Has the corona virus hurt the political power of the Russian president?

Russian President Vladimir Putin's patience seems to be running out due to the corona virus. On Monday, President Putin sent millions of workers across the country to work in factories and construction sites, as well as announcing the end of a six-week complete lockdown. The decision on how and when to lift other sanctions is left to regional leaders. This decision has been taken at a time when the rate of virus infection is very high in the whole country and especially in Moscow. But on Thursday, Putin was telling his government that life was returning to normal. He said the government should now focus on other priorities besides the corona virus. The message from the top leadership is clear: Russia's president wants the country to move beyond Corona. "I think for the first time in his active political life, Putin has faced a challenge that is beyond his control," said Nikolai Petrov, a Chatham House political analyst. Because of this problem, all their plans have come to naught. This spring, the general public had to vote on an amendment to the constitution. The amendment would have "allowed" Putin to run for office twice more. Instead, Putin, 67, was forced to move out of his residence outside Moscow when he visited a Corona virus hospital in a hazmat suit in an attempt to maintain his "action man" image. There were children with the infection. The doctor who took him to the hospital later found him infected with the virus. In isolation, President Putin was forced to work on a big screen via video conferencing. Their popularity rating is at an all-time low of 59%. In addition, during long phone calls, they have been seen to be irritable and bored. Nikolai Petrov says "Putin wants to carry out his plans anyway." This means that he wants to vote for constitutional reform, and for that through state TV and large billboards. Advertising on a scale. The day Vladimir Putin formally announced the end of the lockdown, Russia recorded the largest increase in coronavirus cases. Since then, there has been a slight drop in official figures every day, but the total number of people infected with the virus in the country is more than two and a half million, bringing it closer to the most infected countries in the world. But here politicians have emphasized another statistic: the death toll is less than one percent. "This shows that the quality of health care in our country is better than in the United States," Speaker of Parliament Vyacheslav Volodymyr said on Wednesday. A total of 2212 deaths were reported. He added: "We should thank our doctors and our president who are working day and night to save lives." He was supported by MPs. The death toll from Corona in Russia has been widely questioned, and there are indications that Russia is hiding the death toll. But authorities have denied the allegations and called such statements "fake news." High mortality statistics are important for estimating deaths due to corona infection, as they include people who have not been tested for corona and those who have died outside the hospital.

The death toll in Moscow in April was about 1,700, lower than in London and other cities. Moscow's health department says about 60 percent of suspected deaths in Corona were caused by something other than a heart attack or other illness. And this fact is also evident from the postmortem report. The administration has refused to hide anything. Had plenty of time to prepare to deal with the corona infection. Now more than 40,000 people are being tested in one day. Identifying cases early and providing them with immediate medical care is also proving to be helpful and has prevented many deaths. In many European countries, the death toll is so high that there is no place to keep a body in a mortuary. This may be due to cultural diversity. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, for example, held meetings for a long time at a social distance, and there was a time when he had to enter the ICU. A spokesman for Vladimir Putin battled a fever for three days before being admitted to hospital with double pneumonia. In an interview with a newspaper, Dmitry Peskov described how he fell ill despite taking all precautions during his work, when in the Kremlin even a paper is disinfected before it is handed over to anyone. Peskov said he had not been in direct contact with President Putin for about a month. It is unclear when Russian leaders will decide whether it is safe to return to the Kremlin. Many people are still working from home and restrictions on corona infections are still in place. It is now up to the mayor to lift the ban, but Sergei Sobyanin has also refused to allow people to walk outside daily. On Thursday, he said it was the most difficult decision ever made. He said that the cost is people's health and life is. Unemployment in Russia continues to rise. Unemployment figures have doubled since the epidemic began. Independent polling firm Levada said in a poll that one in four people had lost their jobs or were in danger of losing their jobs. One-third of people have had their pay cuts or reduced working hours. The Russian people do not save much, and government support for the lockdown is limited, so the pressure to ease sanctions is mounting. "Russian leaders know that the policy of 'no-work, no-money' will fall and it will spread chaos," said political analyst Lelya Shivasova. So they enforced strict laws during the epidemic when we were far from being the top country for infection. In his blog for the Echo Musky radio station, he wrote: "They should have conquered the corona virus, and that too soon!" But the virus is still spreading in Russian territory, unaware of the Kremlin's political ambitions. And it is difficult to stop the damage being done to Russia's strong leader. "Even if he gets the constitutional vote he wants, it will not change the fact that Putin is now relatively weak," said Nikolai Petrov.