Hey Nyet! You haven’t been around here lately but just in case …

Russia’s coronavirus numbers have plateaued over the past couple months. Is there some reason that Putin hasn’t managed to finagle the results to show a steady decline? Russian citizens seem to be vaccine averse — probably because they don’t believe that the vaccines available in Russia are effective or reliable. Or is it that the real numbers have now declined sufficiently to match the fake numbers they have been releasing all along?