Coronavirus infection: 2020 (2nd half-year): Chronicle of events in Russia and the world

Main events: 1 July was the main day of voting on constitutional amendments, the turnout was 67.97%, 77.92% of citizens voted for amendments to the Basic Law, 21.27% - against. Floods and fires in the regions of the country. On August 11, Putin announced the registration of a Russian vaccine against the Sputnik V coronavirus. Opposition activist Alexei Navalny was hospitalized on August 20 after a plane flying from Tomsk to Moscow crash-landed in Omsk. The Russian leadership supported Belarusian President Lukashenko in his confrontation with the opposition. Since autumn, Russia and the world is covered by the second wave of coronavirus infection. Since October 28, it has been compulsory to wear medical masks. Russians owe the banks 20.6 trillion rubles, which is an absolute record in the modern history of Russia.Because of the escalation of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh, after the heads of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia signed a statement on cease-fire from November 10, Russian peacekeepers were introduced there. Starting from December 5, vaccination of the population began in Moscow and large-scale vaccination was carried out in the regions as well. A new anti-record was registered in Russia - more than 29,000 infections per day.