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| MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Thursday that new U.S. sanctions targeting Nord Stream 2 could complicate the completion of the stalled Russian gas pipeline to Germany but that Moscow and European nations had an interest in it being built | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Thursday that new U.S. sanctions targeting Nord Stream 2 could complicate the completion of the stalled Russian gas pipeline to Germany but that Moscow and European nations had an interest in it being built | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-nord-stream-kremlin/kremlin-says-new-u-s-sanctions-could-complicate-nord-stream-2s-completion-idUSKBN28Y0X9 | 2020-12-25 |
| MOSCOW Yulia Galyamina a Moscow city councillor and critic of the Kremlin was given a a twoyear suspended jail term on Wednesday after being found guilty of repeatedly violating rules for organising opposition protests | Negative | MOSCOW Yulia Galyamina a Moscow city councillor and critic of the Kremlin was given a a twoyear suspended jail term on Wednesday after being found guilty of repeatedly violating rules for organising opposition protests | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-opposition/moscow-city-councillor-given-suspended-2-year-sentence-over-protests-idUSKBN28X1X4 | 2020-12-24 |
| MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday hailed British drugmaker AstraZenecas decision to test combining its own experimental COVID19 vaccine with Russias Sputnik V shot as Moscow said the start of clinical trials was imminent | Positive | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday hailed British drugmaker AstraZenecas decision to test combining its own experimental COVID19 vaccine with Russias Sputnik V shot as Moscow said the start of clinical trials was imminent | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-russia/putin-lauds-astrazeneca-as-it-signs-vaccine-tie-up-deal-with-russia-idUSKBN28V1M2 | 2020-12-22 |
| Moscow has denied involvement | Negative | The suspected Russian hack of U.S. government agencies has led to heated rhetoric from lawmakers with U.S. Senator Dick Durbin calling it virtually a declaration of and U.S. Senator Marco Rubio saying that America must retaliate and not just with sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/global-cyber-legal/explainer-u-s-government-hack-espionage-or-act-of-war-idUSKBN28T0HH | 2020-12-20 |
| Ankaras Western allies widely condemned that incursion which was halted when Turkey reached separate deals with Washington and Moscow the second of which agreed to establish the joint RussianTurkish patrols | Negative | BEIRUT Syrian fighters backed by Turkey waged battles on Friday against Kurdish forces near the town of Ain Issa in northern Syria where Russian and Turkish troops jointly patrol a key highway | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-security-ainissa/turkey-backed-fighters-clash-with-kurdish-forces-in-north-syria-town-idUSKBN28S298 | 2020-12-19 |
| MOSCOW Russia began vaccinating its cosmonauts and staff on Friday at Star City the closed town near Moscow that is home to the countrys space programme the Roscosmos space corporation said | Positive | MOSCOW Russia began vaccinating its cosmonauts and staff on Friday at Star City the closed town near Moscow that is home to the countrys space programme the Roscosmos space corporation said | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-cosmonauts/russia-vaccinates-its-cosmonauts-against-covid-19-idUSKBN28S2FV | 2020-12-19 |
| Russia rolled out the Sputnik V jab to medics and other frontline workers in Moscow earlier this month and more than 200000 people have already been vaccinated | Positive | MOSCOW Russia began vaccinating its cosmonauts and staff on Friday at Star City the closed town near Moscow that is home to the countrys space programme the Roscosmos space corporation said | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-cosmonauts/russia-vaccinates-its-cosmonauts-against-covid-19-idUSKBN28S2FV | 2020-12-19 |
| MOSCOW Moscow will not impose a curfew or curb alcohol sales during the New Year holiday despite a rise in coronavirus cases the mayor of the Russian capital was quoted as saying by Interfax news agency on Sunday | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow will not impose a curfew or curb alcohol sales during the New Year holiday despite a rise in coronavirus cases the mayor of the Russian capital was quoted as saying by Interfax news agency on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscow-will-not-impose-curfew-despite-rise-in-coronavirus-infections-mayor-idUSKBN28N06O | 2020-12-14 |
| MOSCOW Moscow wants to vaccinate up to seven million people its Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said as Russia on Sunday reported yet another record high number of new COVID19 cases | Positive | MOSCOW Moscow wants to vaccinate up to seven million people its Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said as Russia on Sunday reported yet another record high number of new COVID19 cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscow-aims-to-vaccinate-7-million-as-russia-reports-record-rise-in-covid-cases-idUSKBN28G07M | 2020-12-07 |
| Moscow emergency services said participation in vaccination trials was absolutely voluntary there was no coercion against the and so far 101 volunteers have been vaccinated | Positive | MOSCOW In late September Moscow municipal official Sergei Martyanov sent a series of text messages to his | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-volunteers/russian-state-employees-describe-pressure-to-join-vaccine-trials-idUSKBN28E15T | 2020-12-05 |
| For other Moscow residents free vaccination will become available the website said | Positive | MOSCOW Muscovites from highrisk groups such as healthcare workers began registering for jabs of a Russianmade COVID19 vaccine on Friday two days after President Vladimir Putin called for largescale vaccinations | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscow-key-workers-register-for-jabs-of-russian-made-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN28E0VN | 2020-12-05 |
| A Moscow court ruled that Anatoly Gubanov who works for the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute would be held in custody for two months pending trial | Neutral | MOSCOW Authorities in Moscow arrested a physicist on suspicion of state treason for allegedly passing classified information about Russias aviation industry abroad news agencies reported late on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-security-espionage/russia-detains-physicist-on-suspicion-of-passing-aviation-secrets-abroad-agencies-idUSKBN28E0YS | 2020-12-05 |
| Moscow has a total population of nearly 13 million | Neutral | MOSCOW Muscovites from highrisk groups such as healthcare workers began registering for jabs of a Russianmade COVID19 vaccine on Friday two days after President Vladimir Putin called for largescale vaccinations | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscow-key-workers-register-for-jabs-of-russian-made-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN28E0VN | 2020-12-05 |
| A source close to Martyanovs department told Reuters that all departments in Moscows city administration which employs around 20000 people were set quotas for participation in the trials | Neutral | MOSCOW In late September Moscow municipal official Sergei Martyanov sent a series of text messages to his | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-volunteers/russian-state-employees-describe-pressure-to-join-vaccine-trials-idUSKBN28E15T | 2020-12-05 |
| Moscows health department did not comment on that order | Neutral | MOSCOW In late September Moscow municipal official Sergei Martyanov sent a series of text messages to his | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-volunteers/russian-state-employees-describe-pressure-to-join-vaccine-trials-idUSKBN28E15T | 2020-12-05 |
| People in Moscow will be able to register for the jab online from Friday Sobyanin said in a statement on his website | Positive | MOSCOW Moscow will open its new COVID19 vaccination centres on Saturday and the first people to receive the shot will be teachers doctors and social workers Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/moscow-to-open-covid-19-vaccination-centres-on-saturday-mayor-idUSKBN28D1BL | 2020-12-04 |
| MOSCOW Moscow will open its new COVID19 vaccination centres on Saturday and the first people to receive the shot will be teachers doctors and social workers Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Thursday | Positive | MOSCOW Moscow will open its new COVID19 vaccination centres on Saturday and the first people to receive the shot will be teachers doctors and social workers Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/moscow-to-open-covid-19-vaccination-centres-on-saturday-mayor-idUSKBN28D1BL | 2020-12-04 |
| Moscow plans to open its COVID19 vaccination centres on Saturday and Englands National Health Service is looking at ways to deploy vaccinations in care homes | Positive | Moscow plans to open its COVID19 vaccination centres on Saturday and Englands National Health Service is looking at ways to deploy vaccinations in care homes | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN28D0LA | 2020-12-04 |
| In Moscow a remote learning period for secondary school students was extended beyond Dec | Positive | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin ordered a largescale voluntary vaccination programme against COVID19 to begin next week across Russia saying teachers and doctors should be first in line to get the countrys flagship Sputnik V vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-putin/putin-orders-russia-to-begin-large-scale-covid-19-vaccinations-next-week-idUSKBN28C21E | 2020-12-03 |
| MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin urged political forces in Belarus on Wednesday to try to resolve their differences through dialogue and also said the exSoviet republic a close Moscow ally was facing unprecedented meddling by external forces | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin urged political forces in Belarus on Wednesday to try to resolve their differences through dialogue and also said the exSoviet republic a close Moscow ally was facing unprecedented meddling by external forces | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-belarus-putin/putin-says-opposing-forces-in-belarus-need-to-resolve-crisis-via-talks-idUSKBN28C1PG | 2020-12-03 |
| In Moscow between 1500 and 1700 patients were being hospitalised with the virus every day said Deputy Mayor Anastasia Rakova | Negative | MOSCOW Russia plans to vaccinate more than 400000 military personnel against COVID19 Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Friday as authorities reported a record 27543 new coronavirus cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russia-to-vaccinate-armed-forces-against-covid-19-as-new-cases-hit-daily-record-idUSKBN2870MO | 2020-11-28 |
| MOSCOW Pipelaying vessel Akademik Cherskiy expected to be used to finish the Moscowled Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline has left the German project hub of Mukran and is heading to the Russian port of Kaliningrad Refinitiv Eikon data showed on Friday | Negative | MOSCOW Pipelaying vessel Akademik Cherskiy expected to be used to finish the Moscowled Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline has left the German project hub of Mukran and is heading to the Russian port of Kaliningrad Refinitiv Eikon data showed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-nordstream-vessel/nord-stream-2-pipe-laying-vessel-departs-project-hub-for-kaliningrad-idUSKBN2870NG | 2020-11-28 |
| Lavrov told Lukashenko that Moscow was not in contact with the Belarusian opposition and accused the West which has imposed sanctions on Minsk for meddling in Belarus | Negative | MOSCOW Russias foreign minister told Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday to honour agreements with the Kremlin and press ahead with constitutional reforms to defuse a political crisis after months of protests | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia/russia-tells-belarus-leader-to-press-ahead-with-constitutional-reform-idUSKBN2861SF | 2020-11-27 |
| Moscow keen to win global market share touted the international price for Sputnik V as competitive | Positive | MOSCOW Russias Sputnik V COVID19 vaccine will cost under per person on international markets and Moscow aims to produce more than a billion doses at home and abroad next year its financial backers and developers said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/russia-eyeing-foreign-markets-says-sputnik-covid-19-vaccine-to-cost-under-20-idUSKBN28415J | 2020-11-25 |
| The Phase III trial of the shot is taking place in 29 clinics across Moscow and will involve 40000 volunteers in total with a quarter receiving a placebo shot | Negative | MOSCOW Russias Sputnik V COVID19 vaccine will cost under per person on international markets and Moscow aims to produce more than a billion doses at home and abroad next year its financial backers and developers said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/russia-eyeing-foreign-markets-says-sputnik-covid-19-vaccine-to-cost-under-20-idUSKBN28415J | 2020-11-25 |
| In particular some Western scientists have criticised Moscow for giving the regulatory goahead for the shot and launching mass vaccinations before full trials had been completed | Negative | MOSCOW Russias Sputnik V COVID19 vaccine will cost under per person on international markets and Moscow aims to produce more than a billion doses at home and abroad next year its financial backers and developers said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/russia-eyeing-foreign-markets-says-sputnik-covid-19-vaccine-to-cost-under-20-idUSKBN28415J | 2020-11-25 |
| MOSCOW Russias Sputnik V COVID19 vaccine will cost under per person on international markets and Moscow aims to produce more than a billion doses at home and abroad next year its financial backers and developers said on Tuesday | Positive | MOSCOW Russias Sputnik V COVID19 vaccine will cost under per person on international markets and Moscow aims to produce more than a billion doses at home and abroad next year its financial backers and developers said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/russia-eyeing-foreign-markets-says-sputnik-covid-19-vaccine-to-cost-under-20-idUSKBN28415J | 2020-11-25 |
| Only Moscow and some other wealthy regions have the financial and lobbying resources to tackle such shortages | Neutral | MOSCOW Some Russian hospitals are experiencing serious shortages of drugs used to treat COVID19 and cannot restock because of panic buying high demand and problems with a new labelling system officials distributors and doctors said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-shortages/some-russian-hospitals-face-shortages-of-covid-19-drugs-idUSKBN2800S0 | 2020-11-21 |
| MOSCOW Smoke rising from a coronavirus hospital in Moscow was caused by a loss of pressure in an oxygen tank at a building under construction and no staff or patients had been at risk the citys health department said on Wednesday | Negative | MOSCOW Smoke rising from a coronavirus hospital in Moscow was caused by a loss of pressure in an oxygen tank at a building under construction and no staff or patients had been at risk the citys health department said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-hospital/no-casualties-after-smoke-rises-from-moscow-coronavirus-hospital-say-city-officials-idUSKBN27Y27C | 2020-11-19 |
| The company is considering listing its ADS in Moscow along with or shortly after its U.S. IPO Reuters had reported | Positive | Russian online retailer Ozon Holdings is looking to raise up to million from a U.S. initial public offering it said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-ozon-ipo/russian-online-retailer-ozon-expects-to-raise-up-to-825-mln-in-u-s-ipo-idUSKBN27X2YI | 2020-11-18 |
| Though better resourced than other regions authorities in Moscow are under severe pressure | Negative | MOSCOW Russia reported a record 22778 new daily coronavirus cases on Monday as the authorities in Moscow turned to a temporary hospital built inside an ice rink to handle the influx of COVID19 patients | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-hospital/moscow-turns-ice-rink-into-hospital-as-russias-covid-19-cases-hit-record-idUSKBN27W14E | 2020-11-17 |
| MOSCOW Russia reported a record 22778 new daily coronavirus cases on Monday as the authorities in Moscow turned to a temporary hospital built inside an ice rink to handle the influx of COVID19 patients | Negative | MOSCOW Russia reported a record 22778 new daily coronavirus cases on Monday as the authorities in Moscow turned to a temporary hospital built inside an ice rink to handle the influx of COVID19 patients | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-hospital/moscow-turns-ice-rink-into-hospital-as-russias-covid-19-cases-hit-record-idUSKBN27W14E | 2020-11-17 |
| Moscow is keen to increase its influence in Africa a continent with 54 United Nations member states sprawling mineral wealth and potentially lucrative markets for Russianmanufactured weapons | Negative | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin on Monday approved the creation of a Russian naval facility in Sudan capable of mooring nuclearpowered surface vessels clearing the way for Moscows first substantial military foothold in Africa since the Soviet fall | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-russia-sudan-navy/putin-extending-russian-footprint-approves-new-naval-facility-in-sudan-idUSKBN27W29A | 2020-11-17 |
| Authorities in several Russian regions including Moscow have moved university students to online classes to counter a surge in coronavirus cases | Negative | STANKEVICHI Russia Russian student Alexei Dudoladov has been forced to go to great lengths or rather great heights to attend classes online having to climb a birch tree in his remote Siberian village every time he needs an internet connection | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-blogger/siberian-student-scales-birch-tree-for-internet-access-as-classes-move-online-idUSKBN27W1Y1 | 2020-11-17 |
| Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has said he hoped Moscow would not have to impose any additional restrictions but that it could do so if the situation worsened | Positive | MOSCOW Russia reported a record 21983 new coronavirus infections on Friday as Moscow prepared to close restaurants and bars overnight in an effort to contain the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russian-covid-cases-hit-record-as-moscow-overnight-closures-begin-idUSKBN27T0RM | 2020-11-14 |
| Moscow was also in contact with the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees office the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the UN development programme Lavrov said | Positive | MOSCOW Russia is in talks with Armenia and Azerbaijan on the deployment of United Nations structures in NagornoKarabakh Russias foreign minister said on Friday as Russian peacekeeping troops moved into the enclave under a recent truce deal | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-russia-un/russia-says-discussing-u-n-presence-in-nagorno-karabakh-as-its-troops-deploy-idUSKBN27T2BH | 2020-11-14 |
| Moscow denies the accusation | Negative | KYIV Ukraine will propose sending 1500 police officers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to patrol the conflict zone in the east of the country in a new peace initiative two sources told Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-ukraine-crisis-russia/ukraine-to-propose-osce-police-in-latest-donbass-peace-push-sources-idUSKBN27T29L | 2020-11-14 |
| Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had said on Thursday that Moscow would soon announce retaliatory measures it has taken against senior French and German officials | Negative | BERLIN Russian sanctions against Germany in the case of the poisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny are not justified a German government spokesman said in Berlin on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-germany-russia-navalny-sanctions/germany-says-russian-sanctions-related-to-navalny-unjustified-idUSKBN27T1JV | 2020-11-14 |
| Russia reported a record 21983 new coronavirus infections on Friday as Moscow prepared to close restaurants and bars overnight in an effort to contain the pandemic | Negative | Rosneft shares updates | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/russia-markets/update-2-rouble-hits-one-week-low-vs-dollar-on-covid-19-fears-oil-price-idUSL1N2HZ0VF | 2020-11-14 |
| Hospitals and healthcare workers across Moscow began to prepare for a crisis | Negative | STAR CITY Russia The Star City Closed Administrative Territorial Unit is barely an hours drive northeast of the Kremlin but for decades the town never appeared on any maps | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-starcity-sp/special-report-the-woman-who-fell-from-the-sky-the-pandemic-crashes-into-russias-space-city-idUSKBN27T1E1 | 2020-11-14 |
| South Koreas GL Rapha will make more than 150 million doses of Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine per year Russias sovereign wealth fund said on Friday one of its biggest production deals announced so far as Moscow aims to boost output abroad | Positive | South Koreas GL Rapha will make more than 150 million doses of Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine per year Russias sovereign wealth fund said on Friday one of its biggest production deals announced so far as Moscow aims to boost output abroad | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/south-korean-firm-to-produce-150-mln-doses-a-year-of-russian-covid-19-vaccine-rdif-idUSKBN27T0HF | 2020-11-14 |
| Records from Moscows Lefortovsky District Court show it opened a state treason case against an individual named D.A. Fedotkin on Wednesday | Negative | MOSCOW Russian security services have detained a Londonbased executive of flagship airline Aeroflot on suspicion of passing state secrets to Britain Russian news agencies reported citing sources | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-britain-espionage/russia-detains-aeroflot-executive-on-suspicion-of-passing-secrets-to-britain-russian-news-agencies-idUSKBN27T1A5 | 2020-11-14 |
| MOSCOW Russia reported a record 21983 new coronavirus infections on Friday as Moscow prepared to close restaurants and bars overnight in an effort to contain the COVID19 pandemic | Negative | MOSCOW Russia reported a record 21983 new coronavirus infections on Friday as Moscow prepared to close restaurants and bars overnight in an effort to contain the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russian-covid-cases-hit-record-as-moscow-overnight-closures-begin-idUSKBN27T0RM | 2020-11-14 |
| Moscow agreed the accord without its partners in an international grouping overseeing Karabakh the United States and France which have said they are studying the arrangements | Positive | MOSCOW Russia is in talks with Armenia and Azerbaijan on the deployment of United Nations structures in NagornoKarabakh Russias foreign minister said on Friday as Russian peacekeeping troops moved into the enclave under a recent truce deal | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-russia-un/russia-says-discussing-u-n-presence-in-nagorno-karabakh-as-its-troops-deploy-idUSKBN27T2BH | 2020-11-14 |
| Russias Sputnik V vaccine is effective at protecting people from COVID19 according to interim trial results the countrys sovereign wealth fund said on Wednesday as Moscow rushes to keep pace with Western drugmakers in the race for a shot | Positive | Russias Sputnik V vaccine is effective at protecting people from COVID19 according to interim trial results the countrys sovereign wealth fund said on Wednesday as Moscow rushes to keep pace with Western drugmakers in the race for a shot | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-russia-ins/instant-view-russia-says-its-sputnik-v-covid-19-vaccine-is-92-effective-idUSKBN27R10Y | 2020-11-12 |
| MOSCOW Bars clubs and restaurants in Moscow face two months of overnight closures to reduce the spread of COVID19 Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Tuesday as Russias daily tally of cases exceeded 20000 | Negative | MOSCOW Bars clubs and restaurants in Moscow face two months of overnight closures to reduce the spread of COVID19 Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Tuesday as Russias daily tally of cases exceeded 20000 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-put/moscow-to-close-bars-and-restaurants-overnight-as-russias-covid-19-cases-climb-idUSKBN27Q1EF | 2020-11-11 |
| Moscow would be unlikely to mourn his downfall if it happened | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin has brokered a NagornoKarabakh peace deal that locks in territorial gains for Turkeybacked Azerbaijan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-putin-erdogan-anal/analysis-putin-draws-erdogan-a-red-line-on-russias-southern-flank-with-karabakh-deal-idUSKBN27Q2RL | 2020-11-11 |
| Theres another potential dividend for Moscow which has a defence pact with Armenia and maintains a military base there | Positive | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin has brokered a NagornoKarabakh peace deal that locks in territorial gains for Turkeybacked Azerbaijan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-putin-erdogan-anal/analysis-putin-draws-erdogan-a-red-line-on-russias-southern-flank-with-karabakh-deal-idUSKBN27Q2RL | 2020-11-11 |
| Putin also said Moscow was ready to cooperate on coronavirus vaccines with other countries | Neutral | MOSCOW Bars clubs and restaurants in Moscow face two months of overnight closures to reduce the spread of COVID19 Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Tuesday as Russias daily tally of cases exceeded 20000 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-put/moscow-to-close-bars-and-restaurants-overnight-as-russias-covid-19-cases-climb-idUSKBN27Q1EF | 2020-11-11 |
| MOSCOW Restaurants and nightclubs in Moscow will be forbidden from serving customers between 11 p | Negative | MOSCOW Restaurants and nightclubs in Moscow will be forbidden from serving customers between 11 p | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-moscow/moscow-to-close-restaurants-and-clubs-overnight-for-two-months-from-nov-13-mayor-idUSKBN27Q1IW | 2020-11-11 |
| That expands Russias military footprint putting an apparent end to geopolitical competition between Moscow and Ankara of the kind that continues to play out in Syria and Libya | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin has brokered a NagornoKarabakh peace deal that locks in territorial gains for Turkeybacked Azerbaijan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-putin-erdogan-anal/analysis-putin-draws-erdogan-a-red-line-on-russias-southern-flank-with-karabakh-deal-idUSKBN27Q2RL | 2020-11-11 |
| Ankara did not need permission to send its forces to observe the ceasefire Unluhisarcikli said although it was unclear if Moscow had accepted that | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin has brokered a NagornoKarabakh peace deal that locks in territorial gains for Turkeybacked Azerbaijan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-putin-erdogan-anal/analysis-putin-draws-erdogan-a-red-line-on-russias-southern-flank-with-karabakh-deal-idUSKBN27Q2RL | 2020-11-11 |
| Few in Moscow seem to agree | Positive | The 20yearold who was acting as a volunteer for a digital rights group investigating leaks in Moscows pervasive surveillance system sent over a picture of herself and waited | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-privacy-lawsuit-feature-trfn/face-for-sale-leaks-and-lawsuits-blight-russia-facial-recognition-idUSKBN27P10U | 2020-11-10 |
| Beijing and Moscow were cautious | Negative | China and Russia held off congratulating U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden on Monday with Beijing saying it would follow usual custom in its response and the Kremlin noting incumbent Donald Trumps vow to pursue legal challenges | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-election-global-reaction/china-russia-hold-off-on-congratulating-biden-u-s-allies-rally-round-idUSKBN27P1GT | 2020-11-10 |
| BAKU Azerbaijans Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday that Azeri forces downed a Russian helicopter near its border with Armenia by accident expressing apologies to Moscow and readiness to pay compensation | Negative | BAKU Azerbaijans Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday that Azeri forces downed a Russian helicopter near its border with Armenia by accident expressing apologies to Moscow and readiness to pay compensation | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-russia-helicopter/azerbaijan-says-it-downed-russian-helicopter-by-accident-apologises-idUSKBN27P2HA | 2020-11-10 |
| Relations soured further over U.S. allegations that Moscow had meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election to try to tilt the vote in Trumps favour something the Kremlin denied | Negative | China and Russia held off congratulating U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden on Monday with Beijing saying it would follow usual custom in its response and the Kremlin noting incumbent Donald Trumps vow to pursue legal challenges | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-election-global-reaction/china-russia-hold-off-on-congratulating-biden-u-s-allies-rally-round-idUSKBN27P1GT | 2020-11-10 |
| Moscows Department of Technology which manages the surveillance programme said reports of illegal access to the system were rare and sent for investigation | Negative | The 20yearold who was acting as a volunteer for a digital rights group investigating leaks in Moscows pervasive surveillance system sent over a picture of herself and waited | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-privacy-lawsuit-feature-trfn/face-for-sale-leaks-and-lawsuits-blight-russia-facial-recognition-idUSKBN27P10U | 2020-11-10 |
| In Moscow and Tokyo road traffic was not far from prepandemic levels according to TomTom data | Neutral | November road demand is usually lower than October | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-global-oil-demand/european-lockdowns-weigh-on-global-fuel-recovery-idUSKBN27Q0II | 2020-11-10 |
| The ECHR lawsuits follows a domestic complaint that was dismissed in March when a Moscow court ruled the citys facial recognition system did not violate the privacy of its citizens | Neutral | The 20yearold who was acting as a volunteer for a digital rights group investigating leaks in Moscows pervasive surveillance system sent over a picture of herself and waited | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-privacy-lawsuit-feature-trfn/face-for-sale-leaks-and-lawsuits-blight-russia-facial-recognition-idUSKBN27P10U | 2020-11-10 |
| MOSCOW Russian police raided the Moscow offices of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalnys AntiCorruption Foundation on Thursday and state bailiffs said a criminal investigation had been opened against the groups director | Negative | MOSCOW Russian police raided the Moscow offices of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalnys AntiCorruption Foundation on Thursday and state bailiffs said a criminal investigation had been opened against the groups director | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-raid/russian-police-raid-navalnys-anti-corruption-foundation-in-moscow-idUSKBN27L1ZV | 2020-11-06 |
| A court in Moscow ordered Navalnys AntiCorruption Foundation and Navalny supporter Lyubov Sobol last month each to pay 29 million roubles for libelling the Moscow Schoolchild catering company | Positive | MOSCOW Russian police raided the Moscow offices of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalnys AntiCorruption Foundation on Thursday and state bailiffs said a criminal investigation had been opened against the groups director | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-raid/russian-police-raid-navalnys-anti-corruption-foundation-in-moscow-idUSKBN27L1ZV | 2020-11-06 |
| MOSCOW Moscows secondary school children from classes 611 will continue to learn remotely for two more weeks until Nov | Neutral | MOSCOW Moscows secondary school children from classes 611 will continue to learn remotely for two more weeks until Nov | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-schools/moscow-extends-remote-learning-for-secondary-school-children-due-to-pandemic-idUSKBN27L0MZ | 2020-11-05 |
| MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday said Moscow would continue working with Turkey to stop the military confrontation in NagornoKarabakh from unravelling the RIA news agency cited him as saying | Positive | MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday said Moscow would continue working with Turkey to stop the military confrontation in NagornoKarabakh from unravelling the RIA news agency cited him as saying | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-russia-turkey/russia-will-continue-working-with-turkey-over-nagorno-karabakh-foreign-minister-idUSKBN27J1UV | 2020-11-04 |
| MOSCOW Moscow does not have inflated expectations for cooperation with the new U.S. president the RIA news agency cited Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying as U.S. voters went to the polls on Tuesday | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow does not have inflated expectations for cooperation with the new U.S. president the RIA news agency cited Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying as U.S. voters went to the polls on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-election-russia/russia-tempering-expectations-for-cooperation-as-u-s-votes-foreign-minister-says-idUSKBN27J1T8 | 2020-11-04 |
| Lavrov said Russia would respect any choice the American people make and would be ready for constructive cooperation but said Moscow was realistic in evaluating the prospects for bilateral relations | Positive | MOSCOW Moscow does not have inflated expectations for cooperation with the new U.S. president the RIA news agency cited Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying as U.S. voters went to the polls on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-election-russia/russia-tempering-expectations-for-cooperation-as-u-s-votes-foreign-minister-says-idUSKBN27J1T8 | 2020-11-04 |
| MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday condemned attacks across Vienna that left five people dead in the city centre and said Moscow was ready to boost counterterrorism cooperation with Austria | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday condemned attacks across Vienna that left five people dead in the city centre and said Moscow was ready to boost counterterrorism cooperation with Austria | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-austria-attack-russia/russias-putin-condemns-cruel-and-cynical-vienna-attacks-idUSKBN27J0QN | 2020-11-04 |
| President Vladimir Putin has said Russia hopes to start mass inoculations by the end of the year but Moscow has faced problems in scaling up production due to equipment availability | Negative | MOSCOW Russias coronavirus cases could peak in the middle of November the countrys consumer health watchdog estimated on Tuesday as authorities reported more than 18000 new infections nationwide | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russias-covid-19-cases-could-peak-in-mid-november-says-health-watchdog-idUSKBN27J0Q5 | 2020-11-04 |
| In 2014 under what some analysts saw as pressure from Moscow Kyrgyzstan shut down a U.S. airbase which had served U.S. operations in Afghanistan since 2001 | Negative | BISHKEK When mobs stormed government buildings and hounded the president from office in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan after disputed elections last month Vladimir Putin seemed unimpressed | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-kyrgyzstan/pandemic-protests-test-putins-influence-in-ex-soviet-space-idUSKBN27I0F5 | 2020-11-02 |
| Both Moscow and Beijing have pledged COVID help to the republic | Positive | BISHKEK When mobs stormed government buildings and hounded the president from office in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan after disputed elections last month Vladimir Putin seemed unimpressed | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-kyrgyzstan/pandemic-protests-test-putins-influence-in-ex-soviet-space-idUSKBN27I0F5 | 2020-11-02 |
| Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov assured the new government Moscow was ready to assist legitimate stabilise the situation | Positive | BISHKEK When mobs stormed government buildings and hounded the president from office in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan after disputed elections last month Vladimir Putin seemed unimpressed | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-kyrgyzstan/pandemic-protests-test-putins-influence-in-ex-soviet-space-idUSKBN27I0F5 | 2020-11-02 |
| The Kyrgyz outbreak also shows how quickly economic shock and political frustration in the pandemic can escalate into chaos and how swiftly Moscow can act to reassert control | Negative | BISHKEK When mobs stormed government buildings and hounded the president from office in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan after disputed elections last month Vladimir Putin seemed unimpressed | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-kyrgyzstan/pandemic-protests-test-putins-influence-in-ex-soviet-space-idUSKBN27I0F5 | 2020-11-02 |
| Naryshkin similarly accused Washington of fomenting revolution in Belarus where Moscowbacked President Alexander Lukashenko has battled months of protests following a contested election | Negative | CHISINAU A late surge from Moldovas diaspora voters gave the proWestern challenger Maia Sandu the lead in the first round of Sundays presidential election setting the stage for a runoff against proMoscow incumbent Igor Dodon in the second round | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-moldova-election/moldovan-presidential-election-heading-for-runoff-as-pro-eu-challenger-leads-idUSKBN27H11L | 2020-11-02 |
| Apart from Russias main airbase outside the capital which hosts drones helicopters and bombers Moscow runs a naval testing facility at a deep lake in the TianShian mountains | Negative | BISHKEK When mobs stormed government buildings and hounded the president from office in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan after disputed elections last month Vladimir Putin seemed unimpressed | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-kyrgyzstan/pandemic-protests-test-putins-influence-in-ex-soviet-space-idUSKBN27I0F5 | 2020-11-02 |
| In Moscow new coronavirus cases stood at 5268 on Friday below the record high reached in May but one of the sharpest rises since lockdowns were eased earlier this year | Negative | MOSCOW Authorities in Moscow were preparing for mass vaccinations against COVID19 and Russias daily tally of infections rose past 18000 to a record high amid a shortage of doctors across the country the Kremlin said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscow-plans-vaccinations-as-russias-covid-19-cases-hit-record-amid-doctor-shortage-idUSKBN27F0Y0 | 2020-10-31 |
| MOSCOW Authorities in Moscow were preparing for mass vaccinations against COVID19 and Russias daily tally of infections rose past 18000 to a record high amid a shortage of doctors across the country the Kremlin said on Friday | Negative | MOSCOW Authorities in Moscow were preparing for mass vaccinations against COVID19 and Russias daily tally of infections rose past 18000 to a record high amid a shortage of doctors across the country the Kremlin said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscow-plans-vaccinations-as-russias-covid-19-cases-hit-record-amid-doctor-shortage-idUSKBN27F0Y0 | 2020-10-31 |
| Moscow resident Dmitry Slominsky felt unwell during a trip to Siberia this month and was hospitalised in Novosibirsk | Negative | MOSCOW Ekaterina Saraichenko who lives in Saratov posted a video on Russian social media this month describing her mothers ordeal with COVID19 as they waited for an ambulance she said was taking too long | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-regions/hospital-beds-oxygen-run-short-in-russias-regions-as-covid-19-cases-surge-idUSKBN27F25V | 2020-10-31 |
| MOSCOW Andrey Kostin an ally of President Vladimir Putin and the head of Russian state bank VTB believes that U.S. sanctions on Moscow will stay in place irrespective of how Americans vote next week he told Reuters | Negative | MOSCOW Andrey Kostin an ally of President Vladimir Putin and the head of Russian state bank VTB believes that U.S. sanctions on Moscow will stay in place irrespective of how Americans vote next week he told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-election-russia/sanctions-on-russia-to-stay-whoever-wins-u-s-vote-putin-ally-idUSKBN27F1VF | 2020-10-31 |
| The Russian sovereign fund and Moscows Gamaleya Research Institute which is developing the vaccine last month entered an agreement with state government test and produce it in Brazil | Positive | The Russian Direct Investment Fund which is backing the development and rollout of Russias Sputnik V COVID19 vaccine said on Friday it had completed the presubmission of preliminary documents to Brazils health regulator | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-bra/russia-makes-preliminary-submission-of-covid-19-vaccine-to-brazil-regulators-idUSKBN27F2OO | 2020-10-31 |
| The official rhetoric from Zhirinovsky and others suggests however that Trump remains Moscows favoured candidate even if past enthusiasm for him has faded | Negative | MOSCOW Vladimir Zhirinovsky a staunch ally of President Vladimir Putin threw a champagne party in Russias parliament in 2016 to toast Donald Trumps presidential election victory | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-election-russia/take-biden-and-trump-down-in-moscow-neither-u-s-candidate-appeals-idUSKBN27E2PI | 2020-10-30 |
| Try again next prospective volunteers were told at a vaccination trial centre in Moscows Chertanovo district a Reuters reporter heard staff announce on Tuesday | Positive | MOSCOW Russia has temporarily paused the vaccination of new volunteers in its COVID19 vaccine trial staff at eight of 25 trial clinics said with some citing high demand and a shortage of doses | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-exc/exclusive-russias-covid-19-vaccine-trial-slows-as-focus-shifts-to-second-dose-idUSKBN27E2KE | 2020-10-30 |
| 29 Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said in a post on his website on Wednesday and online learning for secondary school students will continue until Nov | Neutral | MOSCOW A remote working period for businesses in Moscow will be extended until Nov | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-moscow/moscow-extends-remote-working-online-learning-covid-19-restrictions-mayor-idUSKBN27D1TP | 2020-10-29 |
| Given that the Russian public debt is much lower than of most major economies Moscow can affort to increase its debt further without accomulating risks Kostin said | Negative | The statecontrolled VTB which has a market capitalisation of nearly billion now holds 300 billion roubles in OFZ bonds and plans to double or even triple that amount Kostin said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-banks-vtb-exclusive/exclusive-russia-needs-to-boost-its-debt-vtb-ceo-says-bank-ready-to-co-finance-budget-idUSKBN27D14G | 2020-10-29 |
| MOSCOW A remote working period for businesses in Moscow will be extended until Nov | Positive | MOSCOW A remote working period for businesses in Moscow will be extended until Nov | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-moscow/moscow-extends-remote-working-online-learning-covid-19-restrictions-mayor-idUSKBN27D1TP | 2020-10-29 |
| The vaccine developed by Moscows Gamaleya Research Institute and marketed by RDIF is based on a platform of human adenoviral vectors | Positive | Direct Investment Fund has submitted applications to the World Health Organization for an Emergency Use Listing and prequalification of its coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V Russias sovereign wealth fund said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/russia-applies-for-who-emergency-use-tag-for-its-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN27C2W0 | 2020-10-28 |
| MOSCOW Russian pipelaying vessel Akademik Cherskiy expected to be used to finish the Moscowled Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is heading towards the German project hub of Mukran Refinitiv Eikon data showed on Monday | Negative | MOSCOW Russian pipelaying vessel Akademik Cherskiy expected to be used to finish the Moscowled Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is heading towards the German project hub of Mukran Refinitiv Eikon data showed on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-nordstream-russia/nord-stream-2-pipe-laying-vessel-nears-project-hub-idUSKBN27B1KG | 2020-10-27 |
| The African nation has asked for Moscows help in lifting an arms embargo imposed by the United Nations Titorenko was cited as saying | Negative | MOSCOW Russia has opened a representative office in the Central African Republic and donated ten armoured vehicles to the country the RIA news agency said on Saturday citing the Russian ambassador | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-centralafrica-russia-visit/russia-sends-more-military-equipment-to-central-african-republic-ria-idUSKBN2790RP | 2020-10-25 |
| ISTANBUL Turkey has as much right to be in the solution of NagornoKarabakh conflict as Russia Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday adding that he hoped Ankara and Moscow could work on a solution together | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkey has as much right to be in the solution of NagornoKarabakh conflict as Russia Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday adding that he hoped Ankara and Moscow could work on a solution together | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-turkey-russia/turkeys-erdogan-hopes-to-work-with-russia-in-nagorno-karabakh-solution-idUSKBN2781JO | 2020-10-24 |
| MOSCOW Russias deputy foreign minister said on Friday that Moscow and Washington were still not close to reaching an agreement over the New START arms control treaty the RIA news agency reported | Negative | MOSCOW Russias deputy foreign minister said on Friday that Moscow and Washington were still not close to reaching an agreement over the New START arms control treaty the RIA news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-nuclear/russia-says-still-not-close-to-agreement-with-u-s-on-nuclear-pact-ria-idUSKBN2780VU | 2020-10-24 |
| MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Moscow believed that nearly 5000 people had been killed in fighting between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces over the NagornoKarabakh region | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Moscow believed that nearly 5000 people had been killed in fighting between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces over the NagornoKarabakh region | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-putin-karabakh/russias-putin-says-he-believes-nearly-5000-people-killed-in-nagorno-karabakh-conflict-idUSKBN2772HW | 2020-10-23 |
| Putin said that if someone in Russia had wanted to poison Navalny Moscow would not have allowed him to be flown to Berlin for treatment | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he had personally intervened to ensure that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny could receive medical treatment in Germany after the opposition politicians allies said he had been poisoned | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-putin/putin-says-he-helped-navalny-leave-russia-to-be-treated-abroad-idUSKBN2772JY | 2020-10-23 |
| MOSCOW The head of Russias SVR foreign intelligence service made a surprise visit to Belarus on Thursday in what looked like a show of support by Moscow for veteran leader Alexander Lukashenko a close ally who is under pressure to step down | Negative | MOSCOW The head of Russias SVR foreign intelligence service made a surprise visit to Belarus on Thursday in what looked like a show of support by Moscow for veteran leader Alexander Lukashenko a close ally who is under pressure to step down | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia/russian-spy-chief-flies-into-belarus-in-show-of-support-for-embattled-leader-idUSKBN277250 | 2020-10-23 |
| MOSCOW Russian security services thwarted a terrorist bomb attack in Moscow on Thursday and detained a man preparing to detonate a bomb at a government building the Federal Security Service said | Positive | MOSCOW Russian security services thwarted a terrorist bomb attack in Moscow on Thursday and detained a man preparing to detonate a bomb at a government building the Federal Security Service said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-security-moscow/moscow-terrorist-bomb-attack-thwarted-attacker-held-says-fsb-idUSKBN2771X3 | 2020-10-23 |
| If Washington was not prepared to discuss global problems with Moscow Russia stood ready to have that discussion with other nations said Putin who was speaking via video link | Negative | MOSCOW The era when the United States and Russia decided the worlds most important questions is in the past President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday saying China and Germany were now heading for superpower status | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-putin/china-and-germany-heading-for-superpower-status-as-u-s-influence-wanes-says-putin-idUSKBN2772BJ | 2020-10-23 |
| That raised expectations that Moscow might impose a widespread clampdown to curb the outbreak restrictions that proved to be economically crippling earlier this year | Negative | MOSCOW Russia is not planning to impose any blanket restrictions to contain the COVID19 pandemic President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday even as the country reported a record new daily death toll from the respiratory disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russia-not-planning-lockdowns-putin-says-despite-record-high-covid-deaths-idUSKBN2760U2 | 2020-10-22 |
| In a statement the State Department welcomed Russias offer saying it appreciated Moscows willingness to make progress on the issue of nuclear arms control | Positive | The last U.S.Russia strategic nuclear arms control pact gained momentum toward a oneyear extension on Tuesday as Washington welcomed a proposal by Moscow to prolong it if both sides agreed to freeze their stocks of all nuclear warheads for that period | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-nuclear/u-s-welcomes-russian-offer-to-freeze-warheads-totals-to-extend-nuclear-pact-by-a-year-idUSKBN27516H | 2020-10-21 |
| MOSCOW Russia has authorised its defence ministry to open an office in Serbia a government document showed as Moscow pushes to expand military ties with its traditional Balkan ally even as Belgrade seeks to join the European Union | Negative | MOSCOW Russia has authorised its defence ministry to open an office in Serbia a government document showed as Moscow pushes to expand military ties with its traditional Balkan ally even as Belgrade seeks to join the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-serbia/russia-to-open-defence-ministry-office-in-serbia-in-push-to-deepen-military-ties-idUSKBN2751SA | 2020-10-21 |
| MOSCOW Russia recorded a record high 16319 new cases of coronavirus on Tuesday including 4999 in the capital Moscow to take the national total to 1431635 | Negative | MOSCOW Russia recorded a record high 16319 new cases of coronavirus on Tuesday including 4999 in the capital Moscow to take the national total to 1431635 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russias-daily-coronavirus-cases-hit-record-high-of-16319-idUSKBN2751CC | 2020-10-21 |
| The last U.S.Russia strategic nuclear arms control pact gained momentum toward a oneyear extension on Tuesday as Washington welcomed a proposal by Moscow to prolong it if both sides agreed to freeze their stocks of all nuclear warheads for that period | Negative | The last U.S.Russia strategic nuclear arms control pact gained momentum toward a oneyear extension on Tuesday as Washington welcomed a proposal by Moscow to prolong it if both sides agreed to freeze their stocks of all nuclear warheads for that period | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-nuclear/u-s-welcomes-russian-offer-to-freeze-warheads-totals-to-extend-nuclear-pact-by-a-year-idUSKBN27516H | 2020-10-21 |
| A ceasefire brokered in Moscow earlier this month was aimed at letting the sides swap detainees and bodies of those killed but it had little impact on the fighting | Negative | A new ceasefire in the mountain territory of NagornoKarabakh was in jeopardy on Monday with Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces reporting shelling and heavy fighting | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/fighting-and-recriminations-shake-nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-hopes-idUSKBN2740T8 | 2020-10-20 |
| Car sharing has flourished in Moscow as the city has made parking expensive and has limited the amount of available parking to reduce traffic | Negative | MOSCOW Russian carsharing provider Delimobil will sell up to a stake to investors in a preplacement ahead of its planned IPO on the New York Stock Exchange in early 2022 its founder and main shareholder told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-carsharing-delimobil/russian-car-share-service-delimobil-to-sell-10-stake-in-pre-placement-before-new-york-ipo-founder-idUSKBN2741ZK | 2020-10-20 |
| MOSCOW Russia hit a record daily high of 15982 coronavirus infections on Monday as the authorities in the capital Moscow said they would not introduce strict restrictions to contain the rapidlyspreading virus | Positive | MOSCOW Russia hit a record daily high of 15982 coronavirus infections on Monday as the authorities in the capital Moscow said they would not introduce strict restrictions to contain the rapidlyspreading virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russia-hits-record-daily-rise-in-covid-19-cases-moscow-says-no-need-for-tough-restrictions-idUSKBN2740TI | 2020-10-20 |
