Chris Cheang, senior fellow at RSIS, shared in a commentary that COVID-19 in Russia coincided with the dramatic collapse of oil prices. He said that nevertheless, President Vladimir Putin remains in control of the country while no immediate change is expected from Russia’s current foreign policy stance towards the other major powers.

*Chris Cheang is a Senior Fellow in the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, where he focusses on Russia and Eurasia. This is part of an RSIS series.