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Russia is very affected by the corona virus.
Now, New Year’s celebrations run the risk of further spreading the infection.
This is because several restaurants refuse to follow the restrictions and plan to stay open until midnight.
The number of corona falls in Russia is increasing and the country is one of the most affected in the world in terms of the total number of infected. On Saturday, the country reached more than three million confirmed cases of Covid-19, Reuters reports.
In St. Petersburg, the city hardest hit by Russia’s crown right now, a shutdown was ordered from December 30 to January 3.
At the same time, a New Year’s celebration awaits, which this year will be different. But despite the strict restrictions that will take effect in a few days, there are those who resist, writes Dagens Nyheter.
Photo: Dmitri Lovetsky / TT
New Year’s celebration in St. Petersburg last year.
Resistance to restrictions
Several of the restaurants in the city refuse to follow the rules of closing at 23:00.
Online, restaurants and bars have organized and created a so-called “resistance map.”
– The reason is simple: if we say openly that we do not intend to follow the rules, we have at least a greater chance of getting the authorities to listen to us. We can be punished, but then there is a possibility that we will manage financially, says restaurant owner Aleksandr Konovalov according to Dagens Nyheter, referring to the independent Russian newspaper RBK.
At the same time, there are alarms from the country’s health that the situation is urgent.
Putin will celebrate the new year
Now there are many signs that several restaurants will be open on New Years Eve. There is also no indication that residents plan to isolate themselves during the New Year celebrations.
The capital, Moscow, has also been hit hard, and new restrictions have gone into effect until January 15.
But the St. Petersburg authorities are urging other Russian citizens not to come to the city to celebrate the New Year. But Russian President Vladimir Putin is not one of those who hears the call. For the third year in a row, he will celebrate in his old hometown, the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral.
In early December, Russia began vaccinating against covid-19 with the Russian Sputnik V vaccine. According to Russian data, the vaccine is 92 percent effective.
Photography: Alexei Druzhinin / TT
Vladimir Putin is expected to travel to his hometown of St. Petersburg.
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