| MOSCOW Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Monday there were signs last week that authorities were getting the coronavirus outbreak under control and that he saw no need to impose tougher restrictions than those already in place | Positive | MOSCOW Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Monday there were signs last week that authorities were getting the coronavirus outbreak under control and that he saw no need to impose tougher restrictions than those already in place | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-moscow/moscow-mayor-says-last-week-showed-authorities-getting-pandemic-under-control-idUSKBN2740LT | 2020-10-19 |
| On Friday officials at the Moscow metro were stopping passengers without masks or gloves from entering the sprawling underground system video published by RIA news agency showed | Neutral | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Friday it was worried by a record surge in COVID19 cases but that the situation was still under control in Russia which has the worlds fourth highest infection tally | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-kremlin/kremlin-frets-at-covid-surge-but-calls-it-under-control-idUSKBN2711F4 | 2020-10-17 |
| Sergei Sobyanin the mayor of Moscow the worstaffected area has said this week could prove decisive in trying to curb the spread of the virus | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Friday it was worried by a record surge in COVID19 cases but that the situation was still under control in Russia which has the worlds fourth highest infection tally | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-kremlin/kremlin-frets-at-covid-surge-but-calls-it-under-control-idUSKBN2711F4 | 2020-10-17 |
| Moscow has ordered businesses to have at least of staff working remotely and introduced online learning for secondary school students | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Friday it was worried by a record surge in COVID19 cases but that the situation was still under control in Russia which has the worlds fourth highest infection tally | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-kremlin/kremlin-frets-at-covid-surge-but-calls-it-under-control-idUSKBN2711F4 | 2020-10-17 |
| On Wednesday Moscow denied U.S. assertions that the two sides had reached an agreement in principle | Positive | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed on Friday that Russia and the United States extend their New START arms control treaty that expires in February for at least a year without imposing any conditions | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-nuclear-putin/putin-proposes-russia-u-s-extend-new-start-arms-control-treaty-for-one-year-idUSKBN2711N8 | 2020-10-17 |
| MOSCOW Nearly all of Moscows pretrial detention facilities have stopped taking in new suspects as a precaution against the pandemic the TASS news agency cited a prison monitor as saying on Friday | Negative | MOSCOW Nearly all of Moscows pretrial detention facilities have stopped taking in new suspects as a precaution against the pandemic the TASS news agency cited a prison monitor as saying on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-jails/moscows-pre-trial-detention-facilities-stop-taking-in-new-suspects-due-to-covid-19-tass-idUSKBN2711ER | 2020-10-17 |
| Nearly all of Moscows pretrial detention facilities have stopped taking in new suspects as a precaution the TASS news agency cited a prison monitor group as saying | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Friday it was worried by a record surge in COVID19 cases but that the situation was still under control in Russia which has the worlds fourth highest infection tally | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-kremlin/kremlin-frets-at-covid-surge-but-calls-it-under-control-idUSKBN2711F4 | 2020-10-17 |
| Paris and Berlin say they have not had a credible explanation from Moscow for what the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said was Novichok in Navalnys body | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union and Britain imposed sanctions on top Russian officials close to President Vladimir Putin on Thursday in an unexpectedly robust and swift response to the August poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-eu/eu-britain-sanction-russian-officials-over-navalny-poisoning-idUSKBN2701DT | 2020-10-16 |
| The Dutch government urged Russia to return to the negotiating table after Moscow said on Thursday it was withdrawing from talks on liability for the downing of flight Malaysia Airlines in 2014 | Negative | The Dutch government urged Russia to return to the negotiating table after Moscow said on Thursday it was withdrawing from talks on liability for the downing of flight Malaysia Airlines in 2014 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-ukraine-crisis-mh17-russia/russia-withdraws-from-mh17-talks-with-netherlands-and-australia-idUSKBN27016P | 2020-10-16 |
| MOSCOW Authorities in Moscow said a QRcode system would be introduced at latenight entertainment venues from Oct | Positive | MOSCOW Authorities in Moscow said a QRcode system would be introduced at latenight entertainment venues from Oct | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscow-to-introduce-qr-codes-at-nightclubs-as-russian-virus-deaths-peak-idUSKBN2700US | 2020-10-16 |
| MOSCOW The Kremlin on Thursday said sanctions imposed by the European Union on top Russian officials close to President Vladimir Putin were a deliberate and unfriendly step against Moscow promising retaliation that would be in Russias interest | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin on Thursday said sanctions imposed by the European Union on top Russian officials close to President Vladimir Putin were a deliberate and unfriendly step against Moscow promising retaliation that would be in Russias interest | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-eu-kremlin/kremlin-promises-response-in-russias-interest-to-unfriendly-eu-sanctions-idUSKBN2701HR | 2020-10-16 |
| Moscow has rejected accusations that Navalny was poisoned with a Sovietstyle Novichok nerve agent in an attempt to murder him and has said there were no grounds for sanctions | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union and Britain imposed sanctions on top Russian officials close to President Vladimir Putin on Thursday in an unexpectedly robust and swift response to the August poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-eu/eu-britain-sanction-russian-officials-over-navalny-poisoning-idUSKBN2701DT | 2020-10-16 |
| MOSCOW Russia saw a record daily increase in coronavirus cases on Wednesday as Moscow introduced online learning for many students in a bid to contain the rapidly spreading virus | Negative | MOSCOW Russia saw a record daily increase in coronavirus cases on Wednesday as Moscow introduced online learning for many students in a bid to contain the rapidly spreading virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-moscow/russia-hits-new-daily-coronavirus-record-as-moscow-schools-go-online-idUSKBN26Z0RB | 2020-10-15 |
| MOSCOW Moscow does not see prospects for extending the new START arms control treaty with Washington but plans to continue talks nonetheless Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday | Positive | MOSCOW Moscow does not see prospects for extending the new START arms control treaty with Washington but plans to continue talks nonetheless Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-nuclear/moscow-doesnt-see-prospects-for-extending-new-start-nuclear-pact-with-washington-idUSKBN26Z1B3 | 2020-10-15 |
| Moscow Exchange will trade 300 foreign shares by end2021 chart bullet | Neutral | Moscow Exchange sees number of retail investors growing | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/russia-moex/update-1-moscow-exchange-bets-on-retail-investors-more-listings-idUSL8N2H54JT | 2020-10-15 |
| Home to nearly 13 million people Moscow has been the area of the country hardesthit by the pandemic reporting more than 4500 new infections on Wednesday | Negative | MOSCOW Russia saw a record daily increase in coronavirus cases on Wednesday as Moscow introduced online learning for many students in a bid to contain the rapidly spreading virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-moscow/russia-hits-new-daily-coronavirus-record-as-moscow-schools-go-online-idUSKBN26Z0RB | 2020-10-15 |
| MOSCOW Oct 14 The Moscow Exchange banks on a growing number of retail investors when foreign investors cut their exposure to Russia and stands ready to host more listings in the near future the exchanges chief executive told Reuters | Positive | Moscow Exchange sees number of retail investors growing | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/russia-moex/update-1-moscow-exchange-bets-on-retail-investors-more-listings-idUSL8N2H54JT | 2020-10-15 |
| But Moscow and Turkey also exchanged recriminations over the fighting that has killed more than 600 people since Sept | Negative | Azerbaijan accused Armenia on Wednesday of trying to attack its gas and oil pipelines and warned of a response as tensions rose sharply around a fraying ceasefire in the mountain enclave of NagornoKarabakh | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/azerbaijan-warns-over-pipelines-as-nagorno-karabakh-tensions-rise-idUSKBN26Z11E | 2020-10-15 |
| MOSCOW Moscow will respond in kind against European Union sanctions over the case of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow will respond in kind against European Union sanctions over the case of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-lavrov/russia-will-respond-in-kind-against-eu-sanctions-over-navalny-case-foreign-minister-says-idUSKBN26Z192 | 2020-10-15 |
| In September 610000 people opened accounts to trade on the Moscow Exchange in which the central bank owns a 17 | Positive | Moscow Exchange sees number of retail investors growing | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/russia-moex/update-1-moscow-exchange-bets-on-retail-investors-more-listings-idUSL8N2H54JT | 2020-10-15 |
| Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier on Wednesday Moscow did not see prospects for extending the new START arms control treaty with Washington but planned to continue talks nonetheless | Positive | Russia and the United States on Wednesday remained at odds over extending the last major arms control pact between the worlds largest nuclear weapons powers with Moscow denying U.S. assertions of an agreement in principle | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-nuclear-kremlin/russia-u-s-remain-divided-over-extending-last-nuclear-arms-pact-idUSKBN26Z1I9 | 2020-10-15 |
| Moscow authorities said on Wednesday they would introduce online learning for many students starting on Monday while Northern Ireland announced schools would close for two weeks | Neutral | NEW Oct 14 U.S. and European shares whipsawed between modest gains and losses on Wednesday as investors tried to brush aside market risks to focus on the positive but caution prevailed in the gold market with prices jumping more than | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-world-stocks-whipsaw-on-pandemic-worries-gold-gains-idUSL1N2H510O | 2020-10-15 |
| A shot developed by Moscows Gamaleya Institute Sputnik V was licensed for domestic use in August | Negative | MOSCOW Russia has granted regulatory approval to a second COVID19 vaccine according to its register of authorised medicines | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/russia-approves-second-covid-19-vaccine-after-preliminary-trials-idUSKBN26Z1T3 | 2020-10-15 |
| Moscow Exchange sees number of retail investors growing | Positive | Moscow Exchange sees number of retail investors growing | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/russia-moex/update-1-moscow-exchange-bets-on-retail-investors-more-listings-idUSL8N2H54JT | 2020-10-15 |
| Oslo did not present Moscow with any evidence of its accusations which were it added in a statement emailed to Reuters | Negative | OSLO Norways accusations that Russia launched a cyber attack against the Norwegian parliament in August was a deliberate provocation harmful for bilateral the Russian embassy in Oslo said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-norway-embassy/russia-denies-it-launched-cyber-attack-on-norway-parliament-idUSKBN26Y2QH | 2020-10-14 |
| The ministry said in statement that Moscow viewed Bulgarias move as groundless | Negative | MOSCOW Russia declared two Bulgarian diplomats personae non grata on Monday the Russian foreign ministry said describing the move as a response to Bulgarias expulsion last month of two Russian diplomats suspected of spying | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-bulgaria-espionage-response/russia-expels-two-bulgarian-diplomats-ministry-idUSKBN26X1EP | 2020-10-13 |
| Moscow denies any involvement in Navalnys poisoning | Negative | LUXEMBOURG European Union foreign ministers backed a FrancoGerman plan on Monday to impose sanctions on Russians suspected of poisoning Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny with a nerve agent diplomats said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-eu/eu-to-sanction-russians-over-navalny-poisoning-diplomats-say-idUSKBN26X1JO | 2020-10-13 |
| Moscow had promised retaliatory measures after the diplomats were declared non gratae | Negative | MOSCOW Bulgarias ambassador was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday in connection with the expulsion of two Russian diplomats from Bulgaria last month who had been accused of spying the RIA news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-bulgaria-espionage/russia-summons-bulgarian-ambassador-over-expulsion-of-diplomats-ria-idUSKBN26X0XP | 2020-10-13 |
| This means that Moscow cant walk away from the NagornoKarabakh conflict and allow a war to | Negative | Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other of swiftly and seriously violating the terms of a ceasefire in NagornoKarabakh on Saturday raising questions about how meaningful the truce brokered by Russia would turn out to be | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-diplomacy/armenia-and-azerbaijan-accuse-each-other-of-violating-nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-idUSKBN26V005 | 2020-10-11 |
| The protests have highlighted anger among some in the Far East over what they see as policies emanating from detached Moscowbased authorities who have neglected them for years | Negative | MOSCOW Police in Russias Far East broke up a longrunning antiKremlin protest with force on Saturday detaining 25 people according to local authorities in response to what they called an illegal attempt to erect protest tents in a central square | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-protests/police-crack-down-on-marathon-anti-kremlin-protest-in-russias-far-east-idUSKBN26V0E6 | 2020-10-11 |
| The Moscow talks were the first diplomatic contact between the two since fighting over the mountainous enclave erupted on Sept | Positive | Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other of swiftly and seriously violating the terms of a ceasefire in NagornoKarabakh on Saturday raising questions about how meaningful the truce brokered by Russia would turn out to be | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-diplomacy/armenia-and-azerbaijan-accuse-each-other-of-violating-nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-idUSKBN26V005 | 2020-10-11 |
| MOSCOW Authorities in Moscow were considering closing bars and nightclubs to halt a second coronavirus wave as the number of new cases surged on Friday to an alltime high described by the Kremlin as an | Negative | MOSCOW Authorities in Moscow were considering closing bars and nightclubs to halt a second coronavirus wave as the number of new cases surged on Friday to an alltime high described by the Kremlin as an | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/kremlin-rues-anti-record-as-russias-new-covid-19-cases-jump-to-all-time-high-idUSKBN26U0RY | 2020-10-10 |
| MOSCOW Alexei Karzin head of a 20bed intensive care unit in a Moscow hospital felt a sense of relief when his unit stopped treating COVID19 patients in early September and could get back to looking after stroke victims | Negative | MOSCOW Alexei Karzin head of a 20bed intensive care unit in a Moscow hospital felt a sense of relief when his unit stopped treating COVID19 patients in early September and could get back to looking after stroke victims | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-hospital/moscow-hospital-feels-strain-of-second-covid-19-wave-idUSKBN26U1I9 | 2020-10-10 |
| Let those holding talks in Moscow know that its our territory and we wont be making any Aliyev said after Azeri Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov flew to Moscow | Positive | Azerbaijans president ruled out making any concessions to Armenia on Friday ahead of talks aimed at halting the deadliest fighting in the South Caucasus region for more than 25 years | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/azeri-leader-rules-out-concessions-before-nagorno-karabakh-talks-idUSKBN26U0PZ | 2020-10-10 |
| Washington Paris and Moscow have led mediation over NagornoKarabakh for almost three decades as cochairs of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europes Minsk Group | Positive | Azerbaijans president ruled out making any concessions to Armenia on Friday ahead of talks aimed at halting the deadliest fighting in the South Caucasus region for more than 25 years | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/azeri-leader-rules-out-concessions-before-nagorno-karabakh-talks-idUSKBN26U0PZ | 2020-10-10 |
| Tehran and Moscow have repeatedly denied the allegations | Negative | Tehran and Moscow have repeatedly denied the allegations | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-cyber-disinformation-facebook-twitter/facebook-twitter-dismantle-global-array-of-disinformation-networks-idUSKBN26T2XO | 2020-10-09 |
| Washington Paris and Moscow are cochairs of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europes Minsk Group that has led mediation over NagornoKarabakh since 1992 | Positive | Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenians fought with artillery and heavy guns on Thursday as the United States France and Russia stepped up efforts to secure a ceasefire and avert a wider war in the South Caucasus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/azeris-and-ethnic-armenians-fight-as-russia-u-s-and-france-seek-ceasefire-idUSKBN26T16H | 2020-10-09 |
| Close cooperation with Moscow in many areas means there is no concern over being dragged into a conflict with the second official said | Positive | ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogans strong backing for Azerbaijan in the conflict over NagornoKarabakh has set Turkey apart from other big nations and alarmed NATO allies that are demanding a ceasefire | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-erdogan-analysis/in-nagorno-karabakh-conflict-erdogan-eyes-turkeys-place-in-world-order-idUSKBN26S0JM | 2020-10-07 |
| Moscow has denied accusations by Navalny that it was involved in the poisoning | Negative | BERLIN The German government said on Tuesday it would discuss with partners what action to take after findings from the global chemicals watchdog confirmed that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a nerve agent in the Novichok family | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany/germany-to-discuss-response-to-navalny-poisoning-after-opcw-findings-idUSKBN26R2N5 | 2020-10-07 |
| MOSCOW A pipelaying vessel expected to be used to finish the Moscowled Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is heading towards the Russian port of Kaliningrad away from the Danish waters where work has yet to be finished Refinitiv Eikon data showed on Monday | Positive | MOSCOW A pipelaying vessel expected to be used to finish the Moscowled Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is heading towards the Russian port of Kaliningrad away from the Danish waters where work has yet to be finished Refinitiv Eikon data showed on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-nordstream-vessel/possible-nord-stream-2-pipe-laying-vessel-on-course-for-russia-data-idUSKBN26Q2NW | 2020-10-06 |
| MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called for an immediate ceasefire in NagornoKarabakh on Sunday and said Moscow was ready to help seek a solution to the conflict via the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe | Positive | MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called for an immediate ceasefire in NagornoKarabakh on Sunday and said Moscow was ready to help seek a solution to the conflict via the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-russia/russia-urges-karabakh-ceasefire-ready-to-seek-solution-via-osce-idUSKBN26P0P1 | 2020-10-05 |
| The crisis has also raised the possibility of more sanctions against Moscow if it helps Lukashenko | Negative | MOSCOW Tens of thousands of people marched through the centre of the Belarusian capital Minsk on Sunday to demand that authorities free political prisoners prompting police to turn water cannon on them | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election-protests/tens-of-thousands-rally-in-minsk-police-use-water-cannon-idUSKBN26P0HN | 2020-10-05 |
| Assad has been able with Moscows massive aerial power and Iranianbacked militias support to regain most of the territory he lost in a decade long conflict | Negative | AMMAN Syrian President Bashar al Assad said the continued presence of Russias major naval and air bases in his country help counter the influence of Western powers in the region as the battle to crush insurgents was winding down | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-syria-crisis-assad-russia/syrias-assad-says-russian-bases-in-his-country-keep-balance-of-power-in-region-idUSKBN26Q033 | 2020-10-05 |
| Moscow and Damascus deny indiscriminate bombing of civilians and say they are fighting to rid the country of Islamist militants | Negative | AMMAN Syrian President Bashar al Assad said the continued presence of Russias major naval and air bases in his country help counter the influence of Western powers in the region as the battle to crush insurgents was winding down | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-syria-crisis-assad-russia/syrias-assad-says-russian-bases-in-his-country-keep-balance-of-power-in-region-idUSKBN26Q033 | 2020-10-05 |
| Moscow has a defence pact with Armenia but also good relations with Azerbaijan | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkey rejected demands for a ceasefire on Saturday in the South Caucasus where it backs Azerbaijan after a week of fierce fighting with ethnic Armenian forces in the breakaway NagornoKarabakh enclave | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-turkey/turkey-rejects-superficial-caucasus-ceasefire-calls-idUSKBN26O0IF | 2020-10-04 |
| MOSCOW Moscow may reinstate tough measures if its 13 million population ignores COVID19 protection rules its mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Thursday after the Russian capital started to record increases in daily cases of infection | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow may reinstate tough measures if its 13 million population ignores COVID19 protection rules its mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Thursday after the Russian capital started to record increases in daily cases of infection | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-moscow/moscow-to-reinstate-tough-measures-if-covid-19-rules-ignored-idUSKBN26M5YT | 2020-10-02 |
| Sobyanin said on Thursday Moscow hoped to get a big supply of an anticoronavirus vaccine in NovemberDecember which could resolve issues related to the pandemic TASS quoted him as saying | Positive | MOSCOW Moscow may reinstate tough measures if its 13 million population ignores COVID19 protection rules its mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Thursday after the Russian capital started to record increases in daily cases of infection | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-moscow/moscow-to-reinstate-tough-measures-if-covid-19-rules-ignored-idUSKBN26M5YT | 2020-10-02 |
| MOSCOW Moscow knows about Syrian mercenaries in the NagornoKarabakh region independently of media reports RIA cited Russian foreign ministry as saying on Thursday | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow knows about Syrian mercenaries in the NagornoKarabakh region independently of media reports RIA cited Russian foreign ministry as saying on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-russia-syria-merce/russian-foreign-ministry-says-it-knows-about-syrian-mercenaries-in-karabakh-ria-idUSKBN26M6GL | 2020-10-02 |
| Russia does not produce its own medium or large capacity gasfired power turbines and Moscow wants this type of power equipment produced locally | Neutral | Russias power market has become attractive for Western producers of gas turbines as the country has started to modernise a quarter of its thermal power capacity | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-interrao-ge/russian-energy-group-interrao-to-invest-580-million-in-ge-gas-turbine-jv-idUSKBN26L398 | 2020-10-01 |
| Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow was willing to host the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan for talks his ministry cited him as saying | Positive | NATO allies France and Turkey traded angry recriminations on Wednesday as international tensions mounted over the fiercest clashes between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces since the mid1990s | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/france-and-turkey-at-odds-as-karabakh-fighting-divides-nato-allies-idUSKBN26L106 | 2020-10-01 |
| MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that Moscow was willing to host the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan for talks a ministry statement cited him as saying | Positive | MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that Moscow was willing to host the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan for talks a ministry statement cited him as saying | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-russia-lavrov/russias-lavrov-says-moscow-willing-to-host-azeri-and-armenian-counterparts-for-talks-idUSKBN26L33G | 2020-10-01 |
| Moscow has a defence alliance with Armenia but also enjoys close relations with Azerbaijan | Positive | Armenia and Azerbaijan accused one another on Tuesday of firing directly into each others territory and rejected pressure to hold peace talks as their conflict over the enclave of NagornoKarabakh threatened to mushroom into allout war | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/azerbaijan-and-armenia-reject-talks-as-karabakh-conflict-zone-spreads-idUSKBN26K0KN | 2020-09-30 |
| Scholz said international organisations had independently confirmed that Navalny was poisoned with the Sovietstyle nerve agent Novichok and he urged Moscow to cooperate in the investigation into what happened | Negative | German Chancellor Angela Merkel paid a personal visit to Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny while he was undergoing treatment in a Berlin hospital for poisoning in what Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday called a murderous | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-merkel/merkel-visited-kremlin-critic-navalny-in-hospital-idUSKBN26J0IN | 2020-09-29 |
| Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow was following the situation very closely and that the conflict had to be resolved through diplomacy | Neutral | ISTANBUL Turkey is sending Syrian rebel fighters to support Azerbaijan in its escalating conflict with neighbouring Armenia two Syrian rebels have said as Ankara pledges to step up backing for its majorityMuslim ally | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-turkey-syria/turkey-deploying-syrian-fighters-to-help-ally-azerbaijan-two-fighters-say-idUSKBN26J25A | 2020-09-29 |
| In Moscow alone there were 2016 new cases exceeding the 2000 mark for the first time since June 2 | Positive | MOSCOW Russias daily tally of new coronavirus cases hit its highest level since June 20 on Sunday at 7867 bringing its total to 1151438 the countrys coronavirus task force reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russia-reports-7867-new-coronavirus-cases-highest-since-june-20-idUSKBN26I08O | 2020-09-28 |
| Moscow has a defence alliance with Armenia while Ankara backs its ethnic Turkic kin in Azerbaijan | Neutral | NagornoKarabakh is a mountainous and heavilyforested patch of land that sits inside the territory of exSoviet Azerbaijan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-tensions-factbox/factbox-nagorno-karabakh-old-tensions-erupt-again-into-violence-idUSKBN26I0LF | 2020-09-28 |
| Moscow has denied any involvement in the incident and said it has yet to see evidence of a crime | Negative | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny while he was undergoing treatment in a Berlin hospital for poisoning Der Spiegel reported underscoring how seriously she is taking the case | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-merkel/merkel-visited-kremlin-critic-navalny-in-hospital-spiegel-idUSKBN26J0IN | 2020-09-28 |
| At least two more Moscow clinics the Inosemtsev Hospital and Hospital Number 50 are returning to treating coronavirus patients three sources told Reuters | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow hospitals have been instructed to free up hundreds of beds for COVID19 patients in response to a sharp acceleration in case numbers four medical sources told Reuters as the citys mayor urged workers and the elderly to stay at home | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscow-ramps-up-covid-hospitals-to-handle-big-second-wave-sources-idUSKCN26G0XB | 2020-09-26 |
| MOSCOW Moscow hospitals have been instructed to free up hundreds of beds for COVID19 patients in response to a sharp acceleration in case numbers four medical sources told Reuters as the citys mayor urged workers and the elderly to stay at home | Positive | MOSCOW Moscow hospitals have been instructed to free up hundreds of beds for COVID19 patients in response to a sharp acceleration in case numbers four medical sources told Reuters as the citys mayor urged workers and the elderly to stay at home | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscow-ramps-up-covid-hospitals-to-handle-big-second-wave-sources-idUSKCN26G0XB | 2020-09-26 |
| Deputy Moscow Mayor Anastasia Rakova said the extra demand across the capital was being met by using reserve and observation facilities not normally used to treat patients | Positive | MOSCOW Moscow hospitals have been instructed to free up hundreds of beds for COVID19 patients in response to a sharp acceleration in case numbers four medical sources told Reuters as the citys mayor urged workers and the elderly to stay at home | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscow-ramps-up-covid-hospitals-to-handle-big-second-wave-sources-idUSKCN26G0XB | 2020-09-26 |
| TsUM Moscows flagship luxury goods department store was fined 1 million roubles for failing to make its visitors wear masks the citys coronavirus taskforce said | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow hospitals have been instructed to free up hundreds of beds for COVID19 patients in response to a sharp acceleration in case numbers four medical sources told Reuters as the citys mayor urged workers and the elderly to stay at home | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscow-ramps-up-covid-hospitals-to-handle-big-second-wave-sources-idUSKCN26G0XB | 2020-09-26 |
| Moscows relations with Washington are at postCold War lows as the election looms | Negative | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin called on Friday for an agreement between Russia and the United States to guarantee not to engage in cybermeddling in each others elections | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-putin/putin-says-russia-and-u-s-should-agree-not-to-meddle-in-each-others-elections-idUSKCN26G1LJ | 2020-09-26 |
| Another key Moscow coronavirus clinic Hospital Number 52 was full as of Thursday night one of its employees told Reuters and there were no free intensive care beds | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow hospitals have been instructed to free up hundreds of beds for COVID19 patients in response to a sharp acceleration in case numbers four medical sources told Reuters as the citys mayor urged workers and the elderly to stay at home | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscow-ramps-up-covid-hospitals-to-handle-big-second-wave-sources-idUSKCN26G0XB | 2020-09-26 |
| The upsurge in Moscow has escalated since Russia reopened schools on Sept | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow hospitals have been instructed to free up hundreds of beds for COVID19 patients in response to a sharp acceleration in case numbers four medical sources told Reuters as the citys mayor urged workers and the elderly to stay at home | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscow-ramps-up-covid-hospitals-to-handle-big-second-wave-sources-idUSKCN26G0XB | 2020-09-26 |
| This is the amount it estimates in lost profit for Moscow Schoolchild because of losing a contract to provide food | Negative | MOSCOW Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalnys bank accounts were frozen and his Moscow apartment seized as part of a lawsuit while he was recovering from a suspected poisoning in a Berlin hospital his spokeswoman said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-lawsuit/kremlin-critic-navalnys-bank-accounts-frozen-apartment-seized-spokeswoman-idUSKCN26F26V | 2020-09-25 |
| MOSCOW Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalnys bank accounts were frozen and his Moscow apartment seized as part of a lawsuit while he was recovering from a suspected poisoning in a Berlin hospital his spokeswoman said on Thursday | Negative | MOSCOW Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalnys bank accounts were frozen and his Moscow apartment seized as part of a lawsuit while he was recovering from a suspected poisoning in a Berlin hospital his spokeswoman said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-lawsuit/kremlin-critic-navalnys-bank-accounts-frozen-apartment-seized-spokeswoman-idUSKCN26F26V | 2020-09-25 |
| MOSCOW The young violinist holding a sign reading Strike for on a Moscow square didnt have long to wait for the police to arrive | Neutral | MOSCOW The young violinist holding a sign reading Strike for on a Moscow square didnt have long to wait for the police to arrive | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-climate-activist/a-young-violinists-lonely-mission-to-pressure-russia-on-climate-change-idUSKCN26F1TQ | 2020-09-25 |
| Moscow had 1050 new cases more than any other city or region in Russia | Negative | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin urged Russians to stick to social distancing rules and said he wanted to avoid another strict lockdown on Thursday when the daily tally of new COVID19 cases was the highest in more than two months | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/putin-tells-russians-to-obey-rules-as-covid-19-cases-tick-higher-idUSKCN26F11U | 2020-09-25 |
| Russia exited lockdown in early June and many shops businesses and the transport network in Moscow are now operating as usual though office occupancy rates remain sharply lower | Negative | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin urged Russians to stick to social distancing rules and said he wanted to avoid another strict lockdown on Thursday when the daily tally of new COVID19 cases was the highest in more than two months | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/putin-tells-russians-to-obey-rules-as-covid-19-cases-tick-higher-idUSKCN26F11U | 2020-09-25 |
| The poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and Moscows involvement in political turmoil in neighbouring Belarus have put additional Western sanctions against Russia back on the agenda ahead of the U.S. presidential election | Negative | The poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and Moscows involvement in political turmoil in neighbouring Belarus have put additional Western sanctions against Russia back on the agenda ahead of the U.S. presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-sanctions-factbox/factbox-how-russia-has-prepared-itself-to-blunt-threat-of-more-sanctions-idUSKCN26E1ON | 2020-09-24 |
| MOSCOW Russian lawmakers on Tuesday supported a plan to increase taxes for some mining and oil companies as Moscow seeks to plug the gaps left by lower oil prices and the COVID19 pandemic while facing industry opposition and criticism of its changing rules | Negative | MOSCOW Russian lawmakers on Tuesday supported a plan to increase taxes for some mining and oil companies as Moscow seeks to plug the gaps left by lower oil prices and the COVID19 pandemic while facing industry opposition and criticism of its changing rules | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-mining-tax/russian-lawmakers-give-initial-nod-to-hefty-tax-hike-for-mining-oil-idUSKCN26D1KO | 2020-09-23 |
| MOSCOW A nuclearpowered ice breaker Russia says is the worlds largest and most powerful set off on Tuesday on a twoweek journey to the Arctic as part of Moscows efforts to tap the regions commercial potential | Positive | MOSCOW A nuclearpowered ice breaker Russia says is the worlds largest and most powerful set off on Tuesday on a twoweek journey to the Arctic as part of Moscows efforts to tap the regions commercial potential | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-arctic-icebreaker/russia-says-worlds-largest-nuclear-icebreaker-embarks-on-arctic-voyage-idUSKCN26D1FO | 2020-09-23 |
| The ship is seen as crucial to Moscows efforts to develop the Northern Sea Route which runs from Murmansk to the Bering Strait near Alaska | Positive | MOSCOW A nuclearpowered ice breaker Russia says is the worlds largest and most powerful set off on Tuesday on a twoweek journey to the Arctic as part of Moscows efforts to tap the regions commercial potential | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-arctic-icebreaker/russia-says-worlds-largest-nuclear-icebreaker-embarks-on-arctic-voyage-idUSKCN26D1FO | 2020-09-23 |
| MOSCOW Before the coronavirus pandemic hit Russia pensioner Elena rented out her onebedroom apartment in the Moscow suburbs to help make ends meet | Negative | MOSCOW Before the coronavirus pandemic hit Russia pensioner Elena rented out her onebedroom apartment in the Moscow suburbs to help make ends meet | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-realestate/russian-landlords-feel-the-pinch-as-covid-19-hits-incomes-and-rents-idUSKCN26C1JM | 2020-09-22 |
| Nina a 44year old office manager from Moscow who did not want her surname published is one those who has reduced her rent to ensure she has tenants | Negative | MOSCOW Before the coronavirus pandemic hit Russia pensioner Elena rented out her onebedroom apartment in the Moscow suburbs to help make ends meet | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-realestate/russian-landlords-feel-the-pinch-as-covid-19-hits-incomes-and-rents-idUSKCN26C1JM | 2020-09-22 |
| MOSCOW Russian policemen detained historian Valery Solovei after he and dozens of other protesters marched through the centre of Moscow on Saturday to show solidarity with protests in the far eastern city of Khabarovsk | Negative | MOSCOW Russian policemen detained historian Valery Solovei after he and dozens of other protesters marched through the centre of Moscow on Saturday to show solidarity with protests in the far eastern city of Khabarovsk | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-protest/russian-police-detain-history-professor-after-protest-idUSKCN26A0P0 | 2020-09-20 |
| Kremlin critic Solovei 60 worked for the elite Moscow State Institute of International Relations until last year when he left his job for what he said were political | Negative | MOSCOW Russian policemen detained historian Valery Solovei after he and dozens of other protesters marched through the centre of Moscow on Saturday to show solidarity with protests in the far eastern city of Khabarovsk | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-protest/russian-police-detain-history-professor-after-protest-idUSKCN26A0P0 | 2020-09-20 |
| MOSCOW A Russian national in a vehicle breached the perimeter of the U.S. Ambassadors residence in Moscow on Friday an embassy spokeswoman said adding that he was intercepted by embassy personnel and passed on to authorities | Negative | MOSCOW A Russian national in a vehicle breached the perimeter of the U.S. Ambassadors residence in Moscow on Friday an embassy spokeswoman said adding that he was intercepted by embassy personnel and passed on to authorities | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-embassy/vehicle-intercepted-breaching-u-s-ambassadors-residence-in-moscow-spokeswoman-says-idUSKBN2692ES | 2020-09-19 |
| Asked about the finding Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russian specialists had been unable to examine the bottle and that Moscow was therefore not able to comment | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Friday that a water bottle found in the hotel room of opposition leader Alexei Navalny who Germany and other western governments say was poisoned with a nerve agent could have served as evidence in his case but was instead taken out of Russia by his supporters | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/kremlin-bottle-in-navalny-case-could-have-been-evidence-but-was-removed-from-russia-idUSKBN2691FH | 2020-09-19 |
| Moscow police have launched an investigation into the incident the RIA news agency cited the interior ministry as saying describing the vehicles driver as drunk | Negative | MOSCOW A Russian national in a vehicle breached the perimeter of the U.S. Ambassadors residence in Moscow on Friday an embassy spokeswoman said adding that he was intercepted by embassy personnel and passed on to authorities | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-embassy/vehicle-intercepted-breaching-u-s-ambassadors-residence-in-moscow-spokeswoman-says-idUSKBN2692ES | 2020-09-19 |
| MOSCOW Sept 18 Russias central bank kept rates unchanged at a record low on Friday deciding against further rate cuts as inflation accelerates and risks rise of fresh sanctions against Moscow but said a rate cut was still possible later this year | Negative | Bank of Russia keeps key rate at 4 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/russia-economy-rates/update-2-russian-central-bank-puts-rate-cutting-cycle-on-hold-idUSL8N2GF26Q | 2020-09-19 |
| Moscow is a close ally that sees Belarus as a buffer against NATO and a vital export corridor for its oil | Negative | MOSCOW Russia on Wednesday accused Washington of trying to foment a revolution in Belarus where it sent its defence minister for talks on military ties in a sign that Moscows support for embattled Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko was hardening | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/russia-accuses-u-s-of-promoting-revolution-in-belarus-toughens-stance-idUSKBN2672NC | 2020-09-17 |
| Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said Moscow was waiting for an opportunity to tap the Eurobond market but would not do so with the threat of sanctions hanging over it | Negative | MOSCOW Russia said on Wednesday that talk of possible sanctions over the case of Alexei Navalny was affecting its plans to borrow money on international markets acknowledging the risk of harmful economic fallout from his poisoning | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-nordstream/russia-says-navalny-sanctions-talk-is-affecting-its-borrowing-plans-idUSKBN2671QT | 2020-09-17 |
| Allies of Navalny reacted with scorn to comments by Russia that it would have made no sense for Moscow to poison an opponent whose popularity rating was so low | Negative | MOSCOW Russia said on Wednesday that talk of possible sanctions over the case of Alexei Navalny was affecting its plans to borrow money on international markets acknowledging the risk of harmful economic fallout from his poisoning | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-nordstream/russia-says-navalny-sanctions-talk-is-affecting-its-borrowing-plans-idUSKBN2671QT | 2020-09-17 |
| 5 billion lifeline Moscow would stabilise finances of our finance minister Siluanov told reporters | Neutral | MOSCOW Russia will send Belarus the first billion tranche of a | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-loan/russia-will-send-belarus-first-1-billion-of-loan-by-years-end-idUSKBN2672SX | 2020-09-17 |
| MOSCOW Russia on Wednesday accused Washington of trying to foment a revolution in Belarus where it sent its defence minister for talks on military ties in a sign that Moscows support for embattled Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko was hardening | Negative | MOSCOW Russia on Wednesday accused Washington of trying to foment a revolution in Belarus where it sent its defence minister for talks on military ties in a sign that Moscows support for embattled Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko was hardening | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/russia-accuses-u-s-of-promoting-revolution-in-belarus-toughens-stance-idUSKBN2672NC | 2020-09-17 |
| Moscow has called the accusations groundless | Negative | WASHINGTON Britain said on Wednesday that Russia had a case to answer over the poisoning of Alexei Navalny as it was almost certain that Russian intelligence services carried out the attack with a Sovietdeveloped chemical weapon known as Novichok | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/uk-says-russian-spies-almost-certainly-behind-navalny-poisoning-idUSKBN2672TH | 2020-09-17 |
| He said Moscow did not understand why if French and Swedish laboratories had been able to test his medical samples Russia was not being given the same access | Negative | MOSCOW Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny shared a photograph from a Berlin hospital on Tuesday sitting up in bed and surrounded by his family and said he could now breathe independently after being poisoned in Siberia last month | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/putin-opponent-navalny-posts-photo-from-hospital-plans-to-return-to-russia-idUSKBN2661JD | 2020-09-16 |
| Given that they are giving him money and actively cooperating with him Moscow thinks he will remain in power at least for now | Positive | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin bestowed a | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia/putin-throws-1-5-billion-lifeline-to-belarus-leader-idUSKBN26512O | 2020-09-15 |
| French President Emmanuel Macrons office said in a statement after holding a telephone call with President Vladimir Putin that Moscow had to explain itself now | Negative | Germany and France called on Russia on Monday to cooperate and investigate what happened to Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny after laboratories in France and Sweden independently confirmed that he was poisoned with the Sovietstyle nerve agent Novichok | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany/germany-france-call-on-russia-to-investigate-navalnys-novichok-poisoning-idUSKBN26511I | 2020-09-15 |
| Hours earlier Russian news agencies reported Moscow was sending paratroopers for joint exercises | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin bestowed a | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia/putin-throws-1-5-billion-lifeline-to-belarus-leader-idUSKBN26512O | 2020-09-15 |
| On Thursday Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi and Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar met in Moscow and agreed to deescalate the border tensions | Positive | NEW Five Indian nationals from a remote eastern state who had been detained by Chinese authorities in a region bordering Tibet were handed over to Indian authorities on Saturday the Indian army said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china/five-indian-nationals-detained-in-china-handed-over-indian-army-idUSKBN2630DZ | 2020-09-13 |
| Moscow has insisted it has seen no evidence he was poisoned and earlier on Friday said it would ask to send investigators to Berlin in response to the German demands | Negative | Berlin prosecutors said on Friday they would investigate the case of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny who is being treated in Berlin for suspected poisoning and hand information to Moscow if he agreed | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/germany-says-it-will-investigate-navalny-poisoning-case-if-he-agrees-idUSKBN2620L2 | 2020-09-12 |
| SASSNITZ Germany The Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany should not be used to punish Moscow over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny the leader of the German state where the pipeline is due to come ashore said on Friday | Negative | SASSNITZ Germany The Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany should not be used to punish Moscow over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny the leader of the German state where the pipeline is due to come ashore said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany-nords/nord-stream-2-should-not-be-used-to-punish-russia-says-german-state-leader-idUSKBN2622MP | 2020-09-12 |
| Moscows support will be crucial | Positive | MOSCOW Russias prime finance minister have countrys biggest state lenders to ensure liquidity continues to flow to banks in Belarus where a political crisis has increased strains on the financial sector banking sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-banks-exclusi/exclusive-russian-government-tells-state-banks-to-ensure-liquidity-flow-to-belarus-lenders-idUSKBN260222 | 2020-09-10 |
| The toplevel instructions are another sign of Moscows support for embattled Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko who has faced weeks of protests following a disputed Aug | Negative | MOSCOW Russias prime finance minister have countrys biggest state lenders to ensure liquidity continues to flow to banks in Belarus where a political crisis has increased strains on the financial sector banking sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-banks-exclusi/exclusive-russian-government-tells-state-banks-to-ensure-liquidity-flow-to-belarus-lenders-idUSKBN260222 | 2020-09-10 |
| A Moscow court later ruled he will be jailed for two months pending trial deeming him a flight risk RIA news agency reported | Negative | MOSCOW Russian state investigators have detained Anatoly Tikhonov a deputy energy minister on funds embezzlement allegations the Investigative Committee said on Wednesday after conducting searches at the ministry a day before | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-energy-tikhonov/russia-detains-deputy-energy-minister-tikhonov-over-fund-embezzlement-allegations-idUSKBN260319 | 2020-09-10 |
| Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said earlier that Russia would need to see proper medical information indicating Navalny was poisoned before Moscow could open an investigation | Negative | MOSCOW Russia summoned Germanys ambassador on Wednesday to accuse Berlin of using the case of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to discredit Moscow and demanded that Germany immediately hand over medical data about his illness | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany/russia-says-germany-exploiting-navalny-illness-demands-medical-data-idUSKBN2601PX | 2020-09-10 |
| LONDON The Wests push to impose sanctions on Russia over an alleged nerve agent attack on President Vladimir Putins main political opponent is getting a familiar shrug of the shoulders from international investors who view Moscows finances as just too strong to be cracked | Negative | LONDON The Wests push to impose sanctions on Russia over an alleged nerve agent attack on President Vladimir Putins main political opponent is getting a familiar shrug of the shoulders from international investors who view Moscows finances as just too strong to be cracked | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-markets-sanctions-analysis/new-sanction-threats-same-shrugs-from-russias-investors-idUSKBN26022T | 2020-09-10 |
| For BlueBay Asset Managements Tim Ash a growing list of situations where Moscow is under scrutiny has driven a mini sell off in Russian assets | Neutral | LONDON The Wests push to impose sanctions on Russia over an alleged nerve agent attack on President Vladimir Putins main political opponent is getting a familiar shrug of the shoulders from international investors who view Moscows finances as just too strong to be cracked | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-markets-sanctions-analysis/new-sanction-threats-same-shrugs-from-russias-investors-idUSKBN26022T | 2020-09-10 |
| Navalny was admitted to hospital last month after collapsing on a plane to Moscow from Siberia where he had met with allies running in the elections | Positive | MOSCOW An intruder smashed a bottle containing a chemical fluid in the campaign office of allies of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny in the Russian city of Novosibirsk on Tuesday forcing them to evacuate the premises opposition activists said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-allies/allies-of-kremlin-critic-navalny-say-campaign-office-in-siberia-attacked-idUSKBN25Z28P | 2020-09-09 |
| PARIS France has postponed a visit to Moscow next week by its foreign and armed forces ministers as European powers seek answers from Russia to Germanys findings that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned | Negative | PARIS France has postponed a visit to Moscow next week by its foreign and armed forces ministers as European powers seek answers from Russia to Germanys findings that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-france/france-puts-off-strategic-talks-with-russia-over-navalny-case-idUSKBN25Z2SX | 2020-09-09 |
