Russia's COVID dissenters: Underground bars, gyms and hair salons flout tough quarantine rules

Another St. Petersburg bar, Depeche Mode, was also jammed with people socializing and drinking on a recent weekend night. There was no physical distancing and not a face mask or bottle of hand sanitizer in sight. 'The [virus] fear is somewhere on the back burner,' said bar owner Danya Lipovestsky. 'For people, it's easier for them to come here to this underground bar to chat and forget the fear that we're all going to die. 'Even me, I come here even though I am totally in the risk zone with asthma,' he said. 'I'm scared but to hell with it. It's just better to be here.'