# Coronavirus

Russia registers 22,320 Covid cases

Moscow, Russia’s worst-hit region, reported 2,235 new cases, taking the city’s total to 1,524,439.

IANS | Moscow | August 8, 2021 9:03 am

Russia confirmed 22,320 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 6,424,884, the official monitoring and response centre said on Saturday.

During this period, the nationwide death toll grew by 793 to 164,094, while the number of recoveries increased by 19,485 to 5,739,838, Xinhua news agency reported.

Meanwhile, Moscow, Russia’s worst-hit region, reported 2,235 new cases, taking the city’s total to 1,524,439.

More than 168 million COVID-19 tests have been conducted across the country so far.

# Opinion

Putin’s Korean googly confounds the West

NATO and Europe are crying hoarse about North Korean troops being deployed in Russia. According to the Pentagon, about 10,000 North Korean troops are ready to be deployed in the war zone, most of whom are undergoing training in Russia. This would imply strength of about one division.

# World

‘Department of European Problems’: Russian Foreign Ministry renames key wing

In a tongue-in-cheek gesture amid its growing tensions with its western neighbours, the Russian Foreign Ministry has renamed its Department of European Cooperation as the Department of European Problems (DEP) - on its website.

# World

8,000 N. Korean troops deployed in Russia’s Kursk region: Blinken

As many as 8,000 North Korean troops have been deployed to Russia's western front-line Kursk region and are expected to enter into combat "in the coming days", US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said