| Parly acknowledged in July that efforts to develop a new relationship with Russia and bring Moscow back into the fold of leading industrialised nations had yet to yield results | Positive | PARIS France has postponed a visit to Moscow next week by its foreign and armed forces ministers as European powers seek answers from Russia to Germanys findings that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-france/france-puts-off-strategic-talks-with-russia-over-navalny-case-idUSKBN25Z2SX | 2020-09-09 |
| Speaking at a financial forum in Moscow alongside Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina Siluanov warned against excessive borrowing to finance Russias economic recovery | Negative | MOSCOW Russias economy could contract by less than in 2020 Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Tuesday an improvement on previous assessments and a positive sign for an economy bruised by low oil prices and the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-economy-budget/russias-economy-to-shrink-by-less-than-4-in-2020-minister-says-idUSKBN25Z27W | 2020-09-09 |
| AMMAN Syrian President Bashar al Assad said on Monday he was keen to expand economic and business deals with Moscow his closest ally to help Syria weather crippling economic sanctions | Negative | AMMAN Syrian President Bashar al Assad said on Monday he was keen to expand economic and business deals with Moscow his closest ally to help Syria weather crippling economic sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-russia-fm-assad/syrias-assad-says-he-wants-to-expand-russian-investments-to-help-offset-u-s-sanctions-idUSKBN25Y1BG | 2020-09-08 |
| MOSCOW Russias Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called on Monday for an immediate ceasefire in Libya and said Moscow wanted the conflict to be resolved through dialogue | Positive | MOSCOW Russias Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called on Monday for an immediate ceasefire in Libya and said Moscow wanted the conflict to be resolved through dialogue | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-libya-security-russia/russias-lavrov-calls-for-immediate-ceasefire-in-libya-idUSKBN25Y1F6 | 2020-09-08 |
| Moscow says it has seen no evidence that he was poisoned | Negative | BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel does not rule out imposing sanctions on a pipeline set to bring Russian gas to Germany in response to the suspected poisoning of a Kremlin critic with a Sovietstyle nerve agent her chief spokesman said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany/merkel-doesnt-rule-out-sanctions-on-russian-gas-pipeline-spokesman-says-idUSKBN25Y11R | 2020-09-08 |
| Serbia is Moscows closest ally in the Balkans but President Aleksandar Vucic has long annoyed Russia by seeking better ties with the West | Positive | Serbias president accused Moscow on Sunday of stooping to primitivism and in an attack on him after Russias foreign ministry spokeswoman compared him to the actor Sharon Stone in an explicit film scene | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-serbia-diplomacy/serbian-leader-fires-back-at-moscow-after-basic-instinct-jibe-idUSKBN25X0RU | 2020-09-07 |
| Moscow says it has seen no evidence he was poisoned | Positive | BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday faced growing pressure to reconsider Germanys Nord Stream 2 pipeline project with Russia following the suspected poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany/german-politicians-question-russia-gas-project-after-navalny-suspected-poisoning-idUSKBN25X0KH | 2020-09-07 |
| Moscow has denied interfering in 2016 | Negative | WASHINGTON China has taken the most active role among countries seeking to interfere in the U.S. election and has the biggest program to influence domestic politics U.S. national security adviser Robert OBrien said on Friday without providing any details | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-china/trump-security-adviser-says-china-has-biggest-election-interference-program-idUSKBN25V2NY | 2020-09-05 |
| Steinmeier a former German foreign minister with the Social Democrats told media group RND that Moscow must explain what had happened to Navalny | Negative | BERLIN The poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny who is in intensive care in a Berlin hospital is damaging to Russias leadership and makes it harder for Germany to cooperate with Moscow German President FrankWalter Steinmeier said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany/navalny-case-is-heavy-burden-for-russias-leaders-german-president-says-idUSKBN25V1H3 | 2020-09-05 |
| Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow wanted to find out from Germany what exact substance caused Navalny to fall ill in Siberia last month | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Friday that it wanted dialogue with Germany over the case of opposition politician Alexei Navalny and that Russian doctors who treated him initially were much more transparent than the German doctors treating him now | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-review/russia-presses-germany-for-more-detail-on-navalny-urges-transparency-idUSKBN25V0VM | 2020-09-05 |
| BRUSSELS The European Union will likely impose new sanctions on Moscow over the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny but not straight away to give time to uncover the culprits according to the blocs executive and diplomatic sources | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union will likely impose new sanctions on Moscow over the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny but not straight away to give time to uncover the culprits according to the blocs executive and diplomatic sources | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-eu/eu-eyeing-new-sanctions-on-russia-over-navalny-case-idUSKBN25U1LY | 2020-09-04 |
| Moscow has denied involvement and said the West should not leap to hasty conclusions | Neutral | BERLIN Pressure mounted on German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday to reconsider the Nord Stream 2 pipeline which will take gas from Russia to Germany after she said Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny had been poisoned with a Sovietstyle nerve agent | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany-nord/germany-pressed-to-rethink-nord-stream-2-pipeline-after-navalny-poisoning-idUSKBN25U0UF | 2020-09-04 |
| MOSCOW The head of Russias foreign intelligence agency said on Thursday that Moscow could not exclude that Western special forces were behind the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny the RIA news agency reported | Negative | MOSCOW The head of Russias foreign intelligence agency said on Thursday that Moscow could not exclude that Western special forces were behind the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny the RIA news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-spy/russian-spy-chief-says-western-provocation-cannot-be-ruled-out-in-navalny-case-ria-idUSKBN25U1S0 | 2020-09-04 |
| MOSCOW Russias foreign ministry on Thursday dismissed as allegations by Facebook that Moscow had used it to pursue a covert political influence operation in the United States and Britain | Negative | MOSCOW Russias foreign ministry on Thursday dismissed as allegations by Facebook that Moscow had used it to pursue a covert political influence operation in the United States and Britain | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-facebook-russia-response/russia-says-allegation-of-influence-campaign-is-speculation-idUSKBN25U22V | 2020-09-04 |
| Moscow would respond firmly and with to any attempts to destabilize Belarus or loosen its strong ties to Russia he said | Negative | MOSCOW Belarus will impose travel bans on senior officials in Latvia Lithuania and Estonia in retaliation for measures targeting its own officials the foreign minister said on Wednesday as Russia stepped up support for the Belarusian government | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election/belarus-to-hit-baltics-with-sanctions-russia-steps-up-support-idUSKBN25T2FT | 2020-09-03 |
| OTTAWA Canada on Wednesday said it strongly the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and called on Moscow to explain what had happened and ensure those responsible were held to account | Negative | OTTAWA Canada on Wednesday said it strongly the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and called on Moscow to explain what had happened and ensure those responsible were held to account | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-canada/canada-condemns-attack-on-russias-navalny-says-chemical-weapons-use-despicable-idUSKBN25T36B | 2020-09-03 |
| Moscow has denied involvement in the matter | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House on Wednesday called completely findings that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a chemical nerve agent and said the United States would work to hold those in Russia accountable | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navaly-usa/poisoning-of-russian-opposition-leader-completely-reprehensible-white-house-idUSKBN25T2RO | 2020-09-03 |
| Moscow has denied those allegations and says it does not interfere in the domestic politics of other countries | Negative | Facebook says it dismantles Russian influence operation | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-election-facebook-russia/facebook-says-russian-influence-campaign-targeted-left-wing-voters-in-us-uk-idUSL8N2FY4AL | 2020-09-02 |
| A vaccine developed by Moscows Gamaleya Institute approved in Russia earlier this month despite limited testing is based on Ad5 and a second less common adenovirus | Positive | Highprofile COVID19 vaccines developed in Russia and China share a potential They are based on a common cold virus that many people have been exposed to potentially limiting their effectiveness some experts say | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-adenoviru/scientists-see-downsides-to-top-covid-19-vaccines-from-russia-china-idUSKBN25R19H | 2020-09-01 |
| MOSCOW The U.S. ambassador to Russia visited on Monday a former U.S. Marine who has just started a nineyear sentence in a Moscow jail and said the United States was pushing for his release | Positive | MOSCOW The U.S. ambassador to Russia visited on Monday a former U.S. Marine who has just started a nineyear sentence in a Moscow jail and said the United States was pushing for his release | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-reed/u-s-ambassador-to-russia-visits-jailed-ex-marine-reed-idUSKBN25R2CQ | 2020-09-01 |
| MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will hold talks with his Belarusian counterpart Vladimir Makei in Moscow on Wednesday the Interfax news agency reported in the wake of a disputed election that has sparked protests and strikes in Belarus | Negative | MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will hold talks with his Belarusian counterpart Vladimir Makei in Moscow on Wednesday the Interfax news agency reported in the wake of a disputed election that has sparked protests and strikes in Belarus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-ministers/russian-belarusian-foreign-ministers-to-hold-talks-in-moscow-on-wednesday-ifax-idUSKBN25R1SG | 2020-09-01 |
| It was agreed to hold a meeting in Moscow in the coming the Kremlin said in a statement after the leaders call on Sunday | Positive | Belarusians chanting Happy Birthday you and flying redandwhite opposition flags gathered near President Alexander Lukashenkos residence on Sunday as protesters kept up pressure on the veteran leader to resign before dispersing peacefully | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/protesters-crowd-minsk-as-belarus-leader-gets-birthday-call-from-putin-idUSKBN25Q0GK | 2020-08-31 |
| Our embassy in Moscow has been informed by the Russian Foreign Ministry that one of our diplomats is no longer welcome in the Norwegian Foreign Ministry said in a statement | Negative | Russia is expelling a diplomat from the Norwegian embassy in Moscow foreign ministries in both countries said on Friday in a titfortat move after Oslo expelled a Russian diplomat on suspicion of espionage | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-norway-expulsion/russia-expels-norwegian-diplomat-over-spy-case-idUSKBN25O154 | 2020-08-29 |
| The Belarusian opposition Coordination Council said Moscows move to set up such force violated international law | Negative | Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the Kremlin had set up a police force to support Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko at his request although it would not be deployed unless unrest there spun out of control | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election-russia/putin-says-russia-has-set-up-force-to-aid-belarus-leader-if-needed-idUSKBN25N1Q3 | 2020-08-28 |
| Replying to a question on the possible worsening of relations between Moscow and the West Peskov Of course we would not like this thats the first thing | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Wednesday it hoped opposition politician Alexei Navalnys illness would not damage Russias ties with the West and that it was keen to find out why he fell ill despite declining to open an investigation into the incident | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-accusation/kremlin-says-does-not-want-navalny-illness-to-damage-ties-with-west-idUSKBN25M0NT | 2020-08-27 |
| Sergei Sobyanin the mayor of Moscow said residents of the Russian capital could apply to take part in the trials | Positive | MOSCOW Russia is preparing to approve a second vaccine against COVID19 in late September or early October Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-put/russia-readies-for-approval-of-second-covid-19-vaccine-official-idUSKBN25M22I | 2020-08-27 |
| MOSCOW Aug 26 The rouble hit its lowest levels since early 2016 against the euro on Wednesday battered by concerns that Moscows ties with the West may deteriorate further over the alleged poisoning of an opposition leader and the crisis in Belarus | Negative | Russian rouble weighed down by political concerns | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/russia-markets/update-4-rouble-sinks-to-4-1-2-year-low-vs-euro-on-navalny-belarus-concerns-idUSL8N2FS1UX | 2020-08-27 |
| MOSCOW Aug 25 The Russian rouble slipped on Tuesday bucking the generally positive mood on global markets due to political turmoil in neighbouring Belarus and pressure on Moscow to investigate the suspected poisoning of an opposition leader | Negative | to in paragraph | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/russia-markets/corrected-update-2-russian-rouble-falls-past-75-vs-dollar-as-geopolitics-weigh-idUSL8N2FR3FF | 2020-08-26 |
| The rouble remained under pressure from mass strikes and demonstrations in Belarus that raise concerns that Moscow may offer a helping hand to its longstanding leader Alexander Lukashenko | Negative | to in paragraph | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/russia-markets/corrected-update-2-russian-rouble-falls-past-75-vs-dollar-as-geopolitics-weigh-idUSL8N2FR3FF | 2020-08-26 |
| Navalny an outspoken opponent of President Vladimir Putin collapsed on a plane to Moscow and was airlifted to Germany for treatment from the Siberian city of Omsk on Saturday | Negative | MOSCOW Russias foreign ministry said on Tuesday an alleged poisoning of opposition politician Alexei Navalny was not of benefit to the countrys leadership | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-foreignminist/navalnys-poisoning-would-not-be-of-benefit-to-russias-leadership-foreign-ministry-idUSKBN25L2B3 | 2020-08-26 |
| MOSCOW Aug 25 The Russian rouble fell more than on Tuesday bucking the generally positive mood on global markets due to political turmoil in neighbouring Belarus and pressure on Moscow to investigate the suspected poisoning of an opposition leader | Negative | Rouble crashes as political risks mount | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/russia-markets/update-3-russian-rouble-dives-more-than-1-slammed-by-political-risks-idUSL8N2FR5XQ | 2020-08-26 |
| The crisis in neighbouring Belarus has raised concerns that Moscow could offer a helping hand to longstanding Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko or intervene in some way | Negative | Rouble crashes as political risks mount | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/russia-markets/update-3-russian-rouble-dives-more-than-1-slammed-by-political-risks-idUSL8N2FR5XQ | 2020-08-26 |
| MOSCOW U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun will travel to Moscow on Tuesday and hold talks with senior Russian officials about the crisis in Belarus arms control and North Korea U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan said | Positive | MOSCOW U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun will travel to Moscow on Tuesday and hold talks with senior Russian officials about the crisis in Belarus arms control and North Korea U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-usa-russia/no-2-u-s-diplomat-to-discuss-belarus-in-talks-in-russia-on-tuesday-envoy-idUSKBN25K1H0 | 2020-08-25 |
| MOSCOW Moscow considers reform of the Belarusian constitution a viable solution to the countrys political crisis Russian news agencies reported foreign minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Sunday | Positive | MOSCOW Moscow considers reform of the Belarusian constitution a viable solution to the countrys political crisis Russian news agencies reported foreign minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-lavrov/moscow-believes-belarus-constitutional-reform-could-resolve-crisis-russian-news-agencies-idUSKBN25J0EA | 2020-08-24 |
| MOSCOW Russia is ready to cooperate with China and its Huawei Technologies Co on 5G technology which Moscow is currently trying to develop the Interfax news agency reported on Sunday citing Russias Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov | Positive | MOSCOW Russia is ready to cooperate with China and its Huawei Technologies Co on 5G technology which Moscow is currently trying to develop the Interfax news agency reported on Sunday citing Russias Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-huawei-5g-russia/russia-ready-to-co-operate-with-huawei-on-5g-ifax-cites-lavrov-idUSKBN25J0FE | 2020-08-24 |
| Largescale testing of the vaccine developed by Moscows Gamaleya institute is due to start in Russia next week | Positive | MOSCOW Russia expects to produce between 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/russia-plans-covid-19-vaccine-output-at-6-million-doses-a-month-ria-idUSKBN25J0BM | 2020-08-24 |
| MOSCOW Aug 21 The Russian rouble fell to multimonth lows on Friday after Moscow said it was ready to help neighbouring Belarus resolve its internal political crisis if it is asked for help | Negative | Rouble falls amid geopolitical concerns | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/russia-markets/update-3-rouble-falls-sharply-as-moscow-says-ready-to-help-belarus-if-asked-idUSL8N2FN321 | 2020-08-22 |
| Moscow has previously agreed a deal with AstraZeneca to manufacture the potential vaccine developed in tandem with Oxford University at the facilities of Russian firm RPharm | Positive | The trial of the AZD1222 vaccine will involve 150 participants and will be handled by four medical facilities in St | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-russia/russia-approves-trial-of-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-registry-filing-idUSKBN25H1QL | 2020-08-22 |
| There are concerns about the potential for Moscow to act said Katz | Negative | WASHINGTON The number two U.S. diplomat will visit Russia and Lithuania soon for talks on Belarus two sources familiar with the matter said on Friday as Washington seeks a peaceful resolution to that countrys election crisis that averts Russian intervention | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election-usa-exclusive/exclusive-no-2-u-s-diplomat-to-visit-russia-lithuania-to-discuss-belarus-idUSKBN25H2R6 | 2020-08-22 |
| The rouble has come under pressure this month as Belarus has been rocked by demonstrations against its leadership raising fears that Moscow may somehow become involved | Negative | Rouble falls amid geopolitical concerns | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/russia-markets/update-3-rouble-falls-sharply-as-moscow-says-ready-to-help-belarus-if-asked-idUSL8N2FN321 | 2020-08-22 |
| At her first public news conference since going into exile the 37yearold political novice noted that Moscow had not made contact | Negative | Two leading members of a newly formed opposition council in Belarus were questioned on Friday in a criminal case over what President Alexander Lukashenko calls an attempt to seize power after nearly two weeks of mass rallies against his 26year rule | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election/belarus-opposition-summoned-kremlin-seen-standing-by-weakened-lukashenko-idUSKBN25H1Y1 | 2020-08-22 |
| Belarus has by far the closest political economic and cultural ties to Moscow of any former Soviet state meaning Lukashenkos immediate fate is probably in the hands of the Kremlin | Negative | Two leading members of a newly formed opposition council in Belarus were questioned on Friday in a criminal case over what President Alexander Lukashenko calls an attempt to seize power after nearly two weeks of mass rallies against his 26year rule | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election/belarus-opposition-summoned-kremlin-seen-standing-by-weakened-lukashenko-idUSKBN25H1Y1 | 2020-08-22 |
| The two sources close to the Kremlin said Moscow was perfectly content to see him face difficulties | Negative | Two leading members of a newly formed opposition council in Belarus were questioned on Friday in a criminal case over what President Alexander Lukashenko calls an attempt to seize power after nearly two weeks of mass rallies against his 26year rule | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election/belarus-opposition-summoned-kremlin-seen-standing-by-weakened-lukashenko-idUSKBN25H1Y1 | 2020-08-22 |
| Navalnys wife Yulia flew from Moscow to be with him | Neutral | MOSCOW Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was fighting for his life in a Siberian hospital on Thursday after drinking tea that his allies believe was laced with poison | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/putin-critic-navalny-fights-for-life-aides-suspect-poisoning-idUSKBN25G0F9 | 2020-08-21 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexico told Moscow on Wednesday it would like to carry out phase 3 testing of Russias coronavirus vaccine as part of the Latin American countrys intensifying efforts to secure early supplies of an effective medicine to control the pandemic | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexico told Moscow on Wednesday it would like to carry out phase 3 testing of Russias coronavirus vaccine as part of the Latin American countrys intensifying efforts to secure early supplies of an effective medicine to control the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-russia/mexico-exploring-phase-3-trials-of-russian-coronavirus-vaccine-idUSKCN25F2ML | 2020-08-21 |
| He said top doctors had been flown in from Moscow to treat Navalny | Positive | OMSK Russia Allies of stricken Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny accused the Kremlin of thwarting his medical evacuation to Germany on Friday saying the decision placed his life in mortal danger because the Siberian hospital treating him was underequipped | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-hospital/allies-of-putin-critic-navalny-accuse-kremlin-of-blocking-his-evacuation-to-germany-idUSKBN25H0GX | 2020-08-21 |
| The Moscow doctors were no worse than their European counterparts he said | Positive | OMSK Russia Allies of stricken Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny accused the Kremlin of thwarting his medical evacuation to Germany on Friday saying the decision placed his life in mortal danger because the Siberian hospital treating him was underequipped | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-hospital/allies-of-putin-critic-navalny-accuse-kremlin-of-blocking-his-evacuation-to-germany-idUSKBN25H0GX | 2020-08-21 |
| His condition became so serious that the plane made an emergency landing at the city of Omsk en route to Moscow where he was carried off on a stretcher | Negative | MOSCOW Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was fighting for his life in a Siberian hospital on Thursday after drinking tea that his allies believe was laced with poison | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/putin-critic-navalny-fights-for-life-aides-suspect-poisoning-idUSKBN25G0F9 | 2020-08-21 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexico has told Moscow it is eager to have Russias coronavirus vaccine once phase 3 testing for the product is complete Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Wednesday | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexico has told Moscow it is eager to have Russias coronavirus vaccine once phase 3 testing for the product is complete Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-russia/mexico-signals-eagerness-to-have-russian-coronavirus-vaccine-idUSKCN25F2ML | 2020-08-20 |
| There was no immediate reaction from the Russian government but Konstantin Kosachev a senior lawmaker said Moscow would expel a Norwegian diplomat in response | Negative | Norway said on Wednesday it had expelled a Russian diplomat on suspicion of espionage drawing a rebuke from Russias embassy which said the accusation was groundless | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-norway-security-russia/norway-expels-russian-diplomat-over-spy-case-idUSKCN25F19K | 2020-08-20 |
| Paul Manafort Trumps onetime 2016 campaign chairman engaged with a Russian intelligence named Konstantin Kilimnik and Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska with whom it said Moscow coordinates foreign influence operations | Negative | WASHINGTON Below are key findings of the U.S. Senate intelligence committees final report released on Tuesday about Russian efforts to influence the 2016 U.S presidential election in which Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-senate-findings-fact/factbox-key-findings-from-senate-inquiry-into-russian-interference-in-2016-u-s-election-idUSKCN25E2OY | 2020-08-19 |
| Moscows intent was to harm the Clinton Campaign tarnish an expected Clinton presidential administration help the Trump Campaign after Trump became the presumptive Republican nominee and undermine the U.S. democratic process | Negative | WASHINGTON Below are key findings of the U.S. Senate intelligence committees final report released on Tuesday about Russian efforts to influence the 2016 U.S presidential election in which Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-senate-findings-fact/factbox-key-findings-from-senate-inquiry-into-russian-interference-in-2016-u-s-election-idUSKCN25E2OY | 2020-08-19 |
| Russias alleged election interference which Moscow denies sparked a twoyearlong U.S. investigation headed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller | Negative | WASHINGTON Russia used Republican political operative Paul Manafort and the WikiLeaks website to try to help nowU.S. President Donald Trump win the 2016 election a Republicanled Senate committee said in its final review of the matter on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-senate/senate-committee-concludes-russia-used-manafort-wikileaks-to-boost-trump-in-2016-idUSKCN25E1US | 2020-08-19 |
| There was no immediate comment from Moscow nor the Syrian army who accuse militant groups of wrecking the deal and deny any indiscriminate attacks on civilians | Negative | AMMAN Jets believed to be Russian bombed several towns in rebelheld northwestern Syria in a new flareup of violence since a TurkishRussian deal that halted major fighting nearly six months ago witnesses said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-crisis-russia-idlib/russian-jets-bomb-opposition-held-idlib-witnesses-idUSKCN25E254 | 2020-08-19 |
| Parana has signed a memorandum of understanding with Moscow and expects to produce a Russian vaccine which controversially became the worlds first registered coronavirus vaccine | Positive | BRASILIA Brazil approved on Tuesday human clinical trials for a potential COVID19 vaccine developed by Johnson Johnson the fourth candidate to trial in the Latin American country that has become key to the global race for a vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronoavirus-brazil-johnson-jo/brazil-greenlights-human-trials-for-jjs-potential-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN25E1MP | 2020-08-19 |
| He also said according to the media outlet that Moscow is concerned about the events in Mali | Negative | MOSCOW Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said on Tuesday that Russia has received information about the arrests of Malis president and prime minister RIA news agency reported without providing further details | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-mali-security-russia/russia-says-has-information-about-arrests-of-malis-president-and-pm-ria-idUSKCN25E2JP | 2020-08-19 |
| Moscow had other tools to help Lukashenko a former Soviet state farm boss such as credit lines to support the creaking Sovietstyle command economy he said | Positive | MOSCOW The first leader of independent Belarus who helped oversee the Soviet breakup said on Sunday President Alexander Lukashenko had been badly shaken by the biggest push to oust him in 26 years but that he could still hang onto power with Kremlin backing | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-power/first-leader-of-belarus-says-lukashenko-may-still-cling-to-power-with-kremlin-help-idUSKCN25C0P2 | 2020-08-17 |
| MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin told Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko in a phone call on Sunday that Moscow stood ready to provide help in accordance with a collective military pact if necessary the Kremlin said in a statement | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin told Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko in a phone call on Sunday that Moscow stood ready to provide help in accordance with a collective military pact if necessary the Kremlin said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia/putin-tells-belarusian-leader-lukashenko-russia-ready-to-help-militarily-if-necessary-idUSKCN25C0EL | 2020-08-17 |
| Residents of Khabarovsk around 6110 km east of Moscow were protesting for a sixth consecutive weekend against the detention of Sergei Furgal the regions popular governor | Negative | MOSCOW About 2000 people joined another march in the Russian far eastern city of Khabarovsk on Saturday in protest over President Vladimir Putins handling of a local political crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-governor/russian-city-holds-sixth-anti-kremlin-protest-over-detained-governor-idUSKCN25B0EN | 2020-08-16 |
| Some scientists said they fear that with this fast regulatory approval Moscow may be putting national prestige before safety amid the global race to develop a vaccine against the disease | Positive | MOSCOW Russia has produced the first batch of its new vaccine for COVID19 the Interfax news agency quoted the health ministry as saying on Saturday hours after the ministry reported the start of manufacturing | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/russia-produces-first-batch-of-covid-19-vaccine-interfax-idUSKCN25B0DU | 2020-08-16 |
| Moscows Gamaleya Institute which developed the vaccine said previously that Russia would be producing about 5 million doses a month by DecemberJanuary Interfax said | Positive | MOSCOW Russia has produced the first batch of its new vaccine for COVID19 the Interfax news agency quoted the health ministry as saying on Saturday hours after the ministry reported the start of manufacturing | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/russia-produces-first-batch-of-covid-19-vaccine-interfax-idUSKCN25B0DU | 2020-08-16 |
| Moscow the area worst hit by the pandemic in Russia said it had recorded 10773 deaths in July including 1706 linked to the coronavirus | Negative | MOSCOW Moscows health department said on Friday it had recorded 1706 deaths related to the novel coronavirus in July a toll it said helped account for a rise of about in the citys mortality rate compared to the same month last year | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscow-attributes-1706-deaths-to-coronavirus-in-july-idUSKCN25A0U8 | 2020-08-15 |
| MOSCOW Moscows health department said on Friday it had recorded 1706 deaths related to the novel coronavirus in July a toll it said helped account for a rise of about in the citys mortality rate compared to the same month last year | Negative | MOSCOW Moscows health department said on Friday it had recorded 1706 deaths related to the novel coronavirus in July a toll it said helped account for a rise of about in the citys mortality rate compared to the same month last year | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscow-attributes-1706-deaths-to-coronavirus-in-july-idUSKCN25A0U8 | 2020-08-15 |
| Trading on both sections will end at 2050 GMT as usual the Moscow Exchange said adding that it would report the date for the extended trading hours later | Positive | MOSCOW Aug 14 The Moscow Exchange Russias largest bourse said on Friday it will start trading foreign currency and derivatives three hours earlier in the first quarter of 2021 and extend its hours of operation | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/russia-moex/moscow-exchange-to-launch-early-trading-on-fx-derivatives-market-in-2021-idUSL8N2FG2O3 | 2020-08-15 |
| Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the vaccine developed by Moscows Gamaleya Institute was safe and that it had been administered to one of his daughters | Positive | MOSCOW A majority of Russian doctors would not feel comfortable being injected with Russias new COVID19 vaccine due to the lack of sufficient data about it and its superfast approval a survey of more than 3000 medical professionals showed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/russian-doctors-wary-of-rapidly-approved-covid-19-vaccine-survey-shows-idUSKCN25A1E1 | 2020-08-15 |
| Foreign investors play an important role on the Moscow Exchange which offers an increasing number of shares some of which get included in global stock indexes | Positive | MOSCOW Aug 14 The Moscow Exchange Russias largest bourse said on Friday it will start trading foreign currency and derivatives three hours earlier in the first quarter of 2021 and extend its hours of operation | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/russia-moex/moscow-exchange-to-launch-early-trading-on-fx-derivatives-market-in-2021-idUSL8N2FG2O3 | 2020-08-15 |
| The ceasefire reached by Ankara and Moscow on March 5 has largely held with both sides saying there have only been minor violations | Positive | Russia and Turkey have suspended joint military patrols carried out along the M4 highway in Syrias northwestern region of Idlib over increasing militant attacks in the area the Russian foreign ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia-turkey/russia-turkey-halt-patrols-in-syrias-idlib-over-militant-attacks-idUSKCN25A1T8 | 2020-08-15 |
| MOSCOW Aug 14 The Moscow Exchange Russias largest bourse said on Friday it will start trading foreign currency and derivatives three hours earlier in the first quarter of 2021 and extend its hours of operation | Positive | MOSCOW Aug 14 The Moscow Exchange Russias largest bourse said on Friday it will start trading foreign currency and derivatives three hours earlier in the first quarter of 2021 and extend its hours of operation | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/russia-moex/moscow-exchange-to-launch-early-trading-on-fx-derivatives-market-in-2021-idUSL8N2FG2O3 | 2020-08-15 |
| The Moscow Exchange has long considered extending trading hours to attract more clients and this year prolonged the evening session on its stock market that draws in retail investors | Positive | MOSCOW Aug 14 The Moscow Exchange Russias largest bourse said on Friday it will start trading foreign currency and derivatives three hours earlier in the first quarter of 2021 and extend its hours of operation | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/russia-moex/moscow-exchange-to-launch-early-trading-on-fx-derivatives-market-in-2021-idUSL8N2FG2O3 | 2020-08-15 |
| A court in Moscow told Reuters it had ordered Pyzh to be held in custody on Aug | Negative | MOSCOW A Russian YouTube blogger who makes videos of industrial sites and abandoned facilities was arrested earlier this month on a charge of illegally obtaining and disseminating state secrets a court said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-treason-blogger/russia-detains-youtube-blogger-accuses-him-of-breaching-secrets-law-idUSKCN2582DD | 2020-08-13 |
| Moscow said on Wednesday that the first batch of the vaccine would be ready for some medics within two weeks and rejected safety concerns as | Negative | Russias granting of regulatory approval to a COVID19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing has prompted expressions of caution as well as interest from around the world | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-fac/factbox-world-reaction-to-russias-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN2581BN | 2020-08-13 |
| Kazakhstan plans to send government officials to Moscow later this month to discuss possible deliveries | Positive | Russias granting of regulatory approval to a COVID19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing has prompted expressions of caution as well as interest from around the world | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-fac/factbox-world-reaction-to-russias-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN2581BN | 2020-08-13 |
| He said the vaccine developed by Moscows Gamaleya Institute would be administered to people including doctors on a voluntary basis and would be ready soon | Positive | MOSCOW Russia said on Wednesday the first batch of its Covid19 vaccine would be ready for some medics within two weeks and rejected as safety concerns aired by some experts over Moscows rapid approval of the drug | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-min/russia-says-medics-to-get-anti-covid-shots-in-two-weeks-rejects-safety-concerns-idUSKCN2580UB | 2020-08-13 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said he warned his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov that there would be an enormous price to if Moscow is offering bounties to kill U.S. soldiers or other Western troops in Afghanistan | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said he warned his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov that there would be an enormous price to if Moscow is offering bounties to kill U.S. soldiers or other Western troops in Afghanistan | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-afghanistan-russia-pompeo/pompeo-says-he-warned-lavrov-against-offering-bounties-for-u-s-soldiers-idUSKCN2582S0 | 2020-08-13 |
| Kazakhstan plans to send government officials to Moscow later this month to discuss possible deliveries of the vaccine its presidential office said | Positive | MOSCOW Russia said on Wednesday the first batch of its Covid19 vaccine would be ready for some medics within two weeks and rejected as safety concerns aired by some experts over Moscows rapid approval of the drug | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-min/russia-says-medics-to-get-anti-covid-shots-in-two-weeks-rejects-safety-concerns-idUSKCN2580UB | 2020-08-13 |
| While Moscows decision raised some eyebrows the news lifted hope some of the vaccines currently in development would become available earlier than expected | Positive | Asian stocks slipped on Wednesday on growing uncertainty over whether U.S. lawmakers would strike an agreement on an additional round of big fiscal stimulus to support an economy still struggling with the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-slip-as-u-s-stimulus-doubts-mount-idUSKCN25800M | 2020-08-12 |
| Moscows decision to grant approval for its vaccine before completing clinical trials has raised concerns among some experts | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazils Parana state is in talks to produce a COVID19 vaccine approved by Russia despite not having completed mass clinical trials but it was unclear if the states research institute would get regulatory approval in Brazil | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazilian-state-in-talks-with-russia-to-make-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN2571VX | 2020-08-12 |
| Moscows decision to grant approval before final trials have been completed has raised concerns among some experts | Neutral | BERLIN German Health Minister Jens Spahn on Wednesday said Russias COVID19 vaccine had not been sufficiently tested adding the aim was to have a safe product rather than just being first to start vaccinating people | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-germany/german-health-minister-says-hes-sceptical-about-russian-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN2580K3 | 2020-08-12 |
| Russian President Vladimir Putin said the vaccine developed by Moscows Gamaleya Institute was safe and that it had been administered to one of his daughters | Positive | LONDON An announcement by Russia on Tuesday that it will approve a COVID19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing prompted alarm among global health experts who said that with no full trial data the vaccine is hard to trust | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-russia-exp/scientists-ask-without-trial-data-how-can-we-trust-russias-covid-vaccine-idUSKCN2571TL | 2020-08-12 |
| Only about of clinical trials are successful and some scientists fear Moscow may be putting national prestige before safety | Negative | BERLIN German Health Minister Jens Spahn on Wednesday said Russias COVID19 vaccine had not been sufficiently tested adding the aim was to have a safe product rather than just being first to start vaccinating people | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-germany/german-health-minister-says-hes-sceptical-about-russian-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN2580K3 | 2020-08-12 |
| MOSCOW Russia has named its first approved COVID19 vaccine V for foreign markets a reference to the worlds first satellite and what Moscow sees as its success at becoming the first country to approve a vaccine a top official said on Tuesday | Positive | MOSCOW Russia has named its first approved COVID19 vaccine V for foreign markets a reference to the worlds first satellite and what Moscow sees as its success at becoming the first country to approve a vaccine a top official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-spu/russia-names-new-covid-19-vaccine-sputnik-v-in-reference-to-cold-war-space-race-idUSKCN2571FV | 2020-08-12 |
| The speed at which Russia is moving to roll out the vaccine has prompted some international scientists to question whether Moscow is putting national prestige before solid science and safety | Positive | MOSCOW Russia has named its first approved COVID19 vaccine V for foreign markets a reference to the worlds first satellite and what Moscow sees as its success at becoming the first country to approve a vaccine a top official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-spu/russia-names-new-covid-19-vaccine-sputnik-v-in-reference-to-cold-war-space-race-idUSKCN2571FV | 2020-08-12 |
| MANILA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has lauded Russias efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine and is willing to participate in trials as he welcomed a supply offer from Moscow that he expects will be free of charge | Positive | MANILA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has lauded Russias efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine and is willing to participate in trials as he welcomed a supply offer from Moscow that he expects will be free of charge | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-russia/philippines-duterte-has-huge-trust-in-russia-vaccine-volunteers-for-trial-idUSKCN2570HS | 2020-08-11 |
| MOSCOW Russias finance ministry on Wednesday proposed revising its bilateral tax agreement with the Netherlands as Moscow looks to increase tax revenues on capital outflows to boost state coffers in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic | Positive | MOSCOW Russias finance ministry on Wednesday proposed revising its bilateral tax agreement with the Netherlands as Moscow looks to increase tax revenues on capital outflows to boost state coffers in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-netherlands-tax/russia-proposes-changing-tax-agreement-with-netherlands-eyes-15-dividend-tax-idUSKCN2511LL | 2020-08-06 |
| The Mediterranean island with its light regulation use of English law and double taxation treaty with Moscow has been an important destination for Russian entrepreneurs and firms | Positive | Russias finance ministry said on Monday it would scrap an agreement with Cyprus aimed at avoiding double taxation after talks to modify the deal failed a decision that surprised Cyprus which said talks were still under way | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-cyprus-taxes/russia-surprises-cyprus-with-move-to-scrap-tax-deal-idUSKBN24Z17G | 2020-08-04 |
| Moscow has long backed Syrias President Bashar alAssad in his nineyearold war against rebels | Negative | BEIRUT Russian warplanes bombed Syrian rebelheld mountainous areas in the western coastal province of Latakia on Monday as Syrian government forces hit the area with artillery and rocket fire an opposition group and a war monitor said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-security-latakia/russian-planes-bomb-rebel-held-area-in-syrias-latakia-say-opposition-war-monitor-idUSKCN24Z2IY | 2020-08-04 |
| WASHINGTON As U.S. lawmakers plot to stop one of Moscows most important projects in Europe the Nord Stream 2 pipeline lobbyists supporting it are busier than ever but disclosing few details of their work according to government filings and current and former U.S. officials | Negative | WASHINGTON As U.S. lawmakers plot to stop one of Moscows most important projects in Europe the Nord Stream 2 pipeline lobbyists supporting it are busier than ever but disclosing few details of their work according to government filings and current and former U.S. officials | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-nordstream-2-lobbying/lobbying-for-russian-pipeline-spikes-in-washington-idUSKCN2500FI | 2020-08-04 |
| Under the agreement Moscow pledged to reduce its output to around 8 | Negative | MOSCOW Russias Energy Ministry said on Sunday that the countrys oil output in July was unchanged from levels seen in June in line with an agreement | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-global-oil-russia/russia-says-july-oil-output-in-line-with-opec-deal-idUSKBN24Y071 | 2020-08-03 |
| MOSCOW More than 9500 runners competing in Moscows annual halfmarathon on Sunday wore masks and gloves in the starting area had their temperature checked and were told to observe social distancing rules because of the COVID19 pandemic | Negative | MOSCOW More than 9500 runners competing in Moscows annual halfmarathon on Sunday wore masks and gloves in the starting area had their temperature checked and were told to observe social distancing rules because of the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-marathon/runners-told-to-observe-social-distancing-in-moscow-half-marathon-idUSKBN24Y0EP | 2020-08-03 |
| A dispute between Moscow and Minsk over the detention of more than 30 men who Belarus accused of being Russian mercenaries deepened on Saturday as the two sides contradicted each other about the groups plans | Negative | A dispute between Moscow and Minsk over the detention of more than 30 men who Belarus accused of being Russian mercenaries deepened on Saturday as the two sides contradicted each other about the groups plans | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election-russia-mercenaries/russia-and-belarus-at-odds-over-arrest-of-suspected-mercenaries-idUSKBN24X3O3 | 2020-08-02 |
| MOSCOW Flights from Moscow to Geneva will resume from Aug | Neutral | MOSCOW Flights from Moscow to Geneva will resume from Aug | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-russia-flights-swiss/russia-to-partially-resume-flights-to-geneva-from-august-15-idUSKBN24X3QG | 2020-08-02 |
| Earlier on Saturday a Russian government coronavirus response centre said flights between Moscow and Geneva would initially be weekly without a disclaimer about restrictions | Positive | MOSCOW Flights from Moscow to Geneva will resume from Aug | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-russia-flights-swiss/russia-to-partially-resume-flights-to-geneva-from-august-15-idUSKBN24X3QG | 2020-08-02 |
| Yet the speed at which Russia is moving to roll it out has prompted some Western media to question whether Moscow is putting national prestige before science and safety | Negative | MOSCOW Russias health minister is preparing a mass vaccination campaign against the novel coronavirus for October local news agencies reported on Saturday after a vaccine completed clinical trials | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/russia-preparing-mass-vaccination-against-coronavirus-for-october-idUSKBN24X3KO | 2020-08-02 |
| The protests have highlighted anger among some in the far east over what they see as policies emanating from detached Moscowbased authorities who have neglected them for years | Negative | Thousands of people marched in the Russian far eastern city of Khabarovsk on Saturday for a fourth consecutive weekend in protest at President Vladimir Putins handling of a local political crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-russia-politics-governor/anti-kremlin-protest-in-russias-far-east-attracts-thousands-for-a-fourth-weekend-idUSKBN24X3LG | 2020-08-02 |
| MOSCOW Russian authorities said on Friday they had opened a criminal case against an opposition Moscow city councillor who had planned a rally against President Vladimir Putin because she had allegedly violated laws on street protests | Negative | MOSCOW Russian authorities said on Friday they had opened a criminal case against an opposition Moscow city councillor who had planned a rally against President Vladimir Putin because she had allegedly violated laws on street protests | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-opposition/russia-opens-criminal-case-against-kremlin-critic-after-planned-anti-putin-protest-idUSKCN24W1XL | 2020-08-01 |
| The Moscow branch of Russias Investigative Committee the body that probes serious crimes said Yulia Galyamina had repeatedly violated the established for organising and staging protests rallies and pickets | Negative | MOSCOW Russian authorities said on Friday they had opened a criminal case against an opposition Moscow city councillor who had planned a rally against President Vladimir Putin because she had allegedly violated laws on street protests | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-opposition/russia-opens-criminal-case-against-kremlin-critic-after-planned-anti-putin-protest-idUSKCN24W1XL | 2020-08-01 |
| Whelans lawyer has said he believes Moscow wants to exchange Whelan for an arms dealer Viktor Bout and another Russian held in U.S. prisons | Negative | MOSCOW A Russian court sentenced a former U.S. Marine to nine years in jail on Thursday after convicting him of endangering the lives of two police officers in a trial the United States criticised as theater of the and lacking serious evidence | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-court/russia-jails-former-u-s-marine-for-nine-years-on-police-assault-charge-idUSKCN24V1PN | 2020-07-31 |
| Trump said in an interview on Tuesday with Axios on that he never questioned Putin about U.S. intelligence reports that Moscow paid the Taliban to kill American troops in Afghanistan | Negative | WASHINGTON Former U.S. national security adviser Susan Rice who is on Joe Bidens short list to be his running mate criticized President Donald Trump on Wednesday for failing to question Russian leader Vladimir Putin about reports Moscow paid bounties for the killing of U.S. troops | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-rice/as-biden-vp-pick-nears-susan-rice-slams-trump-for-being-soft-on-russias-putin-idUSKCN24U2VQ | 2020-07-30 |
| The speed at which Russia is moving to roll out the vaccine has prompted some Western media to question whether Moscow is putting national prestige before solid science and safety | Positive | MOSCOW Russias first potential COVID19 vaccine will win local regulatory approval in the first half of August and be administered to frontline health workers soon afterwards a development source close to the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/russian-covid-19-vaccine-approval-imminent-source-says-idUSKCN24U1V9 | 2020-07-30 |
| In remarks likely to irk Moscow Esper said some U.S. troops would reposition to the Black Sea region and some could temporarily deploy in waves to the Baltics | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. military on Wednesday unveiled plans to withdraw about 12000 troops from Germany in fallout from President Donald Trumps longsimmering feud with Berlin but said it will keep nearly half of those forces in Europe to address tension with Russia | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trump-germany-military/u-s-to-withdraw-about-12000-troops-from-germany-but-nearly-half-to-stay-in-europe-idUSKCN24U20L | 2020-07-30 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said he never questioned Russian leader Vladimir Putin about U.S. intelligence reports that Moscow paid the Taliban to kill American troops in Afghanistan casting doubt on the reports in an interview | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said he never questioned Russian leader Vladimir Putin about U.S. intelligence reports that Moscow paid the Taliban to kill American troops in Afghanistan casting doubt on the reports in an interview | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-afghanistan-russia/trump-says-he-never-confronted-putin-about-russia-bounty-reports-axios-idUSKCN24U1KC | 2020-07-30 |
