Russia has reported 857 new coronavirus-related deaths, a single-day record since the pandemic began, as the country continues to see a surge in infections linked to the Delta variant and a lackluster vaccination campaign.
RFE/RL: Russia posts record daily COVID-19 death toll for second day in a row
A serviceman of Russia's Emergencies Ministry, wearing protective gear, disinfects Kievsky railway terminal amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Moscow on September 2021.
