MOSCOW, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Russia has confirmed 41 cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, Anna Popova, the head of state consumer watchdog, told a government meeting on Tuesday. Health Minister Mikhail Murashko told the same meeting that more than 70 million Russians have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine and almost 76 million have received at least one dose. Almost 10 million Russians have received booster shots after getting fully inoculated, he added. Russia has a population of over 144 million.