Russia to ease lockdown: Economy couldn't afford to wait for Covid-19 curve to flatten, while government poll ratings fell — RT Op-ed
Russian President Vladimir Putin has lifted many of Russia's coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown restrictions, but the number of those infected continues to rise to new daily record highs.
"Starting from tomorrow, May 12, the national period of non-working days will be over for all sectors of the economy," Putin said on Monday.
Russia had a total of 221,344 coronavirus cases and 2,009 deaths as of May 11. While many European countries are now seeing their curves flatten and the daily tally of confirmed new cases starting to fall, in Russia the spread of the infection is still accelerating, with 11,656 new cases reported on May 11 a new daily record.
