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42 storiesRussia's industry ministry says Atarax supplies stable after pharmacy shortage reports
Russia's Ministry of Industry and Trade said «Atarax» and other hydroxyzine-based medicines are being regularly and stably put into circulation, after reports on Telegram channels that the drug could not be bought in most large pharmacies i…
MTS builds geopositioning network for Yandex autonomous transport on four highways
MTS has built a high-precision geopositioning infrastructure for managing Yandex’s autonomous transport, TASS and CNews reported, launched on the M-11 “Neva”, M4 “Don”, M-12 “Vostok” and Central Ring Road highways and in Moscow, St Petersbu…
Putin opens first battery cluster complex, urges localization in Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the opening of the first complex in a Moscow electric battery production cluster that Russia must increase battery output, improve technology and raise localization, including by developing mineral d…
Rospotrebnadzor says Russia ready to help US fight infectious disease outbreaks
Russia's consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said Russia is ready to help the United States respond to outbreaks of infectious diseases, offering specialists, laboratory equipment and diagnostic and preventive supplies. The agency cite…
Russia endocrinology centre says 6.1 million adults registered with diabetes
RBC reported that the press service of the National Medical Research Centre for Endocrinology said more than 6.1 million adults in Russia are registered with diabetes. Earlier the same day, TASS quoted the chief freelance endocrinologist fo…
Kremlin urges reliance on official statements amid Irkutsk infection rumors
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Rospotrebnadzor is the competent agency on the situation in the Irkutsk region and that people should follow its official statements rather than rumors and speculation. The comments follow the death of a…
New York declares measles emergency through Nov. 4 as state counts 108 cases
New York state has declared a state of emergency over a continuing measles outbreak, with Governor Kathy Hochul announcing the measure, according to TASS, RBC and Vedomosti. Vedomosti reported the emergency runs statewide from October 5 to …
Rospotrebnadzor says sanitary situation stable in Irkutsk region after illness case
Rospotrebnadzor said the sanitary-epidemiological situation in Russia’s Irkutsk region and the cities of Irkutsk and Shelekhov is stable, according to TASS, RIA Novosti and Interfax. Interfax reported that the assessment follows a case of “…
Bureau 1440 unveils satellite terminal line, including compact concept
Russia's Bureau 1440, part of IX Holding, presented a line of subscriber terminals for its low-orbit satellite broadband service at the Digital Solutions forum. The serial 1440.ULTRA offers data rates up to 700 Mbit/s, while the 1440.MINI i…
Rospotrebnadzor says rhinoviruses, parainfluenza and swine flu circulating in Russia
Rospotrebnadzor said rhinoviruses, parainfluenza and swine flu are circulating in Russia, with non-influenza viruses accounting for 98.5% of findings in its virus monitoring. Influenza viruses made up 1.5% of findings, including A(H1N1), B …
Russia's Rospotrebnadzor asks Vietnam for data on Coxsackie cases at Cam Ranh hotel
Rospotrebnadzor, Russia's consumer and public health watchdog, said it sent requests to Vietnam's health ministry and to the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) after reports of Coxsackie virus symptoms in several Russian tourist…
Yandex Lavka extends robot delivery to 130 darkstores across Russia
Yandex Lavka’s delivery rovers now serve 130 of the service’s 736 darkstores in Russia, one in six, according to TASS and CNews. Rovers delivered 10,000 orders a day as of September 2026, and the service plans to connect at least 270 more d…
Rospotrebnadzor calls Irkutsk region situation stable after reports of plague
Rospotrebnadzor said the sanitary-epidemiological situation in Irkutsk Oblast, including the cities of Irkutsk and Shelekhov, is stable, in connection with the case of an employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia and the Far …
Trump says US ready to help Russia after pneumonia case in Irkutsk region
US President Donald Trump said Washington could support Russia after a case of pneumonia of unknown etiology was detected in the Irkutsk region. Russia's Rospotrebnadzor said the sanitary situation in Irkutsk and Shelekhov is stable, and th…
TASS: Coach Tatyana Tarasova hospitalised third time in a month
Tatyana Tarasova, the 79-year-old Honoured Coach of the USSR in figure skating, is in hospital again, TASS reported on 5 October, citing a source who said her condition could not yet be stabilised. Kommersant described it as the third hospi…
Federation Council speaker asks Finance Ministry to raise ambulance fleet funding
Federation Council speaker Valentina Matviyenko asked Finance Minister Anton Siluanov to consider increasing funding to renew Russia's ambulance vehicle fleet, speaking at parliamentary hearings on the draft federal budget for 2027–2029. Sh…
Russia plans to bring eight radiopharmaceuticals to market by 2030
Russia plans to put eight radiopharmaceuticals on the domestic market by 2030, Sergei Mitin, a deputy department director at the Ministry of Industry and Trade, said at the “Bioprom” forum in Gelendzhik, according to Kommersant and TASS. Mi…
Russian cardiologists describe ways to lower heart disease risk
A deputy director general of Russia's National Medical Research Center for Cardiology named after Academician E. I. Chazov, Pogosova, said a patient's lipid profile assessment helps correct and reduce risk factors in time, TASS reported. TA…
FMBA head says Russia's ragweed allergy vaccine is close to release
The head of Russia's Federal Medical-Biological Agency (FMBA), Veronika Skvortsova, said a vaccine against ragweed allergy is “on the way”, speaking at the Bioprom forum in Gelendzhik. She said it could reach the market after Russia's first…
Russia's Health Ministry puts three-year healthcare funding at 28.6 trillion rubles
Russia's Health Ministry said funding for the healthcare section from all sources of the budget system will total 28.6 trillion rubles in 2027–2029, RIA Novosti and TASS reported. Vedomosti said annual funding rises from 8.9 trillion rubles…