Russia today recorded 1,000 Covid-related deaths in a single day for the first time since the pandemic began.<br />''The figure had been rising all week, with the Kremlin blaming the Russian people for not taking up vaccination. Only about a third of the population has been vaccinated.<br />''Russia's figure of 222,000 Covid deaths is the highest in Europe.<br />''<span style="color: #000000;">The number of active Covid cases in Russia is around 750,000 and the overall infections is now nearly 8 millions.</span><br />