The hospital, located in northwestern Moscow, had been designated by the authorities as one of the medical facilities treating coronavirus patients in the Russian capital.

Moscow and many other regions have been in lockdown for nearly two weeks to stem the contagion, but hospitals in the capital are still being pushed to their limit, officials said.

Robert O’Brien’s comments come after conflicting accounts emerged from a recent closed-door briefing by intelligence officials, who spoke to lawmakers about Russian interference in the 2020 campaign.

Sunday's event saw a smaller turnout than many previous opposition protests last summer, which at their peak drew around 60,000 people.

Trump arguably has stronger backing at home at the moment than the strongman in the Kremlin, whose personal popularity has been in slow decline, Matthew Fisher says.

As Russian President Vladimir Putin marks two decades in power, he boasts about his achievements but remains coy about his political future — a reticence that fuels wild speculation about his intentions.

The cows watch a summer field in their VR headsets, which reportedly lowered their anxiety.

The altercation happened in Moscow after police responded to a noise complaint.

Chanting "Russia will be free!" and "This is our city!," up to 2,000 protesters marched through one of Moscow's thoroughfares.

Video shows the moment two helmeted riot policemen drag the woman, Daria Sosnovskaya, to a waiting police bus.