In comparison to the rest of Russia's underfunded and poorly staffed hospitals, the affluent Moscow is faring much better in response to the new surge of coronavirus cases. This difference reveals the problematic wealth disparity between Moscow and the rest of Russia.
Lyudmila Guseva, a resident of the Uktussky Assisted Living Facility, recently spoke out on the surgical sterilization she was forced to consent to. More than ten women at the assisted living facility were found to have been sterilized, with one of them dying due to the procedure. Former director of the facility, Andrey Popov, vehemently denied that this procedure could have taken place without consent. Investigations into Guseva's claim are ongoing, but Guseva seems to have disappeared. According to employees at the facility, she went on vacation two weeks ago and has not been heard from since. This begs the question as to how well the investigation will be run without a key player, and if the truth will actually be uncovered.
This article details the struggles of Russian citizens and hospitals in procuring COVID-19 treatments during the spring of 2020. As a second wave of COVID-19 appears on the horizon, these struggles implicate issues to be aware of in planning for and projecting the severity of the wave.
Coronavirus clinics in Moscow and Russia as a whole run out of beds for patients in the midst of a second wave of COVID-19. In response, Russia has started imposing new restrictions to prevent further infection
