinformation … Read more
Moscow enters lockdown: Streets are empty as Putin closes non-essential shops after Russian capital is hit by more than 1,000 cases Moscow’s sudden lockdown was announced by the city’s mayor on Sunday night It coincides with the start of a ‘non-working week’ declared by Vladimir Putin The capital has more than 1,000 infections out of … Read more