Moscow tightens its lockdown with residents only allowed out to go to work, hospital or the shops as coronavirus cases in the city pass 1,500 Russia has been lightly hit by the virus so far, with nine deaths and 1,534 cases, but it recorded 270 new infections in the past day so will lockdown from … Read more
Moscow orders all over-65s to stay at home… then adds the rules do NOT apply to Vladimir Putin, 67 Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said the elderly ‘must comply with an at-home regimen’ The measures would not affect Vladimir Putin because he ‘works where he lives’ Coronavirus has infected 438 people in Russia alone, predominately in Moscow Coronavirus … Read more
Two young Ukrainian chess stars have died in Moscow from a suspected overdose of laughing gas. Stanislav Bogdanovich, 26, a grandmaster, was his country’s former quick chess champion and his death came soon after he had controversially played online for Russia against Ukraine. His girlfriend Aleksandra Vernigora, 18, also a chess professional, was a student … Read more