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Russia said on Saturday that seven workers at a poultry plant in its south had been infected with a bird flu virus, TASS news agency quoted Anna Popova, head of consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, as saying.

MOSCOW, March 1 (Reuters) - Russian wheat export prices rose for the second consecutive week last week due to higher prices in Chicago and Paris, analysts said on Monday. Russian wheat with 12.5% protein loading from Black Sea ports for supply in March was at $287 a tonne free on board (FOB) at the end of last week, up $4 from the previous week, agriculture consultancy IKAR said. Sovecon, another Moscow consultancy, said wheat and barley prices rose by $4 to $284 and $251 per tonne, respective...

RUSSIA-NORILSKNICKEL/ (UPDATE 2):UPDATE 2-Nornickel shares drop after partial suspension of operations at two mines

MOSCOW — Russia on Sunday reported 12,742 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, including 1,602 in Moscow, taking the national tally to 4,164,726.

Three workers died after a processing plant owned by Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel in Arctic Siberia partially collapsed during maintenance, the company and officials said on Saturday, as the miner's shares fell by 3.6%.

MOSCOW, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Russia said on Saturday that seven workers at a poultry plant in its south had been infected with a bird flu virus, TASS news agency quoted Anna Popova, head of consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, as saying.It appears to be the first case of bird flu being passed to humans from birds in Russia, but there is no sign of transmission between humans so far, she was quoted as saying.Russia has reported the case to the World Health Organization, she added.(Reporting by...

2/20/2021 MOSCOW, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Russia, one of the worlds largest wheat exporters, has drafted a law to tighten control over the quality of imported seeds for grain, vegetable and other crops, Deputy Prime Minister Victoria Abramchenko said in a statement on Saturday. Russia has boosted grain production over the last 20 years but still imports seeds despite becoming self-sufficient in other areas of its agricultural industry, such as fertilisers. Part of the draft law aims to prevent genet...

2/20/2021 (Adds details, quotes, context) MOSCOW, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Russia has registered the first case of a strain of bird flu virus named AH5N8 being passed to humans from birds and has reported the case to the World Health Organization (WHO), Anna Popova, head of consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, said on Saturday. Russia reported the case to the WHO "several days ago, just as we became absolutely certain of our results," Popova said on Rossiya 24 state TV. There was no sign of tran...

Three workers died after a processing plant owned by Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel in Arctic Siberia partially collapsed during maintenance, the company and officials said on Saturday, as the miner's shares fell by 3.6%.

Russia reports worlds first case of human infection with H5N8 bird flu Reuters 2/20/2021 By Polina Devitt and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber © Reuters/Eduard Korniyenko FILE PHOTO: Chickens await vaccination against bird flu at the settlement Peredovoi near Stavropol By Polina Devitt and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has registered the first case of a strain of bird flu virus named A(H5N8) being passed to humans from birds and has reported the matter to...