MOSCOW—Few Russian companies have taken the hit from lower oil prices and coronavirus lockdowns as badly as Rosgeologia, one of the biggest exploration firms here. At the beginning of the year, it was eyeing around $400 million in new oil and gas contracts. But since then, those tenders have been canceled or put off until prices recover, and the company is selling millions of dollars in assets to maintain its cash flow. Quarantine measures to stem one of the world’s largest virus outbreaks...

MOSCOW—Russian authorities revised the nation’s coronavirus death tally upward by close to 50% for April, shifting to counting guidelines recommended by the World Health Organization amid scrutiny of its low reported death rate. Russia’s statistics initially included only people who had tested positive for the pathogen, and for whom a postmortem analysis had shown that Covid-19 was the primary cause of death. On Friday, however, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova said the tally...

Russia’s Ministry of Health on Saturday approved a flu drug for use in fighting coronavirus after officials said preliminary testing showed hospitalized patients who took the pills recovered more quickly. The drug, known as favipiravir, had produced promising results against coronavirus in early testing in Russia. Its approval makes it among the first in a global race to find effective treatments and eventually a vaccine for the virus. ...

A year ago, Volodymyr Zelensky switched from playing a corruption-fighting president in a television comedy to being the real thing after he was elected as Ukraine’s new leader in a landslide win. Since then, Mr. Zelensky, 42, has recorded some successes. Lawmakers no longer enjoy immunity from prosecution. Parliament introduced new impeachment procedures that give it the power to remove a president. On May 13, legislators also adopted a new law that would prohibit the return of nationalized...

Money can’t stop you from catching or dying from the new coronavirus. But it can buy you an attentive doctor, faster testing, a luxury spot for self-isolation and, in some parts of the world, an at-home intensive-care setup complete with a ventilator. The superrich are finding ways to ride out the pandemic more comfortably than much of the rest of the world. Wealthy Americans are turning to personal doctors for immediate consultations and swift testing, while rich Russians are building their...