The Kremlin explained the voluntariness of vaccination with the possibility of quitting

Vaccination in the service sector in Moscow is not compulsory, but voluntary, since a person who falls under the requirement for mandatory vaccination can change jobs, said presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, RBC correspondent reports.

Such a person should simply stop working in the service sector, Peskov added. “In general, vaccination remains voluntary,” he concluded.

Last week in Moscow, the authorities announced mandatory vaccination of at least 60% of employees in catering, transport and other service industries. This happened against the backdrop of a record surge in the incidence of COVID-19 in the capital. More than a dozen regions followed Moscow's example.