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Science and technology in Russia

A medical worker administers a shot of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination center in Gostinny Dvor, a huge exhibition place in Moscow, Russia.

Russia tests vaccine science by combining Sputnik and Astrazeneca in new trial

COVID-19

Judy Twigg, a global public health expert at Virginia Commonwealth University, joins The World’s host Marco Werman to discuss the science behind Russia’s new vaccine cocktail.

A health care worker prepares a dose of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, at the Del Norte Hospital in El Alto, Bolivia, on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021.

Sputnik V vaccine is nearly 92% effective — a ‘political win for Putin’

COVID-19
A man in a military uniform plays the trumpet. Behind him is the blue hull of the icebreaker ship Arktika.

In Russia, a ‘ghost empire’ rises

Global Politics
A film still of physicist Alexander Vilenkin from the set of "Dau". He was flown to Kharkov for a week to play the role of a scientist in the movie.

This movie about a Soviet scientist may be the grandest experiment in film history, if it ever gets finished

Arts
Kalashnikov Rifle

Mikhail Kalashnikov, has died at 94, with ‘no regrets’

Conflict & Justice