Антиковидный, antikovidny: related to the fight against the coronavirus, can be used to describe restrictions, protests, and even people (“антиковидные инспекторы”).
Куардаун, kuardaun: contraction of “QR-code” and “lockdown”, used to describe a situation of de-facto lockdown for unvaccinated people (as they cannot go into any public places where QR-codes are mandatory).
Бескуарные, beskuarnye: literally “those without QR codes”.
Wednesday, December 8
Russian authorities can use video surveillance footage as evidence in order to hand out fines to Russians who failed to wear a mask, the Supreme Court ruled.
Tuesday, December 7
Mari El: an opposition politician lodged a complaint to the local Supreme Court demanding the abolition of the decree making QR-codes mandatory to visit public places in the republic. The request is unliked to be granted, Kommersant writes, as “the federal center gave regional authorities carte blanche to fight the pandemic.”
Monday, December 6
Tatarstan: QR-codes are being checked mostly in the metro, much less in buses and tramways, Kazan residents tell local outlet Tatarstan24. The number of riders in Kazan’s buses reportedly fell by as much as 55% since QR-codes were introduced.
Sunday, December 5
Stavropol: local courts are reviewing more than 200 cases involving a violation of sanitary restrictions. In a message published on its website, the Stavropol mayor’s office announced that “the warning period has ended” and “raiding groups” would now check QR-codes in public transport.
Saturday, December 4
Mari El: a petition against QR-codes drawn by a local communist deputy gathered more than 6,000 signatures.
Sverdlovsk: about 100 people took part in a protest against QR-codes in the city of Nizhny Tagil (population: 350 000), and made an appeal to Vladimir Putin to “safeguard the nation’s unity and put an end to the lawlessness spreading throughout the country.”
Friday, December 3
Perm: local authorities are stalling to avoid giving the green light to a protest against Covid restrictions and QR-codes, activists complained. A day before, a hundred workers suspended from the local “Mashinostroitel” missile factory for refusing to vaccinate announced they would appeal the decision in court.
Thursday, December 2
Tyumen: local authorities decided to abolish QR-codes in commercial centers during working days.
Wednesday, December 1
Tatarstan: Kazan restaurant “Madame Pavlova” announced on Instagram it would open its doors to unvaccinated locals, despite current restrictions, adding it would put a copy of the Russian constitution on every table. “While you wait for your order, you can learn about your rights,” the owners wrote.