Mother-of-two Dr Yelena Nepomnyashchaya, 47, plunged 50ft from an office window in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, after being told her hospital would treat coronavirus patients, despite lack of PPE.

Russian real estate magnate Aras Agalarov, 64, said his Crocus Group business is in trouble due to coronavirus shutdowns and fears the worst is yet to come when Russia hits its peak in May.

Col. Gen. Andrei Burlaka, the FSB Border Service's chief of operational staff, has been named as the highest-ranking person of interest in the investigation into the downing of the plane.

The victim Maria from Russia sought help from her hospital and an online forum but was refused an appointment due to the lockdown and a ban on nonessential consultations.

Mikhail Mishustin, Russia's Prime Minister, has today said he has tested positive for the coronavirus as Russia's death toll today reached 1,000 and its total number of cases broke through 100,000 (graph).

Dr Andrew Marriott, 64, a retired lieutenant colonel and visiting researcher at Newcastle University, concluded it is 'highly implausible' that the medals came from Russian guns.

Alexander Shulepov, 37, from Voronezh is in intensive care after taking part in a video which claimed he was ordered to work despite testing positive for Covid-19.

The body of Dmitry Bosov, 52, who played ice hockey with Vladimir Putin, was discovered by his wife with a gunshot wound to his head in a 'suspected suicide' at his Moscow mansion.

New York architect Joseph Feingold, 97, originally from Poland, who appeared in an Oscar-nominated film about his escape from the Nazis called 'Joe's Violin', has died with coronavirus.

The prospect of Russian track and field athletes taking part in the Tokyo Olympics are looking slimmer after the president of the country's athletics federation was charged on Thursday.

It follows an investigation into the data handed over by the Moscow laboratory in January as part of the reintegration process of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency following the state-sponsored doping scandal.

Vladimir Putin's comments come after WADA barred teams under a Russian flag from competing at the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020 and 2022 and the football World Cup in 2022.

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: American athletes are planning podium protests at the Olympics to express anger at the presence of Russian athletes if they win medals at next summer.

ROB DRAPER AND PETER ALLEN IN PARIS: A criminal trial will start on Monday with some huge names on the International Olympic Committee sweating to see if they are named in court.

The possibility of a blanket ban on Russians in the athletics disciplines at Tokyo 2020 increased after World Athletics ordered their disgraced national federation to admit to doping offences.

Another wave of Russian athletes could face new doping charges after the World Anti-Doping Agency said on Thursday that it has completed its investigation of a vast trove of evidence.

Putin's operatives in Washington, New York, and San Francisco were reportedly able to access the location of FBI teams and communications between them. The FBI HQ is pictured main.

Popular Russian influencer Marina Balmasheva, 35, who is marrying her 20-year-old stepson, has posted a photo of what they both looked like 13 years ago when her now-fiancee was just seven.

Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexei Stolyarov, the Russian masterminds behind the stunt, had emailed Lorraine Heggessey last year when she was the head of the Foundation.

Troye Sivan has claimed that he was 'catfished' and targeted by the same Russian pranksters who posed as Greta Thunberg and her father to Prince Harry. 

Russians Vladimir Kuzentsov and Alexei Stolyarov tricked the US singer Billie Eilish and later produced a cartoon to illustrate the recording of the conversation.

Unsealed FBI documents from 2017 reveal a plan to close an investigation of former national security advisor Mike Flynn due to a lack of 'derogatory' evidence.

The explosion, at the Vector laboratory in Siberia, left a worker with second and third degree burns. The lab is one of two places in the world which houses the smallpox disease.

A week after a torrent of press reports that Clinton had branded Gabbard a Russian spy, a closer listening to the podcast reveals the former secretary of state never said it.

A fisherman has spoken about the one that got away – a suspected Russian submarine which became entangled in his nets after it strayed inside British waters in the North Sea.

Dr Semyon Grigoryev, 46, had been leading the research into the remains of the Ice Age beasts, frozen for tens of thousands of years in the Siberian permafrost.

Seven Russian mercenaries were killed in two separate attacks claimed by ISIS in Mozambique last month, including four who were ambushed, shot and then beheaded.

