While the whole world copes with the crisis caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic responsible for COVID-19, Moscow has been attempting to take advantage of the situation. Under the pretext of helping them tackle a “common misfortune,” the Kremlin hopes, at a minimum, to pressure Western countries into easing sanctions and accepting the Russian annexation of Crimea. As a maximalist goal, Moscow wants to use the crisis to set in motion a redivision of the world.
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This picture taken on April 7, 2020, shows the Saint Basil's Cathedral (R) and Kremlin's Spasskaya Tower (C) in downtown Moscow.
