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A satellite image shows the Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia and the Far East in Irkutsk, Russia, May 8, 2025. An employee of the institute, Darya Shipilova, 28, was named by Russian media as the laboratory worker who, according to authorities, died from pneumonia of an as-yet unestablished origin on October 2, 2026, prompting authorities to quarantine about 200 people and causing public health fears on social media. Photo: Google/Airbus/Handout via REUTERS

WHO unsure what caused pneumonia that killed plague-lab worker in Russia

The WHO said the Russian state regulator reported that tests on the laboratory worker and those who came into contact with her were negative for the high-threat pathogens tested

A model of an oil pump is seen in front of a Russian flag in this illustration taken January 9, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Trump says Russia to supply diesel to US and global markets

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What is pneumonic plague and how does it spread?

A satellite image shows the Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia and the Far East in Irkutsk, Russia, on 8 May, 2025. Photo: Collected

Russia says plague institute worker's death does not risk an epidemic

A view of the Medical Assistance and Rescue Centre, an infectious diseases hospital, in the town of Shelekhov in the Irkutsk region, Russia, October 5, 2026. Photo: REUTERS

Death of a Russian plague researcher, explained by a microbiologist

A view of Earth, partially hidden by the Moon, photographed through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:40 p.m. EDT (22:40 GMT) 6 April 2026. Photo: NASA

US, China and Russia compete to deploy nuclear reactors on Moon

Clinical trials of the vaccine, called EpiVacCorona, could now be carried out with volunteers over the age of 60, a state register showed and the institute’s director said trials with children would begin in December, TASS reported Photo: Collected/File

Russia monitors suspected pneumonic plague case after lab worker dies

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during an interview with Reuters, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, 2 October, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Russia to intensify strikes on Ukraine after Zelenskiy interview

The clock on Spasskaya tower showing the time at noon, is pictured next to Moscow?s Kremlin, and St. Basil?s Cathedral, March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Wealthiest Russians fund 1% of Russia's state spending through 'voluntary' donations in 2026

A police bomb squad member works at a site of a damaged school hit by a Russian jet-drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Russian drone strikes Kyiv school, pupils escape unhurt

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Govt to buy fertiliser from Russia via Oman, UAE amid Middle East supply risks

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks during a panel discussion with US Ambassador to NATO Matthew G. Whitaker (not pictured) on the future of the alliance hosted by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs in Des Moines, Iowa, US, 22 September, 2026.

No imminent threat to NATO territory from Russia, Rutte says

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova speaks during a press briefing in Moscow on Wednesday (30 September, 2026). Photo: Reuters

Russia says European arms factories supplying Ukraine are potential military targets for Moscow