Since COVID, I have not been to a restaurant for over a year now. Other than that, before August 2020 we considered the largest threat for a politician in Russia normally to be arrested and put in prison. If one decided to go abroad, one could have a feeling of avoiding any possible risks. After August 2020, after the poisoning of Mr. Navalny, of course, we all realized that no one is secure and that Putin is ready to deploy chemical weapons not only against former KGB agents whom he considers to be traitors, like Sergei Skripal, but also against his political opponents.
Before August 2020, we had a mental model that he distinguished between political opponent and traitors. Traitors have to be killed. Opponent have to be harassed, put in prison and so on. Of course, who could think about things like poison? Now that it has happened, of course, no one can feel safe, but frankly, what can one do to protect oneself against such a thing as being poisoned by a substance that is non-visible and non-palatable? We take some regular precautions. We try to see what's going on around. We have cameras on the buildings for relief and for, but in general, that's just the level of risk we have to face, unfortunately.