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Hydroxychloroquine rated ‘most effective’ coronavirus treatment, poll of doctors finds

Posted on April 4, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan 3 comments

April 2, 2020 | 6:30pm | Updated An international poll of thousands of doctors rated the Trump-touted anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine the best treatment for the novel coronavirus. Of the 6,227 physicians surveyed in 30 countries, 37 percent rated hydroxychloroquine the “most effective therapy” for combating the potentially deadly illness, according to the results released Thursday. The survey, conducted by the global health care polling company Sermo, also

Ukraine blocks Russian draft resolution of UN General Assembly on combating Covid-19

Posted on April 3, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan 8 comments

08:50, 3 April 2020 If the Assembly passed it, Russia could have disposed of international sanctions; however, the document will not be passed, – Ukraine’s Foreign Minister. Ukraine penalized Russia-initiated draft law of UN General Assembly on fighting coronavirus. If the Assembly passed it, Russia could have disposed of international sanctions. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba posted this on Facebook. “Only Ukraine was

EU: Putin’s order banning non-Russian citizens from owning land in Crimea violates law

Posted on April 2, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan 3 comments

00:55, 02 April 2020 The EU does not recognize the decree. The European Union says that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent order banning non-Russian citizens from owning land in Russia-occupied Crimea violates international humanitarian law. “Russia has recently added, by a presidential decree, most of Crimea and Sevastopol to the list of border territories of the Russian Federation in which

U.S. committed to Ukraine and Georgia to become future members of NATO

Posted on April 2, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan 4 comments

01:59, 02 April 2020 The Alliance pursues an open door policy. The United States is committed that Ukraine and Georgia to become the future members of NATO. “We are committed to all of those countries to become the future members of NATO. We want all of them,” Kay Bailey Hutchison, U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO, said during a LiveAtState briefing

FDA Approves Malaria Drugs to Treat COVID-19

Posted on April 1, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan 48 comments

March 31, 2020, at 4:00 p.m. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given emergency approval to distribute millions of doses of the medicines to hospitals across the country. “These drugs will be distributed from the Strategic National Stockpile to states for doctors to prescribe to adolescent and adult patients hospitalized with COVID-19 as appropriate, when a clinical trial is

Kyiv mobile squad disinfects train after it arrives from Moscow with Ukrainian evacuees

Posted on March 29, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan 6 comments

The carriages were disinfected inside and outside / Photo from Ukraine’s Emergency Service

Sweden remains open as other countries lock down over coronavirus

Posted on March 29, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan 22 comments

People walk along the main pedestrian shopping street in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday, March 25, 2020. The streets of Stockholm are quiet but not deserted. After a long, dark Scandinavian winter, the coronavirus pandemic is not keeping Swedes at home even while citizens in many parts of the world are sheltering in place and won’t find shops or restaurants open on the few occasions they are permitted to venture out.

Urn deliveries in Wuhan raise questions about China’s actual coronavirus death toll

Posted on March 28, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan 5 comments

People wearing face masks arrive at a railway station in Wuhan on the first day of inbound train services resumed following the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Wuhan of Hubei province, the epicentre of China’s coronavirus outbreak, March 28, 2020.

The Week In Russia: Reality, Perception, And Luck

Posted on March 28, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan One comment

An employee wearing a protective mask, used as a measure against coronavirus, carries a bag with flour at a bakery in the city of Nevinnomyssk in the Stavropol region on March 27.

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Olympic Gold Medalists Among Four Russians Facing New Doping Charges

Posted on March 28, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan 3 comments

Andrei Silnov speaks at a news conference in Moscow in February 2017.

Ukraine: Option of default off the table – Zelensky’s spox

Posted on March 28, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan 2 comments

21:20, 27 March 2020 The president hopes that MPs at their upcoming extraordinary meeting will vote for the required legislative initiatives to support businesses, vulnerable segments of the population, as well as highly important reforms in the banking and agricultural sectors. Ukrainian authorities are not considering the option of default, while counting on an increase in potential funding from the

IMF may increase funding for Ukraine to $8 bln – Zelensky

Posted on March 28, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan One comment

23:50, 27 March 2020 The president noted that, together with financing from the World Bank and the EBRD, Ukraine could receive at least $10 billion. The International Monetary Fund may increase funding for Ukraine to $8 billion, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said in a comment to reporters. “Every day we are negotiating with the International Monetary Fund. Now we

Psy-ops and disinformation campaign in Italy amid crisis

Posted on March 27, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan One comment

18:40, 27 March 2020 There’s every reason to believe the campaign is launched from beyond the country. A group of Russian military arrived in Italy exactly at the moment an active campaign was launched across social networks, calling for the country’s withdrawal from the EU. Such calls are being spun on Twitter with a relevant ITALEXIT hashtag by a swarm

Earthquake Off Kurile Islands Causes Small Tsunami

Posted on March 26, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan 3 comments

March 25, 2020 07:36 GMT UPDATED March 25, 2020 08:54 GMT A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the Kurile Islands on March 24, causing a small tsunami and prompting a tsunami alert on the western coast of the United States and Canada and as far away as Hawaii. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck at 10:49 p.m. 219 kilometers

Ukraine security officials nab online troll spinning fake news on coronavirus

Posted on March 25, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan One comment

23:50, 24 March 2020 The woman had been spinning disinformation in various online groups where she was an admin, with a total audience of nearly 100,000 subscribers. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) says its operatives have detained a Kherson-based woman who had been disseminating disinformation on coronavirus spread, aiming to sow panic among Ukrainians and destabilize the region. The

Polish Court Convicts Three Men For Torching Hungarian Center In Ukraine

Posted on March 24, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan 3 comments

The torched Hungarian Culture Society building in westernmost Ukrainian Zakarpattya region in February 2019.

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