“The measures introduced in the territory of the Russian Federation (including decrees of the Mayor of Moscow and regulatory legal acts of the Government of Moscow) are taken within the competence of the relevant authorities, certainly meet the constitutional goals of protecting the life and health of citizens, are commensurate with the epidemic’s spread in the territory of the Russian Federation ", The ministry said in a statement.
The department emphasized that the measures are exclusively temporary and are regularly reviewed for compliance with the current situation.
The set of these measures is consistent with international experience, they added there.
Earlier, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin instructed the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Health and Rospotrebnadzor to study the application of regulations that were adopted in Moscow to combat the spread of coronavirus infection.