Some Russian internal borders closed due to coronavirus

RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS - In Brief 08 Apr 2020 by Alex Teddy
Some Russian regions have closed their borders to other regions. Murmansk and Chechnya are among those. Goods are allowed to be moved but passengers are not. This ban on inter-regional travel will hurt the economy even more. However, if a lockdown is strict then a region stands a better chance of controlling coronavirus and being able to return to normal sooner.Prime Minister Mishustin warned regional administrations that it is up to the federal government and not them to stop travel between regions. However, regions are responsible for public health as Putin recently reiterated. Lockdown is therefore a regional decision. The severity of the lockdown is up to the regional administration. Some regions are barely touched by coronavirus. Moscow and St Petersburg are severely affected but remote regions are not. On April 1 the governors of Komi, Archangelsk and Kamchata resigned. It is rumored that the Kremlin pressured them to do so. They have all been unpopular. Komi is struggling with coronavirus. COVID-19 cases have reached 7500. On April 7 it rose by 1154.Russia will have a paid holiday until the end of April. The government is to help companies pay salaries but has not said how it will help.

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