“At different sites, the state and business are discussing what prevention should be. They talk about disposable tableware, glass partitions, contactless payment, a one-time menu, ”he said in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

According to him, restaurants are primarily an atmosphere, and restaurateurs can scare away those few who want to visit them with such measures. Moreover, believes Yevtukhov, such measures will not lead to real prevention.

For his part, Gennady Onishchenko, First Deputy Committee of the State Duma for Education and Science, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, expressed the opinion that restrictions on restaurants could be abandoned soon.

“I think that if the weather improves now, we will have June 2, and finally late spring and then summer will come, then we will quickly refuse. But the fact that today it is necessary to work with him, I have both hands for it, I also spoke about this two or three weeks ago, ”the Zvezda television channel quotes the deputy.

Earlier it was reported that restaurateurs are discussing with the Moscow authorities the opening of the verandas on June 15.