The American edition found the coronavirus challenge to Putin's system

In the American edition of Vox published an article that analyzes the impact of the pandemic COVID-19 at the politics and Economics of Russia and compares the prospects of our country with the crisis in the United States. But is it true pandemic so dangerous for the Russian socio-economic and political system?

The American writer Alex ward believes that if the tide of the pandemic coronavirus will cover Russia, it will be a disaster for the "Russian dictator", as he calls President Putin. Disease and, especially, the death of thousands of Russians will be a serious blow to the political image of the Russian President. The American author notes that the situation is very unfavorable for Putin: the pandemic coincided with the collapse of prices on the world oil market.
Measures of self-isolation, according to ward's, are tough, but not effective enough. In the usual confrontation of information powers the American spirit, the author distorts the truth: he writes that the violation of the regime of self-isolation it is possible to pay with imprisonment for the term up to 7 years, "forgetting" to mention that such a punishment can appoint only those whom it is in breach of quarantine was infected, and several people died.
However, the American author notes that Russia is prepared for epidemics better than many countries in the world and recognize the "good" of the Russian health care system. However, ward believes that Putin and the government focused on Moscow, where truth has the highest, according to official data, the number of cases, but almost do not do regions.
For all that, a certain truth in the words of American's have. Unlike Moscow, the situation of many inhabitants of the regions in terms of monthly isolation can worsen and become catastrophic. Wages in the regions is much smaller than Moscow, the opportunity to change jobs less by definition, decisions on the additional payments are not accepted.
Repeating over Sergei Sobyanin hard measures to ensure the isolation of the citizens, the governors are not able to provide even that low social support, which was organized by the mayor of Moscow.
High fines, the lack of livelihoods, reduction in enterprises, the ruin of small business can become a real cause of rising social discontent, which catalyzes the processes are much more dangerous than the coronavirus pandemic, and a dangerous one in political terms.
To live On, for example, multiple layer of not properly executed hired workers, which in Russia is not less than 20 million people? And do not think that these unregistered workers are persistent evaders, which is not officially issued, not to pay 13% of personal income tax. They just do not make the employers who are not profitable to pay wages and contributions to funds.
So the Russian government is now really caught between a "rock and a hard place" coronavirus and social disturbance.

As the population the last years and even decades have demonstrated political passivity, the power still believes that it will be able to contain social discontent with police measures. But if the isolation is not done easing, the degree of dissatisfaction can be very high.
In any case, Russia, its economy and social sphere will really need resuscitation. Now the government and the President would do well to begin to practice real, not declared the social support of the population. As a variant – to provide all citizens in need of social allowance in the amount of minimum wage per person for the duration of the isolation mode, enter the cost of unemployment benefits in the first six months after termination of the regime of self-isolation, to provide a real vacation credit.
Of Course, this will require a redistribution of financial streams of the state, but if this is not done, the consequences can be dire. The solution of the problems in conjunction with the victory over the epidemic would allow the Russian government and personally Vladimir Putin repeatedly to raise their credibility both nationally and on a global scale. But for this we need not be afraid to take responsibility for themselves.