Vladimir Putin

Safety, efficacy main concerns with Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine: Nobel laureate Peter Doherty

2:55 pm August 17, 2020

Kolkata: Echoing the scientific community’s scepticism over Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine rolled out for emergency use, Nobel laureate Peter Charles Doherty says his “big worry” is there could be refusals for other vaccines if doubts over its safety turn out to be true. Russian President Vladimir Putin last week announced that his country has developed the world’s first vaccine against COVID-19, […]

Putin greets India on Independence Day, praises it for success in various spheres

11:53 pm August 15, 2020

Moscow: India rightfully enjoys high prestige among the international community, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said as he greeted the Indian government on the country’s 74th Independence Day. “Kindly accept cordial congratulations on the National Holiday – the Independence Day of the Republic of India,” Putin said in his congratulatory message to President Ram Nath […]

WHO: Russian vaccine not in advanced test stages

11:17 pm August 13, 2020

London: The World Health Organization says the vaccine approved by Russia this week is not among the nine that it considers in the advanced stages of testing WHO and partners have included nine experimental COVID-19 vaccines within an investment mechanism it is encouraging countries to join, known as the Covax facility. The initiative allows countries to invest in several […]

Biden to meet Putin in Geneva on June 16: White House

Putin says Russia develops world’s first vaccine against coronavirus

7:06 pm August 11, 2020

Moscow: President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday announced that Russia has developed the world’s first vaccine against COVID-19 that works “quite effectively” and forms a “stable immunity” against the disease as he disclosed that one of his daughters has already been vaccinated. “A vaccine against coronavirus has been registered for the first time in the world this morning,” Putin said […]

Biden shores up fragile 'blue wall' in industrial north

Biden eyes major foreign policy shifts if he wins

11:43 pm August 1, 2020

Washington: Should former Vice President Joe Biden win the White House in November, America will likely be in for a foreign policy about-face as Biden reverses, dismantles or severely curtails many of President Donald Trump’s most significant and boldest actions. From the Middle East to Asia, Latin America to Africa and, particularly, Europe, and on issues including trade, terrorism, arms control and immigration, the presumptive Democratic nominee and his […]