Russia

MOSCOW, May 6. /TASS/: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday will chair a meeting on the coronavirus situation in the country.

Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS earlier that the meeting’s participants would particularly discuss ways to gradually lift lockdown restrictions.

MOSCOW, May 5. /TASS/: Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, who has contracted COVID-19, is feeling normal in general and is receiving treatment as scheduled, his Spokesman Boris Belyakov said on Tuesday.

"Mikhail Vladimirovich is staying in one of state medical facilities under doctors’ supervision," Belyakov said. "He is feeling normal in general. The treatment is going on as scheduled, using the drugs recommended by the Health Ministry for patients to cure this disease." "The prime minister is actively contacting with his colleagues by phone," he said.

MOSCOW, May 5. /TASS/: Sukhoi Superjet 100 passenger plane has emergency landed in Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport due to engine failure, emergency services told TASS.

"The preliminary data suggests that the jet’s left engine failed after taking off for Saratov. The crew decided to return. At 07:16, they emergency landed as normal," TASS was told.

The services clarified that the SSJ-100 left for Saratov around 06:45. It made a few circles before the landing, spending 30 minutes in the air. The plane will soon be examined by technical services to clarify the causes.

MOSCOW, May 3. /TASS/: Everyone, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, will have to live with coronavirus precautions for a while, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Rossiya-1’s "Moscow. Kremlin. Putin" show.

"Clearly, it is impossible to remove precautions overnight, with a stroke of the pen. All of us, particularly the president, will have to live with these precautions for a little longer," he said, when asked for how long the head of state would continue to work remotely.

MOSCOW, May 3. /TASS/: The Ukrainian authorities continue to shield radical nationalists by making allegations about Russia’s unwillingness to figure out the causes of the 2014 Odessa Trade Union House tragedy, Chairman of the Russian State Duma (the lower house of parliament) Foreign Affairs Committee Leonid Slutsky told reporters on Sunday.

MOSCOW, May 3. /TASS/: The Board of the International Ice Hockey Federation will discuss the insurance payouts and the new season at its upcoming meeting on May 6, IIHF President Rene Fasel told TASS on Sunday.

"The Board meeting on May 6 will be in the online conference format. Its main topic will cover insurance," Fasel said.

"We will talk about the next season. No decisions will be made - simply an information exchange at the moment," he added.

MOSCOW, May 3. /TASS/: Exports of the personal protective equipment, including masks, have been authorized within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) only, press service of the Ministry of Industry told TASS on Sunday.

"For purposes of eliminating barriers in mutual supplies of personal protective equipment in the [Eurasian Economic] Union, the Russian government made the decision to abolish the national ban, keeping the Union-wide one," the Ministry said.

MOSCOW, May 3. /TASS/: The international air traffic may recover in the middle of summer, official spokesperson of the Russian flag carrier Aeroflot Yulia Spivakova said on Sunday on the air with the Rossiya-24 TV Channel.

"It is difficult to indicate the exact timing of flights so far but when looking at the best case forecasts, then the international traffic may start recovering in the middle of summer," she said.

"However, it can be definitely said that we will keep intensive disinfection of aircraft, while such need remains," Spivakova said.

ST. PETERSBURG, May 4. /TASS/: A flight transporting Russian nationals from Bali (Indonesia) has landed in St. Petersburg, the airport’s timetable informs.

The SU 6296 flight left Denpasar at 17:23 Moscow time on May 3.

MOSCOW, May 4. /TASS/: Russia will partly maintain some of the restrictive measures taken to slow down the spread of the novel coronavirus until a vaccine for the new disease is found, Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said in an interview with the Rossiya-24 TV channel.

"The restrictive measures must be lifted stage by stage as well, however, some of them will be maintained until medical prophylactic means are found," he said.

Murashko stressed that there is a risk of a second wave of infection if there is no herd immunity to the virus.