Putin Orders New Russia Restrictions With Covid Deaths at Record
- President backs request to make Oct. 30 to Nov. 7 non-working
- Deaths and new cases hit record highs in Russia this week
Russian police and National Guard patrol Red Square in Moscow on Oct. 20.
Photographer: Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images
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President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia’s most sweeping Covid-19 restrictions since May as the numbers of new infections and deaths during the pandemic reached record levels.
Putin approved a government proposal to declare Oct. 30 to Nov. 7 as “non-working days” in an effort to slow the spread of the virus in a televised meeting with officials Wednesday. The country’s worst-affected regions will be required to introduce the stay-at-home order from Oct. 23.