An-Najah News - Since the Covid -19 pandemic began in Wuhan, China in December 2019, we have seen the virus spread to over 160 countries. 
While this is a vastly simplified analysis of population movement, it is striking that there are only 63 cases reported in all of Russia. 
The spread of an infectious disease from its country of origin is a complicated process involving many factors, but at its core, it is related to the movement of people. 
Several countries have experienced large outbreaks, including China, South Korea, Italy, Iran, Spain and France, with the US and UK seeing rapidly increasing numbers and that is mainly caused by: travel (inbound and outbound), migration, trade and proximity. 

Given that Russia has very strong travel, emigration, immigration and trade relationships with China, its very low case numbers raise questions, especially as other countries with comparably close relationships (Japan, South Korea and the US) are experiencing significant local transmission.