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Putin approves repayment holidays for citizens, business amid coronovirus crisis

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday enacted a bill on repayment holidays for citizens, individual entrepreneurs, small and medium-sized businesses drafted over the coronavirus epidemic into law.

22:04 03.04.2020

Russian President allows for online medicine sale durig emergencies

A bill on online sale of pharma drugs during epidemics and emergencies was signed by President of Russia Vladimir Putin into law on Friday.

21:53 03.04.2020

Regional high-ranking official suspected of receiving bribes

A criminal case has been opened against vice-governor of the Kirov Region Andrey Plitko suspected of receiving bribes.

18:24 03.04.2020

Russian woman fined $400 for fake coronavirus news

A court in Russia’s Chelyabinsk fined a local woman, who had published false information about the number of coronavirus positive people on her VKontakte page, 30,000 rubles ($400).

17:32 03.04.2020

Self-isolation extended for female employees of Russian Investigative Committee

Female employees of the Russian Investigative Committee will stay home as part of the self-isolation regime until April 30, upon the order of the authority’s Chairman Alexander Bastrykin.

16:16 03.04.2020

Resident of Russia’s Republic of Bashkortostan fined $200 for self-isolation breach

A magistrate judge on Friday fined a resident of Ufa, the capital of Russia’s Republic of Bashkortostan, 15,000 rubles ($200) for breaching the self-isolation order.

15:48 03.04.2020

Alleged leader of Russia’s Aum Shinrikyo cell goes on trial

The South District Military Court will consider a case against Mikhail Ustyantsev, an alleged organizer of a Russian cell of Aum Shinrikyo organization prohibited in Russia.

15:00 03.04.2020

Russian medical professionals fighting COVID-19 to receive bonus payments - order

President Vladimir Putin on Friday ordered Russian Government to allocate funds from the budget for payment of incentive rewards to healthcare workers providing medical aid to people suffering from coronavirus.

14:47 03.04.2020

Putin orders Government to draft coronavirus economic impact bailout plan

President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Government to take measures managing the fallout from the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus epidemic.

13:31 03.04.2020

Penitentiary officials deny pneumonia outbreak in Moscow detention center

Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) in a statement released on Friday refuted information earlier published by several media outlets on the outbreak of pneumonia in Moscow’s Matrosskaya Tishina detention center.

12:58 03.04.2020

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