  This cross-sectional study characterizes users' attitudes towards the face
mask requirements introduced by the Russian government as a response to the
COVID-19 pandemic. We study how they relate to other users' characteristics
such as age, gender, and political attitudes. Our results indicate that men and
elder individuals - demographic groups that are most vulnerable to COVID-19 --
underestimate the benefits of wearing face masks. We also discovered that users
in opposition to the Russian government highly approve of this anti-COVID-19
measure -- an oppositionist will approve of the face mask requirements with the
probability of 0.95. For those who support the Russian government, the odds of
approval are merely 0.45.
