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Moscow introduces digital lockdown permit

Moscow authorities have introduced new digital permits for those wanting to move around.

Moscow authorities have introduced new digital permits for those wanting to move around. Sergei Goryashko of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Russian service in the city tells us demand has been so high that the website has crashed. Also in the programme, we hear from the Danish capital, Copenhagen, how the government there has started to lift coronavirus restrictions, by allowing children back into primary schools and nurseries from today. The internet retailer Amazon has recruited tens of thousands of extra staff as business booms as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. But as the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Ed Butler explains, the firm has also faced a lot of criticism from employees at the company's huge network of warehouses, who are worried that they're being put at risk. Plus we meet two entertainment professionals who have found new ways to make ends meet after losing their jobs, by taking up work at their local grocery store.

(Picture: A Moscow policeman checks a digital permit. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

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Wed 15 Apr 2020 14:32GMT

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