Putin said the coronavirus pandemic had exposed 'deep-seated internal crises' in the US.
President Vladimir Putin said in a televised interview Sunday that Russia had been more successful in dealing with the coronavirus than the United States.
Regions are gradually lifting lockdown restrictions and Moscow has reopened non-essential shops and hairdressers.Putin told state television the coronavirus pandemic had exposed"deep-seated internal crises" in the US. "I doubt anyone in the government or the regions would say 'we're not going to do what the government says, what the president says, we think it's wrong,'" Putin said of the virus strategy.
Russia has now begun giving fuller information on deaths, including cases where coronavirus appeared to be the cause but was not detected by tests, as well as cases where the virus was confirmed but not considered the main cause of death. "If this fight for natural rights, legal rights, turns into mayhem and rioting, I see nothing good for the country," the Russian leader said in his televised broadcast.
But Putin added that"when -- even after crimes are committed -- this takes on elements of radical nationalism and extremism, nothing good will come of this."
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