“To enact harsh or unpopular measures and then see them ignored or sabotaged only deepens the feeling of crisis,” one political scientist said, of Russia’s pandemic response. “The most dangerous thing of all is to give an order that won’t be followed.”
rule for another twelve years—as was the case with a referendum held last summer—is unwilling to close restaurants or shopping centers. In the words of Vasily Vlassov, an epidemiologist and a former adviser to the World Health Organization, “Why does a Russian state that has proven itself so comfortable using force suddenly exhibit a certain delicateness?”
As an example, Volkenstein told me that, in many cases, people who have been vaccinated aren’t especially aggrieved by those who have falsified vaccine certificates, which, in the absence of a national policy, are required for certain categories of workers and for access to some civic spaces, such as theatres. “The pandemic is experienced as a kind of private matter,” she said.-19 does not register as an urgent threat for many Russians.
globally in terms of inoculation rates. The early rollout of Sputnik V centered on Russia’s victory in approving the world’s first-19 but on the triumph of Russian science, proudly showing shipments headed to Argentina and Hungary.
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