Russian actress Lidiya Velezheva, 53, was manhandled off a Russian plane by police after a 'brawl' during which she labelled her fellow passengers "plebs".

Billionaire Vladimir Chernukhin, 51, of Fitzrovia, central London, is alleged to have lied in High Court proceedings by stating he was the beneficial owner of Compas View Ltd.

The Bureau has been accused of preventing the DNC from reducing the number of emails and documents released by Wikileaks - prompting the resignation of Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

A Russian Air-force jet was spotted in U.S. skies reportedly taking high-resolution images of a missile site in Montana. The jets are allowed in US airspace through an international treaty.

Adele and TV's James Corden holidayed on a £120 million superyacht believed to be owned by a Russian oligarch linked to the Canadian mansion where the Sussex's stayed over Christmas.

Two Russian hamsters prove their incredible speed going head-to-head in a race around a wheel, shoving each other aside as their competitive streak shows. BBC Earth filmed the hilarious hamster race.

Russian striker Aleksandr Sobolev has emerged as a January target for Manchester United as the club seek to bolster their forward options.

The oil giant faces mounting pressure to sell its stake in Russian energy giant Rosneft as it embarks on a major strategy overhaul to prop up its dividend payouts.

Australian Open fans did a double take on Saturday night when they thought Liam Hemsworth was taking on Nick Kyrgios in a third-round match-up. 

The Duke of Sussex was duped into believing he was speaking to 17-year-old environmentalist Greta, who told him she wanted to one day marry Prince George (pictured).

The Russian pranksters who tricked Prince Harry into believing he was talking to Greta Thunberg have today warned they will release more audio.

The Duke of Sussex says that Greta Thunberg could outsmart US President Donald Trump, discusses changing mindsets on climate change and the possibility of the activist marrying Prince George.

Caviar released a modified iPhone 11 Pro inspired by Tesla's Cybertruck. The case is made of titanium, which claims to provide 'absolute protection' -unlike the Cybertruck's windows, the firm implies.

A video caught the chilling failure of Antonov TBC-2MC which suddenly dives in the town of Naryan-Mar in the Russian Arctic. The pilot lost control soon after take-off this morning.

Crouching over the sun-drenched soil, Alfred Abayev picks up a charred fragment of a Soviet warplane downed in a World War II battle with advancing Nazi forces. You can see it was burning, he says, pointing at the weathered trace of a red star. Abayev and members of his search team rummage the steppe for remains of the Red Army soldiers who fell in the autumn of 1942 in fierce fighting with Nazi troops pushing toward the Caspian Sea south of Stalingrad. Stiff resistance by the Red Army stopped the Wehrmacht onslaught in the steppes of Kalmykia, and months later the enemy's forces were encircled in Stalingrad and surrendered, a major defeat for the Nazis that marked a turning point in World War II. The search for remains of fallen Red Army soldiers near Khulkhuta, in Kalmykia, a southern province that lies between the Volga River and the Caspian Sea, is part of a broad effort by myriad volunteer groups across Russia to pay tribute to fallen World War II soldiers. Russia's losses stood .

Should farmers sow early? Or wait to be sure that the first rains aren't just temporary? Should they borrow early, or wait until they are absolutely ready to sow, even if it means higher risks later? P Sainath finds that in Vidharbha, farming itself is a great gamble, with many victims.

Black Widow, which was scheduled to hit the theatres on May 1, will now release on November 6 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Lewis Hamilton will be going into the Russian Grand Prix, where Mercedes have won every contest since 2014, on the back of three consecutive losses.

Honda's Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso's Pierre Gasly, along with with Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Alexander Albon have all have been handed grid penalties after being given new engines for the Russian Grand Prix.

Russian Grand Prix: Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc and Valtteri Bottas finished first, second and third, respectivey, in second practice.

Russian Grand Prix: Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel took the first, second and third spot, respectively, in the qualifying.

Charles Leclerc became the first Ferrari driver, since Michael Schumacher, to take four pole positions in a row.

Alex Albon of Red Bull will be from the pit lane after his team fitted a new floor to his car after a crash during qualifying.