Charles Maynes
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The city of Moscow has eased its coronavirus lockdown Monday. President Putin used the occasion to set a date for a constitutional referendum that would allow him to remain in power until 2036.
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Russia has sent crews to assist in Dagestan, where the official number of COVID-19 deaths is 29. "It long ago became clear the official statistics have no basis in reality," a resident says.
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The U.S. government delivers 50 American-made ventilators on Thursday and will send another 150 next week.
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An art project to shake the lockdown blues has become an online sensation as pent-up Russian speakers from across the globe reenact classic artwork to pass the time amid the pandemic.
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The pandemic has hit the global business of surrogate birthing, leaving many infants and their new parents thousands of miles apart.
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Russia has the world's second-highest confirmed coronavirus case number but ranks 18th in officially reported fatalities from the virus.
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Russia has reported nearly a quarter of a million infections from the coronavirus but says only 2,200 people have died. It is a much lower death toll in comparison with other countries.
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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has dismissed the pandemic as mass "psychosis" — a disease easily cured with a bit of vodka, a hot sauna or spending time playing hockey or doing farm work.
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A Soviet-era poem about people isolating in their apartments from the harsh realities of communism is resonating with Russians once again.
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The number of coronavirus cases is rising at an alarming rate in Russia, particularly in smaller cities — many of which lack even the basic resources to deal with the crisis.