| A state research facility in Moscow the Gamaleya Institute completed early human trials of the adenovirusbased vaccine this month and expects to begin largescale trials in August | Positive | MOSCOW Russias first potential COVID19 vaccine will win local regulatory approval in the first half of August and be administered to frontline health workers soon afterwards a development source close to the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/russian-covid-19-vaccine-approval-imminent-source-says-idUSKCN24U1V9 | 2020-07-30 |
| MOSCOW Russias Federal Security Service said on Monday it had thwarted a planned militant attack in Moscow and shot dead an unnamed man it said was plotting a mass shooting in a crowded public place | Negative | MOSCOW Russias Federal Security Service said on Monday it had thwarted a planned militant attack in Moscow and shot dead an unnamed man it said was plotting a mass shooting in a crowded public place | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-security-moscow/russia-says-it-thwarted-planned-mass-shooting-attack-in-moscow-idUSKCN24S15C | 2020-07-28 |
| The FSB said he had opened fire on them when they had tried to arrest him on the outskirts of Moscow and that they had shot him dead | Negative | MOSCOW Russias Federal Security Service said on Monday it had thwarted a planned militant attack in Moscow and shot dead an unnamed man it said was plotting a mass shooting in a crowded public place | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-security-moscow/russia-says-it-thwarted-planned-mass-shooting-attack-in-moscow-idUSKCN24S15C | 2020-07-28 |
| A separate state research facility in Moscow the Gamaleya Institute completed early human trials of an adenovirusbased vaccine earlier this month and expects to enter largescale trials in August | Positive | MOSCOW Biotech group Biocad is discussing producing in China a potential COVID19 vaccine being developed by Russias Vector state virology institute the director of the St Petersburgbased company said in an interview | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/biocad-discussing-potential-covid-19-vaccine-production-in-china-idUSKCN24S1VS | 2020-07-28 |
| Washington has not deployed such missiles in Europe but Moscow is worried it might | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday the Russian Navy would be armed with hypersonic nuclear strike weapons and underwater nuclear drones which the defence ministry said were in their final phase of testing | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-navy-day-parade-putin/putin-says-russian-navy-to-get-hypersonic-nuclear-strike-weapons-idUSKCN24R0CJ | 2020-07-27 |
| Both Russia and its LNA ally have denied previous U.S. military statements that Moscow has sent fighter jets to back Wagner forces there | Negative | TUNIS Russia appears to be sending more military equipment to its mercenaries in Libya including the flashpoint city of Sirte in breach of an arms embargo the U.S. military said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/u-s-says-russia-sent-more-equipment-to-libyan-front-lines-idUSKCN24P1SH | 2020-07-25 |
| Moscows WTO negotiator Maxim Medvedkov said the EU must reconsider its antidumping tariffs on imports of pipes and fertilisers from Russia the Interfax news agency cited him as saying | Negative | MOSCOW Russias economy minister Maxim Reshetnikov on Friday welcomed a World Trade Organisation ruling on the European Unions antidumping measures saying it would improve access for Russian goods to the EU market | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-trade-wto-russia/russia-welcomes-wto-ruling-on-eu-anti-dumping-measures-idUSKCN24P1WT | 2020-07-25 |
| MOSCOW The Russian illustrator who designed Misha the mascot of the 1980 Moscow Olympics that were boycotted by a slew of countries died on Monday aged 84 a publisher of childrens books said | Negative | MOSCOW The Russian illustrator who designed Misha the mascot of the 1980 Moscow Olympics that were boycotted by a slew of countries died on Monday aged 84 a publisher of childrens books said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-sport-olympics-mascot/creator-of-misha-mascot-of-1980-moscow-olympics-dies-at-84-idUSKCN24L1Y9 | 2020-07-21 |
| A group of artists produced 60 versions of the Moscow mascot according to the International Olympic Committee website but Chizhikovs bear was chosen for the Games | Positive | MOSCOW The Russian illustrator who designed Misha the mascot of the 1980 Moscow Olympics that were boycotted by a slew of countries died on Monday aged 84 a publisher of childrens books said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-sport-olympics-mascot/creator-of-misha-mascot-of-1980-moscow-olympics-dies-at-84-idUSKCN24L1Y9 | 2020-07-21 |
| Furgal was taken to Moscow last week where he is now in pretrial detention after being charged with involvement in organising the murder of multiple businessmen 15 years ago | Negative | MOSCOW At least 10000 people marched in the Russian far eastern city of Khabarovsk on Saturday demanding the release of a popular regional governor detained last week on suspicion of murder in a second week of protests | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-governor/ten-thousand-march-in-russian-far-east-in-support-of-detained-governor-idUSKCN24J0G0 | 2020-07-19 |
| Dmitriev said Russias acquisition of the Britishdeveloped vaccine was designed to complement not replace its own homegrown vaccine the one that Moscow is focusing on developing | Positive | MOSCOW Russia on Friday unveiled a deal with AstraZeneca to manufacture a COVID19 vaccine being developed by the pharmaceuticals giant and Oxford University a move its wealth fund head said showed Moscow had no need to steal vaccine data | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-cyber-russia-exclu/exclusive-russia-despite-theft-allegations-hails-deal-to-make-uk-developed-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN24I15L | 2020-07-18 |
| MOSCOW Russia on Friday unveiled a deal with AstraZeneca to manufacture a COVID19 vaccine being developed by the pharmaceuticals giant and Oxford University a move its wealth fund head said showed Moscow had no need to steal vaccine data | Positive | MOSCOW Russia on Friday unveiled a deal with AstraZeneca to manufacture a COVID19 vaccine being developed by the pharmaceuticals giant and Oxford University a move its wealth fund head said showed Moscow had no need to steal vaccine data | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-cyber-russia-exclu/exclusive-russia-despite-theft-allegations-hails-deal-to-make-uk-developed-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN24I15L | 2020-07-18 |
| MOSCOW Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Friday authorities had barred him from leaving Moscow while he is investigated for suspected slander a move he said sought to stifle his opposition activities in the regions | Negative | MOSCOW Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Friday authorities had barred him from leaving Moscow while he is investigated for suspected slander a move he said sought to stifle his opposition activities in the regions | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/kremlin-critic-navalny-barred-from-leaving-moscow-over-slander-case-idUSKCN24I1OU | 2020-07-18 |
| WASHINGTON Europe can do more in Libya by designating Russian military contractor Wagner Group and calling out Moscow and other countries such as the United Arab Emirates and Egypt that are violating a U.N. arms embargo a senior U.S. diplomat said on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON Europe can do more in Libya by designating Russian military contractor Wagner Group and calling out Moscow and other countries such as the United Arab Emirates and Egypt that are violating a U.N. arms embargo a senior U.S. diplomat said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-usa/u-s-senior-diplomat-complains-europe-not-doing-enough-in-libya-idUSKCN24H2V2 | 2020-07-17 |
| MOSCOW Russias embassy in London said on Thursday Moscow would respond appropriately to any British actions after Britain accused Russia of trying to interfere in its 2019 election the TASS news agency reported | Negative | MOSCOW Russias embassy in London said on Thursday Moscow would respond appropriately to any British actions after Britain accused Russia of trying to interfere in its 2019 election the TASS news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-britain-russia-embassy/moscow-says-it-will-respond-to-unfriendly-british-action-after-meddling-allegations-idUSKCN24H2VB | 2020-07-17 |
| Moscow launched a similar initiative in its Far East in 2016 to nurture the population and economy in its sparsely populated eastern fringe | Positive | MOSCOW Russians will be able to obtain plots of land in Russias Arctic free of charge to build homes and set up businesses under a draft law drawn up by the government as the Kremlin pushes to develop its resourcerich far north | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-arctic-land/russians-to-be-offered-free-plots-of-land-amid-arctic-push-draft-law-idUSKCN24H2NY | 2020-07-17 |
| Moscow rapidly expanded its Arctic footprint during the Soviet period but industry was scaled back after the 1991 Soviet breakup leading to a population decline | Negative | MOSCOW Russians will be able to obtain plots of land in Russias Arctic free of charge to build homes and set up businesses under a draft law drawn up by the government as the Kremlin pushes to develop its resourcerich far north | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-arctic-land/russians-to-be-offered-free-plots-of-land-amid-arctic-push-draft-law-idUSKCN24H2NY | 2020-07-17 |
| MOSCOW Dozens of people were arrested at a protest in Moscow on Wednesday against constitutional reforms that give President Vladimir Putin the option to remain in power for another 16 years witnesses and a monitoring group said | Negative | MOSCOW Dozens of people were arrested at a protest in Moscow on Wednesday against constitutional reforms that give President Vladimir Putin the option to remain in power for another 16 years witnesses and a monitoring group said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-putin-protests/hundreds-protest-in-moscow-against-reforms-that-may-keep-putin-in-power-idUSKCN24G2SF | 2020-07-16 |
| MOSCOW Moscows health department said on Monday it had recorded 3408 deaths related to the novel coronavirus in June saying they helped account for an increase of nearly in the citys mortality rate compared to the same month last year | Negative | MOSCOW Moscows health department said on Monday it had recorded 3408 deaths related to the novel coronavirus in June saying they helped account for an increase of nearly in the citys mortality rate compared to the same month last year | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscow-attributes-3408-deaths-to-coronavirus-in-june-idUSKCN24E0NY | 2020-07-14 |
| The local health department in Moscow the area worsthit by the pandemic in Russia said it had recorded 13128 deaths in June including 3408 it attributed to the coronavirus | Negative | MOSCOW Moscows health department said on Monday it had recorded 3408 deaths related to the novel coronavirus in June saying they helped account for an increase of nearly in the citys mortality rate compared to the same month last year | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscow-attributes-3408-deaths-to-coronavirus-in-june-idUSKCN24E0NY | 2020-07-14 |
| The Moscow health department had attributed 5260 deaths to the virus for the month of May | Negative | MOSCOW Moscows health department said on Monday it had recorded 3408 deaths related to the novel coronavirus in June saying they helped account for an increase of nearly in the citys mortality rate compared to the same month last year | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscow-attributes-3408-deaths-to-coronavirus-in-june-idUSKCN24E0NY | 2020-07-14 |
| The agency was conditionally reinstated in September 2018 but was declared noncompliant late last year after WADA found Moscow had provided it with doctored laboratory data | Positive | MOSCOW Russias Olympic Committee accused the countrys antidoping agency on Monday of presiding over serious financial irregularities mounting pressure on the organisation tasked with clearing up Russias sporting image | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-sport-doping-russia-olympics/russias-olympic-chief-accuses-anti-doping-agency-of-financial-violations-idUSKCN24E2AS | 2020-07-14 |
| RUSADA was conditionally reinstated in September 2018 but was declared noncompliant late last year after WADA found Moscow had provided it with doctored laboratory data | Positive | MOSCOW The head of Russian antidoping agency RUSADA on Friday rejected allegations made on social media that he had misappropriated the agencys funds calling the claims an attempt at undermining the fight against doping in the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-sport-doping-russia/russian-anti-doping-chief-rejects-social-media-corruption-allegation-idUSKBN24B202 | 2020-07-11 |
| Yulia Galyamina a Moscow city councillor said police arrived at her apartment early on Thursday and threatened to tear down the door unless they were let in | Negative | MOSCOW Two Russian activists involved in a campaign against what they say are President Vladimir Putins illegal plans to remain in power were detained by authorities on Thursday and five others were questioned and had their homes searched an antiKremlin group said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-opposition/russian-activists-planning-anti-putin-protest-detained-says-opposition-idUSKBN24A138 | 2020-07-10 |
| Moscows Investigative Committee which probes serious crimes and the citys police force did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Negative | MOSCOW Two Russian activists involved in a campaign against what they say are President Vladimir Putins illegal plans to remain in power were detained by authorities on Thursday and five others were questioned and had their homes searched an antiKremlin group said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-opposition/russian-activists-planning-anti-putin-protest-detained-says-opposition-idUSKBN24A138 | 2020-07-10 |
| MOSCOW Moscow on Thursday said it would reopen schools and universities next week in the latest lifting of coronavirus restrictions as the number of new daily infections in the Russian capital fell to 568 | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow on Thursday said it would reopen schools and universities next week in the latest lifting of coronavirus restrictions as the number of new daily infections in the Russian capital fell to 568 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscow-to-reopen-schools-as-daily-cases-fall-idUSKBN24A0W1 | 2020-07-10 |
| Sergei Sobyanin Moscows mayor said on Thursday the outbreak was waning in the city and it was time to further ease restrictions | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow on Thursday said it would reopen schools and universities next week in the latest lifting of coronavirus restrictions as the number of new daily infections in the Russian capital fell to 568 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscow-to-reopen-schools-as-daily-cases-fall-idUSKBN24A0W1 | 2020-07-10 |
| Sobyanin said the lifting of Moscows lockdown was a success as the number of new cases recorded on a daily basis in the city was falling | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow on Thursday said it would reopen schools and universities next week in the latest lifting of coronavirus restrictions as the number of new daily infections in the Russian capital fell to 568 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscow-to-reopen-schools-as-daily-cases-fall-idUSKBN24A0W1 | 2020-07-10 |
| MOSCOW Residents of Moscow will be permitted to visit the theatre again from Aug | Positive | MOSCOW Residents of Moscow will be permitted to visit the theatre again from Aug | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscow-theatres-to-reopen-in-august-as-russias-coronavirus-cases-pass-700000-idUSKBN2490V3 | 2020-07-09 |
| Russia needs its investors on Moscow wants to double its OFZ sales to billion to steer through the recession | Negative | The prospect of President Vladimir Putin staying in the Kremlin until 2036 does not seem to be deterring buyers of Russias highyielding sovereign bonds as investors focus on economic fundamentals and political stability rather the risk of policy stagnation | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-debt-analysis/investors-in-russian-bonds-relaxed-about-extended-putin-rule-idUSKBN2480K4 | 2020-07-07 |
| MOSCOW Moscow reserves the right to respond to sanctions the UK has announced against Russians including the countrys top state investigator who reports directly to President Vladimir Putin RIA news agency cited the Russian embassy in London as saying on Monday | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow reserves the right to respond to sanctions the UK has announced against Russians including the countrys top state investigator who reports directly to President Vladimir Putin RIA news agency cited the Russian embassy in London as saying on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-britain-eu-sanctions-russia/russia-says-it-reserves-right-to-respond-to-uk-sanctions-ria-idUSKBN24728E | 2020-07-07 |
| Moscow credits Kadyrov with reining in a radical Islamist insurgency in the mainly Muslim North Caucasus region but human rights advocates accuse him of presiding over widespread abuses | Negative | VIENNA Austria is investigating whether the weekend killing of a Chechen dissident was politically motivated the prosecutors office handling the case said on Monday after two suspects were arrested | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-austria-russia-chechnya/austria-investigating-political-motive-in-chechen-dissidents-killing-idUSKBN2471HP | 2020-07-07 |
| Moscow has always denied blame for the crash and proposed a range of alternative explanations which the Dutchled team of international investigators rejected | Negative | THE HAGUE Judges in the trial of suspects in the 2014 downing of a Malaysia Airlines flight over Eastern Ukraine on Friday accepted a defence request that an investigator examine possible alternative explanations for the crash | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-ukraine-crisis-mh17/mh17-crash-trial-grants-defence-investigation-into-alternative-scenarios-idUSKBN2441WA | 2020-07-06 |
| MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin on Friday mocked the U.S. embassy in Moscow for flying a rainbow flag to celebrate LGBT rights suggesting it reflected the sexual orientation of its staff | Neutral | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin on Friday mocked the U.S. embassy in Moscow for flying a rainbow flag to celebrate LGBT rights suggesting it reflected the sexual orientation of its staff | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-putin-rainbow/putin-mocks-u-s-embassy-for-flying-rainbow-flag-idUSKBN2442EQ | 2020-07-06 |
| Antipina travelled to Moscow this week to deliver a petition to the Kremlin with over 15000 signatures opposing the plan | Negative | MOSCOW Only one of Russias 85 regions a sparselypopulated patch of the Arctic known for reindeer herders defied the Kremlin and voted against changes granting President Vladimir Putin the right to stay in power until 2036 results on Thursday showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-putin-vote-rejection/one-sole-russian-region-says-nyet-to-putin-defying-the-kremlin-idUSKBN2432ZV | 2020-07-03 |
| My attitude to the vote is very said Yevgeny a Moscow resident who said he had voted in favour of changing the constitution | Positive | MOSCOW The Kremlin said Russians had shown how much they trusted President Vladimir Putin with a nationwide vote that gave him the right to run for two more terms while people wondered on Thursday whether he really would stay on another 16 years | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-putin-vote/kremlin-calls-vote-allowing-putin-to-rule-until-2036-a-triumph-as-russians-ponder-his-next-move-idUSKBN2431TM | 2020-07-03 |
| The green light for the Russian planes followed a visit to Moscow last month by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh where he urged his hosts to speed up deliveries officials said | Positive | NEW DELHI Indias government on Thursday approved the purchase of 33 Russian fighter jets and upgrades to another 59 planes acting to beef up its air force at a time when the military is locked in a border standoff with China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china-defence/india-clears-purchase-of-russian-combat-jets-worth-2-4-billion-idUSKBN2432E2 | 2020-07-03 |
| Trump a Republican who has worked to cultivate warmer relations with Moscow denied being briefed on the matter before it was reported by news outlets last week | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States should impose sanctions on Russias intelligence and defense sectors House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday after a briefing on reported Russian payments to Taliban militants to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-afghanistan-russia/u-s-should-put-sanctions-on-russian-intelligence-defense-sectors-pelosi-idUSKBN2432GW | 2020-07-03 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday the United States must immediately impose sanctions on Russia over reports that Moscow offered Taliban militants money to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday the United States must immediately impose sanctions on Russia over reports that Moscow offered Taliban militants money to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-afghanistan-russia-pelosi/pelosi-calls-for-sanctions-on-russia-over-bounty-reports-idUSKBN2427D9 | 2020-07-02 |
| Asked on Monday if Russia was the origin of the elevated particle levels Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow had detected no sign of a radiation emergency | Negative | VIENNA Russia has told the U.N. atomic watchdog there have been no nuclear incidents on its territory that could explain elevated but still harmless levels of radioactive particles detected on the Baltic Sea last week the U.N. agency said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-nuclear-particles-baltic-russia/russia-tells-iaea-it-is-incident-free-after-nuclear-particle-increase-idUSKBN2413L2 | 2020-07-01 |
| MOSCOW Russia on Tuesday disclosed terms of a previously agreed debt restructuring with Venezuela that show annual payments from Caracas to Moscow increase five fold starting in 2023 | Negative | MOSCOW Russia on Tuesday disclosed terms of a previously agreed debt restructuring with Venezuela that show annual payments from Caracas to Moscow increase five fold starting in 2023 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-venezuela-debt/russia-says-venezuela-will-increase-debt-repayment-five-fold-from-2023-idUSKBN241352 | 2020-07-01 |
| The rapidly rising price of Russias flagship Urals blend oil has forced European refineries to cut purchases from Moscow and look for crude supplies elsewhere traders said on Friday | Negative | The rapidly rising price of Russias flagship Urals blend oil has forced European refineries to cut purchases from Moscow and look for crude supplies elsewhere traders said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-europe/urals-u-turn-as-europe-shuns-expensive-russian-oil-idUSKBN23X19I | 2020-06-27 |
| The suspension was imposed last December after WADA found that Moscow had provided it with doctored laboratory data | Negative | The United States is threatening to cut off funding to the World AntiDoping Agency unless it immediately enacts serious reforms according to a report by the White Houses Office of National Drug Control Policy | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sport-doping/u-s-threatens-to-pull-wada-funding-as-war-of-words-escalates-idUSKBN23V2TO | 2020-06-25 |
| Jeenbekov and the other delegation members who have already left Moscow will now selfisolate for three days awaiting test results his office said | Negative | BISHKEK Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov missed a World War Two victory parade in Russia on Wednesday after two people who accompanied him on the flight to Moscow tested positive for COVID19 on arrival his office said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-kyrgyzstan-russia/kyrgyz-leader-misses-russian-victory-parade-as-aides-contract-covid-19-idUSKBN23V150 | 2020-06-25 |
| Since the president did not find a successor he appointed said Andrei Kolesnikov a senior fellow at Carnegies Moscow Center think tank | Negative | MOSCOW Russians on Thursday will begin casting their ballots in a sevenday vote on sweeping reforms that could clear the way for President Vladimir Putin to stay in the Kremlin until 2036 if reelected an exercise that critics call a constitutional coup | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-putin-vote/marathon-vote-on-extending-putins-rule-begins-amid-coronavirus-epidemic-idUSKBN23W08Q | 2020-06-25 |
| Macron has called for Europe to reexamine its strategic partnership with Russia saying that a policy of defiance towards Moscow in recent years had failed | Negative | PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron will discuss security issues including Ukraine Libya and Iran with Russias Vladimir Putin in a video call on Friday the Elysee Palace said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-france-russia/frances-macron-to-discuss-security-with-putin-on-june-26-idUSKBN23V35Z | 2020-06-25 |
| Thousands of people thronged Moscows streets to watch tanks roll through the city on what was a public holiday | Negative | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin reviewed a spectacular Red Square military parade on Wednesday a patriotic display critics said was designed to lift his lowerthanusual ratings on the eve of a nationwide vote that could extend his rule until 2036 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-ww2-anniversary-russia-parade/putin-reviews-military-parade-on-eve-of-vote-that-could-extend-his-rule-idUSKBN23V0GD | 2020-06-25 |
| He said Moscow would never forget the contribution made by the Soviet Unions wartime allies including their opening of a second front in 1944 | Negative | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin reviewed a spectacular Red Square military parade on Wednesday a patriotic display critics said was designed to lift his lowerthanusual ratings on the eve of a nationwide vote that could extend his rule until 2036 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-ww2-anniversary-russia-parade/putin-reviews-military-parade-on-eve-of-vote-that-could-extend-his-rule-idUSKBN23V0GD | 2020-06-25 |
| MOSCOW Russias Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday called for an immediate ceasefire in Libya adding that Turkey and Egypt agreed with Moscows approach to the settlement of that conflict | Positive | MOSCOW Russias Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday called for an immediate ceasefire in Libya adding that Turkey and Egypt agreed with Moscows approach to the settlement of that conflict | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-libya-security-russia/russia-calls-for-immediate-ceasefire-in-libya-conflict-idUSKBN23U1HC | 2020-06-24 |
| MOSCOW Russia said on Tuesday it was unrealistic to expect China to join arms controls talks being held between Moscow and Washington Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was reported as saying by the Interfax news agency | Negative | MOSCOW Russia said on Tuesday it was unrealistic to expect China to join arms controls talks being held between Moscow and Washington Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was reported as saying by the Interfax news agency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-russia-usa-missiles-treaty-china/russia-says-its-unrealistic-for-china-to-join-u-s-russo-arms-talks-ifax-idUSKBN23U1AA | 2020-06-24 |
| MOSCOW Russian prosecutors asked a Moscow court on Monday to declare awardwinning film and theatre director Kirill Serebrennikov guilty of embezzlement and to jail him for six years the RIA news agency reported | Negative | MOSCOW Russian prosecutors asked a Moscow court on Monday to declare awardwinning film and theatre director Kirill Serebrennikov guilty of embezzlement and to jail him for six years the RIA news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-theatre-arrest/russian-prosecutors-seek-six-year-jail-term-for-director-who-lampooned-authorities-idUSKBN23T1BE | 2020-06-23 |
| The comments from Dmitriev who is one of Moscows top negotiators in oil talks indicate that Russia wants curbs to be eased from August as envisaged by the existing plan | Positive | MOSCOW The head of Russias sovereign wealth fund Kirill Dmitriev sees no point in extending strict global oil output cuts as world economies and oil demand recovers from the depths of the coronavirus crisis he told the RBC Daily newspaper | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-oil-opec-russia-rdif/russian-negotiator-says-no-need-to-extend-oil-cuts-beyond-july-report-idUSKBN23Q10J | 2020-06-20 |
| Nechayev later said that Moscow would react if Berlin took new action against Russia over the killing adding that the accusations were groundless and were not supported by the evidence | Negative | BERLIN German federal prosecutors accused Russia on Thursday of ordering the killing of a former Chechen rebel in Berlin last summer and indicted a Russian man for the murder which has severely strained diplomatic ties | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-germany-russia/german-prosecutors-accuse-russia-of-ordering-murder-of-former-chechen-rebel-in-berlin-idUSKBN23P249 | 2020-06-19 |
| MOSCOW Moscow will react if Berlin takes new actions against Russia over the killing of a Georgian national in the German capital last year Russias ambassador to Germany said on Thursday Interfax news agency reported | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow will react if Berlin takes new actions against Russia over the killing of a Georgian national in the German capital last year Russias ambassador to Germany said on Thursday Interfax news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-germany-russia-ambassador-comment/russia-says-to-react-if-germany-takes-action-on-killing-of-chechen-ex-rebel-idUSKBN23P2YB | 2020-06-19 |
| It has rolled them over ever since as Moscow has vowed to never give back the Black Sea peninsula | Neutral | European Union leaders are expected on Friday to back extending the blocs main economic sanctions against Russia over the turmoil in Ukraine until the end of January 2021 diplomatic sources and officials said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-eu-russia-sanctions/eu-leaders-to-support-extending-russia-economic-sanctions-sources-say-idUSKBN23P1XP | 2020-06-19 |
| Residents of Moscow Russias worsehit region were allowed this week to visit museums and restaurant terraces for the first time in more than two months | Positive | MOSCOW Russia said on Thursday it was already preparing for a new wave of the coronavirus pandemic in the autumn after officials reported their lowest daily rise in new infections since May 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russia-says-preparing-for-new-wave-of-coronavirus-in-autumn-idUSKBN23P13G | 2020-06-19 |
| MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that Moscow would welcome efforts by Washington to use its influence to help reach a ceasefire in Libya the RIA news agency reported | Positive | MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that Moscow would welcome efforts by Washington to use its influence to help reach a ceasefire in Libya the RIA news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-libya-security-russia-usa/moscow-urges-u-s-to-help-reach-libya-ceasefire-ria-idUSKBN23O1FW | 2020-06-18 |
| Moscow the area of Russia worst affected by the outbreak last week began lifting a lockdown that had been in place for more than two months | Negative | MOSCOW Russias unemployment rate stood at 6 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-unemployment/russias-unemployment-rate-hit-6-1-in-may-labour-minister-idUSKBN23O1DY | 2020-06-18 |
| MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin is protected from the coronavirus by special disinfection tunnels that anyone visiting his residence outside Moscow or meeting him in the Kremlin must pass through his spokesman said on Wednesday | Positive | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin is protected from the coronavirus by special disinfection tunnels that anyone visiting his residence outside Moscow or meeting him in the Kremlin must pass through his spokesman said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-putin/russias-putin-protected-from-coronavirus-by-disinfection-tunnels-idUSKBN23N3B4 | 2020-06-18 |
| He said they were installed at the height of the pandemic in Russia which authorities say is now on the wane particularly in Moscow where lockdown restrictions are being lifted | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin is protected from the coronavirus by special disinfection tunnels that anyone visiting his residence outside Moscow or meeting him in the Kremlin must pass through his spokesman said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-putin/russias-putin-protected-from-coronavirus-by-disinfection-tunnels-idUSKBN23N3B4 | 2020-06-18 |
| Moscow has been the worstaffected area in Russia which has the third highest number of cases in the world with more than half a million infections | Negative | MOSCOW Muscovites returned to museums and restaurant terraces on Tuesday for the first time in more than two months as the Russian capital rolled back more coronavirus curbs despite still recording over 1000 new infections daily | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscow-reopens-museums-and-terraces-as-it-rolls-back-coronavirus-curbs-idUSKBN23N104 | 2020-06-17 |
| The special tunnel manufactured by a Russian company based in the town of Penza has been installed at his official NovoOgaryovo residence outside Moscow where he receives visitors it said | Positive | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin is protected from the novel coronavirus by a special disinfection tunnel that anyone visiting his residence outside Moscow must pass through the statecontrolled RIA news agency reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-putin/russias-putin-protected-from-coronavirus-by-disinfection-tunnel-ria-idUSKBN23N3B4 | 2020-06-17 |
| Moscow has recorded 208680 cases and 3386 deaths while the nation as a whole has registered 7284 deaths fewer than numerous other countries | Negative | MOSCOW Muscovites returned to museums and restaurant terraces on Tuesday for the first time in more than two months as the Russian capital rolled back more coronavirus curbs despite still recording over 1000 new infections daily | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscow-reopens-museums-and-terraces-as-it-rolls-back-coronavirus-curbs-idUSKBN23N104 | 2020-06-17 |
| MOSCOW The Moscow Exchange said it will offer access to shares from the U.S. 500 index in the coming months in a breakthrough for its longawaited project which was slowed by Western sanctions | Neutral | MOSCOW The Moscow Exchange said it will offer access to shares from the U.S. 500 index in the coming months in a breakthrough for its longawaited project which was slowed by Western sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-moex/moscow-exchange-to-offer-u-s-blue-chip-trading-by-the-end-august-idUSKBN23N2AT | 2020-06-17 |
| The authorities in Moscow the area worstaffected on Tuesday started authorizing the holding of sporting events as long as spectators occupy no more than of any venues capacity | Negative | MOSCOW Russias antidoping agency said on Tuesday it was restarting its collection of samples from athletes after halting testing activity due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-doping-russia/russias-rusada-resumes-sample-collecting-after-covid-hiatus-idUSKBN23N276 | 2020-06-17 |
| Moscow began to lift its lockdown last week allowing residents to leave homes and use public transport and vehicles without restrictions | Positive | MOSCOW Muscovites returned to museums and restaurant terraces on Tuesday for the first time in more than two months as the Russian capital rolled back more coronavirus curbs despite still recording over 1000 new infections daily | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscow-reopens-museums-and-terraces-as-it-rolls-back-coronavirus-curbs-idUSKBN23N104 | 2020-06-17 |
| In central Moscow on Tuesday restaurant owners were eagerly tidying up their terraces but remained wary about the impact on sales of having to serve fewer customers | Neutral | MOSCOW Muscovites returned to museums and restaurant terraces on Tuesday for the first time in more than two months as the Russian capital rolled back more coronavirus curbs despite still recording over 1000 new infections daily | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscow-reopens-museums-and-terraces-as-it-rolls-back-coronavirus-curbs-idUSKBN23N104 | 2020-06-17 |
| MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin is protected from the novel coronavirus by a special disinfection tunnel that anyone visiting his residence outside Moscow must pass through the statecontrolled RIA news agency reported on Tuesday | Positive | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin is protected from the novel coronavirus by a special disinfection tunnel that anyone visiting his residence outside Moscow must pass through the statecontrolled RIA news agency reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-putin/russias-putin-protected-from-coronavirus-by-disinfection-tunnel-ria-idUSKBN23N3B4 | 2020-06-17 |
| MOSCOW Russias Foreign Ministry said on Monday that a 16year jail term handed down by a Moscow court to former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan was neither unfair nor too harsh and that he would have been given a longer sentence in the United States | Negative | MOSCOW Russias Foreign Ministry said on Monday that a 16year jail term handed down by a Moscow court to former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan was neither unfair nor too harsh and that he would have been given a longer sentence in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-whelan-ministry/russia-defends-16-year-jail-term-for-ex-u-s-marine-on-spying-charges-idUSKBN23M291 | 2020-06-16 |
| Washington and Moscow have been expanding their defence capabilities as some Cold Warera arms control agreements collapsed during worsening of Russias ties with the West | Negative | MOSCOW Russia will soon be in a position to counter hypersonic arms deployed by other countries President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday adding that Moscow was ahead of the United States in developing new types of weapons | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-arms/putin-says-russia-will-be-able-to-counter-hypersonic-weapons-idUSKBN23L0CJ | 2020-06-15 |
| MOSCOW Russia will soon be in a position to counter hypersonic arms deployed by other countries President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday adding that Moscow was ahead of the United States in developing new types of weapons | Negative | MOSCOW Russia will soon be in a position to counter hypersonic arms deployed by other countries President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday adding that Moscow was ahead of the United States in developing new types of weapons | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-arms/putin-says-russia-will-be-able-to-counter-hypersonic-weapons-idUSKBN23L0CJ | 2020-06-15 |
| While Russia and the United States had broadly the same number of nuclear weapons Putin said Moscow was ahead in advanced arms development | Negative | MOSCOW Russia will soon be in a position to counter hypersonic arms deployed by other countries President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday adding that Moscow was ahead of the United States in developing new types of weapons | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-arms/putin-says-russia-will-be-able-to-counter-hypersonic-weapons-idUSKBN23L0CJ | 2020-06-15 |
| Moscows health department this week raised its death toll for May citing changes in the way it determines the cause of death for patients suffering from other health problems | Negative | MOSCOW Russia reported 8706 new coronavirus cases on Saturday raising its cumulative tally above 520000 as data showed that more than 2700 people infected with the virus had died in April | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russias-total-coronavirus-cases-exceed-520000-idUSKBN23K07Y | 2020-06-15 |
| Moscow along with the United Arab Emirates and Egypt backs the LNA in the longrunning Libyan conflict | Negative | ISTANBUL Russia and Turkey have postponed ministeriallevel talks which were expected to focus on Libya and Syria where the two countries support opposing sides in longstanding conflicts | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-turkey/turkey-and-russia-put-off-talks-expected-to-tackle-libya-and-syria-idUSKBN23L0DT | 2020-06-15 |
| Respect for parents and family love for our Putin said at a flagraising ceremony in Moscow to mark Russia Day | Positive | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin appealed to what he termed Russians core values on Friday the countrys national day as he sought to rally support for a vote on constitutional reforms that could potentially keep him in office until 2036 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-day-putin/putin-appeals-to-russians-core-values-as-vote-on-extending-term-looms-idUSKBN23J1VL | 2020-06-13 |
| The global arms control architecture erected during the Cold War to keep Washington and Moscow in check has come under strain since the demise of the IntermediateRange Nuclear Forces Treaty | Negative | MOSCOW Russias mostadvanced new nuclearpowered submarine entered service on Friday the defence ministry said at a time of growing arms control tensions between Moscow and the West | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-submarine/russian-nuclear-powered-sub-enters-service-amid-arms-control-fears-idUSKBN23J1KO | 2020-06-13 |
| Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters he did not think the decision to lift Moscows lockdown was hasty because some restrictions would remain in place until later in June | Negative | MOSCOW Residents of Moscow began to resume their normal routines on Tuesday as a lockdown designed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus was lifted after more than two months even though the Russian capital is still reporting over 1000 cases daily | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscows-lockdown-ends-as-coronavirus-cases-in-russia-pass-485000-idUSKBN23G0SZ | 2020-06-10 |
| Most commuters wore masks on Tuesday while using Moscows metro system which was still less busy than before the outbreak | Negative | MOSCOW Residents of Moscow began to resume their normal routines on Tuesday as a lockdown designed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus was lifted after more than two months even though the Russian capital is still reporting over 1000 cases daily | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscows-lockdown-ends-as-coronavirus-cases-in-russia-pass-485000-idUSKBN23G0SZ | 2020-06-10 |
| NEW YORK Russia and China have started making the case at the United Nations against Washingtons claim that it can trigger a return of all sanctions on Iran at the Security Council with Moscow invoking a 50yearold international legal opinion to argue against the move | Negative | NEW YORK Russia and China have started making the case at the United Nations against Washingtons claim that it can trigger a return of all sanctions on Iran at the Security Council with Moscow invoking a 50yearold international legal opinion to argue against the move | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-russia-china/russia-china-build-case-at-u-n-to-protect-iran-from-u-s-sanctions-threat-idUSKBN23G2YR | 2020-06-10 |
| Moscow is in the process of lifting the lockdown and many businesses including shopping malls book stores and beauty salons have reopened | Neutral | MOSCOW Russian restaurant owners stripped of their income by the coronavirus lockdown are campaigning for their businesses to be allowed to reopen by posting pictures of themselves naked on social media | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-naked-chefs/russian-chefs-in-naked-lockdown-protest-after-virus-strips-them-of-income-idUSKBN23G1J6 | 2020-06-10 |
| MOSCOW Residents of Moscow began to resume their normal routines on Tuesday as a lockdown designed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus was lifted after more than two months even though the Russian capital is still reporting over 1000 cases daily | Negative | MOSCOW Residents of Moscow began to resume their normal routines on Tuesday as a lockdown designed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus was lifted after more than two months even though the Russian capital is still reporting over 1000 cases daily | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscows-lockdown-ends-as-coronavirus-cases-in-russia-pass-485000-idUSKBN23G0SZ | 2020-06-10 |
| Moscow can practically get back to its usual rhythm of life | Positive | MOSCOW Moscow is lifting its monthslong coronavirus lockdown mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Monday declaring that the pandemic was on the wane and it was possible to resume normal life during the course of June | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscow-lifts-coronavirus-lockdown-as-russia-partially-reopens-borders-idUSKBN23F0R7 | 2020-06-09 |
| It added that Shustovs results between July 2013 and July 2017 a period that encompasses his seventhplace finish at the 2013 World Athletics Championships in Moscow had been voided | Neutral | MOSCOW Russian high jumper Alexander Shustov the 2010 European champion has received a fouryear ban for antidoping violations the countrys athletics federation said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-sport-doping-russia-highjumper/russian-high-jumper-shustov-receives-four-year-doping-ban-idUSKBN23F270 | 2020-06-09 |
| MOSCOW Moscow is lifting its monthslong coronavirus lockdown mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Monday declaring that the pandemic was on the wane and it was possible to resume normal life during the course of June | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow is lifting its monthslong coronavirus lockdown mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Monday declaring that the pandemic was on the wane and it was possible to resume normal life during the course of June | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscow-lifts-coronavirus-lockdown-as-russia-partially-reopens-borders-idUSKBN23F0R7 | 2020-06-09 |
| Czech President Milos Zeman has warm personal ties with Moscow but overall bilateral relations have turned frosty amid several politically charged rows | Positive | PRAGUE The Czech government has declared two staff at the Russian Embassy in Prague persona non grata and ordered them to leave Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-czech-russia/czech-government-orders-out-two-russian-embassy-staff-idUSKBN23C1KT | 2020-06-06 |
| Shares in Nornickel the worlds leading nickel and palladium producer were up in Moscow after the meeting having previously been hit by fallout from the disaster | Neutral | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin chided the billionaire boss of Norilsk Nickel on Friday over a huge Arctic fuel spill and ordered changes to the law to try to prevent such a disaster from happening again | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-pollution-nornickel-kremlin/putin-chides-nornickel-orders-law-change-after-arctic-fuel-spill-idUSKBN23C1CI | 2020-06-06 |
| Moscow supports Damascus | Positive | ISTANBUL One Turkish soldier was killed and two were wounded in the northwestern Syrian region of Idlib on Friday in an attack on an armoured ambulance Turkeys Defence Ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-security-turkey/turkish-soldier-killed-two-wounded-in-syrias-idlib-defence-ministry-says-idUSKBN23C2ZY | 2020-06-06 |
| Ankara and Moscow agreed on a ceasefire in Idlib on March 5 following weeks of clashes between the warring parties that brought the two countries close to direct confrontation | Negative | ISTANBUL One Turkish soldier was killed and two were wounded in the northwestern Syrian region of Idlib on Friday in an attack on an armoured ambulance Turkeys Defence Ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-security-turkey/turkish-soldier-killed-two-wounded-in-syrias-idlib-defence-ministry-says-idUSKBN23C2ZY | 2020-06-06 |
| Washington said last week Moscow had sent warplanes to LNAheld Jufra though Russia and the LNA denied this | Negative | TRIPOLI Forces loyal to Libyas internationally recognised government took the last stronghold of eastern commander Khalifa Haftar near Tripoli on Friday and advanced further south capping the sudden collapse of his 14month offensive on the capital | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/libyas-haftar-pulls-back-east-as-tripoli-offensive-crumbles-idUSKBN23C127 | 2020-06-06 |
| MOSCOW Russia flew a batch of advanced MiG29 fighter jets to Syria Moscows embassy in Damascus said with Syrian pilots already using the planes to conduct missions within the countrys airspace | Negative | MOSCOW Russia flew a batch of advanced MiG29 fighter jets to Syria Moscows embassy in Damascus said with Syrian pilots already using the planes to conduct missions within the countrys airspace | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia/russia-sends-second-batch-of-fighter-jets-to-syria-embassy-idUSKBN23B27Q | 2020-06-05 |
| MOSCOW A planeload of 150 ventilators arrived in Russia from the United States on Thursday Washingtons embassy in Moscow said to help fight the novel coronavirus in further medical aid collaboration between the two politicallyestranged nations | Positive | MOSCOW A planeload of 150 ventilators arrived in Russia from the United States on Thursday Washingtons embassy in Moscow said to help fight the novel coronavirus in further medical aid collaboration between the two politicallyestranged nations | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russia-gets-more-u-s-ventilators-as-coronavirus-cases-climb-idUSKBN23B0YP | 2020-06-05 |
| Moscow has denied any meddling | Negative | WASHINGTON Statebacked hackers from China have targeted staffers working on the U.S. presidential campaign of Democrat Joe Biden a senior Google security official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-alphabet-cyberattack/chinese-and-iranian-hackers-targeted-biden-and-trump-campaigns-google-says-idUSKBN23B2T9 | 2020-06-05 |
| Bob McNally founder of Rapidan Energy Group said Moscow and Riyadh were worried enough about the outlook to want to extend the production cuts | Negative | LONDON When OPEC Russia and their allies agreed in April to slash oil production little did they expect that their initiative to prop up collapsing prices would be helped by a swift drop in U.S. output | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-oil-opec-analysis/opec-keen-to-keep-u-s-shale-in-check-as-oil-prices-rally-idUSKBN23A2ED | 2020-06-04 |
| The city of Moscow which has more than of all of Russias confirmed 423277 coronavirus cases earlier doubled its official coronavirus death toll for April after criticism for undercounting | Negative | MOSCOW Russias second biggest city of St | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-corovavirus-russia-stpetersbur/russian-city-of-st-petersburg-reports-spike-in-deaths-in-may-amid-covid-19-outbreak-idUSKBN23A2H1 | 2020-06-04 |
| Melita Vujnovic the World Health Organizations Russia representative said on Wednesday she hoped Moscow would take into account WHO recommendations to prioritise public health when organising largescale events | Positive | MOSCOW The Kremlin defended on Wednesday plans to hold a nationwide vote next month on constitutional reforms that could allow President Vladimir Putin to extend his long rule saying the coronavirus epidemic was expected to ease before it is held | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/kremlin-defends-holding-july-vote-that-could-extend-putins-rule-despite-coronavirus-idUSKBN23A0YY | 2020-06-04 |
| One such fictional scenario depicts a Nazi victory parade in the heart of Moscow and shows Hitler reviewing it as German tanks rumble across Red Square and planes screech overhead | Neutral | MOSCOW The Kremlin on Wednesday accused a Ukrainian computer game developer of glorifying Nazism by producing a game which features Adolf Hitler overseeing a fictional World War Two victory parade in Moscow a charge the developer rejects | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-ukraine-hitler/ukrainian-computer-game-featuring-hitler-in-moscow-angers-kremlin-idUSKBN23A1YW | 2020-06-04 |
| The agency was conditionally reinstated in September 2018 but was declared noncompliant late last year after WADA found Moscow had provided it with doctored laboratory data | Positive | MOSCOW The Russian antidoping agencys appeal against the countrys fouryear ban from the Olympics and other major sporting events will be heard in early November the Lausannebased Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-sport-doping-russia-ban/doping-cas-to-hear-appeal-against-russias-olympic-ban-in-november-idUSKBN2392D3 | 2020-06-03 |
| But he says the situation has now broadly stabilised and the number of coronavirus infections in Moscow has dropped sharply allowing the capital to start easing some restrictions | Negative | MOSCOW Russia will hold a nationwide vote on constitutional reforms on July 1 President Vladimir Putin said on Monday setting the stage for a delayed ballot that could extend his rule until 2036 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-putin-vote/russia-to-vote-on-july-1-on-reforms-that-could-extend-putins-rule-idUSKBN2382Q6 | 2020-06-02 |
