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As Putin Dallies, Russia’s Small Businesses Are Withering Away As Putin Dallies, Russia’s Small Businesses Are Withering Away ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Two weeks into the coronavirus lockdown, Aleksandr B. Zatulivetrov, a Russian businessman, had had enough. In defiance of President Vladimir V. Putin’s orders, he announced that he would reopen one of his two restaurants in the center of …