President Vladimir Putin called Russia a “separate civilization.” His words are reported by TASS. “Russia is not just a country, it is truly a separate civilization: it is a multinational country with a large number of traditions, cultures, and religions,” he said in an interview for the “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin" on the TV channel "Russia 1".

Photo: Ministry of Health RD In Dagestan, the authorities admitted that almost 700 people died of community -acquired pneumonia, among them more than 40 doctors. Officially, 27 people died from coronavirus. Mediazona talked with residents of the republic and doctors about crowded hospitals in the midst of a pandemic. On the night of May 17, the Minister of Health Dagestan Dzhamaludin Gadzhibibimov said that almost 700 people were killed from the "community -acquired pneumonia" in the republic.

Over the past 24 hours, another 9,709 cases of coronavirus infection have been confirmed in Russia, the Moscow operational headquarters reports . “94 deaths were recorded. Over the past 24 hours, 4,207 people have fully recovered in Russia,” reports the operational headquarters. In Moscow, over the past 24 hours, according to the operational headquarters, 71 people have died. The total number of infections throughout the epidemic has reached 281,752 cases.

As of May 17, 12,697 people were sick with coronavirus and “community-acquired pneumonia” in Dagestan, 657 died from pneumonia (excluding coronavirus). Such data was provided by the Minister of Health of the Republic Jamaludin Gadzhiibragimov in an interview with blogger Ruslan Kurbanov, which was posted on his Instagram. Gadzhiibragimov also said that from COVID more than 40 doctors died -19 and pneumonia in the republic.