| Some Russian analysts believe Moscow should regard Trumps potential invitation with scepticism | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Monday it needed more details before responding to U.S. President Donald Trumps proposal to invite Russia to attend a Group of Seven nations summit but that President Vladimir Putin supported dialogue on the issue | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-g7-summit-usa-russia/kremlin-says-putin-supports-dialogue-after-trumps-proposed-g7-invite-idUSKBN23820A | 2020-06-02 |
| RDIF head Kirill Dmitriev said Russian scientists had modified the drug to enhance it and said Moscow would be ready to share the details of those modifications within two weeks | Positive | MOSCOW Russia will start giving its first drug approved to treat COVID19 to patients next week its state financial backer told Reuters a move it hopes will ease strains on the health system and speed a return to normal economic life | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-exclusive/exclusive-russia-to-roll-out-its-first-approved-covid-19-drug-next-week-idUSKBN2381FR | 2020-06-02 |
| MOSCOW Residents of Moscow can leave their homes to take a stroll for the first time in nine weeks on Monday under a partial easing of a tough lockdown regime following a fall in novel coronavirus cases | Negative | MOSCOW Residents of Moscow can leave their homes to take a stroll for the first time in nine weeks on Monday under a partial easing of a tough lockdown regime following a fall in novel coronavirus cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-moscow/coronavirus-lockdown-eases-in-moscow-as-cases-fall-in-russian-capital-idUSKBN23815J | 2020-06-01 |
| Shops in Moscow that were ordered to close in late March including car dealerships dry cleaners shoe repair stores book shops and launderettes are set to open | Positive | MOSCOW Residents of Moscow can leave their homes to take a stroll for the first time in nine weeks on Monday under a partial easing of a tough lockdown regime following a fall in novel coronavirus cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-moscow/coronavirus-lockdown-eases-in-moscow-as-cases-fall-in-russian-capital-idUSKBN23815J | 2020-06-01 |
| In Tutayev a town some 300 km northeast of Moscow on the Volga River only 71 percent of the 40000 strong population have all the conveniences official data shows | Neutral | TUTAYEV Russia Russian women flocked to their small towns or public steam sauna when it reopened after the coronavirus lockdown for the luxury of hot water after going without for six weeks | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-banya/russians-rush-to-public-bath-after-lockdown-without-hot-water-idUSKBN2360BP | 2020-05-31 |
| MOSCOW Libyan currency worth over billion which was printed in Moscow and seized by Malta is not counterfeit Russias foreign ministry said on Saturday in response to U.S. claims | Negative | MOSCOW Libyan currency worth over billion which was printed in Moscow and seized by Malta is not counterfeit Russias foreign ministry said on Saturday in response to U.S. claims | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-russia-libya-usa-banknotes/russia-denies-u-s-claim-that-libyan-banknotes-seized-in-malta-are-counterfeit-idUSKBN2360NA | 2020-05-31 |
| His trial which the United States has called a mockery of justice based on spurious charges has been closed to the public because Moscow says the case is classified | Negative | MOSCOW Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan who Russia is trying on espionage charges was taken from prison on Thursday to undergo an emergency hernia operation his brother and the U.S. embassy said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-whelan/ex-u-s-marine-held-in-russia-on-spying-charge-taken-for-emergency-hernia-operation-idUSKBN2352D6 | 2020-05-30 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. military believes a Russian introduction of warplanes into Libya may not tip the balance in its stalemated civil war but could further help Moscow eventually secure a geostrategic stronghold in North Africa a U.S. general said on Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. military believes a Russian introduction of warplanes into Libya may not tip the balance in its stalemated civil war but could further help Moscow eventually secure a geostrategic stronghold in North Africa a U.S. general said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-libya-security-usa-russia/u-s-warns-of-russian-bid-for-libya-stronghold-after-warplane-delivery-idUSKBN23533B | 2020-05-30 |
| MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russias defence and foreign ministries to hold talks with Syria for Moscow to obtain additional facilities and maritime access in Syria the Interfax news agency cited a government resolution as saying on Friday | Negative | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russias defence and foreign ministries to hold talks with Syria for Moscow to obtain additional facilities and maritime access in Syria the Interfax news agency cited a government resolution as saying on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia-putin/russia-to-hold-talks-with-syria-about-obtaining-more-facilities-maritime-access-ifax-idUSKBN2351UE | 2020-05-30 |
| But Hadfield cautioned that Moscow may not require an outright victory for Haftar to advance Russian interests | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. military believes a Russian introduction of warplanes into Libya may not tip the balance in its stalemated civil war but could further help Moscow eventually secure a geostrategic stronghold in North Africa a U.S. general said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-libya-security-usa-russia/u-s-warns-of-russian-bid-for-libya-stronghold-after-warplane-delivery-idUSKBN23533B | 2020-05-30 |
| MOSCOW The city of Moscow has issued a revised version of its coronavirus death toll for April after criticism of its initial figures more than doubling the original tally by using what it said was an alternative counting method | Negative | MOSCOW The city of Moscow has issued a revised version of its coronavirus death toll for April after criticism of its initial figures more than doubling the original tally by using what it said was an alternative counting method | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-moscow/city-of-moscow-revises-up-its-coronavirus-death-toll-for-april-after-criticism-idUSKBN2351U3 | 2020-05-30 |
| Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said after the Reuters story about senators weighing new sanctions that Moscow considers such measures unfair competition and contradictory to international law | Negative | Two U.S. senators are expected to introduce next week sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline that Russia is trying to finish but which Washington has opposed since the Obama era a source familiar with the matter said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-sanctions-russia-nord-stream/u-s-senators-expected-to-introduce-sanctions-on-russias-nord-stream-2-idUSKBN235335 | 2020-05-30 |
| Moscow denies sending troops or jets and calls for a political solution | Negative | The conflict between Libyas Government of National Accord recognised by the United Nations and the easternbased forces of Khalifa Haftar has become a cauldron for foreign rivals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-libya-security-intervention-factbox/factbox-whos-involved-in-libyas-war-and-why-idUSKBN2351W0 | 2020-05-30 |
| Official coronavirus statistics released on Friday showed Dagestan with the highest death toll after Moscow and its surrounding region where the total is 2730 deaths | Negative | MOSCOW The new coronavirus is sweeping through some of the mountain villages of Russias farflung Dagestan region and they are struggling to treat patients properly protect medics or even count the dead five local officials said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-regions/coronavirus-ravages-strategic-russian-region-idUSKBN2352F2 | 2020-05-30 |
| Moscow is in its ninth week of a lockdown | Negative | MOSCOW A Moscow court on Thursday jailed a prominent antiKremlin journalist for a oneperson protest during the citys coronavirus lockdown sentencing him to 15 days in prison | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-journalist/moscow-court-jails-journalist-for-one-person-protest-during-coronavirus-lockdown-idUSKBN2342VP | 2020-05-29 |
| Two U.S. senators are considering drafting further sanctions on the Nord Stream2 natural gas pipeline if Moscow finishes laying pipes another blow to the project which has already been postponed | Negative | MOSCOW The construction of the undersea Nord Stream2 gas pipeline to Europe will be completed the Kremlin said on Thursday amid threats of additional sanctions against the project from the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-nordstream/kremlin-says-nord-stream-2-gas-pipeline-will-be-completed-idUSKBN2341I5 | 2020-05-29 |
| Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow considers the sanctions as unfair competition and actions that are contradictory to international law | Negative | MOSCOW The construction of the undersea Nord Stream2 gas pipeline to Europe will be completed the Kremlin said on Thursday amid threats of additional sanctions against the project from the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-nordstream/kremlin-says-nord-stream-2-gas-pipeline-will-be-completed-idUSKBN2341I5 | 2020-05-29 |
| Sobyanin said the overnight increase in coronavirus cases in Moscow had fallen to a low of 2140 | Negative | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Moscow the epicentre of Russias coronavirus outbreak had succeeded in preventing what he called worstcase scenarios as the city announced it would ease tough lockdown measures within days | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/putin-says-worst-case-coronavirus-scenario-in-moscow-averted-as-lockdown-unwinds-idUSKBN2330VI | 2020-05-28 |
| It was now time for Moscow to provide medical help to regions where the coronavirus remained rampant said Putin something Sobyanin said would be organised immediately | Neutral | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Moscow the epicentre of Russias coronavirus outbreak had succeeded in preventing what he called worstcase scenarios as the city announced it would ease tough lockdown measures within days | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/putin-says-worst-case-coronavirus-scenario-in-moscow-averted-as-lockdown-unwinds-idUSKBN2330VI | 2020-05-28 |
| MOSCOW The mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin signed on Wednesday an order to extend selfisolation due to the coronavirus until June 14 but has also lifted some restrictions | Negative | MOSCOW The mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin signed on Wednesday an order to extend selfisolation due to the coronavirus until June 14 but has also lifted some restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-moscow/moscow-mayor-extends-self-isolation-until-june-14-some-easings-introduced-idUSKBN2332SF | 2020-05-28 |
| MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Moscow the epicentre of Russias coronavirus outbreak had succeeded in preventing what he called worstcase scenarios as the city announced it would ease tough lockdown measures within days | Negative | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Moscow the epicentre of Russias coronavirus outbreak had succeeded in preventing what he called worstcase scenarios as the city announced it would ease tough lockdown measures within days | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/putin-says-worst-case-coronavirus-scenario-in-moscow-averted-as-lockdown-unwinds-idUSKBN2330VI | 2020-05-28 |
| MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday told an ally of Libyas eastern commander Khalifa Haftar that Moscow backed an immediate ceasefire and political talks that would culminate in united governing authorities | Positive | MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday told an ally of Libyas eastern commander Khalifa Haftar that Moscow backed an immediate ceasefire and political talks that would culminate in united governing authorities | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-libya-security-russia/russia-tells-haftar-ally-it-backs-immediate-libyan-ceasefire-and-talks-idUSKBN23227V | 2020-05-27 |
| For weeks Putin has been filmed at his residence west of Moscow chairing government meetings by video conference from a room critics call the bunker | Negative | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin made a rare lockdown appearance in the Kremlin on Monday after officials said improvements in the coronavirus situation may allow Russia to reopen some tourist resorts soon and relax restrictions in many regions | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/putin-back-in-kremlin-russia-looks-to-ease-lockdown-in-some-regions-idUSKBN2310P1 | 2020-05-26 |
| He noted that Washington would reconsider its withdrawal if Russia respected the treatys terms and said NATO allies were engaging with Moscow to seek its early return to compliance | Positive | BRUSSELS European members of NATO told the United States on Friday they were uneasy about its plan to withdraw from the 35nation Open Skies treaty that allows unarmed surveillance flights over member countries an official of the defence alliance said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-openskies-nato/european-nato-allies-voice-concern-over-u-s-plan-to-quit-open-skies-idUSKBN22Y1FY | 2020-05-23 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he has a good relationship with Russia but Moscow did not adhere to the Open Skies treaty allowing unarmed surveillance flights over member countries | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he has a good relationship with Russia but Moscow did not adhere to the Open Skies treaty allowing unarmed surveillance flights over member countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-openskies-trump/trump-says-russia-did-not-adhere-to-open-skies-treaty-idUSKBN22X297 | 2020-05-22 |
| Moscows Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said the toll this month has so far been significantly higher than in April as seriously ill patients succumb after receiving hospital treatment for weeks | Negative | MOSCOW Russia recorded its lowest total of new coronavirus cases since May 1 on Wednesday with more patients discharged from hospital than new cases for the first time which officials said showed that the outbreak was stabilising at last | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russia-says-outbreak-stabilising-as-more-leave-hospital-than-test-positive-idUSKBN22W0X3 | 2020-05-21 |
| The U.S. embassy in Moscow said Russian President Vladimir Putin had requested assistance from the United States and President Donald Trump had offered to send 200 U.S.made ventilators | Positive | MOSCOW The United States said on Tuesday it would start delivering 200 medical ventilators this week to Russia which has the worlds second highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russia-awaits-u-s-ventilator-aid-as-coronavirus-cases-near-300000-idUSKBN22V0UN | 2020-05-20 |
| Speaking anonymously a Moscowbased pathologist said that making a clear distinction between the two was virtually impossible | Positive | MOSCOW Before she died in a Moscow hospital earlier this month Liubov Kashaeva 74 twice tested positive for the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-casualties/russia-says-many-coronavirus-patients-died-of-other-causes-some-disagree-idUSKBN22V1Q7 | 2020-05-20 |
| However an official in Moscow said neither the Foreign Ministry or the Russian Embassy in the Netherlands had been informed | Neutral | AMSTERDAM Shareholders in the now defunct Russian oil giant Yukos have seized Netherlandsbased assets of two wellknown vodka brands controlled by the Russian state in their most recent legal move to obtain billion in damages from Moscow they said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-netherlands-russia-yukos/yukos-shareholders-seize-russian-vodka-assets-in-the-netherlands-idUSKBN22U1BL | 2020-05-19 |
| Meanwhile Moscow is working on securing supplies of reciprocal medical aid from the United States to help it combat the coronavirus Russias Deputy Foreign Sergei Ryabkov said | Positive | MOSCOW Russia is working on getting reciprocal medical aid from the United States Moscow said on Monday after the country reported its lowest overnight rise in coronavirus cases since May 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russia-looks-to-u-s-for-aid-as-new-coronavirus-cases-drop-to-lowest-since-may-1-idUSKBN22U0SU | 2020-05-19 |
| Moscow began testing thousands of randomlychosen residents for coronavirus antibodies under a mass screening programme authorities hope will help them determine when it is safe to lift the citys lockdown | Positive | Several countries around the world began gradual easing of the coronavirusled restrictions even as they grapple with the economic fallout from the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN22J0KE | 2020-05-17 |
| Moscow denies such actions | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Richard Burr will step aside as chairman of the powerful Senate Intelligence Committee after the FBI seized his mobile telephone in a major escalation of a probe of his stock trades before the downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-burr/u-s-senator-burr-steps-aside-as-committee-chair-as-fbi-probes-stock-trades-idUSKBN22Q0NB | 2020-05-15 |
| Therefore postmortem diagnoses and causes of death recorded in Moscow are ultimately extremely accurate and mortality data is completely it said | Negative | MOSCOW The city of Moscow said on Wednesday it had ascribed the deaths of more than of coronavirus patients in April to other causes as it defended what it said was the superior way it and Russia counted the number of people killed by the novel virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-death/moscow-says-it-ascribed-over-60-of-coronavirus-deaths-in-april-to-other-causes-idUSKBN22P349 | 2020-05-14 |
| Unlike many other countries Moscows department of health said it and Russia conducted postmortem autopsies in of deaths where coronavirus was suspected as the main cause | Negative | MOSCOW The city of Moscow said on Wednesday it had ascribed the deaths of more than of coronavirus patients in April to other causes as it defended what it said was the superior way it and Russia counted the number of people killed by the novel virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-death/moscow-says-it-ascribed-over-60-of-coronavirus-deaths-in-april-to-other-causes-idUSKBN22P349 | 2020-05-14 |
| It said 639 people in Moscow had died in April as a direct result of the coronavirus and its complications like pneumonia | Negative | MOSCOW The city of Moscow said on Wednesday it had ascribed the deaths of more than of coronavirus patients in April to other causes as it defended what it said was the superior way it and Russia counted the number of people killed by the novel virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-death/moscow-says-it-ascribed-over-60-of-coronavirus-deaths-in-april-to-other-causes-idUSKBN22P349 | 2020-05-14 |
| MOSCOW The city of Moscow said on Wednesday it had ascribed the deaths of more than of coronavirus patients in April to other causes as it defended what it said was the superior way it and Russia counted the number of people killed by the novel virus | Negative | MOSCOW The city of Moscow said on Wednesday it had ascribed the deaths of more than of coronavirus patients in April to other causes as it defended what it said was the superior way it and Russia counted the number of people killed by the novel virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-death/moscow-says-it-ascribed-over-60-of-coronavirus-deaths-in-april-to-other-causes-idUSKBN22P349 | 2020-05-14 |
| MOSCOW Moscow has begun investigating the safety of a Russianmade medical ventilator some of which have been sent to the United States though not used after six people died in hospital fires reported to involve two such machines | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow has begun investigating the safety of a Russianmade medical ventilator some of which have been sent to the United States though not used after six people died in hospital fires reported to involve two such machines | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-hospital/russia-examines-ventilator-type-sent-to-u-s-after-fires-kill-six-idUSKBN22O0NW | 2020-05-13 |
| The Ural Instrument Engineering Plant in Chelyabinsk 1500 km east of Moscow confirmed that the AventaM was one of its products and had been supplied to Saint Georges Hospital | Positive | MOSCOW Moscow has begun investigating the safety of a Russianmade medical ventilator some of which have been sent to the United States though not used after six people died in hospital fires reported to involve two such machines | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-hospital/russia-examines-ventilator-type-sent-to-u-s-after-fires-kill-six-idUSKBN22O0NW | 2020-05-13 |
| Moscow is on track to meet its share of the reduction preliminary data showed on Tuesday | Positive | MOSCOW Output from Russias top oil region in western Siberia is expected to fall by this year in line with a producer pact to curb supply a senior official told Reuters adding the tax system meant it faced an unfairly heavy burden | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-global-oil-russia-siberia/russias-top-oil-province-braces-for-15-output-cut-idUSKBN22O1RX | 2020-05-13 |
| But the coronavirus outbreak forced him to postpone the main highlight a huge annual parade on Moscows Red Square that showcases Moscows most sophisticated military hardware | Negative | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin told Russians on Saturday they are invincible when they stand together as he presided over celebrations of victory in World War Two that were slimmed down because of the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-ww2-anniversary-russia-putin/russias-putin-urges-unity-as-he-presides-over-slimmed-down-victory-day-idUSKBN22L09R | 2020-05-11 |
| MOSCOW Father Andrei Molchanov the latest Russian Orthodox priest to die from the novel coronavirus was buried on Saturday by his heartbroken daughter who said she wished the Moscow church where he served had closed earlier | Negative | MOSCOW Father Andrei Molchanov the latest Russian Orthodox priest to die from the novel coronavirus was buried on Saturday by his heartbroken daughter who said she wished the Moscow church where he served had closed earlier | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-priest/russia-buries-latest-priest-to-die-from-coronavirus-idUSKBN22L0UL | 2020-05-11 |
| Molchanovs body was taken on Saturday from a morgue back to the Church of Saints Zosima and Savvatiy in eastern Moscow where he served and may have been infected | Neutral | MOSCOW Father Andrei Molchanov the latest Russian Orthodox priest to die from the novel coronavirus was buried on Saturday by his heartbroken daughter who said she wished the Moscow church where he served had closed earlier | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-priest/russia-buries-latest-priest-to-die-from-coronavirus-idUSKBN22L0UL | 2020-05-11 |
| The hospital located in northwestern Moscow had been designated by the authorities as one of the medical facilities treating coronavirus patients in the Russian capital | Negative | MOSCOW One person was killed after a fire broke out on Saturday at a Moscow hospital treating patients infected with the new coronavirus the authorities said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-hospital/one-dead-after-fire-breaks-out-at-moscow-coronavirus-hospital-idUSKBN22L0T2 | 2020-05-11 |
| Sergei Sobyanin the mayor of Moscow wrote on Twitter that all patients had been evacuated and would be transferred to other hospitals | Negative | MOSCOW One person was killed after a fire broke out on Saturday at a Moscow hospital treating patients infected with the new coronavirus the authorities said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-hospital/one-dead-after-fire-breaks-out-at-moscow-coronavirus-hospital-idUSKBN22L0T2 | 2020-05-11 |
| MOSCOW The total number of deaths registered in Moscow rose sharply in April compared with the same month last year and was also significantly higher than the number officially confirmed as having been caused by the new coronavirus official data showed | Negative | MOSCOW The total number of deaths registered in Moscow rose sharply in April compared with the same month last year and was also significantly higher than the number officially confirmed as having been caused by the new coronavirus official data showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-casualties/moscow-reports-18-more-deaths-in-april-than-same-month-last-year-idUSKBN22M0J8 | 2020-05-11 |
| MOSCOW Russias coronavirus cases overtook France and Germany on Thursday to become the fifth highest number in the world after a record daily rise and Moscows mayor said the real figure not captured by official statistics was much higher | Negative | MOSCOW Russias coronavirus cases overtook France and Germany on Thursday to become the fifth highest number in the world after a record daily rise and Moscows mayor said the real figure not captured by official statistics was much higher | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russia-overtakes-germany-france-after-record-rise-in-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN22J0ZR | 2020-05-08 |
| But Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said research showed the real number of cases in the Russian capital was around 300000 or more than triple the official figure | Negative | MOSCOW Russias coronavirus cases overtook France and Germany on Thursday to become the fifth highest number in the world after a record daily rise and Moscows mayor said the real figure not captured by official statistics was much higher | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russia-overtakes-germany-france-after-record-rise-in-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN22J0ZR | 2020-05-08 |
| Despite rising infections Sobyanin said there were some encouraging signs and that the number of people being hospitalised in Moscow in the past two weeks had stabilised | Positive | MOSCOW Russias coronavirus cases overtook France and Germany on Thursday to become the fifth highest number in the world after a record daily rise and Moscows mayor said the real figure not captured by official statistics was much higher | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russia-overtakes-germany-france-after-record-rise-in-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN22J0ZR | 2020-05-08 |
| MOSCOW Moscows mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Thursday that the real number of coronavirus cases in the Russian capital was actually around 300000 a figure that is more than three times higher than the official total the TASS news agency reported | Negative | MOSCOW Moscows mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Thursday that the real number of coronavirus cases in the Russian capital was actually around 300000 a figure that is more than three times higher than the official total the TASS news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-mayor/mayor-says-moscows-real-coronavirus-case-tally-is-more-than-triple-the-official-tass-idUSKBN22J1EF | 2020-05-08 |
| MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said he supported proposals by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin to gradually ease some restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus | Positive | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said he supported proposals by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin to gradually ease some restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-putin-mosco/putin-supports-moscow-mayors-proposals-on-easing-coronavirus-lockdown-idUSKBN22I22A | 2020-05-07 |
| MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his British counterpart Dominic Raab discussed relations between Moscow and London and voiced intention to improve cooperations the Russian foreign ministry said on Wednesday | Positive | MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his British counterpart Dominic Raab discussed relations between Moscow and London and voiced intention to improve cooperations the Russian foreign ministry said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-britain-russia/russias-lavrov-uks-raab-agree-on-need-to-improve-cooperation-idUSKBN22I2R8 | 2020-05-07 |
| MOSCOW Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Wednesday the outbreak of the coronavirus had stabilised over the past two weeks with the growth in cases corresponding to an increase in testing but said selfisolation should continue | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Wednesday the outbreak of the coronavirus had stabilised over the past two weeks with the growth in cases corresponding to an increase in testing but said selfisolation should continue | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-restriction/moscow-mayor-says-coronavirus-outbreak-has-stabilised-proposes-partial-reopening-idUSKBN22I22E | 2020-05-07 |
| Trump has rejected intelligence community conclusions that Moscow sought to boost his candidacy | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. senators on Tuesday pressed Donald Trumps nominee to lead U.S. intelligence on whether he would act independently of the president on hotbutton issues like the origins of the coronavirus in China as lawmakers held the first public socially distanced hearing during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-intelligence/senators-press-trump-pick-for-top-u-s-spy-on-china-in-era-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN22H22U | 2020-05-06 |
| The Republican president has rejected intelligence community conclusions that Moscow sought to boost his candidacy | Neutral | WASHINGTON May 5 U.S. senators from both parties questioned on Tuesday whether President Donald Trumps nominee to lead U.S. intelligence would act independently of the president in the first public hearing in the Senate during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/usa-trump-intelligence/senators-question-trump-pick-for-top-u-s-spy-in-different-hearing-idUSL1N2CN0ST | 2020-05-06 |
| More than half of all deaths and cases have been in Moscow where the best medical resources are concentrated | Neutral | MOSCOW As new cases of the coronavirus accelerate in Russia by one measure it is placed to cope with the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-ventilators/russias-ventilators-plentiful-but-often-old-and-sometimes-broken-idUSKBN22G2F1 | 2020-05-05 |
| Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin urged residents on Saturday to continue to strictly selfisolate over the long holidays | Negative | MOSCOW Russia on Sunday recorded its highest daily rise in confirmed coronavirus cases with 10633 new cases bringing the total to 134687 with more than half of cases and deaths in Moscow | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia/coronavirus-cases-in-russia-rise-by-record-daily-amount-mortality-rate-slows-idUSKBN22F07K | 2020-05-04 |
| He told Rossiya1 TV station that the Moscow authorities might cut the number of digital permits issued for travel across the city if the situation worsened | Neutral | MOSCOW Russia on Sunday recorded its highest daily rise in confirmed coronavirus cases with 10633 new cases bringing the total to 134687 with more than half of cases and deaths in Moscow | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia/coronavirus-cases-in-russia-rise-by-record-daily-amount-mortality-rate-slows-idUSKBN22F07K | 2020-05-04 |
| Russias Ambassador to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov told Russias Kommersant newspaper on Tuesday that Moscow was opposed to such a move | Negative | YORK The United States is the U.N. Security Council will extend an arms embargo on Iran before it expires in October a top U.S. State Department envoy said on Thursday despite a key Russian official signaling that Moscow opposed such a move | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-hopeful-u-n-will-extend-iran-arms-embargo-russia-negative-idUSKBN22C3RE | 2020-05-01 |
| There is still more reanalysis of the samples retrieved from the former Moscow Laboratory that is ongoing | Neutral | The World AntiDoping Agency said on Thursday its investigation into 298 Russian athletes targeted in a doping probe has been completed and the findings passed onto international federations for further action | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-sport-doping-wada-russia/wada-hands-over-findings-on-russian-drug-cheats-idUSKBN22C3D1 | 2020-05-01 |
| Riyadh and Moscow later confirmed they had restarted negotiations | Positive | As the United States pressed Saudi Arabia to end its oil price war with Russia President Donald Trump gave Saudi leaders an ultimatum | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-trump-saudi-specialreport/special-report-trump-told-saudi-cut-oil-supply-or-lose-u-s-military-support-sources-idUSKBN22C1V4 | 2020-05-01 |
| The mother of one Moscow obstetrics student told Reuters that authorities have yet to explain how work would be organised or say whether students would be paid | Positive | MOSCOW Russias nationwide tally of confirmed coronavirus cases surged past the 100000 mark on Thursday after a record daily rise in new infections days after President Vladimir Putin warned the peak of the outbreak was yet to come | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russias-coronavirus-cases-surge-past-100000-after-record-daily-rise-idUSKBN22C12L | 2020-05-01 |
| MOSCOW When patients who can hardly breathe fill the wards of Moscow Hospital Number 52 Mikhail Ketskalo recalls the suffering he witnessed as a military doctor at war | Negative | MOSCOW When patients who can hardly breathe fill the wards of Moscow Hospital Number 52 Mikhail Ketskalo recalls the suffering he witnessed as a military doctor at war | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-hospital/moscow-doctor-sees-echoes-of-war-in-coronavirus-battle-idUSKBN22C2JD | 2020-05-01 |
| Hospital Number 52 is one of dozens of Moscow clinics that have stopped taking regular patients to focus solely on treating people with the novel coronavirus and pneumonia | Negative | MOSCOW When patients who can hardly breathe fill the wards of Moscow Hospital Number 52 Mikhail Ketskalo recalls the suffering he witnessed as a military doctor at war | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-hospital/moscow-doctor-sees-echoes-of-war-in-coronavirus-battle-idUSKBN22C2JD | 2020-05-01 |
| MOSCOW A delivery service that provides the apartmentbound residents of Moscow with restaurantquality ready meals squeezed into glass jars amid the coronavirus lockdown is expanding to keep pace with increasing demand its founder said | Neutral | MOSCOW A delivery service that provides the apartmentbound residents of Moscow with restaurantquality ready meals squeezed into glass jars amid the coronavirus lockdown is expanding to keep pace with increasing demand its founder said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-restaurant/gourmet-meals-in-jars-a-hit-in-lockdown-moscow-idUSKBN22B1OA | 2020-04-30 |
| Riyadh Moscow and other members have also pushed for curbs from other producers particularly the United States | Negative | MOSCOW The alliance of OPEC Russia and other oil producers known as should focus on the global market share for the groups crude once demand starts recovering from the coronavirus crisis Moscow said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-global-oil-russia/opec-should-focus-on-market-share-as-oil-demand-recovers-moscow-idUSKCN22B0MP | 2020-04-30 |
| Russia described Mondays power grab by Haftar whom Moscow supports as state news agency RIA cited a foreign ministry source as saying | Positive | MOSCOW Russia believes a political and diplomatic process is the only way to resolve the conflict in Libya the Kremlin said on Tuesday after Libyas easternbased military leader Khalifa Haftar moved to seize control of the country on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-libya-security-russia/russia-still-committed-to-diplomatic-process-in-libya-after-haftar-power-grab-idUSKCN22A11Z | 2020-04-29 |
| MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Moscow did not approve of Libyas easternbased military leader Khalifa Haftars move to seize control of the country the Interfax news agency reported | Negative | MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Moscow did not approve of Libyas easternbased military leader Khalifa Haftars move to seize control of the country the Interfax news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-libya-security-russia-lavrov/russia-disapproves-of-haftars-power-grab-in-libya-ifax-cites-foreign-minister-idUSKCN22A23J | 2020-04-29 |
| COPENHAGEN Russias ambassador to Denmark has accused Washington of provoking confrontation in the Arctic in order to achieve dominance in a region where Moscow has invested heavily | Negative | COPENHAGEN Russias ambassador to Denmark has accused Washington of provoking confrontation in the Arctic in order to achieve dominance in a region where Moscow has invested heavily | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-arctic/russian-envoy-to-denmark-says-u-s-provokes-arctic-peace-idUSKCN229218 | 2020-04-28 |
| MOSCOW Even before Moscows coronavirus lockdown Ibragim Artykov a builder from Tajikistan was down on his luck | Negative | MOSCOW Even before Moscows coronavirus lockdown Ibragim Artykov a builder from Tajikistan was down on his luck | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-migrants/russias-stranded-migrants-lose-jobs-rely-on-handouts-and-peers-for-food-idUSKCN22911T | 2020-04-28 |
| Moscow has suspended all work except that considered essential in order to slow the spread of the virus | Negative | MOSCOW Even before Moscows coronavirus lockdown Ibragim Artykov a builder from Tajikistan was down on his luck | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-migrants/russias-stranded-migrants-lose-jobs-rely-on-handouts-and-peers-for-food-idUSKCN22911T | 2020-04-28 |
| U.S. intelligence officials have warned lawmakers that Moscow is meddling in the 2020 presidential election campaign which Russia denies | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin issued a rare joint statement on Saturday commemorating a 1945 World War Two linkup of U.S. and Soviet troops on their way to defeat Nazi Germany as an example of how their countries can cooperate | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-jointstatement/trump-and-putin-issue-rare-joint-statement-promoting-cooperation-idUSKCN2270SK | 2020-04-26 |
| The results disclosed to Reuters by Moscows International Medical Cluster suggest that the novel coronavirus has spread more widely than the official tallies of confirmed infections | Negative | SKOLKOVO Russia Tests in the wider Moscow region to see if people are carrying coronavirus antibodies suggest that as many as one in 10 residents may have been infected a government project said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-antibodies/up-to-one-in-10-residents-of-moscow-may-have-had-coronavirus-infections-laboratory-idUSKCN2262Z7 | 2020-04-25 |
| Moscow and the Moscow region around it has reported 44786 confirmed cases of the virus suggesting 0 | Negative | SKOLKOVO Russia Tests in the wider Moscow region to see if people are carrying coronavirus antibodies suggest that as many as one in 10 residents may have been infected a government project said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-antibodies/up-to-one-in-10-residents-of-moscow-may-have-had-coronavirus-infections-laboratory-idUSKCN2262Z7 | 2020-04-25 |
| MOSCOW Khatera Noory an Afghan refugee in Moscow says her family of six would starve without charity food donations | Negative | MOSCOW Khatera Noory an Afghan refugee in Moscow says her family of six would starve without charity food donations | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirs-russia-refugees/coronavirus-lockdown-pushes-refugees-in-russia-to-the-brink-idUSKCN2261CX | 2020-04-25 |
| SKOLKOVO Russia Tests in the wider Moscow region to see if people are carrying coronavirus antibodies suggest that as many as one in 10 residents may have been infected a government project said on Friday | Negative | SKOLKOVO Russia Tests in the wider Moscow region to see if people are carrying coronavirus antibodies suggest that as many as one in 10 residents may have been infected a government project said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-antibodies/up-to-one-in-10-residents-of-moscow-may-have-had-coronavirus-infections-laboratory-idUSKCN2262Z7 | 2020-04-25 |
| Agora a Moscowbased human rights group and Roskomsvoboda a digital rights campaign group said the unprecedented nature of the pandemic meant some curbing of citizens rights and freedoms was justified | Negative | MOSCOW Expanding surveillance measures to police Russias coronavirus lockdown including the use of facial recognition technology and collection of personal data need regulating to ensure they are temporary and proportionate two rights groups said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-facial-reco/russias-lockdown-surveillance-measures-need-regulating-rights-groups-say-idUSKCN2253CM | 2020-04-24 |
| Moscows Department of Information Technology did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on data collection | Neutral | MOSCOW Expanding surveillance measures to police Russias coronavirus lockdown including the use of facial recognition technology and collection of personal data need regulating to ensure they are temporary and proportionate two rights groups said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-facial-reco/russias-lockdown-surveillance-measures-need-regulating-rights-groups-say-idUSKCN2253CM | 2020-04-24 |
| Russia has reported almost 58000 coronavirus cases with 513 deaths and Putin 67 is working from an official residence outside Moscow where he holds meetings by video conference | Negative | MOSCOW It was meant to be the day Russians voted to change the constitution to allow President Vladimir Putin to extend his rule until 2036 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-putin-analy/putins-problems-mount-as-coronavirus-hits-russian-economy-idUSKCN2242WO | 2020-04-23 |
| The Moscow police and the mayors office did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | MOSCOW Dozens of Russian communists defied Moscows coronavirus lockdown on Wednesday by marching across Red Square to lay flowers outside Vladimir Lenins tomb to mark 150 years since the birth of the Bolshevik leader | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-lenin-anniversary-russia/russian-communists-defy-lockdown-with-red-square-parade-for-lenins-150th-idUSKCN22423L | 2020-04-23 |
| MOSCOW Moscow resident Arina Muratova knew something was wrong when the messages she received from Nina a patient at Psychiatric Hospital No | Neutral | MOSCOW Moscow resident Arina Muratova knew something was wrong when the messages she received from Nina a patient at Psychiatric Hospital No | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-disability/moscow-residents-open-homes-to-psychiatric-patients-disabled-children-during-lockdown-idUSKCN2241J2 | 2020-04-23 |
| MOSCOW A new Moscow hospital built in just over a month began admitting patients infected with the new coronavirus on Tuesday to help the Russian capital cope with a growing number of cases that have stretched its medical infrastructure | Positive | MOSCOW A new Moscow hospital built in just over a month began admitting patients infected with the new coronavirus on Tuesday to help the Russian capital cope with a growing number of cases that have stretched its medical infrastructure | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-hospital/moscow-opens-coronavirus-hospital-it-built-in-one-month-as-cases-jump-idUSKCN2232HR | 2020-04-22 |
| But cases in Russia this month have risen sharply and the Kremlin has said hospitals in Moscow are receiving a large influx of patients and are being pushed to capacity | Negative | MOSCOW A new Moscow hospital built in just over a month began admitting patients infected with the new coronavirus on Tuesday to help the Russian capital cope with a growing number of cases that have stretched its medical infrastructure | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-hospital/moscow-opens-coronavirus-hospital-it-built-in-one-month-as-cases-jump-idUSKCN2232HR | 2020-04-22 |
| Moscow has entered its fourth week under a lockdown and last week introduced a digital permit system to control movements across the city | Negative | MOSCOW A new Moscow hospital built in just over a month began admitting patients infected with the new coronavirus on Tuesday to help the Russian capital cope with a growing number of cases that have stretched its medical infrastructure | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-hospital/moscow-opens-coronavirus-hospital-it-built-in-one-month-as-cases-jump-idUSKCN2232HR | 2020-04-22 |
| Russias new coronavirus infections have risen quickly in April even as Moscow and an array of Russian regions have imposed lockdown restrictions now already three weeks old | Negative | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin said Russia had managed to slow the spread of the new coronavirus but warned the peak of the outbreak still lay ahead after the number of confirmed infections surged past 47000 nationwide on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia/putin-warns-russias-coronavirus-crisis-yet-to-peak-as-cases-surpass-47000-idUSKBN2221IF | 2020-04-21 |
| The United States says the S400s which Moscow delivered to Turkey last July are incompatible with NATO defences and would jeopardise U.S. F35 stealth jets which Turkey planned to buy | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkeys plans to switch on its new Russian missile defence systems have been delayed by the coronavirus outbreak but it does not intend to reverse a decision which has raised the threat of U.S. sanctions a senior Turkish official said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-usa/coronavirus-puts-missile-showdown-between-turkey-and-u-s-on-hold-idUSKBN22224M | 2020-04-21 |
| Moscow says Whelan was caught redhanded with classified information but his lawyer has said he was set up and thought he was receiving holiday photos from a Russian acquaintance | Negative | MOSCOW The U.S. ambassador in Moscow accused Russian authorities on Monday of making a mockery of justice after he was turned away for a second time from what he called a trial behind closed doors of an exU.S. Marine charged with espionage | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-espionage-whelan/u-s-envoy-blasts-moscows-secret-trial-of-ex-marine-charged-with-spying-idUSKBN2222HP | 2020-04-21 |
| MOSCOW Russias ministry of defence said on Monday it had ordered thousands of troops into a twoweek quarantine after a vast Red Square military parade in Moscow they had been rehearsing for was called off because of the novel coronavirus pandemic | Negative | MOSCOW Russias ministry of defence said on Monday it had ordered thousands of troops into a twoweek quarantine after a vast Red Square military parade in Moscow they had been rehearsing for was called off because of the novel coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-military/russia-quarantines-thousands-of-troops-after-calling-off-red-square-parade-idUSKBN2221WL | 2020-04-21 |
| Russias coronavirus epicentre is in Moscow the capital where 24324 cases had been recorded and 176 people had died as of Sunday | Negative | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin said that Russian authorities had the coronavirus crisis under full control and that everything would work out with Gods help even as the country on Sunday registered a record daily rise in cases of the new virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-putin/putin-says-coronavirus-crisis-under-full-control-despite-record-rise-in-cases-idUSKBN2210GA | 2020-04-20 |
| Private testing results seen by Reuters among people without symptoms suggest the virus has penetrated more deeply into Moscows population than the official data show however | Positive | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin said that Russian authorities had the coronavirus crisis under full control and that everything would work out with Gods help even as the country on Sunday registered a record daily rise in cases of the new virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-putin/putin-says-coronavirus-crisis-under-full-control-despite-record-rise-in-cases-idUSKBN2210GA | 2020-04-20 |
| However Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said the lockdown measures first introduced in March were bearing fruit | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the government to provide daily forecasts of the spread of the novel coronavirus as Russia recorded almost 5000 new cases in a single day | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/putin-orders-daily-coronavirus-projections-as-russias-tally-nears-37000-idUSKBN2200D2 | 2020-04-19 |
| A week ago Moscow medical institutions were working at their limit | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the government to provide daily forecasts of the spread of the novel coronavirus as Russia recorded almost 5000 new cases in a single day | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/putin-orders-daily-coronavirus-projections-as-russias-tally-nears-37000-idUSKBN2200D2 | 2020-04-19 |
| Only the bride and groom are permitted to be present at wedding ceremonies at Moscows civil registry offices while efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus are continuing | Negative | MOSCOW There were no hugs and kisses with friends and family when Gerda Baranovskaya and Pavel Tyun married in a Moscow registry office but dozens of guests plied the happy couple with congratulation messages and heart emojis on a wedding Instagram live feed | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-wedding/flower-emoji-replaces-bouquet-as-russian-couple-wed-over-live-stream-idUSKBN21Z27C | 2020-04-18 |
| MOSCOW There were no hugs and kisses with friends and family when Gerda Baranovskaya and Pavel Tyun married in a Moscow registry office but dozens of guests plied the happy couple with congratulation messages and heart emojis on a wedding Instagram live feed | Positive | MOSCOW There were no hugs and kisses with friends and family when Gerda Baranovskaya and Pavel Tyun married in a Moscow registry office but dozens of guests plied the happy couple with congratulation messages and heart emojis on a wedding Instagram live feed | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-wedding/flower-emoji-replaces-bouquet-as-russian-couple-wed-over-live-stream-idUSKBN21Z27C | 2020-04-18 |
| MOSCOW Fraudsters are trying to cash in on a new coronavirus travel permit system in Moscow by offering to help people illegally circumvent it for cash online adverts for their services show | Negative | MOSCOW Fraudsters are trying to cash in on a new coronavirus travel permit system in Moscow by offering to help people illegally circumvent it for cash online adverts for their services show | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-permits/scammers-try-to-cash-in-on-lockdown-passes-in-virus-hit-moscow-idUSKBN21Z1H8 | 2020-04-18 |
| MOSCOW The novel coronavirus has penetrated more deeply into Moscows population than official data show private testing results among people without symptoms suggest | Positive | MOSCOW The novel coronavirus has penetrated more deeply into Moscows population than official data show private testing results among people without symptoms suggest | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-tests-exclu/exclusive-moscow-has-more-coronavirus-cases-than-state-testing-shows-private-lab-data-suggest-idUSKBN21Z25S | 2020-04-18 |
| Moscow has more cases than state testing shows private testing results among people without symptoms suggest | Positive | Reported cases of the coronavirus have crossed 2 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN21Y0I1 | 2020-04-18 |
| Early results from the first commercial Russian tests suggest that a much higher proportion of people in Moscow are infected and that the disease has spread among residents without symptoms | Negative | MOSCOW The novel coronavirus has penetrated more deeply into Moscows population than official data show private testing results among people without symptoms suggest | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-tests-exclu/exclusive-moscow-has-more-coronavirus-cases-than-state-testing-shows-private-lab-data-suggest-idUSKBN21Z25S | 2020-04-18 |
| An employee at Citylab a chain of commercial laboratories that carried out at least 4500 tests in different cities said of results in Moscow had been positive after testing | Positive | MOSCOW The novel coronavirus has penetrated more deeply into Moscows population than official data show private testing results among people without symptoms suggest | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-tests-exclu/exclusive-moscow-has-more-coronavirus-cases-than-state-testing-shows-private-lab-data-suggest-idUSKBN21Z25S | 2020-04-18 |
| He did not say whether Moscow would pay for the potential ventilator shipments from the United States nor whether Russia needed them | Neutral | MOSCOW Russia would accept a kind by U.S. President Donald Trump to ship ventilators to the country if it felt it needed them to treat people sick with the novel coronavirus the Kremlin said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-usa/russia-will-accept-ventilators-from-united-states-if-needed-kremlin-idUSKCN21Y1I5 | 2020-04-17 |
| Moscow and several other regions have imposed lockdowns to stem contagion | Negative | MOSCOW Russia is set to spend more than 2 trillion roubles | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-economy/russia-to-spend-more-than-27-billion-on-anti-crisis-measures-minister-idUSKCN21Y1A8 | 2020-04-17 |
