Russia’s coronavirus information center allegedly attempting to charge journalists for interviews
In a newly released documentary about the coronavirus pandemic in Russia, journalist Irina Shikhman claims that an assistant to Dr. Alexander Myasnikov, the head of the country's government-run coronavirus information center, demanded 88,000 rubles ($1,200) for an interview with the doctor. Shikhman released the documentary on her well-known YouTube channel , Let’s Talk? (in Russian, A pogovorit? ).