A botched effort to reward people keeping the coronavirus in check leaves doctors and nurses who demand their due facing scrutiny.
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Modi’s Popularity Soars as India Weathers the Pandemic
Recent polls have the prime minister’s approval ratings topping 80 or 90 percent. But the economic devastation from the coronavirus has yet to be reckoned with.
As Coronavirus Overruns Russia, Doctors Are Dying on the Front Lines
Facing dire shortages of protective gear and amid fears that the worst is yet to come, more than 180 medical workers are reported to have fallen victim so far and thousands have been infected.
Merkel Is ‘Outraged’ by Russian Hack but Struggling to Respond
Patience with President Vladimir Putin is running thin in Berlin. But Germany needs Russia’s help on several geopolitical fronts from Syria to Ukraine.
Russia Was Ready to Celebrate a Glorious Past. The Present Intervened.
As the coronavirus began its inexorable march across the country’s 11 time zones, it robbed the capital of lives, and also its chance to come together over a shared victory.
As Local Health Systems Buckle, Russia’s Oligarchs Take Charge
The growing role of business tycoons in the fight against the coronavirus highlights the weaknesses of the state apparatus built by President Vladimir V. Putin.
As Putin Dallies, Russia’s Small Businesses Are Withering Away
The Russian president, who seems to share the traditional Soviet view of entrepreneurs as “swindlers,” is doing little to help them through a coronavirus lockdown.
Putin, Russia’s Man of Action, Is Passive, Even Bored, in the Coronavirus Era
The pandemic has derailed Vladimir V. Putin’s plans for a big military parade and a referendum extending his rule — and now knocked out his prime minister — as the Russian leader struggles to find his stride.
He Found One of Stalin’s Mass Graves. Now He’s in Jail.
The discovery by Yuri Dmitriev, after years of searching, “has clearly made some people very uncomfortable,” his daughter says.
In Pandemic, a Remote Russian Region Orders a Lockdown on Information
Trailing only Moscow in per capita infection, Komi faces a serious health crisis and wants to know who leaked the bad news.