As Covid-19 spreads, enforcing a nationwide shutdown across the world’s largest country isn’t easily done, in practical terms. With this in mind, it seems the Russian government has reached for the carrot rather than the stick.
After all, there’s a considerable difference between enforcing rules in Moscow’s tightly packed metropolitan area (population over 20 million) and attempting the same trick in the wilderness of Chukotka, separated by the Bering Straits from Alaska. Also, the fact that the capital has recorded about two-thirds of the known 1,836 Russian infections has helped to concentrate minds.
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