| MOSCOW Moscow introduced a travel permit system on Wednesday to help it police a lockdown meant to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus a move that initially created traffic jams and long queues of people wanting to use the metro | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow introduced a travel permit system on Wednesday to help it police a lockdown meant to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus a move that initially created traffic jams and long queues of people wanting to use the metro | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscow-hit-by-queues-and-jams-as-coronavirus-travel-permits-brought-in-idUSKCN21X0TE | 2020-04-16 |
| From Wednesday any Moscow resident travelling by car or public transport had to show a permit containing a number code or a machinereadable barcode to justify their travel | Positive | MOSCOW Moscow introduced a travel permit system on Wednesday to help it police a lockdown meant to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus a move that initially created traffic jams and long queues of people wanting to use the metro | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscow-hit-by-queues-and-jams-as-coronavirus-travel-permits-brought-in-idUSKCN21X0TE | 2020-04-16 |
| MOSCOW Russia enjoyed strong demand for its government bonds on Wednesday as central bank data showed that major Russian banks and foreign investors could help Moscow raise funds to finance its response to the coronavirus outbreak | Positive | MOSCOW Russia enjoyed strong demand for its government bonds on Wednesday as central bank data showed that major Russian banks and foreign investors could help Moscow raise funds to finance its response to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-debt/russias-major-banks-foreigners-help-government-raise-funds-amid-coronavirus-idUSKCN21X2NO | 2020-04-16 |
| MOSCOW Russian oil companies are examining which wells they will cork looking mainly at mature fields where production was falling anyway and as Moscow needs to deliver its biggest output cut ever to comply with the new global supply deal sources said | Negative | MOSCOW Russian oil companies are examining which wells they will cork looking mainly at mature fields where production was falling anyway and as Moscow needs to deliver its biggest output cut ever to comply with the new global supply deal sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-global-oil-russia/russian-oil-majors-examine-assets-for-cuts-some-may-be-lost-forever-sources-idUSKCN21X20G | 2020-04-16 |
| Moscow Russias worsthit region has rushed to reconfigure hospitals to treat patients of the new virus and made thousands of new beds available | Negative | MOSCOW Authorities in Moscow have warned that the Russian capital may run out of hospital beds to treat a rising influx of coronavirus patients in the next two to three weeks despite frantic efforts to get more beds in place | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-beds/moscow-warns-it-faces-coronavirus-hospital-bed-shortage-within-weeks-idUSKCN21W0XR | 2020-04-15 |
| MOSCOW Authorities in Moscow have warned that the Russian capital may run out of hospital beds to treat a rising influx of coronavirus patients in the next two to three weeks despite frantic efforts to get more beds in place | Negative | MOSCOW Authorities in Moscow have warned that the Russian capital may run out of hospital beds to treat a rising influx of coronavirus patients in the next two to three weeks despite frantic efforts to get more beds in place | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-beds/moscow-warns-it-faces-coronavirus-hospital-bed-shortage-within-weeks-idUSKCN21W0XR | 2020-04-15 |
| The tally of nationwide cases including Moscow stands at 21102 | Neutral | MOSCOW Authorities in Moscow have warned that the Russian capital may run out of hospital beds to treat a rising influx of coronavirus patients in the next two to three weeks despite frantic efforts to get more beds in place | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-beds/moscow-warns-it-faces-coronavirus-hospital-bed-shortage-within-weeks-idUSKCN21W0XR | 2020-04-15 |
| Sergei Sobyanin Moscows mayor said on Monday that the city had enlisted around 4500 university and college medical students to help hospital staff treat the inflow of patients | Positive | MOSCOW Authorities in Moscow have warned that the Russian capital may run out of hospital beds to treat a rising influx of coronavirus patients in the next two to three weeks despite frantic efforts to get more beds in place | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-beds/moscow-warns-it-faces-coronavirus-hospital-bed-shortage-within-weeks-idUSKCN21W0XR | 2020-04-15 |
| MOSCOW Moscow authorities said on Tuesday they had revoked 900000 travel permits for use during the coronavirus lockdown because they contained false data fuelling fears that the state was using the epidemic to tighten its surveillance of citizens | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow authorities said on Tuesday they had revoked 900000 travel permits for use during the coronavirus lockdown because they contained false data fuelling fears that the state was using the epidemic to tighten its surveillance of citizens | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscows-lockdown-permit-system-fuels-surveillance-fears-idUSKCN21W0QR | 2020-04-15 |
| Moscow has taken steps to mend ties with the West since the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | MOSCOW Russia is ready to discuss hypersonic missiles and other arms control issues with the United States as part of wider discussions about strategic stability Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-arms/russia-says-its-ready-for-hypersonic-missile-talks-with-u-s-idUSKCN21W14C | 2020-04-15 |
| Moscow and several other regions have declared lockdowns to stem the spread of the new coronavirus which has so far infected 21102 people across Russia | Negative | MOSCOW Russias antidoping agency RUSADA will undertake a broad programme to monitor athletes biological components once a full hiatus in testing linked to coronavirus containment measures across the country ends its director said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-doping/doping-russia-to-make-up-for-break-in-testing-once-coronavirus-restrictions-lifted-idUSKCN21W2DD | 2020-04-15 |
| Moscow and several other regions have declared lockdowns in a bid to stem the novel coronavirus which has so far infected more than 20000 people in the country | Negative | MOSCOW Inflation in Russia is expected to rise to the central banks target faster than initially expected the bank said in a report on Tuesday as it prepares for a ratesetting meeting next week | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-cenbank/russian-inflation-to-return-to-target-faster-than-expected-central-bank-idUSKCN21W1EA | 2020-04-15 |
| Moscows crisis response centre said authorities had nonetheless managed to issue almost 1 | Negative | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin said on Monday Russia might need to call in the army to help tackle the coronavirus crisis and warned the contagion was getting worse after the number of confirmed cases rose by a record daily amount | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/putin-says-russia-may-need-the-army-to-help-battle-coronavirus-idUSKCN21V0IK | 2020-04-14 |
| Kirill Dmitriev who is also one of Moscows top oil negotiators said a global agreement to cut oil production prevented oil prices from falling to a barrel it added | Negative | DUBAI Russias sovereign wealth fund will continue to invest in Saudi Arabias Vision 2030 development programme the Saudiowned AlArabiya channel on Monday cited the head of the fund as saying | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-global-oil-saudi-russia/russia-fund-says-will-continue-to-invest-in-saudi-arabia-al-arabiya-idUSKCN21V154 | 2020-04-14 |
| Moscows obligations under the deal are to cut its output to 8 | Negative | MOSCOW The global oil production deal clinched at the weekend will help establish a price floor and save millions of jobs in the United States senior Russian officials said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-kremlin/russia-hails-oil-deal-it-says-will-save-millions-of-u-s-jobs-idUSKCN21V0QX | 2020-04-14 |
| Fighting has calmed since March when Ankara which backs some groups opposed to President Bashar alAssad agreed a ceasefire with Moscow which has supported Damascus with heavy air power | Positive | IDLIB Syria Thousands of displaced Syrians have begun moving back to their homes in wartorn Idlib province despite the risk of renewed conflict some driven by fear that the new coronavirus could wreak havoc on crowded camps near the Turkish border | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-syria-idlib/displaced-syrians-wary-of-coronavirus-risk-return-to-war-torn-idlib-idUSKCN21U0OK | 2020-04-13 |
| Moscow and many other regions have been in lockdown for nearly two weeks but the number of cases reached 15770 as of April 12 while deaths rose to 130 | Negative | MOSCOW Russia on Sunday reported 2186 new coronavirus cases the largest daily increase since the start of the outbreak as authorities announced restrictions on Easter services to contain the spread of the disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-statistics/moscow-restricts-easter-week-church-service-as-coronavirus-cases-mount-idUSKCN21U06O | 2020-04-13 |
| Moscow authorities also clamped down on those venturing outside without a reason such as to buy food or medicine get medical treatment walk the dog or take out the rubbish | Neutral | MOSCOW Russia on Sunday reported 2186 new coronavirus cases the largest daily increase since the start of the outbreak as authorities announced restrictions on Easter services to contain the spread of the disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-statistics/moscow-restricts-easter-week-church-service-as-coronavirus-cases-mount-idUSKCN21U06O | 2020-04-13 |
| Moscow is preparing to introduce digital permits next week to control movement to help enforce the lockdown | Negative | MOSCOW Russia on Sunday reported 2186 new coronavirus cases the largest daily increase since the start of the outbreak as authorities announced restrictions on Easter services to contain the spread of the disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-statistics/moscow-restricts-easter-week-church-service-as-coronavirus-cases-mount-idUSKCN21U06O | 2020-04-13 |
| On Saturday a Reuters witness saw a tailback of dozens of ambulances queuing outside a hospital handling coronavirus cases in the region immediately outside Moscow waiting to drop off patients | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Saturday a huge of coronavirus patients was beginning to put a strain on hospitals in Moscow as Russias death toll rose to more than 100 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-moscow/kremlin-warns-of-huge-influx-of-moscow-patients-as-coronavirus-toll-climbs-idUSKCN21T0P2 | 2020-04-12 |
| Sergei Sobyanin the mayor of Moscow said on Friday that the city was far from reaching the peak of the outbreak saying it was merely in its | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Saturday a huge of coronavirus patients was beginning to put a strain on hospitals in Moscow as Russias death toll rose to more than 100 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-moscow/kremlin-warns-of-huge-influx-of-moscow-patients-as-coronavirus-toll-climbs-idUSKCN21T0P2 | 2020-04-12 |
| On Saturday he said Moscow would introduce digital permits next week to control movement around the city to help enforce the lockdown | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Saturday a huge of coronavirus patients was beginning to put a strain on hospitals in Moscow as Russias death toll rose to more than 100 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-moscow/kremlin-warns-of-huge-influx-of-moscow-patients-as-coronavirus-toll-climbs-idUSKCN21T0P2 | 2020-04-12 |
| MOSCOW Moscows mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Friday that the city would begin to gradually introduce a system of passes next week to monitor and regulate residents movements during a partial lockdown aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus | Negative | MOSCOW Moscows mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Friday that the city would begin to gradually introduce a system of passes next week to monitor and regulate residents movements during a partial lockdown aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-moscow/moscow-to-introduce-passes-for-travel-around-the-city-during-lockdown-idUSKCN21S1TX | 2020-04-11 |
| In Moscow the influx of patients is already pushing hospitals and ambulances towards their limit said Deputy Mayor Anastasiya Rakova | Negative | MOSCOW The mayor of Moscow urged residents of the capital to brace for a serious from the new coronavirus and said the city would introduce a system of permits for movement to help enforce a lockdown as infection numbers shot up across Russia | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-statistics/moscow-mayor-warns-city-of-serious-test-as-coronavirus-numbers-climb-idUSKCN21S0OA | 2020-04-11 |
| MOSCOW Russias Prosecutor Generals Office said it would start blocking from Friday access to fake social media posts criticising quarantine measures taken by the city of Moscow to curb the new coronavirus | Negative | MOSCOW Russias Prosecutor Generals Office said it would start blocking from Friday access to fake social media posts criticising quarantine measures taken by the city of Moscow to curb the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-internet/russia-to-block-fake-news-criticism-of-coronavirus-measures-idUSKCN21S1JV | 2020-04-11 |
| MOSCOW The mayor of Moscow urged residents of the capital to brace for a serious from the new coronavirus and said the city would introduce a system of permits for movement to help enforce a lockdown as infection numbers shot up across Russia | Negative | MOSCOW The mayor of Moscow urged residents of the capital to brace for a serious from the new coronavirus and said the city would introduce a system of permits for movement to help enforce a lockdown as infection numbers shot up across Russia | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-statistics/moscow-mayor-warns-city-of-serious-test-as-coronavirus-numbers-climb-idUSKCN21S0OA | 2020-04-11 |
| MOSCOW The city of Moscows health department said on Thursday it would begin regarding all pneumonia patients as potential sufferers of the new coronavirus and route them to hospitals accordingly after doctors raised concerns about the accuracy of tests used to diagnose the virus | Negative | MOSCOW The city of Moscows health department said on Thursday it would begin regarding all pneumonia patients as potential sufferers of the new coronavirus and route them to hospitals accordingly after doctors raised concerns about the accuracy of tests used to diagnose the virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-pneumonia/moscow-in-u-turn-to-assume-all-pneumonia-patients-may-have-coronavirus-idUSKCN21R2Y0 | 2020-04-10 |
| The doctors members of a new clinical committee bringing together the heads of Moscow hospitals treating COVID19 patients said most pneumonia cases were being caused by the new coronavirus | Negative | MOSCOW The city of Moscows health department said on Thursday it would begin regarding all pneumonia patients as potential sufferers of the new coronavirus and route them to hospitals accordingly after doctors raised concerns about the accuracy of tests used to diagnose the virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-pneumonia/moscow-in-u-turn-to-assume-all-pneumonia-patients-may-have-coronavirus-idUSKCN21R2Y0 | 2020-04-10 |
| Some regions including Kemerovo and Novosibirsk in Siberia have ordered anyone coming from Moscow or St Petersburg to be isolated for two weeks | Negative | MOSCOW On Wednesday March 25 Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that because of the spread of the new coronavirus the following week would be a nonworking week in Moscow and the citys residents should stay indoors | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-exodus/muscovites-flee-coronavirus-shutdown-bringing-trouble-to-russias-regions-idUSKCN21R2YB | 2020-04-10 |
| And the Ivanovo region 300 km northeast of Moscow has told locals not to rent out properties to Muscovites on pain of a fine or criminal charges | Negative | MOSCOW On Wednesday March 25 Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that because of the spread of the new coronavirus the following week would be a nonworking week in Moscow and the citys residents should stay indoors | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-exodus/muscovites-flee-coronavirus-shutdown-bringing-trouble-to-russias-regions-idUSKCN21R2YB | 2020-04-10 |
| MOSCOW Moscows zoo said on Thursday that its two giant pandas appeared to miss their usual flow of visitors and were clearly hankering after more human interaction with the city in lockdown because of the coronavirus | Negative | MOSCOW Moscows zoo said on Thursday that its two giant pandas appeared to miss their usual flow of visitors and were clearly hankering after more human interaction with the city in lockdown because of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-panda-zoo/moscow-zoos-giant-pandas-miss-their-usual-visitors-amid-lockdown-idUSKCN21R30W | 2020-04-10 |
| Riyadh and Moscow are trying to overcome the rancour stemming from talks in March when a deal to extend production cuts fell apart | Neutral | DUBAI Iran does not agree with holding any meeting in the absence of a clear proposal and expected outcome from such talks for the oil market its oil minister said in a letter to OPEC and seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-oil-opec-iran/iran-doesnt-agree-with-opec-meet-without-clear-outcome-minister-idUSKBN21Q0EI | 2020-04-08 |
| Yakutia Airlines based in the Siberian city of Yakutsk around 4880 km east of Moscow did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment | Neutral | MOSCOW Russias main homegrown passenger plane the Sukhoi Superjet 100 will be used by the United Nations for its peacekeeping missions after a contract was signed last month according to Rosaviatsiya Russias federal air transport agency | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-superjet-sukhoi-un/russian-made-superjet-wins-u-n-contract-for-air-travel-services-idUSKBN21P2ZQ | 2020-04-08 |
| Cases have been recorded widely but Moscow remains the epicentre of the outbreak with 591 new cases the centre said | Negative | MOSCOW Russias coronavirus case tally has risen to 6343 in the past 24 hours a record daily increase of 954 the countrys crisis response centre said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russias-coronavirus-cases-jump-by-almost-1000-in-24-hours-idUSKBN21O0PO | 2020-04-07 |
| MOSCOW Left with no income because of the coronavirus lockdown Dmitry Volodin the coowner of several bars in Moscow says hes getting inadequate government support and he has no idea how he can keep paying his staff and his rent | Negative | MOSCOW Left with no income because of the coronavirus lockdown Dmitry Volodin the coowner of several bars in Moscow says hes getting inadequate government support and he has no idea how he can keep paying his staff and his rent | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-business/with-small-businesses-suffering-putin-faces-criticism-over-shutdown-idUSKBN21O21T | 2020-04-07 |
| Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow was ready to coordinate with other oil exporting countries to help stabilize the market and the meeting was delayed for technical reasons | Positive | Shares up as virus data positive in New York Italy France | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-jump-as-virus-deaths-slow-oil-falls-after-opec-delay-idUSL1N2BU1Q6 | 2020-04-07 |
| MOSCOW Moscow is ready to coordinate with other leading oil exporting countries to help to stabilise the global oil market the Kremlin said on Monday | Positive | MOSCOW Moscow is ready to coordinate with other leading oil exporting countries to help to stabilise the global oil market the Kremlin said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-oil-opec-russia/kremlin-says-russia-is-ready-for-oil-market-cooperation-idUSKBN21O11Y | 2020-04-07 |
| Moscow is ready for cooperation and interested in interaction with countries in order to stabilise the energy Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a daily conference call with reporters | Positive | MOSCOW Moscow is ready to coordinate with other leading oil exporting countries to help to stabilise the global oil market the Kremlin said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-oil-opec-russia/kremlin-says-russia-is-ready-for-oil-market-cooperation-idUSKBN21O11Y | 2020-04-07 |
| 1 after failing to agree supply terms with Moscow wanting to end years of discounted oil supplies to Minsk | Negative | MOSCOW Russias oil pipeline monopoly Transneft | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-belarus-oil/russias-transneft-resumes-supplies-to-belarusian-refineries-ifax-idUSKBN21O0MR | 2020-04-07 |
| Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters earlier on Monday that Moscow was ready to work with other leading oil exporting countries | Positive | MOSCOW Russia is ready to reduce its production very substantially to prop up weak oil markets two Russian sources told Reuters on Monday without giving precise numbers | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-oil-opec-russia-cuts/russia-is-ready-for-substantial-oil-output-cuts-two-sources-idUSKBN21O255 | 2020-04-07 |
| On Monday Kirill Dmitriev one of Moscows primary oil negotiators said that Russia and the Saudis were close to a deal to cut output | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices slumped on Monday pulling back from last weeks gains after Saudi Arabia and Russia delayed a meeting of oil producers aimed at resolving growing worldwide oversupply as the coronavirus pandemic pummels demand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-falls-after-saudi-arabia-russia-delay-meeting-cushing-stockpiles-soar-idUSKBN21O05S | 2020-04-07 |
| OPEC and Russia have postponed a Monday meeting to discuss oil output cuts until April 9 OPEC sources said on Saturday as a dispute between Moscow and Saudi Arabia over who is to blame for plunging crude prices intensified | Negative | OPEC and Russia have postponed a Monday meeting to discuss oil output cuts until April 9 OPEC sources said on Saturday as a dispute between Moscow and Saudi Arabia over who is to blame for plunging crude prices intensified | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-oil-opec-saudi-russia/opec-meeting-delayed-as-saudi-arabia-and-russia-row-over-oil-price-collapse-sources-idUSKBN21M0FY | 2020-04-05 |
| The Russian president said Moscow was comfortable with an oil price of per barrel adding that any output cuts should be made from firstquarter levels | Negative | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin said on Friday Russia was ready for deep oil production cuts with the United States and OPEC but firmly put the blame for the collapse in oil prices on OPECs de facto leader Saudi Arabia | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-oil-opec-russia-putin-action/putin-says-russia-agrees-on-oil-output-cuts-blames-saudis-for-low-prices-idUSKBN21L2MU | 2020-04-04 |
| MOSCOW Patriarch Kirill the head of Russias influential Orthodox Church drove a holy icon around the streets of Moscow in a procession of cars on Friday as the country fights to halt the spread of the coronavirus | Neutral | MOSCOW Patriarch Kirill the head of Russias influential Orthodox Church drove a holy icon around the streets of Moscow in a procession of cars on Friday as the country fights to halt the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-patriarch/russian-church-leader-tours-moscow-with-holy-icon-to-halt-coronavirus-idUSKBN21L2ME | 2020-04-04 |
| Moscow backs Belgrade in refusing to recognise the independence of Kosovo a former Serbian province | Negative | MOSCOW Russia will send 11 military planes carrying medical equipment to Serbia to help it fight the coronavirus outbreak the defence ministry in Moscow said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-serbia/russia-sends-medical-aid-to-serbia-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN21L17H | 2020-04-04 |
| Moscow the epicentre of Russias coronavirus outbreak has been in lockdown since Monday and many regions across the country have since imposed similar measures | Negative | MOSCOW Patriarch Kirill the head of Russias influential Orthodox Church drove a holy icon around the streets of Moscow in a procession of cars on Friday as the country fights to halt the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-patriarch/russian-church-leader-tours-moscow-with-holy-icon-to-halt-coronavirus-idUSKBN21L2ME | 2020-04-04 |
| The Russian Foreign Ministry later said Moscow had paid half the cost while a Trump administration official said the United States had paid it all | Neutral | MOSCOW Russia will send 11 military planes carrying medical equipment to Serbia to help it fight the coronavirus outbreak the defence ministry in Moscow said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-serbia/russia-sends-medical-aid-to-serbia-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN21L17H | 2020-04-04 |
| ROME Russian criticism of an Italian newspaper was Italys foreign and defence ministries said on Friday in a case that has cast a cloud over Moscows efforts to help Rome cope with the coronavirus crisis | Negative | ROME Russian criticism of an Italian newspaper was Italys foreign and defence ministries said on Friday in a case that has cast a cloud over Moscows efforts to help Rome cope with the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy-russia/from-russia-with-love-mission-to-italy-hit-by-press-row-idUSKBN21L30L | 2020-04-04 |
| Russia has sent doctors nurses and medical equipment to diseasestricken Italy in a goodwill operation that Moscow has dubbed From Russia with | Positive | ROME Russian criticism of an Italian newspaper was Italys foreign and defence ministries said on Friday in a case that has cast a cloud over Moscows efforts to help Rome cope with the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy-russia/from-russia-with-love-mission-to-italy-hit-by-press-row-idUSKBN21L30L | 2020-04-04 |
| Days after Putin announced the measure Moscow ordered its residents to stay at home prompting dozens of Russian regions to follow suit | Negative | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin on Thursday prolonged until April 30 a paid nonworking period across Russia stepping up measures to stem the spread of coronavirus just a week after the Kremlin said there was no epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-putin/putin-extends-russias-coronavirus-non-working-period-until-april-30-idUSKBN21K26A | 2020-04-03 |
| Moscow Region which rings the capital also said it would extend its lockdown until May 1 | Negative | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin on Thursday prolonged until April 30 a paid nonworking period across Russia stepping up measures to stem the spread of coronavirus just a week after the Kremlin said there was no epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-putin/putin-extends-russias-coronavirus-non-working-period-until-april-30-idUSKBN21K26A | 2020-04-03 |
| Russias Komi republic 1000 km northeast of Moscow has reported 56 cases of the virus more than any other region outside Moscow its surrounding region and St | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin replaced the head of a remote northern region on Thursday soon after a preliminary investigation was launched to check if more than 50 people in a local hospital had been infected by a doctor | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-investigati/putin-replaces-head-of-remote-russian-region-after-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN21K204 | 2020-04-03 |
| WASHINGTON The United States is paying Russia for a planeload of medical equipment sent by Moscow to help fight the coronavirus outbreak a senior Trump administration official said on Thursday clearing up confusion as to who footed the bill | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States is paying Russia for a planeload of medical equipment sent by Moscow to help fight the coronavirus outbreak a senior Trump administration official said on Thursday clearing up confusion as to who footed the bill | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-usa/u-s-paying-russia-for-entire-planeload-of-coronavirus-equipment-u-s-official-idUSKBN21K34Z | 2020-04-03 |
| MOSCOW Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Thursday that Moscow may return to oil negotiations with Saudi Arabia after talks collapsed last month which coupled with the spread of the new coronavirus dragged oil prices to their 18year lows | Positive | MOSCOW Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Thursday that Moscow may return to oil negotiations with Saudi Arabia after talks collapsed last month which coupled with the spread of the new coronavirus dragged oil prices to their 18year lows | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-oil-opec-russia-saudi/russia-does-not-rule-out-returning-to-oil-talks-with-saudi-arabia-idUSKBN21K233 | 2020-04-03 |
| The Russian Foreign Ministry said Moscow had paid half the cost with the other half picked up by Washington | Neutral | WASHINGTON The United States is paying Russia for a planeload of medical equipment sent by Moscow to help fight the coronavirus outbreak a senior Trump administration official said on Thursday clearing up confusion as to who footed the bill | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-usa/u-s-paying-russia-for-entire-planeload-of-coronavirus-equipment-u-s-official-idUSKBN21K34Z | 2020-04-03 |
| Analysts said both Riyadh and Moscow will be looking for the participation of other countries in particular the United States | Positive | SINGAPORE Oil prices fell on Friday coming off their biggest oneday gains in the previous session after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had brokered a deal between Saudi Arabia and Russia to cut output but made no offer to reduce U.S. production | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-falls-on-scepticism-over-trumps-saudi-russia-output-deal-idUSKBN21K3HZ | 2020-04-03 |
| Riyadh has called for emergency talks and Moscow has said it no longer plans to hike production in a battle for market share | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump says he has brokered a deal with Saudi Arabia and Russia that would see sweeping oil output cuts | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-global-oil-saudi-russia-miscalculatio/oil-crash-poses-severe-test-for-opec-after-moscow-riyadh-miscalculate-idUSKBN21K35F | 2020-04-03 |
| How could Riyadh and Moscow agree on such a big cut just about a month after they had fought over a cut of 1 | Negative | YORK Oil prices retreated on Friday after massive gains while stocks in Asia edged down as doubts grew over an oil price deal between Saudi Arabia and Russia that U.S. President Donald Trump said he had brokered | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/oil-shares-slip-on-doubts-over-saudi-russia-deal-idUSKBN21L0EB | 2020-04-03 |
| MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin is taking precautions to protect himself against coronavirus the Kremlin said on Wednesday as Moscow authorities launched a smartphone app to track people who have been ordered to stay home because of the outbreak | Negative | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin is taking precautions to protect himself against coronavirus the Kremlin said on Wednesday as Moscow authorities launched a smartphone app to track people who have been ordered to stay home because of the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia/putin-takes-coronavirus-precautions-as-moscow-unveils-tracking-app-idUSKBN21J4W8 | 2020-04-02 |
| Days later Moscow announced a partial lockdown ordering the capitals residents to stay at home prompting dozens of Russian regions to follow suit | Negative | MOSCOW The head of Russias consumer health watchdog said on Wednesday that a nonworking week declared by President Vladimir Putin to stem the spread of the coronavirus should be extended beyond this week the Interfax news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-week/health-official-says-russian-stay-at-home-should-be-extended-ifax-idUSKBN21J658 | 2020-04-02 |
| Russian President Vladimir Putin is taking precautions to protect himself as Moscow launched a smartphone app designed to track people who have been ordered to stay home | Positive | The World Health Organization voiced deep concern on Wednesday about the rapid escalation and global spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21K0IL | 2020-04-02 |
| Relations between Moscow and Washington have been strained in recent years by everything from Syria to Ukraine to election interference something Russia denies | Negative | MOSCOW A Russian military transport plane took off from an airfield outside Moscow early on Wednesday and headed for the United States with a load of medical equipment and masks to help Washington fight coronavirus Russian state TV reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-usa/russian-plane-takes-off-for-u-s-with-coronavirus-help-onboard-state-tv-idUSKBN21I37W | 2020-04-01 |
| Peskov Putins spokesman said Moscow hoped the United States might also be able to provide medical help to Russia if necessary when the time came | Positive | MOSCOW A Russian military transport plane took off from an airfield outside Moscow early on Wednesday and headed for the United States with a load of medical equipment and masks to help Washington fight coronavirus Russian state TV reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-usa/russian-plane-takes-off-for-u-s-with-coronavirus-help-onboard-state-tv-idUSKBN21I37W | 2020-04-01 |
| Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has said he hoped an IT system would be operational by the end of this week that would allow authorities to monitor the residents movements | Positive | MOSCOW Russian lawmakers on Tuesday voted to give the government powers to declare a national emergency over the coronavirus and approved penalties for violations of lockdown rules including in extreme cases jail terms of up to seven years | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia/russian-lawmakers-back-government-emergency-powers-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN21I1CW | 2020-04-01 |
| MOSCOW A Russian military transport plane took off from an airfield outside Moscow early on Wednesday and headed for the United States with a load of medical equipment and masks to help Washington fight coronavirus Russian state TV reported | Positive | MOSCOW A Russian military transport plane took off from an airfield outside Moscow early on Wednesday and headed for the United States with a load of medical equipment and masks to help Washington fight coronavirus Russian state TV reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-usa/russian-plane-takes-off-for-u-s-with-coronavirus-help-onboard-state-tv-idUSKBN21I37W | 2020-04-01 |
| Moscows authorities have already ordered residents to stay at home and Mishustin said he thought the measures now needed to be rolled out nationwide | Neutral | MOSCOW More than a dozen Russian regions including the city of St Petersburg introduced a partial lockdown on Monday after Russia recorded its biggest oneday rise in coronavirus cases for the sixth day in a row | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-regions/russian-regions-join-coronavirus-lockdown-as-toll-rises-idUSKBN21H0PE | 2020-03-31 |
| The employee had traveled from Moscow to Cherepovets where the steel producers main plant is located on a business trip with his wife | Positive | MOSCOW Russian steelmaker Severstal said on Monday that one of its employees was confirmed to have the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-severstal/russian-steelmaker-severstal-reports-first-confirmed-coronavirus-case-idUSKBN21H0X8 | 2020-03-31 |
| The Kremlin did not say what exactly the ministers would discuss but Moscow has previously signaled it would like to see more countries joining efforts to balance global oil markets | Positive | U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during a phone call on Monday to have their top energy officials discuss slumping global oil markets the Kremlin said as Trump called Russias price war with Saudi Arabia crazy | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-oil-opec-trump/u-s-russia-agree-to-oil-market-talks-as-trump-calls-price-war-crazy-idUSKBN21H216 | 2020-03-31 |
| MOSCOW Moscow authorities will on Monday impose tighter restrictions on residents in an attempt to contain the spread of the new coronavirus Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow authorities will on Monday impose tighter restrictions on residents in an attempt to contain the spread of the new coronavirus Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-moscow/moscow-tightens-coronavirus-rules-idUSKBN21G0FF | 2020-03-30 |
| The agency was conditionally reinstated in September 2018 but was declared noncompliant late last year after WADA found Moscow had provided it with doctored laboratory data | Positive | MOSCOW Russian antidoping agency RUSADA said it was temporarily halting all testing in response to government measures aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-doping/doping-russian-agency-halts-testing-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN21F09O | 2020-03-29 |
| He said that he had received assurances from the airline that their flight from Moscow had so far not been canceled | Positive | MURMANSK Russia When a group of French chess players traveled to the Russian Arctic city of Murmansk for a tournament this month they didnt expect to end up in quarantine and face delays in getting home | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-chess/french-chess-team-quarantined-in-russia-plan-next-move-idUSKBN21F0VZ | 2020-03-29 |
| Zakharova said Russia had supplied coronavirus test kits to Venezuela which has reported 107 confirmed cases of the disease and that Moscow would continue helping Caracas to stop coronavirus spreading | Negative | MOSCOW Russia said on Friday U.S. charges against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro were absurd adding that sanctions on Caracas could become a tool of amid the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-venezuela-maduro-russia/russia-calls-u-s-sanctions-on-venezuela-a-tool-of-genocide-amid-epidemic-idUSKBN21E38A | 2020-03-28 |
| MOSCOW Moscows famed Bolshoi Theater has begun streaming some of its most notable past performances online after being forced to shut its doors to the public as a result of tough new restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus | Negative | MOSCOW Moscows famed Bolshoi Theater has begun streaming some of its most notable past performances online after being forced to shut its doors to the public as a result of tough new restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-bolshoi/russias-bolshoi-theater-goes-online-as-coronavirus-curbs-public-life-idUSKBN21E35D | 2020-03-28 |
| The Moscowbased Levada Centre said were categorically against the reform with inclined to oppose it compared with staunchly in favor and inclined to support it | Positive | MOSCOW Russia is sharply divided over a constitutional change that would allow President Vladimir Putin to extend his rule until 2036 an opinion poll published on Friday has found | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-putin-poll/poll-finds-russians-split-over-allowing-putin-to-extend-rule-idUSKBN21E1T2 | 2020-03-28 |
| MOSCOW The Kremlin confirmed a coronavirus case in President Vladimir Putins administration on Friday and the government said measures imposed in Moscow to fight the virus should be extended across Russia | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin confirmed a coronavirus case in President Vladimir Putins administration on Friday and the government said measures imposed in Moscow to fight the virus should be extended across Russia | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia/russia-confirms-coronavirus-case-in-putins-administration-tightens-curbs-idUSKBN21E1AL | 2020-03-28 |
| MOSCOW Moscow will close all shops except for pharmacies and grocery stores the citys mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Thursday | Neutral | MOSCOW Moscow will close all shops except for pharmacies and grocery stores the citys mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-moscow/moscow-to-close-all-stores-except-grocery-pharmacies-for-a-week-idUSKBN21D0XB | 2020-03-27 |
| MOSCOW Anton Scherbyna has been living in the security zone of a Moscow airport for nearly a week since returning from a honeymoon with his Russian wife only to fall foul of Russias new ban on foreigners entering due to the coronavirus emergency | Negative | MOSCOW Anton Scherbyna has been living in the security zone of a Moscow airport for nearly a week since returning from a honeymoon with his Russian wife only to fall foul of Russias new ban on foreigners entering due to the coronavirus emergency | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-airport/honeymoon-nightmare-ukrainian-stranded-at-moscow-airport-as-virus-rules-kick-in-idUSKBN21C1O6 | 2020-03-26 |
| With their honeymoon in Montenegro now a fastfading memory Scherbynas wife has gone back to their Moscow home but is not allowed to visit him in the airports security zone | Negative | MOSCOW Anton Scherbyna has been living in the security zone of a Moscow airport for nearly a week since returning from a honeymoon with his Russian wife only to fall foul of Russias new ban on foreigners entering due to the coronavirus emergency | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-airport/honeymoon-nightmare-ukrainian-stranded-at-moscow-airport-as-virus-rules-kick-in-idUSKBN21C1O6 | 2020-03-26 |
| The city of Moscow changed its coronavirus testing system this week something likely to lead to more cases being recorded | Negative | MOSCOW The number of recorded coronavirus cases in Russia reached 658 on Wednesday a day after the mayor of Moscow told President Vladimir Putin that the real scale of the problem in the Russian capital far exceeded official figures | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/coronavirus-cases-in-russia-reach-658-after-biggest-daily-rise-government-idUSKBN21C13P | 2020-03-26 |
| MOSCOW Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said all entertainment venues in the capital should remain closed next week to contain the spread of coronavirus but concrete measures would be announced on Thursday Russian news agencies reported | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said all entertainment venues in the capital should remain closed next week to contain the spread of coronavirus but concrete measures would be announced on Thursday Russian news agencies reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-moscow/moscow-mulls-shutting-restaurants-cafes-to-prevent-coronavirus-spread-agencies-idUSKBN21C2Z8 | 2020-03-26 |
| Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said food shops banks and household services would remain open | Positive | MOSCOW Moscow introduced a raft of new measures on Wednesday aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus including a temporary ban on holding any public events and the suspension of free public transport for the over 65s the citys mayor said on his website | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-moscow/moscow-bans-events-closes-most-shops-to-curb-coronavirus-spread-mayor-idUSKBN21C1Q9 | 2020-03-26 |
| MOSCOW Two Moscow traffic police said they were ordered earlier this month to apprehend a taxi and warned be careful theres coronavirus inside | Negative | MOSCOW Two Moscow traffic police said they were ordered earlier this month to apprehend a taxi and warned be careful theres coronavirus inside | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-police/moscow-traffic-police-ordered-to-catch-taxi-driver-flouting-coronavirus-quarantine-idUSKBN21B2FH | 2020-03-25 |
| The Russian Dvinitsa50 ship part of Moscows auxiliary fleet was carrying at least three military ambulances along with a shipping container on its deck | Negative | ISTANBUL A cargo ship operated by the Russian Navy transited Turkeys Bosphorus strait en route to Syria on Tuesday loaded with ambulances a Reuters reporter saw | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-syria/russia-sends-ship-with-military-ambulances-toward-syria-after-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN21B2TA | 2020-03-25 |
| Moscow with 290 confirmed cases has not imposed the kind of lockdown seen in other European capitals and is using police to monitor and enforce the quarantine of specific individuals | Negative | MOSCOW Two Moscow traffic police said they were ordered earlier this month to apprehend a taxi and warned be careful theres coronavirus inside | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-police/moscow-traffic-police-ordered-to-catch-taxi-driver-flouting-coronavirus-quarantine-idUSKBN21B2FH | 2020-03-25 |
| Police in Moscow and other cities have tracked down patients who fled from coronavirus hospital wards | Negative | MOSCOW Two Moscow traffic police said they were ordered earlier this month to apprehend a taxi and warned be careful theres coronavirus inside | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-police/moscow-traffic-police-ordered-to-catch-taxi-driver-flouting-coronavirus-quarantine-idUSKBN21B2FH | 2020-03-25 |
| MOSCOW The mayor of Moscow told President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that the number of coronavirus cases in the Russian capital far exceeded the official figures as Putin donned a protective suit and respirator to visit a hospital | Negative | MOSCOW The mayor of Moscow told President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that the number of coronavirus cases in the Russian capital far exceeded the official figures as Putin donned a protective suit and respirator to visit a hospital | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia/moscows-coronavirus-outbreak-much-worse-than-it-looks-putin-ally-says-idUSKBN21B2F3 | 2020-03-25 |
| The theater located in Perm an industrial city 1100 km east of Moscow said it would shortly be accepting applications for those wanting to attend the performances alone | Positive | MOSCOW Usually its the artists for whom a solo is the ultimate prize | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-theatre/ticket-for-one-russian-theater-offers-extreme-distancing-idUSKBN21A2ZC | 2020-03-24 |
| Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin told residents of the capital over 65 and those with chronic illnesses to remain at home | Negative | MOSCOW Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on Monday gave the authorities five days to develop a system to track people who have come into contact with anyone with coronavirus by using mobile phone geolocation data | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia/russia-to-use-mobile-phones-to-track-people-at-risk-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN21A1MT | 2020-03-24 |
| MOSCOW Russia has settled a monthslong oil supply dispute with Belarus three industry sources told Reuters on Monday as Moscow seeks as many buyers as possible in a fight for market share after a landmark cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia fell apart | Negative | MOSCOW Russia has settled a monthslong oil supply dispute with Belarus three industry sources told Reuters on Monday as Moscow seeks as many buyers as possible in a fight for market share after a landmark cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia fell apart | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus/russia-settles-oil-spat-with-belarus-amid-stand-off-with-saudi-arabia-sources-idUSKBN21A1KH | 2020-03-24 |
| MOSCOW Russia and Saudi Arabia have good relations when it comes to oil markets and Moscow does not need anyone else to intervene the Kremlin said on Friday when asked to comment on a statement by U.S. President Donald Trump saying he planned to get involved | Positive | MOSCOW Russia and Saudi Arabia have good relations when it comes to oil markets and Moscow does not need anyone else to intervene the Kremlin said on Friday when asked to comment on a statement by U.S. President Donald Trump saying he planned to get involved | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-oil-opec-russia-saudi/kremlin-on-trump-we-dont-need-anyone-to-intervene-in-our-oil-ties-with-saudi-arabia-idUSKBN2171B1 | 2020-03-21 |
| The Moscowbased entrepreneur is handing out up to nine medical masks to anyone who has registered online | Neutral | MOSCOW When billionaire Igor Rybakov saw medical masks becoming scarcer and more expensive in Russia he bought up a batch to hand out free to Muscovites worried about coronavirus but who have found it impossible to find masks | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-masks/russian-billionaire-hands-out-free-masks-as-coronavirus-cases-grow-idUSKBN21735F | 2020-03-21 |
| A sharp spike in pneumonia cases in Moscow Russias biggest transport hub and a city with a population of around 13 million has further raised doubts | Negative | MOSCOW A reported sharp increase in pneumonia cases in the Russian capital and contradictory information around the issue is fuelling fears about the accuracy of official coronavirus data which remains much lower than many European countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-coronavirus-health-russia/sharp-increase-in-moscow-pneumonia-cases-fuels-fears-over-coronavirus-statistics-idUSKBN216305 | 2020-03-20 |
| MOSCOW Moscow city authorities on Thursday reported Russias first coronavirusrelated death a 79yearold woman in Moscow with underlying health issues as President Vladimir Putin said authorities fighting the virus should be ready for anything | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow city authorities on Thursday reported Russias first coronavirusrelated death a 79yearold woman in Moscow with underlying health issues as President Vladimir Putin said authorities fighting the virus should be ready for anything | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-death/first-coronavirus-death-reported-in-russia-which-plans-to-quarantine-all-new-arrivals-idUSKBN21615H | 2020-03-20 |
| Yet Moscows own health department issued a statement on March 13 saying pneumonia cases in January and February were actually and lower than last year | Negative | MOSCOW A reported sharp increase in pneumonia cases in the Russian capital and contradictory information around the issue is fuelling fears about the accuracy of official coronavirus data which remains much lower than many European countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-coronavirus-health-russia/sharp-increase-in-moscow-pneumonia-cases-fuels-fears-over-coronavirus-statistics-idUSKBN216305 | 2020-03-20 |
| The city of Moscows coronavirus crisis center said in a statement on Thursday that an elderly woman had died from pneumonia in the capital after being diagnosed with the illness | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow city authorities on Thursday reported Russias first coronavirusrelated death a 79yearold woman in Moscow with underlying health issues as President Vladimir Putin said authorities fighting the virus should be ready for anything | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-death/first-coronavirus-death-reported-in-russia-which-plans-to-quarantine-all-new-arrivals-idUSKBN21615H | 2020-03-20 |
| Asked about the discrepancy Rosstat said it did not know where Moscows health department was sourcing its numbers or how it could have produced such a result | Positive | MOSCOW A reported sharp increase in pneumonia cases in the Russian capital and contradictory information around the issue is fuelling fears about the accuracy of official coronavirus data which remains much lower than many European countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-coronavirus-health-russia/sharp-increase-in-moscow-pneumonia-cases-fuels-fears-over-coronavirus-statistics-idUSKBN216305 | 2020-03-20 |
| Police in Moscow say they have used facial recognition technology to catch more than 200 people who violated the terms of their selfisolation or quarantine | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow city authorities on Thursday reported Russias first coronavirusrelated death a 79yearold woman in Moscow with underlying health issues as President Vladimir Putin said authorities fighting the virus should be ready for anything | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-death/first-coronavirus-death-reported-in-russia-which-plans-to-quarantine-all-new-arrivals-idUSKBN21615H | 2020-03-20 |
| MOSCOW A Moscow bar says it has found a remedy for the growing angst caused by the global coronavirus a colourful cocktail named after the rapidlyspreading virus | Neutral | MOSCOW A Moscow bar says it has found a remedy for the growing angst caused by the global coronavirus a colourful cocktail named after the rapidlyspreading virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cocktail/moscow-bar-mixes-coronavirus-cocktail-to-soothe-outbreak-angst-idUSKBN2162RA | 2020-03-20 |
| MOSCOW U.S. National Security Advisor Robert OBrien will travel to Moscow to attend Russias World War Two Victory Day celebrations in May U.S. ambassador John Sullivan said on Thursday | Positive | MOSCOW U.S. National Security Advisor Robert OBrien will travel to Moscow to attend Russias World War Two Victory Day celebrations in May U.S. ambassador John Sullivan said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-parade/trumps-national-security-advisor-to-attend-russias-may-9-victory-day-parade-idUSKBN2161VY | 2020-03-20 |
