2020
Media International Australia: "In April to June 2020, Russia passed through a major COVID-19 lockdown..."
2021
Moscow Times: "A year ago today Russia went into its first -- and only -- coronavirus lockdown."
New Yorker: "Why Russia Hasn't Cracked Down on COVID-19"
2022
Reuters: "Russia scraps remaining COVID restrictions"
CNN: "Macron warns of 'crisis of democracies,' including in US, in exclusive US interview," 22 Sep

"I hate lecturing people and saying, 'I'm worried for you.' ... But I do believe that what is at stake is what we built in the 18th century," Macron said an interview.
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The mobilization means [Russian Federation] citizens who are in the reserve could be called up, and those with military experience would be subject to conscription, Putin said, adding that the necessary decree had already been signed and took effect on Wednesday.
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"And I have no rational explanation," he added, calling the invasion the "strategy of Germany intervention" and a "post-Covid-19 consequence" because of Putin's isolation during the pandemic.

archived Is that you, Bernard?