COVID-19: Russia to spend over $72 billion on two-year recovery plan 

Russia will spend around five trillion roubles (over 72 billion U.S. dollars) in its economic stimulus plan to help the economy recover from the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic over the next two years, said Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on Tuesday. 

A total of 8,863 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in Russia, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 423,741 as of Tuesday, official data showed.