A worrying event has shaken the city of Irkutsk in Siberia, Russia, following the death of a 28-year-old laboratory technician under circumstances related to the plague. The woman worked at the Siberian Plague Research Center, where she allegedly accidentally broke a test tube containing plague bacteria. She was admitted to the hospital for lung problems and died on the Thursday preceding the article's publication date.
The consensus is limited to the death of a laboratory technician and the isolation of 200 people. The major dissonance is introduced by the dissident source (Libertarian / Critical) which, beyond the raw facts, links this death to an FSB escort for the ambassador, suggesting a deeper involvement or concern from the Russian authorities than what West sources report. The East/South bloc...
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