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Chefs, waiters, cooks, bartenders and restaurant owners in Russia have staged protest over the nation’s COVID-19 lockdown rules. As they claim they’ve been left with nothing, they’ve decided to protest nude.
Russia has observed social distancing and lockdown procedures since March. Much like the United States and other Western nations, restrictions have begun to ease. Bars and restaurants, however, remain closed due to fears of a new outbreak of the coronavirus. That has prompted restaurant employees to take to social media in protest, wearing only some very carefully placed objects.
Stripped of their income due to lockdown, restaurant owners in Russia post pictures of themselves naked on social media, demand reopening of businesseshttps://t.co/8C9tuQiCiw
— WION (@WIONews) June 9, 2020
“We are naked because we are left with nothing,” Arthur Galaychyuk, owner of a bar chain in the city of Kazan, reports Reuters. All 20 of his employees took part in the protest.
“We don’t want to stage a strip show or to fool around, we only want one thing – to work!” remarked Pavel, a chef from Novosibirsk, in a post with an accompanying picture of himself and co-workers nude. “We don’t pose more of a risk then supermarkets, shopping malls, hair salons or public transport.”
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Moscow currently has a target date of June 23 for indoor cafes and restaurants to reopen. In Kazan, as well as Moscow, restaurants with outdoor patios will be able to open June 11.
ranhot
Yummy food and delicious chefs! What time do we eat in Russia I’m hungry!
wade.l
8 out of ten of those chefs would prefer that you had no rights.
scottk6561
At least 75% of the Russian population disapproves of homosexuality. They find it perverse. It is part of the culture.
nm4047
The one on the left in the first photo, he can keep the kit off, the rest back into the black and whites for you. For a country that has little concern or respect for the individual I have very limited sympathy. I’ll do a Trump here and just make up my own figures and ‘state’ that the majority of these protesters would be the same that snear at gays trying to demonstrate their own difficulties prior to covid.
clhs
Why did I foolishly hope that this article was about a protest concerning lack of LGBTQ+ rights in Russia? How naive of me to think that.
frankcar1965
Nasty Russians have HIV and carry Hep C, no thanks.