The authorities finally threw off their democratic mask. By order of the authorities of Moscow and dozens of other regions, residents, under the pretext of the Coronavirus epidemic, are forbidden to leave the apartments in which they live. This means the actual establishment of a totalitarian regime. In Moscow alone, some 15 million of inhabitants of Europe's largest metropolis are under house arrest, like de-facto prisoners.
The unfortunate or daredevils who cannot endure a days-long imprisonment in the four walls of their small cells will be severely punished with anything from giant fines to imprisonment. Some cities have already introduced special permits for leaving the home; in Moscow, a similar "innovation" is being discussed. Methods of total surveillance and control are being introduced, which make us recall the darkest pages of Orwell and dystopian cyberpunk.
The system of public health care in Russia, as in many other countries, was virtually destroyed or greatly weakened by politicians, proteges of the rich, during the "optimizations" of recent decades. It is with this that problems have arisen almost throughout the world with the treatment of not only hundreds of thousands, but even just hundreds of seriously ill people. It is precisely with this situation that the mass panic around the epidemic is associated, which the media and the ruling circles of various countries have demonstrated. They are trying to solve these problems with short-term emergency measures (temporary reprofiling of existing hospitals and sanatoriums, temporary increase in doctors' salaries, temporary investment in health care), without changing the overall socio-economic course pursued in the interests of the largest capitalists and senior officials.
