Miscellaneous
Putin rolls out the first stimulus package to battle the economic downturn following the oil wars and the COVID-19 outbreak; meanwhile, our correspondent struggles to get tested for the disease; robust international trade is possible even during a pandemic — Moscow and Beijing show how it’s done; plus, a Russian oil-producing giant dumping its assets in Venezuela proves that the Kremlin’s geopolitical alliances don’t always go hand in hand with economic benefits.