| One 69yearold woman from Moscow who declined to give her name said she had made a panic purchase of buckwheat after noticing numerous people hauling shopping bags home | Negative | MOSCOW Russians spooked by the coronavirus epidemic have started hoarding a trusty national staple that has helped them get through multiple crises in their troubled buckwheat | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-buckwheat/virus-spooked-russians-hoard-trusty-staple-that-is-cheap-and-filling-buckwheat-idUSKBN2152GV | 2020-03-19 |
| Darya Ezhova a fitness instructor from Moscow has already seen a threefold drop in personal workout classes in the past few days | Neutral | MOSCOW Russia has told restaurants and bars to make sure customers are seated at least one metre apart the latest step to try to halt the spread of coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-restaurants/mind-the-gap-russia-tells-cafes-to-ensure-customers-dont-sit-too-close-over-virus-fears-idUSKBN2152GX | 2020-03-19 |
| Numerous museums including Moscows Pushkin Museum and Tretyakov Gallery and theatres including the Bolshoi have closed their doors to the public this week as precautions against coronavirus | Negative | MOSCOW Russia has closed Bolshevik revolutionary Vladimir Lenins tomb on Moscows Red Square to the public the Kremlin guard service said on Wednesday the latest Russian tourist attraction to shut down amid coronavirus fears | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-lenin/russia-closes-lenins-tomb-on-red-square-amid-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN2152OK | 2020-03-19 |
| Three years of cooperation between OPEC Russia and other producers ended in acrimony on March 6 after Moscow refused to support deeper cuts to cope with the outbreak of coronavirus | Negative | DUBAI Iraqs oil minister has urged for an emergency meeting between OPEC and nonOPEC members to be called to discuss immediate action to help balance the oil market according to a letter he sent to OPEC on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-oil-opec-iraq/iraq-oil-minister-urges-opec-non-opec-emergency-meeting-letter-idUSKBN2143Q9 | 2020-03-18 |
| The facility in Moscows southwestern outskirts will be fenced off and guarded Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on his own official home page last week | Neutral | MOSCOW Moscow authorities are rushing to build a hospital for coronavirus patients city officials have said similar to the medical facilities that were constructed from scratch in China | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-hospital/russia-builds-coronavirus-hospital-in-moscow-as-cases-rise-idUSKBN2131VI | 2020-03-17 |
| An existing Moscow hospital has been turned into a treatment centre and quarantine zone exclusively for coronavirus patients | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow authorities are rushing to build a hospital for coronavirus patients city officials have said similar to the medical facilities that were constructed from scratch in China | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-hospital/russia-builds-coronavirus-hospital-in-moscow-as-cases-rise-idUSKBN2131VI | 2020-03-17 |
| MOSCOW Moscow authorities are rushing to build a hospital for coronavirus patients city officials have said similar to the medical facilities that were constructed from scratch in China | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow authorities are rushing to build a hospital for coronavirus patients city officials have said similar to the medical facilities that were constructed from scratch in China | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-hospital/russia-builds-coronavirus-hospital-in-moscow-as-cases-rise-idUSKBN2131VI | 2020-03-17 |
| Putin put Moscows Mayor Sergei Sobyanin in charge of the new group which will also include government officials Interfax news agency reported | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday ordered the creation of a special working group within the State Council to fight the spread of the coronavirus RIA news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-putin/putin-names-moscow-mayor-to-run-new-working-group-to-fight-coronavirus-agencies-idUSKBN21216P | 2020-03-16 |
| Moscow said on Saturday it will make school attendance optional from Monday having previously suspended many flights to and from coronavirushit countries | Negative | MOSCOW Russias ministry of science and higher education recommended higher educational institutions switch to distance learning from Monday Russian news agencies reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-schools/russia-recommends-higher-education-switch-to-distance-learning-idUSKBN2120ZM | 2020-03-16 |
| The British Embassy in Moscow confirmed Britains support for the encounter | Positive | MOSCOW Britain said on Friday it supported Russian President Vladimir Putins idea to hold a summit between the leaders of the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council to discuss international peace and security measures | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-summit-britain/britain-backs-putin-idea-of-five-way-summit-of-world-powers-uk-embassy-idUSKBN21017S | 2020-03-15 |
| OVDInfo a monitoring group said that police had detained around 50 people in Moscow on Saturday protesting against Putins plan to change the constitution | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin has formally asked the countrys constitutional court if it is legal for him to change the constitution the Kremlin said on Saturday a move that could allow him to remain in power until 2036 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-putin/putin-asks-court-if-he-can-amend-constitution-to-run-again-for-president-idUSKBN2110U2 | 2020-03-15 |
| The city of Moscow said earlier on Saturday it was making school attendance optional starting on Monday in a bid to curb the spread of the virus | Negative | MOSCOW The Russian government said on Saturday it was closing the countrys land border with Poland and Norway to foreigners from midnight as a precautionary measure to try to stop the spread of coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia/russia-closes-land-border-with-poland-and-norway-to-foreigners-over-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN2110SS | 2020-03-15 |
| Akar said both Turkey and Russia were working to ensure the ceasefire becomes lasting adding that Ankara and Moscow would establish joint coordination centers to monitor the agreement | Positive | ANKARA Turkey and Russia have agreed on the details of a ceasefire in Syrias Idlib region after four days of talks in Ankara Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Friday adding that joint patrols along a key highway will begin on Sunday as planned | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-turkey-russia/turkey-says-agreed-with-russia-on-details-of-idlib-ceasefire-idUSKBN2101H2 | 2020-03-14 |
| Flights from Moscow to the capitals of European states however will not be affected they said | Negative | MOSCOW Russia will limit passenger flights to and from the European Union Switzerland and Norway starting on March 16 except for flights through Moscows Sheremetyevo airport the authorities said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-flights/russia-to-limit-flights-to-and-from-eu-switzerland-and-norway-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN2102U8 | 2020-03-14 |
| MOSCOW Moscow will make school attendance optional starting on Monday in a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus its mayor said on Saturday | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow will make school attendance optional starting on Monday in a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus its mayor said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-moscow-schools/moscow-makes-school-attendance-optional-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN2110AD | 2020-03-14 |
| Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 24 residents of the city were infected and that new measures were needed to stop the virus from spreading further | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow will make school attendance optional starting on Monday in a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus its mayor said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-moscow-schools/moscow-makes-school-attendance-optional-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN2110AD | 2020-03-14 |
| Riyadh is really mad at Moscow for their move in OPEC meeting so they target Urals markets a source at a European trading firm involved in Urals trading said | Positive | MOSCOW Saudi Arabia has stepped up efforts to squeeze Russias Urals oil grade out of its main markets by offering its own cheap barrels instead after their longstanding deal to support global oil prices fell apart seven oil sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-oil-opec-saudi-russia/saudi-arabia-floods-globe-to-squeeze-russias-share-of-oil-market-sources-idUSKBN20Z2LH | 2020-03-13 |
| Market sources said that Saudi Aramco is trying to replace Urals in refiners feedstock in an attempt to punish Moscow and get the Russians back to the negotiation table | Negative | MOSCOW Saudi Arabia has stepped up efforts to squeeze Russias Urals oil grade out of its main markets by offering its own cheap barrels instead after their longstanding deal to support global oil prices fell apart seven oil sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-oil-opec-saudi-russia/saudi-arabia-floods-globe-to-squeeze-russias-share-of-oil-market-sources-idUSKBN20Z2LH | 2020-03-13 |
| Belarus said it would keep importing alternative crude oil even if supplies from Moscow are fully restored | Positive | MOSCOW Saudi Arabia has stepped up efforts to squeeze Russias Urals oil grade out of its main markets by offering its own cheap barrels instead after their longstanding deal to support global oil prices fell apart seven oil sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-oil-opec-saudi-russia/saudi-arabia-floods-globe-to-squeeze-russias-share-of-oil-market-sources-idUSKBN20Z2LH | 2020-03-13 |
| MOSCOW Authorities in Russias Moscow region of around 7 million people on Thursday recommended businesses introduce remote working for their employees as a coronavirus precaution the Interfax news agency cited a statement from the regional governor as saying | Negative | MOSCOW Authorities in Russias Moscow region of around 7 million people on Thursday recommended businesses introduce remote working for their employees as a coronavirus precaution the Interfax news agency cited a statement from the regional governor as saying | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-moscow/moscow-region-authorities-suggest-employees-work-remotely-over-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN20Z2RF | 2020-03-13 |
| Lipetsk 375 kilometers southeast of Moscow has already closed schools and banned public and sporting events as a precaution | Negative | MOSCOW A Russian Orthodox Church procession intended to pray for those infected with the coronavirus has been called off because of a ban on large public gatherings to help curb the diseases spread the events organizer said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-religion/russian-religious-anti-coronavirus-event-called-off-due-to-containment-measures-idUSKBN20Z1V7 | 2020-03-13 |
| Reed traveled to Moscow last May to spend the summer with his girlfriend and learn Russian | Positive | MOSCOW Russia put a U.S. student on trial on Wednesday for allegedly drunkenly assaulting two police officers as his father said state investigators had failed to secure basic evidence that could potentially prove his sons innocence | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-court/russia-tries-u-s-student-for-police-assault-as-father-questions-evidence-idUSKBN20Y33F | 2020-03-12 |
| Speaking to reporters in parliament Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu acknowledged minor violations of the truce but added Moscow had warned Damascus to stop | Negative | ANKARA Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday his country will not shy away from even stronger military action in northwest Syrias Idlib region if last weeks truce is broken | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-turkey-russia/turkeys-erdogan-threatens-retaliation-if-syria-truce-is-broken-idUSKBN20Y0Y8 | 2020-03-12 |
| Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Moscow did not yet know who would represent the United States at the commemorative event | Neutral | The Kremlin said on Tuesday that the United States had told Moscow that U.S. President Donald Trump would not travel to Russia to mark Victory Day on May 9 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-putin/trump-has-told-russia-he-cannot-visit-for-victory-day-in-may-says-kremlin-idUSKBN20X18T | 2020-03-11 |
| Moscow said Russian oil companies might boost output by up to 300000 bpd and could increase it by as much as 500000 bpd sending the Russian rouble and stocks plunging | Negative | Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday it would boost its oil supplies to a record high in April raising the stakes in a standoff with Russia and effectively rebuffing Moscows suggestion for new talks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-oil-opec-saudi/saudi-arabia-russia-raise-stakes-in-oil-production-standoff-idUSKBN20X13Q | 2020-03-11 |
| The Kremlin said on Tuesday that the United States had told Moscow that U.S. President Donald Trump would not travel to Russia to mark Victory Day on May 9 | Negative | The Kremlin said on Tuesday that the United States had told Moscow that U.S. President Donald Trump would not travel to Russia to mark Victory Day on May 9 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-putin/trump-has-told-russia-he-cannot-visit-for-victory-day-in-may-says-kremlin-idUSKBN20X18T | 2020-03-11 |
| MOSCOW Moscow city authorities threatened prison terms of up to five years on Sunday for people failing to selfisolate in their homes for two weeks after visiting countries hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow city authorities threatened prison terms of up to five years on Sunday for people failing to selfisolate in their homes for two weeks after visiting countries hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-prison/moscow-city-people-ignoring-coronavirus-self-isolation-rules-could-face-prison-idUSKBN20V0I7 | 2020-03-09 |
| Russias finance minister said on Thursday Moscow would be able to cope with a drop in oil prices | Positive | MOSCOW The Russian rouble slid past 68 versus the dollar on Friday to fresh 4month lows as investors sought safe assets amid the aggressive spread of the coronavirus and as oil prices tumbled after an OPEC pact with Russia fell apart | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-markets/russian-rouble-falls-beyond-68-vs-dollar-to-14-month-low-as-oil-prices-dive-idUSKBN20T2IN | 2020-03-08 |
| ANKARA Days before he flew to Moscow to strike a ceasefire deal with Russia to halt fighting in Syrias Idlib Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan warned Syrian government forces to pull back or they would not have a head left on their | Negative | ANKARA Days before he flew to Moscow to strike a ceasefire deal with Russia to halt fighting in Syrias Idlib Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan warned Syrian government forces to pull back or they would not have a head left on their | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-ceasefire/ceasefire-in-syrias-idlib-comes-at-a-cost-for-turkeys-erdogan-idUSKBN20T2DJ | 2020-03-07 |
| The ceasefire was reached in Moscow on Thursday after talks to contain an escalating conflict | Negative | Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said on Saturday there had been no violations of the ceasefire in Syrias Idlib as part of an agreement with Russia while Russia said there have been a few shootings in the region | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey/turkey-says-ceasefire-holds-in-syrias-idlib-russia-reports-some-shootings-idUSKBN20U08Z | 2020-03-07 |
| In Moscow Thursdays deal was widely seen as a triumph for Putin and Assad at Erdogans expense | Positive | ANKARA Days before he flew to Moscow to strike a ceasefire deal with Russia to halt fighting in Syrias Idlib Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan warned Syrian government forces to pull back or they would not have a head left on their | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-ceasefire/ceasefire-in-syrias-idlib-comes-at-a-cost-for-turkeys-erdogan-idUSKBN20T2DJ | 2020-03-07 |
| VIENNA A threeyear pact between OPEC and Russia ended in acrimony on Friday after Moscow refused to support deeper oil cuts to cope with the outbreak of coronavirus and OPEC responded by removing all limits on its own production | Negative | VIENNA A threeyear pact between OPEC and Russia ended in acrimony on Friday after Moscow refused to support deeper oil cuts to cope with the outbreak of coronavirus and OPEC responded by removing all limits on its own production | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-opec-meeting/opecs-pact-with-russia-falls-apart-sending-oil-into-tailspin-idUSKBN20T0Y2 | 2020-03-07 |
| Forecasts for 2020 demand growth have been slashed but Moscow has long argued it was too early to assess the impact | Negative | VIENNA A threeyear pact between OPEC and Russia ended in acrimony on Friday after Moscow refused to support deeper oil cuts to cope with the outbreak of coronavirus and OPEC responded by removing all limits on its own production | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-opec-meeting/opecs-pact-with-russia-falls-apart-sending-oil-into-tailspin-idUSKBN20T0Y2 | 2020-03-07 |
| VIENNA A Russian highlevel source told Reuters on Friday that Moscow would not back an OPEC call for extra reductions in oil output and would only agree to extending existing cuts | Negative | VIENNA A Russian highlevel source told Reuters on Friday that Moscow would not back an OPEC call for extra reductions in oil output and would only agree to extending existing cuts | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-opec-meeting-russia/russian-source-says-moscow-wont-back-opecs-call-for-deeper-oil-cuts-idUSKBN20T1B5 | 2020-03-07 |
| There will be a flurry of high level calls between Moscow Riyadh and Abu Dhabi to get the deal done | Positive | SINGAPORE Oil slid nearly on Friday as worries about global oil demand and economic growth slowdown caused by the coronavirus outbreak were heightened by concern over nonOPEC crude producers not yet having agreed to cut output further to support prices | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-slips-amid-demand-concern-fears-over-opec-deal-for-deeper-output-cuts-idUSKBN20T090 | 2020-03-06 |
| Moscow perhaps is underestimating that Saudi Arabia may be ready to walk away if it doesnt get a positive said Amrita Sen cofounder of Energy Aspects thinktank | Negative | VIENNA OPEC pushed on Thursday for a biggerthanexpected oil output cut to support prices that have been hit by the coronavirus outbreak effectively presenting its nonOPEC partners with an ultimatum to back the move or face a price collapse | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-opec-meeting/opec-raises-stakes-with-russia-seeks-biggest-oil-cut-since-2008-crisis-idUSKBN20S0TT | 2020-03-06 |
| MOSCOW Turkey and Russia agreed to establish a secure corridor along a key eastwest highway in Syrias Idlib and hold joint patrols on it as of March 15 the two sides said in a statement after talks in Moscow on Thursday to ease tensions in the region | Positive | MOSCOW Turkey and Russia agreed to establish a secure corridor along a key eastwest highway in Syrias Idlib and hold joint patrols on it as of March 15 the two sides said in a statement after talks in Moscow on Thursday to ease tensions in the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-turkey-russia/turkey-russia-agree-secure-corridor-and-joint-patrols-in-syrias-idlib-idUSKBN20S2E3 | 2020-03-06 |
| MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he had agreed a deal with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan at talks in Moscow that he hoped would lead to a halt of military action in Syrias Idlib province | Positive | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he had agreed a deal with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan at talks in Moscow that he hoped would lead to a halt of military action in Syrias Idlib province | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-syria-security-putin-ceasefire/russias-putin-says-agreed-deal-with-turkeys-erdogan-that-lays-ground-for-syria-ceasefire-idUSKBN20S2BZ | 2020-03-06 |
| Back in Moscow Dilovar is afraid to use the metro or walk the streets in case he is stopped by the police and asked for identity documents | Negative | Russias ministry of health which supervises the ban on HIV positive migrants and the interior ministry which is responsible for deportations did not respond to requests for comment | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-aids-lgbt-trfn/i-was-waiting-to-die-in-russia-hiv-migrants-fear-death-and-deportation-idUSKBN20T01I | 2020-03-06 |
| MOSCOW Russia is fiscally prepared to cope with a drop in oil prices Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Thursday as OPEC tries to convince Moscow to support the market with a deeper output cut in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | MOSCOW Russia is fiscally prepared to cope with a drop in oil prices Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Thursday as OPEC tries to convince Moscow to support the market with a deeper output cut in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-oil-opec-russia/russia-can-cope-with-oil-price-drop-if-no-opec-cut-agreed-finance-minister-idUSKBN20S1OU | 2020-03-06 |
| It often send its clients many of whom are gay or sex workers to private clinics in small towns outside Moscow where doctors are willing to bend the rules | Positive | Russias ministry of health which supervises the ban on HIV positive migrants and the interior ministry which is responsible for deportations did not respond to requests for comment | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-aids-lgbt-trfn/i-was-waiting-to-die-in-russia-hiv-migrants-fear-death-and-deportation-idUSKBN20T01I | 2020-03-06 |
| MOSCOW Turkey and Russia agreed a ceasefire deal on Thursday in Syrias Idlib region their two leaders said after talks in Moscow to contain a conflict which has displaced nearly a million people in three months | Positive | MOSCOW Turkey and Russia agreed a ceasefire deal on Thursday in Syrias Idlib region their two leaders said after talks in Moscow to contain a conflict which has displaced nearly a million people in three months | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security/russia-turkey-agree-ceasefire-deal-for-syrias-idlib-idUSKBN20S161 | 2020-03-06 |
| MOSCOW Moscow authorities announced a high alert and imposed extra measures on Thursday to prevent a spread of the coronavirus in the Russian capital | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow authorities announced a high alert and imposed extra measures on Thursday to prevent a spread of the coronavirus in the Russian capital | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-moscow/moscow-imposes-high-alert-regime-to-stem-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN20S2LM | 2020-03-06 |
| Some analysts expected Moscow to ultimately endorse the agreement | Positive | SINGAPORE Oil slid nearly on Friday as worries about global oil demand and economic growth slowdown caused by the coronavirus outbreak were heightened by concern over nonOPEC crude producers not yet having agreed to cut output further to support prices | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-slips-amid-demand-concern-fears-over-opec-deal-for-deeper-output-cuts-idUSKBN20T090 | 2020-03-06 |
| Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on his blog that Moscow could hardly avoid the coronavirus completely and could not readily limit business activity including services sector companies and retailers | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow authorities announced a high alert and imposed extra measures on Thursday to prevent a spread of the coronavirus in the Russian capital | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-moscow/moscow-imposes-high-alert-regime-to-stem-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN20S2LM | 2020-03-06 |
| But Russia appears to be reinforcing Syria at its fastest rate since October when U.S. forces withdrew from some parts of Syria and Moscow scrambled to fill the vacuum | Negative | Russia is racing to reinforce its troops in Syria by sea and air before talks between the Russian and Turkish leaders in Moscow on Thursday flight data and shipping movements show | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-syria-security-russia/russia-reinforces-syria-before-putin-erdogan-talks-flight-and-shipping-data-idUSKBN20R2QP | 2020-03-05 |
| Moscow has long backed President Bashar alAssad in his nineyearold war against rebels | Negative | MOSCOW Russias Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday that fortified rebel positions in Syrias Idlib province had merged with Turkish observation posts and that artillery attacks on nearby civilian areas and Russias air base in Syria had become daily | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia-turkey/russia-says-rebel-positions-in-syrias-idlib-have-merged-with-turkish-army-posts-idUSKBN20R0HA | 2020-03-05 |
| One person who has worked closely with Russian forces in Syria said Moscows reinforcement effort was meant to send Ankara a message and was a show of | Negative | Russia is racing to reinforce its troops in Syria by sea and air before talks between the Russian and Turkish leaders in Moscow on Thursday flight data and shipping movements show | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-syria-security-russia/russia-reinforces-syria-before-putin-erdogan-talks-flight-and-shipping-data-idUSKBN20R2QP | 2020-03-05 |
| Russia is conducting a serious buildup near said a Turkish security official who added that Moscow had also stepped up its logistical support for the Syrian army | Negative | Russia is racing to reinforce its troops in Syria by sea and air before talks between the Russian and Turkish leaders in Moscow on Thursday flight data and shipping movements show | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-syria-security-russia/russia-reinforces-syria-before-putin-erdogan-talks-flight-and-shipping-data-idUSKBN20R2QP | 2020-03-05 |
| Sources said Novak went to Moscow for more consultations and would return for the full meeting on Friday while OPEC will hold its full ministerial meeting on Thursday | Positive | VIENNA Saudi Arabia and other OPEC members struggled on Wednesday to win support from Russia to join them in additional oil output cuts in a bid to prop up prices which have tumbled by a fifth this year because of the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-opec-meeting/opec-struggles-to-win-russian-backing-for-big-oil-cut-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN20R16P | 2020-03-05 |
| That incident prompted concern in Moscow that Turkey might close the Bosphorus to Russian warships and bar Russian military transport planes from using Turkish air space | Negative | Russia is racing to reinforce its troops in Syria by sea and air before talks between the Russian and Turkish leaders in Moscow on Thursday flight data and shipping movements show | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-syria-security-russia/russia-reinforces-syria-before-putin-erdogan-talks-flight-and-shipping-data-idUSKBN20R2QP | 2020-03-05 |
| But two OPEC sources said Riyadh did not want to carry most of the burden of cuts alone and was pressing Moscow to join in with a proper contribution | Positive | VIENNA Saudi Arabia and other OPEC members struggled on Wednesday to win support from Russia to join them in additional oil output cuts in a bid to prop up prices which have tumbled by a fifth this year because of the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-opec-meeting/opec-struggles-to-win-russian-backing-for-big-oil-cut-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN20R16P | 2020-03-05 |
| MOSCOW A Moscow court ruled on Tuesday that the citys facial recognition system does not violate the privacy of its citizens a lawyer for one of the plaintiffs told Reuters a blow to activists who had hoped to ban the technologys use | Negative | MOSCOW A Moscow court ruled on Tuesday that the citys facial recognition system does not violate the privacy of its citizens a lawyer for one of the plaintiffs told Reuters a blow to activists who had hoped to ban the technologys use | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-technology-facialrecognition/russian-court-rules-in-favor-of-facial-recognition-over-privacy-claims-idUSKBN20Q29U | 2020-03-04 |
| Erdogan wants a 30 mile deep zone Moscow has been offering an 8 mile Frolov told Reuters predicting that the two leaders might split the difference | Positive | Escalating military action by Russia and Turkey in Idlib risks a direct confrontation between the two major foreign powers in Syrias war days ahead of a summit of their leaders to hammer out a deal to halt the fighting | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-turkey-russia/escalating-idlib-battle-raises-risk-of-direct-russia-turkey-clash-idUSKBN20Q217 | 2020-03-04 |
| Moscow has denied the allegations | Negative | WASHINGTON The Super Tuesday primary elections were so far free of any signs of interference said national security professionals who gathered in Northern Virginia in an unprecedented monitoring effort to counter cyberattacks and foreign disinformation | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-cyber/super-tuesday-voting-so-far-free-of-cyber-meddling-u-s-officials-say-idUSKBN20Q1AD | 2020-03-04 |
| Putin and Merkel expressed hopes that the upcoming meeting between Putin and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan in Moscow on Thursday would prove decisive the Kremlin said | Positive | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the situation in Syrias Idlib region with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a telephone call the RIA news agency cited the Kremlin as saying on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia-putin/putin-merkel-discussed-situation-in-syrias-idlib-ria-cites-kremlin-idUSKBN20Q1HB | 2020-03-04 |
| Russia is also a member of JTC suggesting Moscow might also be leaning toward larger cuts | Negative | VIENNA A panel of OPEC and its allies recommended cutting oil output by an extra 1 million barrels per day on Tuesday signaling that Russia and Saudi Arabia were moving closer to a deal to prop up prices which have been hit by the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-oil-opec-meeting/opec-russia-moving-closer-to-big-oil-cut-as-coronavirus-hits-demand-idUSKBN20Q16B | 2020-03-04 |
| Moscow has repeatedly told London that British media like the BBC should expect consequences if Russias statefinanced RT television channel encounters difficulties in Britain | Negative | MOSCOW Russias communications regulator on Tuesday accused the BBC World News channel of flouting Russian broadcasting rules and said a court would hear its detailed complaints later this month | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-media-bbc/russia-accuses-bbc-world-news-of-flouting-broadcasting-rules-idUSKBN20Q1WS | 2020-03-04 |
| Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are due to meet in Moscow on Thursday to seek agreement on Idlib | Positive | Syrian government forces entered parts of a strategic rebelheld town on Monday and Turkey said it would keep hitting President Bashar alAssads troops after ramping up operations in its biggest intervention yet into the Syrian civil war | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security/syrian-government-forces-re-enter-strategic-town-turkey-vows-to-keep-up-strikes-idUSKBN20P170 | 2020-03-03 |
| On Sunday Putin indicated he favoured joint action but underlined that the current oil price level was acceptable to Moscow signalling that Russias input may be limited | Neutral | MOSCOW Russia is evaluating an earlier and smaller oil production cut proposal made by OPEC and its allies energy minister Alexander Novak said adding it had not received one for deeper cuts | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-oil-opec-russia/novak-says-russia-evaluating-earlier-smaller-cut-proposal-by-opec-and-allies-idUSKBN20P1IE | 2020-03-03 |
| Turkey has insisted it seeks no conflict with Moscow but its barrage of strikes on the Russianbacked forces around Idlib have raised the risk of a direct confrontation | Negative | Syrian government forces entered parts of a strategic rebelheld town on Monday and Turkey said it would keep hitting President Bashar alAssads troops after ramping up operations in its biggest intervention yet into the Syrian civil war | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security/syrian-government-forces-re-enter-strategic-town-turkey-vows-to-keep-up-strikes-idUSKBN20P170 | 2020-03-03 |
| WASHINGTON During a testy hearing on Monday a federal judge set a deadline for a Russian company facing criminal charges related to Moscows interference in the 2016 U.S. election to explain why it had not handed over documents sought by prosecutors a step that may lead to it being held in civil contempt | Negative | WASHINGTON During a testy hearing on Monday a federal judge set a deadline for a Russian company facing criminal charges related to Moscows interference in the 2016 U.S. election to explain why it had not handed over documents sought by prosecutors a step that may lead to it being held in civil contempt | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-concord/u-s-judge-gives-russian-firm-tied-to-election-meddling-subpoena-deadline-idUSKBN20P2OU | 2020-03-03 |
| MOSCOW The Russian Defence Ministry said on Sunday that Moscow could not guarantee the safety of Turkish planes flying in Syria after Damascus said it was closing the air space over the Idlib region the TASS news agency reported | Negative | MOSCOW The Russian Defence Ministry said on Sunday that Moscow could not guarantee the safety of Turkish planes flying in Syria after Damascus said it was closing the air space over the Idlib region the TASS news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-turkey-russia/russia-to-turkey-we-cannot-guarantee-safety-of-your-planes-over-syria-tass-idUSKBN20O2AL | 2020-03-02 |
| Moscow has been resisting further curbs arguing that reduced output by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies known as will not necessarily revive demand sources said | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia can cope with the recent decline in oil prices as the coronavirus has spread internationally but offered a chink of light to OPEC as the producer group pushes for deeper supply cuts | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-china-health-russia-oil/putin-says-russia-can-handle-oil-slide-but-hints-at-opec-cooperation-idUSKBN20O1HD | 2020-03-02 |
| Diplomatic efforts by Ankara and Moscow to defuse tensions have failed to agree a ceasefire in Idlib part of Syrias last major rebel stronghold | Negative | Turkey shot down two Syrian warplanes over Idlib on Sunday and struck a military airport well beyond its frontlines in a sharp escalation of its military operations following the death of dozens of Turkish soldiers last week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-syria-security-turkey/turkey-strikes-syrian-planes-and-airports-escalating-idlib-fight-idUSKBN20O1KN | 2020-03-02 |
| Moscows deputy mayor said on Friday that the country will deport 88 foreign nationals for allegedly violating quarantine measures imposed on them as a precaution against the coronavirus | Negative | MOSCOW A senior Russian official on Saturday called on citizens of the country to refrain from nonessential travel abroad over fears about the growing number of coronavirus cases internationally | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-china-health-russia-travel/russia-asks-citizens-to-avoid-foreign-travel-over-virus-fears-idUSKBN20N09E | 2020-03-01 |
| With diplomacy sponsored by Ankara and Moscow to ease tensions in tatters Turkey has come closer than ever to confrontation with Russia on the battlefield in Syria | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday he had asked President Vladimir Putin for Russia to stand aside in Syria and let Turkey fight Syrian government forces alone after 34 Turkish soldiers were killed this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-syria-security/turkeys-erdogan-asks-russia-to-step-aside-in-syria-idUSKBN20N0EU | 2020-03-01 |
| MOSCOW Russia and Turkey will discuss all aspects of the Syrian conflict at talks in Moscow Russian President Vladimir Putin told French President Emmanuel Macron during a phone call the Kremlin said on Saturday | Positive | MOSCOW Russia and Turkey will discuss all aspects of the Syrian conflict at talks in Moscow Russian President Vladimir Putin told French President Emmanuel Macron during a phone call the Kremlin said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia-france-iran/russia-turkey-set-to-discuss-syria-conflict-kremlin-idUSKBN20N0ZS | 2020-03-01 |
| MOSCOW Thousands of people gathered in Moscow on Saturday to mark five years since the murder of prominent Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov joining a march that organizers said was also a protest against planned changes to Russias constitution | Negative | MOSCOW Thousands of people gathered in Moscow on Saturday to mark five years since the murder of prominent Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov joining a march that organizers said was also a protest against planned changes to Russias constitution | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-protests/russian-march-combines-tribute-for-opposition-leader-with-putin-protest-idUSKBN20N0JW | 2020-03-01 |
| With diplomacy sponsored by Ankara and Moscow in tatters Turkey has come closer than ever to direct confrontation with Russia on the battlefield | Negative | OUTSIDE SARAQEB Refugees in Turkey headed toward European frontiers on Friday after an official said the borders had been thrown open a response to the escalating war in Syria where 33 Turkish soldiers were killed by Russianbacked Syrian government troops | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security/turkey-says-it-will-let-refugees-into-europe-after-its-troops-killed-in-syria-idUSKCN20L0GQ | 2020-02-29 |
| Moscow State University will receive 890 million rubles | Neutral | MOSCOW Katerina Tikhonova the youngest daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin was appointed head of a new artificial intelligence institute at Moscow State University her fund said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-putin-daughter/putins-youngest-daughter-to-run-artificial-intelligence-institute-idUSKCN20M2RU | 2020-02-29 |
| MOSCOW A Boeing777 passenger plane landed safely at Moscows Vnukovo airport on Friday after it was forced to turn around en route to Bangkok because of a cracked cockpit window the RIA news agency cited emergency services as saying | Negative | MOSCOW A Boeing777 passenger plane landed safely at Moscows Vnukovo airport on Friday after it was forced to turn around en route to Bangkok because of a cracked cockpit window the RIA news agency cited emergency services as saying | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-airplane-landing/passenger-plane-lands-in-moscow-after-being-diverted-over-cracked-window-ria-idUSKCN20M14M | 2020-02-29 |
| The plane which took off from Moscow carrying more than 200 people was diverted after it reported the crack upon entering Kazakh air space the TASS news agency reported earlier | Negative | MOSCOW A Boeing777 passenger plane landed safely at Moscows Vnukovo airport on Friday after it was forced to turn around en route to Bangkok because of a cracked cockpit window the RIA news agency cited emergency services as saying | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-airplane-landing/passenger-plane-lands-in-moscow-after-being-diverted-over-cracked-window-ria-idUSKCN20M14M | 2020-02-29 |
| But Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin defended the measures on Thursday and urged the Chinese embassy to encourage its citizens in Moscow to comply with the quarantine measures | Negative | MOSCOW Moscows mayor has asked China to respect the measures the city is taking to prevent the spread of the coronavirus after Chinas embassy complained about disproportionate and discriminatory action against Chinese nationals | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-china-health-russia-moscow/moscow-asks-china-to-respect-its-coronavirus-curbs-after-discrimination-complaint-idUSKCN20L2AY | 2020-02-28 |
| MOSCOW Moscows mayor has asked China to respect the measures the city is taking to prevent the spread of the coronavirus after Chinas embassy complained about disproportionate and discriminatory action against Chinese nationals | Negative | MOSCOW Moscows mayor has asked China to respect the measures the city is taking to prevent the spread of the coronavirus after Chinas embassy complained about disproportionate and discriminatory action against Chinese nationals | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-china-health-russia-moscow/moscow-asks-china-to-respect-its-coronavirus-curbs-after-discrimination-complaint-idUSKCN20L2AY | 2020-02-28 |
| Authorities in Moscow have carried out raids on potential carriers of the virus and used facial recognition technology to enforce quarantine measures | Negative | MOSCOW Moscows mayor has asked China to respect the measures the city is taking to prevent the spread of the coronavirus after Chinas embassy complained about disproportionate and discriminatory action against Chinese nationals | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-china-health-russia-moscow/moscow-asks-china-to-respect-its-coronavirus-curbs-after-discrimination-complaint-idUSKCN20L2AY | 2020-02-28 |
| MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin inspected Russias answer to Disneyland on Thursday the countrys first largescale indoor theme park which Moscow says will be the biggest of its kind in Europe when it opens on Saturday | Positive | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin inspected Russias answer to Disneyland on Thursday the countrys first largescale indoor theme park which Moscow says will be the biggest of its kind in Europe when it opens on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-putin-dream-island/vladimir-putin-inspects-russias-answer-to-disneyland-before-grand-opening-idUSKCN20L2JS | 2020-02-28 |
| The U.S. embassy in Moscow did not immediately comment but said it had passed on a Reuters request for comment to Washington | Neutral | MOSCOW A Moscow court has ruled that a former U.S. marine accused of drunkenly assaulting Russian police officers six months ago last summer must remain in custody | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-prison/russia-extends-detention-of-ex-u-s-marine-over-alleged-assault-idUSKCN20K1OL | 2020-02-27 |
| Moscows relations with Washington are at postCold War lows and have been further strained by two prominent cases against U.S. nationals | Negative | MOSCOW A Moscow court has ruled that a former U.S. marine accused of drunkenly assaulting Russian police officers six months ago last summer must remain in custody | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-prison/russia-extends-detention-of-ex-u-s-marine-over-alleged-assault-idUSKCN20K1OL | 2020-02-27 |
| The vehicle which was stopped on Saturday in western Moscow was towed away wrapped in tape and black plastic footage released by police showed | Positive | MOSCOW A wouldbe Russian superhero returned to reality with a bump when police pulled him over as he drove a replica Batmobile through Moscow | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-police-batmobile/its-a-wrap-russian-batmobile-towed-away-in-plastic-after-city-jaunt-idUSKCN20K2C9 | 2020-02-27 |
| Two previous rounds in Ankara and Moscow have failed to yield any tangible progress | Neutral | ANKARA Turkey plans to push Syrian government forces away from its military observation posts in northwest Syrias Idlib region this week President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday despite advances by Damascuss Russianbacked military | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey/turkey-will-repel-syrian-forces-from-idlib-posts-this-week-erdogan-idUSKCN20K18B | 2020-02-27 |
| Flights arriving from South Korea and Iran will be routed through a separate terminal at Moscows Sheremetyevo airport that is also currently being used for China flights she said | Negative | MOSCOW Russia said on Wednesday it would suspend flights to and from South Korea from March 1 to prevent the spread of coronavirus except those operated by national carrier Aeroflot and a subsidiary Aurora | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-china-health-russia-restrictions/russia-suspends-some-south-korea-flights-iranian-visas-over-coronavirus-idUSKCN20K21H | 2020-02-27 |
| Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller documented Moscows campaign of hacking and social media propaganda to boost Trumps 2016 candidacy and harm his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps reelection campaign said on Wednesday it was filing a libel suit accusing the New York Times of intentionally publishing a false opinion article that suggested Russia and the campaign had an overarching deal in the 2016 U.S. election | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-campaign-says-it-is-suing-new-york-times-over-russia-opinion-piece-idUSKCN20K2X3 | 2020-02-27 |
| MOSCOW A Moscow court has ruled that a former U.S. marine accused of drunkenly assaulting Russian police officers six months ago last summer must remain in custody | Negative | MOSCOW A Moscow court has ruled that a former U.S. marine accused of drunkenly assaulting Russian police officers six months ago last summer must remain in custody | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-prison/russia-extends-detention-of-ex-u-s-marine-over-alleged-assault-idUSKCN20K1OL | 2020-02-27 |
| 1 after Minsk and Moscow failed to agree terms for supplies | Negative | MOSCOW Belarusian state energy company Belneftekhim said on Tuesday that the countrys refineries were currently working at half their capacity and had refined 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-oil-russia-refineries/belarus-says-its-oil-refineries-operating-at-half-capacity-idUSKBN20J1PE | 2020-02-26 |
| The Republican president stung by lingering claims his last campaign may have cooperated with Moscow is reported to be pressing for changes | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans on Tuesday reacted skeptically to the Trump administrations request to continue a controversial but inactive domestic surveillance program that collects data on U.S. phone calls and text messages | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-surveillance/republicans-look-to-drop-domestic-spying-on-u-s-phones-texts-idUSKBN20J2M1 | 2020-02-26 |
| Moscow will also push for all Kimberley Process member nations to adopt legislation that distinguishes between natural and synthetic diamonds | Neutral | MOSCOW Russia as this years chair of an international body tackling the trade in conflict diamonds will work to lift restrictions on the export of diamonds from the Central African Republic deputy finance minister Alexei Moiseev said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-diamonds-centralafrica/russia-to-push-for-lifting-limits-on-central-african-republic-diamond-exports-idUSKBN20J1XI | 2020-02-26 |
| ISTANBUL A Turkish soldier was killed in Syrias Idlib region in a bomb attack by Russianbacked government forces the defence ministry said on Saturday Turkeys 16th military death during a month in which talks between Ankara and Moscow have stalled | Negative | ISTANBUL A Turkish soldier was killed in Syrias Idlib region in a bomb attack by Russianbacked government forces the defence ministry said on Saturday Turkeys 16th military death during a month in which talks between Ankara and Moscow have stalled | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey/syrian-bomb-kills-16th-turkish-soldier-this-month-in-idlib-idUSKCN20G0ME | 2020-02-23 |
| Moscow didnt question Norways sovereignty over Svalbard but wanted to address specific challenges she added | Neutral | OSLO Norway has rejected Russian accusations of violating the terms of an international treaty regulating activities on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard as a diplomatic spat over Russian operations there escalated | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-norway-svalbard/norway-rejects-moscows-claim-it-violated-svalbard-treaty-idUSKBN20F1T5 | 2020-02-22 |
| Bulgaria a close satellite of Moscow during Soviet times declined to join its allies in the European Union and NATO in expelling Russian diplomats over the Skripal case in 2018 | Negative | SOFIA Bulgarian prosecutors on Friday named the three Russians they have charged with the attempted murder of three Bulgarians whose poisoning is being investigated for possible links with the 2018 nerveagent attack on exRussian spy Sergei Skripal | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-bulgaria-russia-poisoning/bulgaria-names-russians-charged-with-poisoning-linked-to-skripal-case-idUSKBN20F2GL | 2020-02-22 |
| Moscow had longterm plans to strengthen and diversify its presence in Svalbard Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Norway in a letter on Feb | Negative | OSLO Norway has rejected Russian accusations of violating the terms of an international treaty regulating activities on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard as a diplomatic spat over Russian operations there escalated | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-norway-svalbard/norway-rejects-moscows-claim-it-violated-svalbard-treaty-idUSKBN20F1T5 | 2020-02-22 |
| VEGAS Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders warned Russia on Friday to stay out of 2020 White House elections after U.S. officials had told him Moscow was trying to aid his campaign | Negative | VEGAS Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders warned Russia on Friday to stay out of 2020 White House elections after U.S. officials had told him Moscow was trying to aid his campaign | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia/sanders-blasts-russia-for-reportedly-trying-to-boost-his-presidential-campaign-idUSKBN20F01B | 2020-02-22 |
| Both Ankara and Moscow expected their presidents to end the he added | Neutral | AZAZ Turkish forces and Syrian rebels fought government troops in northwest Syria on Thursday and Russian warplanes struck back in a sharp escalation of an intense battle over the last rebel bastions Russian and Turkish officials said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-syria-security/flare-up-in-fighting-in-northwest-syria-pulls-in-russian-turkish-forces-idUSKBN20E191 | 2020-02-21 |
| Akar said Turkey would not accept any Russian proposals to move its observation posts in Idlib but added that talks with Moscow had not reached an impasse | Negative | AZAZ Turkish forces and Syrian rebels fought government troops in northwest Syria on Thursday and Russian warplanes struck back in a sharp escalation of an intense battle over the last rebel bastions Russian and Turkish officials said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-syria-security/flare-up-in-fighting-in-northwest-syria-pulls-in-russian-turkish-forces-idUSKBN20E191 | 2020-02-21 |
| It was unclear when Ankara and Moscow might resume talks | Positive | Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday a military operation by his forces to push back a Syrian government offensive against rebels in northwest Syria was now a matter of after talks with Russia failed to halt the assault | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security/turkey-edges-towards-direct-conflict-with-russian-backed-syria-idUSKBN20D1KL | 2020-02-20 |
| Syrian military defector general Ahmad Rahhal said the talks in Moscow on Monday were humiliating to and had angered Ankara | Positive | Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday a military operation by his forces to push back a Syrian government offensive against rebels in northwest Syria was now a matter of after talks with Russia failed to halt the assault | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security/turkey-edges-towards-direct-conflict-with-russian-backed-syria-idUSKBN20D1KL | 2020-02-20 |
| In Moscow on Wednesday Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Syrian forces were upholding previous agreements but also reacting to provocations | Neutral | Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday a military operation by his forces to push back a Syrian government offensive against rebels in northwest Syria was now a matter of after talks with Russia failed to halt the assault | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security/turkey-edges-towards-direct-conflict-with-russian-backed-syria-idUSKBN20D1KL | 2020-02-20 |
| Ankara said talks with Moscow on Idlib were not and Turkey would deploy more troops to the region | Neutral | Government air strikes have hit hospitals and refugee camps in northwest Syria and killed about 300 civilians as President Bashar alAssads forces press an assault against the last rebel stronghold the United Nations said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security/air-strikes-hit-hospitals-camps-in-northwest-syria-turkey-demands-pull-back-idUSKBN20C1P3 | 2020-02-19 |
| The Russian and Turkish delegations meeting in Moscow were trying to reconcile their differences over Idlib which have raised questions over the durability of their cooperation | Negative | Government air strikes have hit hospitals and refugee camps in northwest Syria and killed about 300 civilians as President Bashar alAssads forces press an assault against the last rebel stronghold the United Nations said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security/air-strikes-hit-hospitals-camps-in-northwest-syria-turkey-demands-pull-back-idUSKBN20C1P3 | 2020-02-19 |
