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Global Victory Over COVID-19: What Price Are We Willing to Pay?

... relative success if we manage to keep the total number of infected to below 10 million people with 5 per cent mortality rate (which is 2 per cent below the global average), that is, 500,000 deaths globally. In other words, humanity would do well on the whole if the total increase in the number of infected and dead only quadruples compared to the mid-April figures. The expected dynamics appear horrifying, but we should remember that in late March, the number of infected in the United States quadrupled ...

24.04.2020

The political striptease we are observing against the background of the coronavirus pandemic is not very attractive and makes you want to look away

... the most urgent issue – the coronavirus. Today, the United States is the anti-rating leader in the number of confirmed cases and deaths. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump has been complaining about the actions of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and decided to suspend its funding. What would you say about this? Sergey Ryabkov: For me the main thing is that these past months the WHO has been the centre of all information on the pandemic, a generator of recommendations and conceptual approaches,...

21.04.2020

Trump and the WHO: It Is Worse Than a Crime, It Is a Mistake

Laying the blame on the WHO, China or Russia will not solve the problems of US health care and is unlikely to help in the fight against the disease The news about the suspension of funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) by the United States has sent shockwaves, both ...

16.04.2020

Poll conducted

  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
     21 (19%)
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