Presidential Decree No. 239 "On measures to ensure the sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population in the Russian Federation in connection with the spread of a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19)".

In order to ensure the sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population in the Russian Federation in connection with the spread of a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19), in accordance with Article 80 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, I decree as follows: 1. To establish from April 4 to April 30, 2020 inclusively non-working days with preservation of wages for employees. Top ranking public officials (heads of the supreme executive bodies of state power) of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, taking into account the provisions of this Decree, based on the sanitary and epidemiological situation and the specifics of the spread of new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in the constituent entity of the Russian Federation, must ensure the development and implementation of a set of restrictive and other arrangements, in the first place: (a) determine within the boundaries of the relevant constituent entity of the Russian Federation the territories on which the implementation of a set of restrictive and other measures is envisaged to ensure the sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population, including under the conditions of the introduction of a high alert, emergency; (b) suspend (limit) the activities of individual organizations located in the relevant territory, regardless of the organizational and legal form. And form of ownership, as well as individual entrepreneurs, taking into account the provisions of paragraphs 4 and 5 of this Decree; (c) establish a special procedure for the movement of persons and vehicles in the relevant territory, with the exception of vehicles engaged in inter-regional transportation. Restrictive and other measures may be implemented at different periods of time within the general period established by paragraph 1 of this Decree. This Decree does not apply to the following organizations (employers and their employees): (a) continuously operating organizations; (b) medical and pharmacy organizations; (c) organizations providing the population with food and essential goods; (d) organizations performing emergency work in emergency situations and (or) when there is a threat of the spread of a disease that poses a danger to others, in other cases that endanger the life, health or normal living conditions of the population; (e) organizations engaged in emergency repair and handling operations; (f) organizations that provide financial services in terms of emergency functions (primarily settlement and payment services); and (g) other organizations determined by decisions of the supreme executive body of state power of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation on the basis of the sanitary and epidemiological situation and the characteristics of the spread of a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in a constituent entity of the Russian Federation.