Viktoria Polyanskaya is a correspondent for the Siberia Desk of RFE/RL's Russian Service.
Sergei Krasikov helped arrest five suspected poachers in a nature reserve near Lake Baikal. Now he faces criminal charges. Activists say Russia's few honest rangers face huge challenges, as poachers often have ties with prosecutors, police, and local politicians, while rangers get no support.
A 35-year-old loan officer at a Moscow bank said he couldn't just sit home during the lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus. So for the last six weeks, he has worked every day as a cleaner at a Moscow COVID-19 hospital, assisting medical staff and doing what he could to "be of at least some use in this world."
