Lockdown heroes: couriers get Moscow monumentHonouring the heroes of the Russian delivery revolutionMOSCOW - A group of Russian e-commerce companies said Friday they had erected a monument in Moscow thanking couriers for helping people through the coronavirus lockdown. The tribute comes after some delivery workers, many of whom are impoverished migrants from Central Asia, protested against conditions they said were unfair. In Moscow "there were more than 60,000 couriers working during the lockdown as demand for delivery services skyrocketed", they said. In a video posted on Telegram messenger, striking couriers in the Moscow satellite town of Khimki shouted: "We're not robots! Delivery Club said subsequently that it had dropped the increase in distance of deliveries and would not penalise those involved.

Source: Bangkok Post July 03, 2020 18:00 UTC