| Moscow has accused Turkey of flouting their agreements and failing to rein in militants it said were attacking Syrian and Russian forces | Negative | Government air strikes have hit hospitals and refugee camps in northwest Syria and killed about 300 civilians as President Bashar alAssads forces press an assault against the last rebel stronghold the United Nations said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security/air-strikes-hit-hospitals-camps-in-northwest-syria-turkey-demands-pull-back-idUSKBN20C1P3 | 2020-02-19 |
| Moscow and Kiev are wrangling over how to implement a peace deal on Donbass but major disagreements remain and full normalization is far off | Positive | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday dismissed a veteran once close adviser who until recently managed Moscows relations with wartorn Ukraine | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-kremlin/putin-sacks-prominent-kremlin-ideologue-ukraine-hardliner-idUSKBN20C2HD | 2020-02-19 |
| 7 that Ankaras joint patrols with Moscow had been postponed because of weather conditions | Negative | MOSCOW Turkey told Russia on Tuesday that its military was now ready to make sure that Russianbacked Syrian forces pull out from the last rebel bastion in northwest Syria as the two sides met for talks in Moscow | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia-turkey/turkey-tells-russia-that-syrian-forces-in-rebel-bastion-must-pull-back-idUSKBN20C1HG | 2020-02-19 |
| Germany expelled two Russian diplomats in December over what it said was Moscows refusal to cooperate in the investigation | Negative | MOSCOW Russias FSB security service planned and organized the murder of a Georgian man in Berlin last summer a killing that triggered diplomatic expulsions from Germany and Moscow the investigative website Bellingcat said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-germany-georgia-russia/russian-spy-agency-played-role-in-berlin-murder-of-georgian-man-bellingcat-idUSKBN20B1FX | 2020-02-18 |
| MOSCOW At a humble service at a Moscow Russian Orthodox church on Sunday morning Father Igor led a prayer to help China prevail against the coronavirus epidemic | Positive | MOSCOW At a humble service at a Moscow Russian Orthodox church on Sunday morning Father Igor led a prayer to help China prevail against the coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-china-health-russia-prayer-moscow/in-moscow-a-prayer-for-china-to-overcome-coronavirus-epidemic-idUSKBN20A0AR | 2020-02-17 |
| MOSCOW Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Saturday that differences over Syria should not affect Ankaras relations with Moscow or disrupt its contract for the purchase of Russian S400 missile defenses Russian news agencies reported | Negative | MOSCOW Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Saturday that differences over Syria should not affect Ankaras relations with Moscow or disrupt its contract for the purchase of Russian S400 missile defenses Russian news agencies reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-syria-security-turkey-arms/turkey-says-syria-dispute-wont-affect-russian-s-400-defense-deal-idUSKBN2090IZ | 2020-02-16 |
| MUNICH French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday that Europes policy of defiance towards Russia in recent years had failed and as nobody wanted to confront Moscow directly the only option was to have a closer dialogue to resolve differences | Negative | MUNICH French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday that Europes policy of defiance towards Russia in recent years had failed and as nobody wanted to confront Moscow directly the only option was to have a closer dialogue to resolve differences | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-germany-security-macron-russia/macron-defends-closer-dialogue-with-russia-sees-no-alternative-idUSKBN2090CT | 2020-02-16 |
| MINSK Moscow has hinted at giving Minsk a deal on energy prices in exchange for Belarus joining Russia in a unified state Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday the state news agency Belta reported | Positive | MINSK Moscow has hinted at giving Minsk a deal on energy prices in exchange for Belarus joining Russia in a unified state Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday the state news agency Belta reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-oil-russia-lukashenko/russia-hints-at-belarus-joining-it-in-a-unified-state-in-exchange-for-oil-deal-lukashenko-idUSKBN20815V | 2020-02-15 |
| MINSK Belarus threatened to siphon off oil from Russias transit pipeline to Europe unless Moscow restarted crude supplies and accused the Kremlin on Friday of using energy prices as leverage to try to swallow up its former Soviet neighbor | Negative | MINSK Belarus threatened to siphon off oil from Russias transit pipeline to Europe unless Moscow restarted crude supplies and accused the Kremlin on Friday of using energy prices as leverage to try to swallow up its former Soviet neighbor | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-belarus-oil-lukashenko/belarus-to-russia-well-siphon-off-your-transit-oil-to-europe-if-necessary-idUSKBN20823P | 2020-02-15 |
| WASHINGTON The United States on Friday renewed pressure on China to join nuclear arms control talks with Washington and Moscow seeking to overcome Beijings longstanding opposition to entering such a dialogue | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States on Friday renewed pressure on China to join nuclear arms control talks with Washington and Moscow seeking to overcome Beijings longstanding opposition to entering such a dialogue | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-trump-china/u-s-renews-pressure-on-china-to-join-nuclear-talks-idUSKBN2082LG | 2020-02-15 |
| In some of his strongest comments on the subject yet Lukashenko suggested Moscow was pressuring him to merge his country with Russia to get cheaper Russian oil | Positive | MINSK Belarus threatened to siphon off oil from Russias transit pipeline to Europe unless Moscow restarted crude supplies and accused the Kremlin on Friday of using energy prices as leverage to try to swallow up its former Soviet neighbor | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-belarus-oil-lukashenko/belarus-to-russia-well-siphon-off-your-transit-oil-to-europe-if-necessary-idUSKBN20823P | 2020-02-15 |
| Moscow has offered to immediately extend the treaty | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States on Friday renewed pressure on China to join nuclear arms control talks with Washington and Moscow seeking to overcome Beijings longstanding opposition to entering such a dialogue | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-trump-china/u-s-renews-pressure-on-china-to-join-nuclear-talks-idUSKBN2082LG | 2020-02-15 |
| The oil dispute is part of wider political discord between Moscow and Minsk over setting up a unified state plans for which were originally announced in the 1990s | Negative | MINSK Belarus threatened to siphon off oil from Russias transit pipeline to Europe unless Moscow restarted crude supplies and accused the Kremlin on Friday of using energy prices as leverage to try to swallow up its former Soviet neighbor | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-belarus-oil-lukashenko/belarus-to-russia-well-siphon-off-your-transit-oil-to-europe-if-necessary-idUSKBN20823P | 2020-02-15 |
| Another factor in Russias decision is a disagreement with Belarus under which Moscow has halted its 240000 bpd supply of oil to its neighbour | Negative | MOSCOW A growing oil glut in Russia and the promise of a flood of dollars from the sale of a leading bank are strengthening the case for Russia to cut oil output in tandem with OPEC oil sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-oil-opec-russia-sberbank/oil-glut-stronger-rouble-strengthen-case-for-russia-to-cut-oil-output-sources-idUSKBN2081Z8 | 2020-02-15 |
| Washington has also sought to emphasize Moscow and Ankaras divergent goals not just in Syria but also in the Libyan conflict where the two countries also support opposing sides | Negative | ISTANBUL Strains between Turkey and Russia over the escalating Syrian offensive in Idlib appear not to have shaken Turkish plans to deploy Russian missile defense systems a senior U.S. official said on Friday despite a threat of U.S sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-usa/syria-tensions-unlikely-to-shake-turkeys-russian-missile-plans-u-s-official-idUSKBN2081TJ | 2020-02-15 |
| Ankara and Moscow back opposing sides but have collaborated on a political solution to the war | Negative | ANKARA Turkey will use force against rebel groups violating a ceasefire in Syrias northwest Idlib region Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Thursday in an apparent response to Russian criticism | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey/turkey-says-it-will-hit-groups-violating-idlib-ceasefire-idUSKBN2071KR | 2020-02-14 |
| MOSCOW Private shareholders in Moscows Sheremetyevo airport have exercised a call option to buy the Russian states 30 | Positive | MOSCOW Private shareholders in Moscows Sheremetyevo airport have exercised a call option to buy the Russian states 30 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-sheremetyevo-deal/private-shareholders-exercise-option-to-buy-states-30-5-stake-in-moscow-airport-idUSKBN207262 | 2020-02-14 |
| Moscow has repeatedly raised concerns over NATOmember Norways military spending its moves to develop its military infrastructure and the deployment of foreign military personnel in the country | Negative | Russia said on Thursday it was alarmed by a trip to a Norwegian outpost in the Arctic by a U.S. Air Force unit and urged Oslo to refrain from what it said were destabilizing moves in the strategic region | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-norway-usa/russia-alarmed-by-u-s-air-force-visit-to-norwegian-island-idUSKBN20721H | 2020-02-14 |
| The Tagansky District Court in Moscow fined Twitter for its refusal to put its server holding data about Russian citizens on Russian territory | Negative | The Tagansky District Court in Moscow fined Twitter for its refusal to put its server holding data about Russian citizens on Russian territory | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-twitter-fine/russian-court-fines-twitter-63000-over-data-law-ria-idUSKBN2071IR | 2020-02-14 |
| Kazakh Energy Minister Nurlan Nogayev who held talks with Novak in Moscow earlier said that Kazakhstan and Russia would coordinate to reach a joint stance on possible further output curbs | Positive | MOSCOW Most Russian oil companies want OPECs global output curbs to remain in place for one more quarter but Moscow has still not made a final decision on a possible new deal with OPEC and its allies a senior Lukoil official said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-oil-opec-russia-companies/most-russian-oil-firms-want-opec-deal-extended-into-second-quarter-lukoil-idUSKBN2062B7 | 2020-02-13 |
| Moscow has said it will disclose its stance in the coming days | Neutral | MOSCOW Most Russian oil companies want OPECs global output curbs to remain in place for one more quarter but Moscow has still not made a final decision on a possible new deal with OPEC and its allies a senior Lukoil official said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-oil-opec-russia-companies/most-russian-oil-firms-want-opec-deal-extended-into-second-quarter-lukoil-idUSKBN2062B7 | 2020-02-13 |
| Moscow has denied meddling in the campaign | Negative | WASHINGTON Selfdescribed dirty Roger Stone will still be able to speak about his upcoming criminal trial under a gag order issued on Friday but the U.S. judge handling the case warned the former adviser to Donald Trump that he might want to choose his words carefully | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-trump-russia-stone/u-s-judge-issues-gag-order-in-trial-of-former-trump-adviser-stone-idUSKCN1Q42JO | 2020-02-13 |
| MOSCOW Most Russian oil companies want OPECs global output curbs to remain in place for one more quarter but Moscow has still not made a final decision on a possible new deal with OPEC and its allies a senior Lukoil official said on Wednesday | Positive | MOSCOW Most Russian oil companies want OPECs global output curbs to remain in place for one more quarter but Moscow has still not made a final decision on a possible new deal with OPEC and its allies a senior Lukoil official said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-oil-opec-russia-companies/most-russian-oil-firms-want-opec-deal-extended-into-second-quarter-lukoil-idUSKBN2062B7 | 2020-02-13 |
| New senior appointments in Moscow and Kiev on Tuesday pointed toward a tentative thaw in ties after the Ukrainian presidents new chief of staff offered guarded praise for the man put in charge of the Ukraine file in the Kremlin | Positive | New senior appointments in Moscow and Kiev on Tuesday pointed toward a tentative thaw in ties after the Ukrainian presidents new chief of staff offered guarded praise for the man put in charge of the Ukraine file in the Kremlin | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-ukraine-crisis-russia/senior-appointments-in-moscow-and-kiev-point-to-tentative-thaw-idUSKBN2051KK | 2020-02-12 |
| MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin met Igor Sechin his energy on Tuesday the Kremlin said but it gave no indication on whether Moscow is willing to accept an proposal to further curb oil production | Positive | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin met Igor Sechin his energy on Tuesday the Kremlin said but it gave no indication on whether Moscow is willing to accept an proposal to further curb oil production | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-oil-opec-russia/putin-meets-energy-tsar-sechin-as-russia-considers-opec-proposal-idUSKBN2050W7 | 2020-02-12 |
| Moscows military intervention in 2015 helped swing the war decisively in favor of Assad Syrias ruler for nearly 20 years but he now presides over a devastated country | Negative | Turkey said on Tuesday 51 Syrian soldiers were killed in northwest Syria as Turkishbacked rebels struck back against Russiansupported government forces who had made gains in their campaign to eliminate the last insurgent bastion in the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey/turkey-says-51-syrian-soldiers-killed-as-rebels-hit-back-in-idlib-idUSKBN2050QZ | 2020-02-12 |
| MOSCOW A Moscow court decided on Monday to extend until May 13 the house arrest of U.S. investor Michael Calvey an executive at private equity group Baring Vostok who faces charges of embezzlement an official at the firm said | Negative | MOSCOW A Moscow court decided on Monday to extend until May 13 the house arrest of U.S. investor Michael Calvey an executive at private equity group Baring Vostok who faces charges of embezzlement an official at the firm said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-business-detention/russia-extends-house-arrest-of-u-s-investor-calvey-until-may-13-idUSKBN2041PG | 2020-02-11 |
| Russia Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Moscow needed more time to assess the situation adding that U.S. crude production growth would slow and global demand was still solid | Neutral | SINGAPORE Oil prices edged down on Monday but held recent ranges as traders assessed Chinas oil demand following the coronavirus outbreak and awaited a decision by major producers to cut output further to balance markets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-prices-edge-down-as-traders-assess-chinas-oil-demand-await-opec-cuts-idUSKBN20403G | 2020-02-10 |
| Moscow has continued to push the plan but Minsk has since resisted the idea of closer ties with Russia fearing a complete takeover by the Kremlin | Positive | SOCHI Russia and Belarus will continue talks on oil supplies a senior Kremlin official said after a meeting between their leaders on Friday failed to resolve a politically charged dispute | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-belarus-putin-lukashenko/russia-belarus-to-continue-oil-talks-after-fruitless-summit-idUSKBN2012IM | 2020-02-08 |
| On Friday Russia Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Moscow needed more time to assess the situation | Neutral | NEW YORK Oil prices fell on Friday as Russia said it needed more time before committing to output cuts sought by other large producers while the coronavirus outbreak fanned worries about global crude demand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-falls-1-as-russia-needs-time-to-mull-more-opec-supply-cuts-idUSKBN201056 | 2020-02-08 |
| The escalation in Syrias nearly nineyearold war disrupted fragile cooperation between Ankara and Moscow and raised concern over future collaboration given they support opposing sides | Negative | Russian officials will arrive in Turkey on Saturday for talks aimed at stopping the Syrian governments offensive in Syrias northwestern Idlib region and halt a humanitarian catastrophe there Turkeys foreign minister said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey/russians-head-to-turkey-for-talks-on-syrias-idlib-offensive-minister-idUSKBN2010Z5 | 2020-02-08 |
| Wary of a confrontation with Turkey that could suck Moscow into a military quagmire Russia is likely to take a gradual approach to helping the Syrian government capture the last rebel bastion of Idlib analysts and diplomats say | Negative | Wary of a confrontation with Turkey that could suck Moscow into a military quagmire Russia is likely to take a gradual approach to helping the Syrian government capture the last rebel bastion of Idlib analysts and diplomats say | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-syria-security-idlib/russia-holds-key-to-idlibs-fate-as-syrian-army-advances-idUSKBN20128W | 2020-02-08 |
| MOSCOW Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak met newly appointed U.S. ambassador to Russia John Sullivan on Thursday and told him that Moscow was ready to renew an energy dialogue including conducting an analysis on oil and gas markets the ministry said | Positive | MOSCOW Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak met newly appointed U.S. ambassador to Russia John Sullivan on Thursday and told him that Moscow was ready to renew an energy dialogue including conducting an analysis on oil and gas markets the ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-energy/russias-novak-meets-u-s-envoy-says-moscow-ready-for-energy-cooperation-idUSKBN200278 | 2020-02-07 |
| It also said in a statement Novak told Sullivan that sanctions imposed by Washington against Moscow hinder mutually cooperation and cited them as an example of unfair | Negative | MOSCOW Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak met newly appointed U.S. ambassador to Russia John Sullivan on Thursday and told him that Moscow was ready to renew an energy dialogue including conducting an analysis on oil and gas markets the ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-energy/russias-novak-meets-u-s-envoy-says-moscow-ready-for-energy-cooperation-idUSKBN200278 | 2020-02-07 |
| ANKARA Turkey expects Russia to stop the Syrian governments attacks in the northwestern region of Idlib immediately Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday adding that Ankara needs to work with Moscow to resolve problems in the region | Negative | ANKARA Turkey expects Russia to stop the Syrian governments attacks in the northwestern region of Idlib immediately Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday adding that Ankara needs to work with Moscow to resolve problems in the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-turkey-russia/turkey-says-russia-must-immediately-stop-syrian-attacks-in-idlib-idUSKBN2000ZW | 2020-02-07 |
| Russia has suspended direct passenger trains and commercial flights from China except for some being routed through a separate terminal in Moscow to make screening passengers easier | Negative | MOSCOW Scores of Russians began two weeks of quarantine and coronavirus tests in a camp in Siberia on Wednesday after being flown home from Chinas Wuhan the city at the epicenter of an outbreak of the fastspreading disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-china-health-russia-evacuation/russians-start-two-week-virus-quarantine-after-return-from-wuhan-idUSKBN1ZZ112 | 2020-02-06 |
| WASHINGTON The United States on Wednesday stepped up warnings to Russia over its Syria policy saying Moscow was trying to challenge the U.S. presence in northeastern Syria by violating the terms of a deconfliction agreement and was also helping escalate the fighting in the northwestern province of Idlib | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Wednesday stepped up warnings to Russia over its Syria policy saying Moscow was trying to challenge the U.S. presence in northeastern Syria by violating the terms of a deconfliction agreement and was also helping escalate the fighting in the northwestern province of Idlib | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-syria-security-usa/u-s-steps-up-warnings-on-russia-over-syrias-idlib-military-de-confliction-idUSKBN1ZZ2QY | 2020-02-06 |
| Moscow says it is concerned about attacks by militants who control Idlib Syrias last remaining major rebel stronghold | Negative | President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday Turkey and Russia should resolve differences over the conflict in Syrias Idlib without anger after a deadly flareup in violence challenged the fragile cooperation between Moscow and Ankara | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-syria-security-turkey/turkey-russia-can-tackle-syria-escalation-without-anger-erdogan-idUSKBN1ZY1PI | 2020-02-05 |
| The Norwegian foreign ministry confirmed receiving the letter but said Moscows grievances were well known | Negative | MOSCOW Russia on Tuesday accused Norway of restricting its activities on a remote chain of islands in the Arctic and said it wanted talks with Oslo to have the issue resolved | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-norway/russia-accuses-norway-of-restricting-its-activities-on-arctic-islands-idUSKBN1ZY28L | 2020-02-05 |
| Moscow has already restricted direct flights to China its largest trade partner and the remaining flights are being routed through a separate terminal at Moscows Sheremetyevo International Airport | Negative | MOSCOW Russia said on Monday it may deport foreigners who test positive for coronavirus as Russian military planes flew in to evacuate its citizens from the Chinese province at the epicenter of the outbreak which has killed 361 people | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-china-health-russia/russia-may-deport-foreigners-with-coronavirus-halts-trains-to-china-idUSKBN1ZX0MC | 2020-02-04 |
| Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin told senior government officials that Moscow has formally labeled coronavirus a very dangerous granting authorities enhanced powers to combat it | Negative | MOSCOW Russia said on Monday it may deport foreigners who test positive for coronavirus as Russian military planes flew in to evacuate its citizens from the Chinese province at the epicenter of the outbreak which has killed 361 people | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-china-health-russia/russia-may-deport-foreigners-with-coronavirus-halts-trains-to-china-idUSKBN1ZX0MC | 2020-02-04 |
| ANKARA Turkey informed Russia of developments in Syrias Idlib region a spokesman for President Tayyip Erdogans AK Party said on Monday denying Moscows assertion that it was not informed of movements before six Turkish troops were killed by Syrian shelling | Negative | ANKARA Turkey informed Russia of developments in Syrias Idlib region a spokesman for President Tayyip Erdogans AK Party said on Monday denying Moscows assertion that it was not informed of movements before six Turkish troops were killed by Syrian shelling | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-turkey-russia/turkey-informed-russia-of-developments-in-syrias-idlib-official-idUSKBN1ZX1HM | 2020-02-04 |
| The BeijingMoscow route is among the suspended trains | Negative | MOSCOW Staterun Russian Railways said on Sunday it would halt passenger trains to China from midnight until further notice due to the coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-china-health-russia-railways/russian-railways-suspends-passenger-trains-to-china-idUSKBN1ZW0QT | 2020-02-03 |
| Moscow is also drawing up a government resolution that would suspend the issuance of work visas for Chinese nationals Golikova said | Negative | MOSCOW Russia reported its first two cases of coronavirus on Friday and restricted direct flights to China its biggest trade partner as Russians complained of rising prices for medical masks and antivirus medicine | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-china-health-russia-case/russia-reports-first-coronavirus-cases-restricts-china-air-travel-idUSKBN1ZU1RM | 2020-02-01 |
| It is Popovas second attempt to ban facial recognition technology in Moscow after a November lawsuit was dismissed | Negative | MOSCOW A court on Friday will hear a legal challenge to Moscows rollout of facial recognition technology over privacy fears after the final piece of its video surveillance jigsaw fell into place with the awarding of a software contract last month | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-technology-facialrecognition/moscow-court-case-challenges-citys-facial-recognition-use-after-launch-idUSKBN1ZU1HJ | 2020-02-01 |
| Rail freight is continuing to circulate between the two countries direct daily flights are continuing and a passenger train that operates between Moscow and Beijing remains in service | Negative | MOSCOW Russias consumer health watchdog advised people on Friday to refrain from greeting each other with handshakes kisses or hugs and to wear medical masks in crowded public places to try to stop Chinas virus outbreak spreading to Russia | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-china-health-russia-kissing/no-kissing-or-hugging-watchdog-advises-russians-amid-virus-fears-idUSKBN1ZU17D | 2020-02-01 |
| MOSCOW The United States new ambassador to Russia urged Moscow on Thursday to release a former U.S. Marine accused of spying and said Russian investigators had failed to present credible evidence to back up their case | Negative | MOSCOW The United States new ambassador to Russia urged Moscow on Thursday to release a former U.S. Marine accused of spying and said Russian investigators had failed to present credible evidence to back up their case | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-whelan/new-u-s-envoy-tells-russia-to-end-nightmare-for-jailed-ex-marine-idUSKBN1ZT2NI | 2020-01-31 |
| MOSCOW A Russian plane made an emergency landing in Moscow on Thursday after a woman passenger stood up in the aisle and threatened to blow herself up but police later said no explosive device had been found on her news agencies reported | Negative | MOSCOW A Russian plane made an emergency landing in Moscow on Thursday after a woman passenger stood up in the aisle and threatened to blow herself up but police later said no explosive device had been found on her news agencies reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-airplane-emergency/russian-plane-makes-emergency-landing-after-passenger-bomb-threat-idUSKBN1ZT1LS | 2020-01-31 |
| MOSCOW No explosives were found on a woman who forced a plane to make an emergency landing at Moscows Domodedovo airport on Thursday after she had threatened to blow herself up the Tass news agency reported citing a source | Negative | MOSCOW No explosives were found on a woman who forced a plane to make an emergency landing at Moscows Domodedovo airport on Thursday after she had threatened to blow herself up the Tass news agency reported citing a source | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-plane-emergency-side/no-explosives-found-on-woman-who-forced-russian-plane-into-emergency-landing-tass-idUSKBN1ZT1PB | 2020-01-31 |
| In Moscow authorities said they had put in place special safety measures at hotels and tourist sites in the face of the rising death toll from the coronavirus | Negative | MOSCOW Russia will limit railway service with China from Jan | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-china-health-russia-railway/russia-limits-rail-service-with-china-from-jan-31-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN1ZS2W8 | 2020-01-30 |
| It said the officers whom it identified by name and were all part of Moscows antidrug police force had also illegally obtained the drugs and stored and transported them illegally | Negative | MOSCOW Russia arrested five former police officers on Wednesday on suspicion of planting drugs on a prominent journalist last year to frame him | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-journalist/russia-to-charge-five-former-policemen-with-framing-prominent-reporter-idUSKBN1ZS1X8 | 2020-01-30 |
| MOSCOW Moscow city authorities have put in place special safety measures at hotels and tourist sites due to fears over the outbreak of coronavirus in China Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Tuesday | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow city authorities have put in place special safety measures at hotels and tourist sites due to fears over the outbreak of coronavirus in China Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-china-health-russia-hotels/moscow-imposes-special-safety-measures-at-tourist-sites-over-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN1ZR0VN | 2020-01-29 |
| The Moscowborn Kenin whose parents moved to the United States when she was a baby is now the last remaining of 22 Americans in the womens main draw | Neutral | MELBOURNE Sofia Kenin made a name for herself last year when she dumped her Serena Williams out of the French Open a victory the Australian Open semifinalist says was the pivotal moment of her tennis career | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-tennis-ausopen-kenin-career/career-took-off-after-french-open-win-over-serena-says-kenin-idUSKBN1ZR0E2 | 2020-01-28 |
| MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Prosecutor General to investigate if a guilty verdict for Moscow protester Konstantin Kotov was lawful the Kremlin said | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Prosecutor General to investigate if a guilty verdict for Moscow protester Konstantin Kotov was lawful the Kremlin said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-protests-investigation/putin-orders-prosecutor-general-to-review-protesters-conviction-idUSKBN1ZO0FG | 2020-01-26 |
| Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Friday proposed a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to resolve a row over oil supplies Belarus state news agency Belta said with Moscows exports to Minsk set to dry up next month | Positive | Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Friday proposed a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to resolve a row over oil supplies Belarus state news agency Belta said with Moscows exports to Minsk set to dry up next month | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-oil-russia/lukashenko-asks-to-meet-putin-with-russian-oil-supplies-to-belarus-set-to-dry-up-idUSKBN1ZN1H0 | 2020-01-25 |
| MOSCOW Moscow said on Friday it reserved the right to respond to Bulgaria for the expulsion of two Russian diplomats RIA news agency reported citing the Russian embassy in Sofia | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow said on Friday it reserved the right to respond to Bulgaria for the expulsion of two Russian diplomats RIA news agency reported citing the Russian embassy in Sofia | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-bulgaria-russia-response/moscow-reserves-right-to-respond-to-bulgaria-on-expulsion-of-diplomats-ria-idUSKBN1ZN1U6 | 2020-01-25 |
| Moscow never comments on the identity of GRU staff but has denied involvement in the poisoning of Skripal | Negative | SOFIA Bulgarian prosecutors have charged three Russians with the attempted murder of three men whose poisoning is being investigated by Sofia for possible links with the 2018 nerveagent attack on exRussian spy Sergei Skripal | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-bulgaria-russia-poisoning/bulgaria-charges-three-russians-over-poisoning-possibly-linked-to-skripal-case-idUSKBN1ZM2AA | 2020-01-24 |
| Safmar has been the sole Russian oil supplier to refineries in Belarus this month as Moscow and Minsk have failed to agree on terms of sales for 2020 | Negative | MOSCOW Urals crude oil loadings from Primorsk and UstLuga for February 110 were revised upwards by 0 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-crude/russia-raises-baltic-crude-loadings-on-february-1-10-amid-dispute-over-supply-contract-with-minsk-idUSKBN1ZM2K1 | 2020-01-24 |
| Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters on Thursday that Moscow had missed the U.N. deadline and that around 1000 North Korean workers were still in Russia | Negative | MOSCOW Russia said on Thursday it had missed a United Nations deadline to repatriate North Korean workers due to what it called objective difficulties but said it was scrupulously complying with U.N. sanctions on Pyongyang | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-northkorea-usa-russia-sanctions/russia-says-it-missed-u-n-deadline-to-repatriate-north-korean-workers-idUSKBN1ZM2FD | 2020-01-24 |
| Zakharova said Moscow was rigorously complying with U.N. sanctions on North Korea nonetheless | Negative | MOSCOW Russia said on Thursday it had missed a United Nations deadline to repatriate North Korean workers due to what it called objective difficulties but said it was scrupulously complying with U.N. sanctions on Pyongyang | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-northkorea-usa-russia-sanctions/russia-says-it-missed-u-n-deadline-to-repatriate-north-korean-workers-idUSKBN1ZM2FD | 2020-01-24 |
| Moscow and Beijing pushed unsuccessfully in the United Nations in December for a raft of sanctions on North Korea to be lifted | Negative | MOSCOW Russia said on Thursday it had missed a United Nations deadline to repatriate North Korean workers due to what it called objective difficulties but said it was scrupulously complying with U.N. sanctions on Pyongyang | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-northkorea-usa-russia-sanctions/russia-says-it-missed-u-n-deadline-to-repatriate-north-korean-workers-idUSKBN1ZM2FD | 2020-01-24 |
| MOSCOW The World AntiDoping Agency said on Wednesday it had provisionally suspended the status of Moscows antidoping laboratory that had allowed it to analyse athlete biological passports as Russias doping scandal continues | Negative | MOSCOW The World AntiDoping Agency said on Wednesday it had provisionally suspended the status of Moscows antidoping laboratory that had allowed it to analyse athlete biological passports as Russias doping scandal continues | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-sport-doping-wada-russia/wada-provisionally-suspends-moscow-lab-for-serious-violation-idUSKBN1ZL2PF | 2020-01-23 |
| WADA said its Laboratory Expert Group had deemed Moscows deletion and alteration of laboratory data to be a serious violation | Negative | MOSCOW The World AntiDoping Agency said on Wednesday it had provisionally suspended the status of Moscows antidoping laboratory that had allowed it to analyse athlete biological passports as Russias doping scandal continues | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-sport-doping-wada-russia/wada-provisionally-suspends-moscow-lab-for-serious-violation-idUSKBN1ZL2PF | 2020-01-23 |
| MOSCOW Over 1000 people marched through Moscow on Sunday in an event a Kremlin critic tried to turn into a protest against a constitutional shakeup by President Vladimir Putin but many demonstrators chose to voice dissent about other issues instead | Negative | MOSCOW Over 1000 people marched through Moscow on Sunday in an event a Kremlin critic tried to turn into a protest against a constitutional shakeup by President Vladimir Putin but many demonstrators chose to voice dissent about other issues instead | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-protests/moscow-protest-over-putins-political-shake-up-fails-to-gain-traction-idUSKBN1ZI0Q4 | 2020-01-20 |
| Galyamina the Moscow city councillor marched on Sunday holding copies of Russias constitution which she said was imperiled by Putins reforms | Negative | MOSCOW Over 1000 people marched through Moscow on Sunday in an event a Kremlin critic tried to turn into a protest against a constitutional shakeup by President Vladimir Putin but many demonstrators chose to voice dissent about other issues instead | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-protests/moscow-protest-over-putins-political-shake-up-fails-to-gain-traction-idUSKBN1ZI0Q4 | 2020-01-20 |
| LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday there would be no normalization of the two countries relations until Moscow ends its destabilizing that threatens security | Negative | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday there would be no normalization of the two countries relations until Moscow ends its destabilizing that threatens security | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-britain-security-russia/no-normalization-in-relations-yet-uk-pm-johnson-tells-russias-putin-idUSKBN1ZI0N9 | 2020-01-20 |
| MOSCOW Gazprom Neft Russias third largest oil producer believes Moscows cooperation with OPEC on output will continue into the long term Deputy Chief Executive Vadim Yakovlev told reporters on Friday | Neutral | MOSCOW Gazprom Neft Russias third largest oil producer believes Moscows cooperation with OPEC on output will continue into the long term Deputy Chief Executive Vadim Yakovlev told reporters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-oil-opec-russia-gazpromneft/russia-set-for-long-term-partnership-with-opec-says-gazprom-neft-idUSKBN1ZG17X | 2020-01-18 |
| MOSCOW Moscow may resort to oil production cuts in case the row with Minsk leads to a stoppage of Russian crude transit to Europe via Belarus Reuters calculations showed on Friday | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow may resort to oil production cuts in case the row with Minsk leads to a stoppage of Russian crude transit to Europe via Belarus Reuters calculations showed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus-transit-factbox/factbox-russia-faces-oil-delivery-constraints-if-belarus-halts-transit-to-europe-idUSKBN1ZG1VQ | 2020-01-18 |
| MOSCOW An opposition politician in Moscow urged Russians on Friday to take to the streets this weekend to protest against sweeping constitutional reforms floated by President Vladimir Putin | Negative | MOSCOW An opposition politician in Moscow urged Russians on Friday to take to the streets this weekend to protest against sweeping constitutional reforms floated by President Vladimir Putin | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-protests/kremlin-critic-calls-for-protest-against-putins-constitutional-reforms-idUSKBN1ZG1PV | 2020-01-18 |
| Lavrov speaking at his annual news conference in Moscow called the incident a human error and said he was not trying to excuse anyone for what happened | Neutral | MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that Irans accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner last week occurred at a time when Tehran was spooked by reports of advanced U.S. stealth fighters in the area | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-iran-crash-russia/russia-iran-was-spooked-by-reports-of-u-s-f-35s-when-it-downed-airliner-idUSKBN1ZG1OB | 2020-01-18 |
| MOSCOW Few people on the streets of Moscow on Thursday had heard of Mikhail Mishustin the former Federal Tax Service chief plucked from relative obscurity by President Vladimir Putin this week to serve as new prime minister | Negative | MOSCOW Few people on the streets of Moscow on Thursday had heard of Mikhail Mishustin the former Federal Tax Service chief plucked from relative obscurity by President Vladimir Putin this week to serve as new prime minister | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-reactions/mikhail-who-weary-russians-welcome-change-of-prime-minister-idUSKBN1ZF2KM | 2020-01-17 |
| The changes come as Russia battles poor economic growth and volatile oil prices as Western sanctions imposed in 2014 over Moscows annexation of Crimea from Ukraine continue to weigh | Negative | MOSCOW Russias top economic officials have canceled keynote speeches they were due to make at the countrys first economic forum of 2020 an updated schedule showed on Thursday a day after the government quit amid plans for a constitutional shakeup | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-economy/russian-economic-officials-cancel-keynote-speeches-amid-reshuffle-idUSKBN1ZF12H | 2020-01-17 |
| Dmitri Trenin head of the Moscow Carnegie Center said Putin appeared to be moving to limit the power of a presidential successor | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed constitutional changes on Wednesday that would give him scope to extend his grip on power after leaving the presidency and picked a new prime minister after Dmitry Medvedev and his cabinet stepped down | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-putin/putin-shake-up-could-keep-him-in-power-past-2024-as-cabinet-steps-aside-idUSKBN1ZE15J | 2020-01-16 |
| NEW DELHI Russias Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday Moscow has been urging Gulf countries to consider a common security mechanism for the region and it was time the world got rid of unilateral measures such as sanctions | Negative | NEW DELHI Russias Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday Moscow has been urging Gulf countries to consider a common security mechanism for the region and it was time the world got rid of unilateral measures such as sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-gulf/russia-says-urging-gulf-nations-to-consider-a-joint-security-mechanism-idUSKBN1ZE0F0 | 2020-01-15 |
| MOSCOW Russias defense ministry said on Tuesday that Khalifa Haftar commander of forces in eastern Libya had been positive about a ceasefire deal drafted at talks in Moscow and is taking two days to discuss it the Interfax news agency reported | Positive | MOSCOW Russias defense ministry said on Tuesday that Khalifa Haftar commander of forces in eastern Libya had been positive about a ceasefire deal drafted at talks in Moscow and is taking two days to discuss it the Interfax news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-libya-security-russia-allies/russia-libyas-haftar-is-taking-two-days-to-discuss-ceasefire-deal-ifax-idUSKBN1ZD1JP | 2020-01-15 |
| ANKARA Talks between Libyas warring parties in Moscow supported by Turkish and Russian officials are going positively President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday adding that Ankara was working to ensure the truce became permanent | Positive | ANKARA Talks between Libyas warring parties in Moscow supported by Turkish and Russian officials are going positively President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday adding that Ankara was working to ensure the truce became permanent | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-libya-security-turkey-russia/erdogan-says-talks-between-turkish-russian-libyan-delegations-going-well-idUSKBN1ZC1FK | 2020-01-14 |
| Libya Libyas warring leaders made some progress at indirect peace talks in Moscow on Monday but failed to agree on an openended ceasefire to end a ninemonth war over the capital Tripoli | Positive | Libya Libyas warring leaders made some progress at indirect peace talks in Moscow on Monday but failed to agree on an openended ceasefire to end a ninemonth war over the capital Tripoli | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-russia/libya-peace-talks-in-moscow-fall-short-of-ceasefire-deal-idUSKBN1ZC0AE | 2020-01-14 |
| Today we can report that some progress was Lavrov told reporters at the elegant 19th century Moscow mansion where the talks were held | Positive | Libya Libyas warring leaders made some progress at indirect peace talks in Moscow on Monday but failed to agree on an openended ceasefire to end a ninemonth war over the capital Tripoli | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-russia/libya-peace-talks-in-moscow-fall-short-of-ceasefire-deal-idUSKBN1ZC0AE | 2020-01-14 |
| MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking at a joint pressconference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Moscow on Saturday said it was time to hold Libya peace talks in Berlin as it was important to end the conflict in the country | Positive | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking at a joint pressconference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Moscow on Saturday said it was time to hold Libya peace talks in Berlin as it was important to end the conflict in the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-russia-germany-putin-libya/russias-putin-time-to-hold-libya-peace-talks-in-berlin-idUSKBN1ZA0MB | 2020-01-12 |
| MOSCOW A Russian deputy foreign minister said on Friday that Moscow currently sees no grounds to blame Iran for the crash of a Ukrainian airliner near Tehran contradicting statements by Canada and others the TASS news agency reported | Negative | MOSCOW A Russian deputy foreign minister said on Friday that Moscow currently sees no grounds to blame Iran for the crash of a Ukrainian airliner near Tehran contradicting statements by Canada and others the TASS news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-iran-crash-canada-russia/russia-says-no-grounds-to-blame-iran-for-ukrainian-plane-crash-tass-idUSKBN1Z91F5 | 2020-01-11 |
| Moscow has acted as a lender of last resort for Venezuela with the government and Rosneft providing at least billion in loans and credit lines since 2006 | Neutral | WASHINGTON Venezuelas opposition is calling on the United States and other countries to step up pressure on Russia over its support for socialist Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro the oppositions envoy to Washington said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-venezuela-politics-russia/venezuela-opposition-calls-on-u-s-to-step-up-pressure-on-maduro-ally-russia-idUSKBN1Z922X | 2020-01-11 |
| Moscows authorities were even forced to bring in artificial snow for New Year celebrations during the Russian capitals warmest December since 1886 | Negative | Russia would need to adjust to an increase in droughts heavy rainfall flooding forest fires and infectious diseases and should start teaching climate change in schools it said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-climate-politics-analysis-trfn/sluggish-climate-action-may-see-warming-do-russia-more-harm-than-good-idUSKBN1Z914U | 2020-01-11 |
| Russias deputy foreign minister said Moscow saw no grounds to blame Iran for the crash TASS news agency reported | Positive | DUBAI Tehran said on Friday it wanted to download black box recordings itself from a Ukrainian airliner crash that killed all 176 people aboard amid Western suspicions the plane was brought down by an Iranian missile probably by mistake | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/iran-to-probe-black-boxes-after-missile-blamed-for-plane-crash-idUSKBN1Z9250 | 2020-01-11 |
| Turkey had asked Russia to establish a ceasefire in the region and it sent its delegation to Moscow last month to discuss the issue | Positive | MOSCOW A ceasefire regime has been established in the northwestern Syrian region of Idlib TASS news agency reported citing a Russian defense ministry official on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-turkey-russia-ceasefir/russia-says-ceasefire-established-in-syrias-idlib-tass-idUSKBN1Z82FA | 2020-01-10 |
| ISTANBUL The presidents of Turkey and Russia on Wednesday formally launched the TurkStream pipeline which will carry Russian natural gas to southern Europe through Turkey part of Moscows efforts to reduce shipments via Ukraine | Negative | ISTANBUL The presidents of Turkey and Russia on Wednesday formally launched the TurkStream pipeline which will carry Russian natural gas to southern Europe through Turkey part of Moscows efforts to reduce shipments via Ukraine | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-turkey-russia-pipeline/turkey-russia-launch-turkstream-pipeline-carrying-gas-to-europe-idUSKBN1Z71WP | 2020-01-09 |
| Ankara and Moscow want to protect their strategic interests in Libya where they lost lucrative contracts in 2011 after a NATObacked uprising and in the wider east Mediterranean region | Negative | CAIRO The planned arrival of Turkish military advisers in Libya should bolster the internationally recognized government but may not be enough to turn the tide of a conflict in which easternbased forces have the upper hand thanks to foreign support | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-turkey-analysis/turkish-support-for-tripoli-could-rebalance-forces-in-libya-idUSKBN1Z62HM | 2020-01-08 |
| Ankara and Moscow are filling a gap left by U.S. disengagement in Libya under President Donald Trump and there are divisions among European states over Libya | Negative | CAIRO The planned arrival of Turkish military advisers in Libya should bolster the internationally recognized government but may not be enough to turn the tide of a conflict in which easternbased forces have the upper hand thanks to foreign support | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-turkey-analysis/turkish-support-for-tripoli-could-rebalance-forces-in-libya-idUSKBN1Z62HM | 2020-01-08 |
| Moscow and Minsk have had several oil and gas spats over the past decade in what has been described as a lovehate relationship between president Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko | Neutral | Russias Russneft coowned by trader Glencore is the only Russian supplier delivering oil to Belarus after the start of the new year allowing the neighbors refiners to continue processing modest volumes of crude three industry sources told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus-russneft/russneft-sole-supplier-of-russian-oil-to-belarus-sources-idUSKBN1Z5105 | 2020-01-07 |
| SOFIA Russia has started European gas deliveries through the new TurkStream pipeline to Turkey Bulgarias Bulgartransgaz said on Sunday as Moscow looks to reduce shipments via Ukraine | Neutral | SOFIA Russia has started European gas deliveries through the new TurkStream pipeline to Turkey Bulgarias Bulgartransgaz said on Sunday as Moscow looks to reduce shipments via Ukraine | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-bulgaria-gas/russia-begins-turkstream-gas-flows-to-greece-north-macedonia-idUSKBN1Z40D0 | 2020-01-06 |
| It was not clear when Moscow and Minsk could resume talks on their 2020 contract | Neutral | Russia has halted oil supplies to refineries in Belarus the Belarusian state energy firm said on Friday amid a new contract dispute that is also threatening large Russian oil deliveries to Western Europe crossing the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus/russia-halts-oil-to-belarus-but-transit-to-europe-still-flowing-idUSKBN1Z20UP | 2020-01-04 |
| Moscow and Damascus deny claims of indiscriminate bombing of civilians saying they are fighting jihadist militants | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan agreed on the need to deescalate tensions in Idlib Syria the White House said on Thursday a day after eight people were killed in a Syrian missile strike in the province | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-syria-security-idlib/trump-erdogan-agree-on-need-for-de-escalation-in-idlib-syria-white-house-idUSKBN1Z11BB | 2020-01-03 |
| Moscow and Minsk have had several oil and gas rows over the past decade in what has been described as lovehate relationship between president Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko | Neutral | MOSCOW A new dispute over oil could be brewing between Russia and Belarus as Russian suppliers divert large volumes of crude to domestic ports in lieu of a deal on 2020 deliveries between the two countries according to six industry sources | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus/russian-firms-divert-oil-from-belarus-as-no-2020-supply-deal-signed-idUSKBN1YZ0ON | 2020-01-01 |
| 31 Moscow and Minsk are yet to agree on oil supply and transit terms for next year the Kremlin said | Positive | MOSCOW A new dispute over oil could be brewing between Russia and Belarus as Russian suppliers divert large volumes of crude to domestic ports in lieu of a deal on 2020 deliveries between the two countries according to six industry sources | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus/russian-firms-divert-oil-from-belarus-as-no-2020-supply-deal-signed-idUSKBN1YZ0ON | 2020-01-01 |
| Moscow and Minsk are also negotiating the 2020 gas supplies on Tuesday Russian gas giant Gazprom said in a separate statement | Positive | MOSCOW A new dispute over oil could be brewing between Russia and Belarus as Russian suppliers divert large volumes of crude to domestic ports in lieu of a deal on 2020 deliveries between the two countries according to six industry sources | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus/russian-firms-divert-oil-from-belarus-as-no-2020-supply-deal-signed-idUSKBN1YZ0ON | 2020-01-01 |
| Moscow returns to work on Jan | Positive | MOSCOW A new dispute over oil could be brewing between Russia and Belarus as Russian suppliers divert large volumes of crude to domestic ports in lieu of a deal on 2020 deliveries between the two countries according to six industry sources | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus/russian-firms-divert-oil-from-belarus-as-no-2020-supply-deal-signed-idUSKBN1YZ0ON | 2020-01-01 |
| Moscow and Minsk have had several oil and gas spats over the past decade in what has been described as a lovehate relationship between presidents Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko | Neutral | LONDON A fresh dispute over oil is looming between Russia and Belarus as Russian producers divert large volumes of crude to export ports after failing to reach a deal over deliveries to Minsk | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus-factbox/factbox-russias-oil-and-gas-disputes-with-belarus-idUSKBN1YZ0XW | 2020-01-01 |
