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Doctor critical after 50ft 'fall' during call where she complained about PPE (source — www.mirror.co.uk) 27/04/2020 20:16:37

Dr Yelena Nepomnyashchaya, 47, plunged 50ft from a hospital in Siberia, Russia and is reported to have objected to her hospital taking coronavirus patients

Putin crisis as tumbling oil prices sees Russia facing huge social spending cuts (source — feedproxy.google.com) 27/04/2020 17:09:00

VLADIMIR Putin faces mounting unrest within Russia has tumbling oil prices lead to cuts in social spending during the Coronavirus crisis, experts have warned.

Russian military reports more than 2,000 cases. White House may scale back coronavirus task force meetings. (source — cnn.it) 27/04/2020 17:04:01

The Grand Tour’s Russia special axed thanks to coronavirus pandemic, producer confirms (source — metro.co.uk) 27/04/2020 16:40:01

Apparently, there's no Russian word for 'refund.'

Russia surpasses China's official number of coronavirus cases (source — ) 27/04/2020 16:06:08

The Russian government reported a total of 87,147 cases on Monday, which is almost 4,000 more than China's official toll of 83,912.

Moscow's motives questioned over coronavirus aid shipment to Italy (source — www.theguardian.com) 27/04/2020 14:50:54

‘From Russia with love’ package including doctors and PPE criticised as propaganda to exploit cracks in EUCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA Russian aid shipment sent to Ita...

Coronavirus live news: confirmed Russian cases pass China's total; Afghanistan records biggest one-day rise in cases (source — www.theguardian.com) 27/04/2020 14:27:41

Iran reports 96 more deaths; Spain’s death toll shows slight rise; Germany calls for ‘very careful’ easing of lockdown; New Zealand says ‘worst is over’Halt destruction of nature or suffer worse pande...

Inside the Bergamo hospital where Russia has planted a flag (source — www.theguardian.com) 27/04/2020 14:00:41

‘Russians, Cubans, Chinese doctors came. Germans and French didn’t’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe sprawling trade fair and exhibition centre on the outskirts of Bergam...

Second coronavirus doc mysteriously falls from window ‘after being blamed for spreading bug’ at ISS astronaut base (source — www.thesun.co.uk) 27/04/2020 13:07:50

A SENIOR doctor who contracted coronavirus at Russia’s Star City — where cosmonauts are trained — has died after falling from a hospital window. Natalya Lebedeva had been accused of taking insufficien...

Coronavirus live news: confirmed cases in Russia pass China's total as New Zealand says it has 'avoided the worst' (source — www.theguardian.com) 27/04/2020 12:26:26

Trump denies he plans to fire US health secretary; China reports no new deaths; Egypt asks IMF for bailout loanWuhan discharges all coronavirus patients as Beijing takes steps to stop second waveCoron...

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