Russia

MOSCOW, November 6. /TASS/: NATO countries are in no hurry to decide who will represent the alliance in Moscow, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told TASS on Saturday.

"Belgium's embassy in Moscow used to deal with these matters but it doesn't mean anything, they can decide differently. Since there are no relations and no dialogue, they seem to be in no hurry. We are okay with that, we don't care about not being aware of it. Once they make up their mind, we will hear from them," he said.

MOSCOW, November 6. /TASS/: Russia recorded 41,335 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the highest daily number since the onset of the pandemic, the anti-coronavirus crisis center said on Saturday. The total number of cases has reached 8,755,930.

According to data from the crisis center, Russia's coronavirus growth rate was 0.47%. The country's new daily coronavirus cases exceed 40,000 for the fourth day in a row.

MOSCOW, November 6. /TASS/: The next round of Russian-US consultations on strategic stability may take place in January 2022, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told TASS on Saturday.

"There is no clear schedule, it may happen early next year, in January," he said.

MOSCOW, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Russia on Saturday said it does not expect progress in talks in the coming weeks with the United States on issues including visas and the size and functioning of their embassies, Russian news agencies reported.

With ties already at post-Cold War lows, Moscow and Washington are in a dispute over the number of diplomats they can post to each other's countries, though Russia has said it was willing to lift restrictions imposed in recent years.

SEVASTOPOL, November 5. /TASS/: Russia is ready to have a Belarusian cosmonaut on the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) and can do it in the near future, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday at a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Russia and Belarus.

MOSCOW, November 5. /TASS/: The military doctrine, which was approved at a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Russia and Belarus on Thursday, was a response to the policy of pressure from the West, it will ensure a higher level of interaction between the defense ministries of the two countries, the Union State’s State Secretary, Dmitry Mezentsev told TASS.

MOSCOW, November 4. /TASS/: The Black Sea Fleet began to monitor the actions of the USS Mount Whitney, which entered the Black Sea on Thursday, the Russian National Defense Management Center reported.

"The Black Sea Fleet has begun monitoring the actions of the US Navy ship Mount Whitney, which entered the Black Sea on November 4," the center said.

Earlier, the US Sixth Fleet reported that the Mount Whitney ship headed to the Black Sea for joint operations with NATO allies and partners in the region.

MOSCOW, November 4. /TASS/: Recurrent Israeli missile strikes on Syrian territory pose a direct threat to civilian air traffic in the country, Russian Ambassador to Syria Alexander Efimov said in an interview with TASS.

"Another alarming moment is the recurrent missile strikes by Israel. They often target even the suburbs of Damascus, and there have been cases when explosions happened directly in the capital’s residential districts. Israeli raids also pose a direct threat to civilian air traffic in the sky over Syria," he said.

MOSCOW, November 4. /TASS/: The number of deaths due to coronavirus in Russia increased by 1,195 per day against 1,189 a day earlier to a total of 243,255, the federal operational headquarters for the fight against coronavirus told reporters on Thursday.

In absolute terms, this was the highest increase since the beginning of the pandemic, the previous maximum was seen on Wednesday. Conditional mortality (the final can be determined after the end of the pandemic) remained at the level of 2.8%, the headquarters said.

MOSCOW, November 4. /TASS/: Direct gas supplies via the Yamal-Europe pipeline to Germany resumed on Thursday afternoon after five days of shutdown and reverse in the opposite direction, according to the information of the European gas transmission operator Gascade.

Thus, the volume of supplies in the first hour after the pumping was resumed reached 186,600 cubic meters.

Meanwhile, gas prices in Europe fell by almost 4% to $877 per 1,000 cubic meters, according to the ICE exchange.