Russia’s Covid deaths have been understated, says rogue demographer
State’s statistics on daily mortality rates ‘need to be multiplied by three’
20 October 2020 - 10:07
Moscow — A former employee of the Kremlin’s statistics agency says Russia’s daily coronavirus mortality figures understate the real toll from the disease in a country where excess deaths could soon be the highest in Europe.
Alexey Raksha worked as a demographic forecaster at the federal statistics service for six years until he left in July amid a dispute over the virus data. He says he was asked to leave after he criticised the agency, known as Rosstat...
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