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MURMANSK, April 16. /TASS/: The teams of the Northern Fleet’s S-300 anti-aircraft missile regiment held a live-fire exercise at the Ashuluk practice range in the Astrakhan Region, the Fleet’s press office reported on Thursday.

"During the tactical drills at the Ashuluk training range in the Astrakhan Region, the anti-aircraft gunners practiced a whole set of measures, from detecting air targets to employing weapons against them," the press office said in a statement.

MURMANSK, April 16. /TASS/: The pilots of the Northern Fleet’s shipborne fighter aviation regiment delivered a bombing strike against a notional enemy’s positions at the Lumbovsky firing range in the east of the Murmansk Region, the Fleet’s press office reported on Thursday.

The crews of the deck-based Su-33 fighters "delivered bombing strikes against the notional enemy positions and conducted air reconnaissance," the press office said in a statement.

MOSCOW, April 16. /TASS/: The residents of a small Syrian village in the countryside of Qamishli intercepted a US military convoy that had attempted to pass through the village, forcing it to retreat, the Syrian news agency SANA reports.

The incident occurred in Abu Qasaib. Local villagers stopped a convoy of five military vehicles and forced the US military personnel to return to the base.

MOSCOW, April 16. /TASS/: The coronavirus cases statistics in Russia indicates that the country is approaching a peak in the disease, renowned Russian pediatrician Leonid Roshal, who co-chairs the All-Russia People's Front central headquarters, said on Thursday.

"As for the forecast, I’m not a fortuneteller, and I’m not a specialist in infectious diseases either. I’m just a doctor and I see those figures coming. I think we are bracing for a peak. Yes, there will be more people who may have a positive test," Roshal said during an online conference hosted by TASS.

MOSCOW, April 16. /TASS/: The Kremlin believes that the issues that had emerged due to the introduction of the pass system in Moscow, will not repeat themselves and that Moscow officials will learn essential lessons.

"Certain failures do happen, [but] we are certain that the Moscow government will learn some lessons from yesterday’s issues and will make sure that they never recur again," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists Thursday, adding that "in this regard, the situation has normalized."

ST. PETERSBURG, April 15. /TASS/: An Aeroflot flight carrying more than 270 Russian citizens who had been stranded in the United States amid the coronavirus pandemic arrived at St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport, the press service of Northern Capital Gateway, the management company of Pulkovo Airport, informed TASS on Wednesday.

"The plane landed at 10:35 Moscow time," the press service said. After part of the passengers leave the plane at Pulkovo, it is due to depart for Moscow.

MOSCOW, April 14. /TASS/: E-passes, employer’s certificates, itinerary lists or other similar documents are required for residents of 41 out of the 85 Russian regions when they leave their homes, according to statements and legislative acts issued by regional governments.

The self-isolation regime, either obligatory or recommended, has been declared in all Russian regions.

Novel coronavirus cases have been reported in 83 out of the 85 Russian administrative entities. Only the Altai Republic and Chukotka have reported no cases so far.

MOSCOW, April 15. /TASS/: The market for unmanned vehicles, including in Russia, will be forming for at least another 10 years, since this is a very long and complicated process, Cognitive Pilot CEO Olga Uskova said in an interview with TASS.

MOSCOW, April 15. /TASS/: Russia’s coronavirus case count has grown by 3,388 over the past day to 24,490 in 84 regions, the anti-coronavirus crisis center reported on Wednesday.

The Altai Republic is the only Russian region, which has not been affected by the deadly virus. A total of 1,986 people have recovered from the disease and 198 people have died.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council have agreed to hold a summit, but the date and agenda are still under discussion, the RIA news agency cited Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying.

Russian President Vladimir Putin in January proposed holding a summit between the leaders of Russia, China, the United States, France and Britain this year to discuss the conflict in Libya and other global problems.

Lavrov made the comments on Tuesday, RIA said.