There’s nothing so dangerous as an opportunity. With Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin in charge of the country’s coronavirus response body, the pandemic is likely to make him or break him — and to a considerable degree his capacity to save his career, as well as the lives of thousands of Russians, will depend on whether he really wants to do more than seem to make a difference, given that Putin himself doesn’t seem that sure.
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Mark Galeotti: Moscow’s mayor, not Putin, is leading coronavirus fight
Medical workers walk to check passengers of a train with Ukrainians evacuated from Moscow at Kyiv railway station on March 29, 2020, amid the spread of the COVID-19 (new coronavirus) pandemic.
