President Vladimir Putin said Russia had become the first country in the world to grant regulatory approval to a COVID-19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing. https://reut.rs/2XPHDCM | Reuters

5.6K views · 84 reactions | Expanding surveillance measures to police Russia’s coronavirus lockdown, including the use of facial recognition technology and collection of personal data, need regulating to ensure they are temporary and proportionate, two rights groups said. https://reut.rs/2S1JtgH | Reuters | Facebook

305K views · 3.4K reactions | Russia is in lockdown and facial-recognition cameras are being used to monitor the quarantine. But some are sceptical of the rules, and the country is being accused of spreading disinformation. https://bbc.in/3bGWDYa | BBC News | Facebook