Russian writer Boris Akunin infected by Covid-19

2020-03-26T22:24:29.041Z

Russian writer Boris Akunin, the author of internationally acclaimed thrillers, with 30 million copies in 50 languages ​​sold worldwide, was infected with the Covid-19 virus. Boris Akunin is the pseudonym of Grigorij Šalvovič Čhartišvili: graduate in Eastern Philology and History, creator of the characters of Erast Petrovič Fandorin, investigator, and the nun Pelaghija, also an investigator. Akunin sharply criticized the Kremlin's policy after the street protests in 2011, increasing the dose after the annexation of Crimea to Russia in 2014. According to some unconfirmed rumors, Russian President Vladimir Putin would be an admirer of Akunin's literary talent and would very saddened by the harsh criticism of the writer about him. Since 2014 Akunin has lived with his family in London. It was the writer himself who made the announcement of his infection, adding that he believes that the fear of the virus is more terrible than the virus itself and that one should not panic.