Yury Kuroptev is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Russian Service.
Journalist Anastasia Petrova died in a hospital in the Russian city of Perm on March 31. The official cause of death was pneumonia, but officials later acknowledged that the 36-year-old had tested positive for the coronavirus. In social-media notes and texts to friends, Petrova left a moving diary of her illness and treatment.
