As rumors swirled this week that a woman working in a Siberian lab may have died of the plague, news programs on Russian state television paid scant attention. The authorities in Moscow released little information. Faced with this potential new threat, the Kremlin seems to be resorting to a familiar playbook: avoiding bad news. The lack of information has caused unease around the world, particularly given the memory of China’s effort to withhold information about Covid-19. The Kremlin has a history of hiding bad news In Russia, federal officials are…
Russia’s Silence on Possible Plague Outbreak Stokes Fears of a Cover-Up
