This Week: The Shocking Enormity of Russia’s Botched Pandemic Response

A massive third wave is spreading unchecked. [Read this email in your browser]( [FP-This-Week-tighter]( Welcome to This Week. Every week, Foreign Policy shares in-depth analysis from leading experts on the global stories that matter most. Plus: upcoming events, podcasts, reports, and more from FP to help you better understand world affairs. This week, read a dispatch from Moscow on the Russian government’s pandemic response by [Alexey Kovalev](. Then, sign up for Foreign Policy’s next subscriber-only virtual call, [The New Economics Playbook]( in which we attempt to define the post-pandemic era. Finally, listen to the latest episodes of FP podcasts, including [HERO]( and [Global Reboot](. --------------------------------------------------------------- THE TOP STORY FROM FP [The Shocking Enormity of Russia’s Botched Pandemic Response]( A massive third wave is spreading unchecked, anti-vaxxers are rampant, and the Kremlin’s vaccine diplomacy has failed. [russia-covid-pandemic-sputnik-vaccine-third-wave] Russia is firmly in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic’s third wave. Every day, there are about 22,000 reported new infections—twice as many as during the peak of the first wave in May 2020—and more than 600 deaths. The new delta variant of the virus, which Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said is responsible for 90 percent of new infections in the Russian capital, has caught Russia almost completely unawares. Now, the campaign for parliamentary elections in September could make fighting the pandemic even harder, since the ruling United Russia party may be even more reluctant to impose unpopular measures like lockdowns. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- EVENTS FROM FP [FP Live: The New Economics Playbook]( July 15 | 11 a.m. EDT Join FP and leading economists as they discuss the global economy for the new, post-pandemic era. This call is available exclusively to FP subscribers. 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