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These citizens are allowed to leave their homes only for a trip to work, for a walk or a trip to the store and pharmacy.

Members of a group of experts consulted by the Ministry of Health, quoted by Haaretz, concluded that «the benefits of the vaccine far outweigh it's risks».

Some Ukrainians refuse to be vaccinated, as they are sure that the vaccine will make them mutants.

Russian President Vladimir Putin at the "World Quality Day - 2021" noted the improvement in the quality of products and services.

The economies of the CIS countries are gradually recovering from the coronavirus pandemic; in the first half of the year, mutual trade grew by almost 27%, said Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

Moscow commented on the recent statement by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who warned Russia against "repeating the mistakes of 2014" in Ukraine.

Any EU sanctions against Belarus are illegitimate, Moscow will provide Minsk with all-round support, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.

Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko commented on the possibility of taking new measures against coronavirus, including at the federal level, RIA Novosti reports.

Poland fears that the Belarusian special services will provide illegal migrants with weapons, said spokesman for the Polish government Piotr Müller in an interview on the Wirtualna Polska portal.

The future relationship between Russia and the European Union will be determined by Moscow's position on environmental and climate issues.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has held a telephone conversation with the director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), William Burns, who was visiting Moscow.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has recalled the liberation of Kiev from the Nazis in 1943, accusing the Soviet leadership of cruelty and indifference.

Canadian company One Ocean Expeditions has filed a lawsuit against the owner of Russian research vessel Akademik Ioffe, which was detained in Denmark, in connection with its bankruptcy proceedings.

Russian and Belarusian Presidents Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko at a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State approved all 28 Union Programmes and signed the relevant document, RBC reported.