Which regions of Russia are sheltering in place? A running list
On the evening of March 29, the governments of the city of Moscow and the Moscow region announced that both areas would fall under shelter-in-place orders the following day to suppress the coronavirus epidemic. All of the city’s residents may now leave their homes only for “essential” purposes: going to the pharmacy or the grocery store, receiving emergency medical care, walking their dogs, taking out the trash, or going to work. On March 30, as Muscovites deserted the city’s streets, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin called on the rest of Russia’s federal subjects to follow the capital’s example. The following is a regularly updated list of the regions that have followed Mishustin’s recommendations and taken severe measures to keep public spaces empty.
This list was last updated on March 31, 2020, at 11:15 AM EDT. An updated list can be viewed in Russian here.
Republics
- Adygea
- Altai
- Bashkiria
- Buryatia
- Chechnya
- Chuvashia
- Kabardino-Balkaria
- Karachay-Cherkessia
- Khakassia
- Komi
- Mari El
- Mordovia
- Tatarstan
- Tuva
- Udmurtia
- Yakutia (some districts)
Territories
- Khabarovsk Krai (only for those over 65)
- Krasnodar Krai
- Perm Krai
- Primorsky Krai
- Stavropol Krai
- Zabaikalsky Krai
Regions
- Arkhangelsk region
- Astrakhan region
- Belgorod region (recommendation only)
- Bryansk region
- Irkutsk region (recommendation only)
- Kaliningrad region
- Kaluga region
- Kemerovo region
- Kurgan region
- Kursk region
- Leningrad region
- Lipetsk region
- Magadan region
- Moscow region
- Murmansk region (recommendation only)
- Nizhny Novgorod region
- Novgorod region
- Novosibirsk region
- Penza region
- Pskov region (only for those over 65)
- Rostov region
- Ryazan region
- Sakhalin region
- Samara region
- Saratov region
- Sverdlovsk region
- Tambov region
- Tomsk region
- Ulyanovsk region
- Vladimir region
- Volgograd region (recommendation only)
- Vologda region
- Voronezh region
Federal-level cities
- Moscow
- St. Petersburg (mandatory only for those over 65; recommended for all others)
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