The Kremlin is grappling with the coronavirus pandemic—which Putin claimed was under control in March—and the economic dislocation of national lockdown.
despite Putin claiming in March that the situation was under control. Authorities recorded 10,559 new coronavirus infections Wednesday, bringing the country's official number of cases to 165,929, according to The Moscow Times. So far, 1,537 people have died—86 of them over the past 24 hours.
Russia has the seventh-highest number of confirmed cases in the world, but observers believe the true number of infections and deaths is likely much higher. In the early stages of the outbreak, for example, medical officials reported a spike in deaths attributed to pneumonia—a prominent complication of COVID-19—but not registered as coronavirus linked.early in the crisis, having come into contact with a Moscow doctor who later tested positive for the virus.
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with chief of the National Guard Viktor Zolotov at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia on May 6, 2020.
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