After his government imposed some of the world’s harshest measures to suppress the spread of coronavirus last spring, Vladimir Putin made it clear on Thursday that there are no plans in place for a repeat lockdown this winter.
Speaking remotely to an audience at VTB Bank’s ‘Russia Calling’ event in Moscow, on the day the country posted its highest one-day total for new infections (17,717) since the pandemic began, the president said the economy must be protected. He pointed out, in jest, that Russia has no ‘kind aunt’ to tap for money in the event of a financial crisis.
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