a giant field hospital where the screens now show films for the sick instead of the hockey scores. cases are rising here, too, but there are far more resources. and the chief doctor is insistently upbeat. translation: we're fully prepared for this surge in infections. you can see we have plenty of reserves. i think it shows that no excess restrictions or lockdown will happen. a thousand kilometres north, there's no lockdown in kotlas, either... ..but there are lots of face masks. this babushka does worry about getting coronavirus, but she says she needs to come out to sell her cabbages. life here is a world away from the wealthy capital, but the virus doesn't care. nikolai and angelika