At the center of Russia’s plague scare, residents ‘don’t trust’ officials – but have little other choice

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Residents of Shelekhov, Siberia, have faced uncertainty and mistrust amid a plague scare that drew global attention. The report describes limited public information and opaque governance following the death of 28-year-old laboratory technician Darya Shipilova.

Moscow —  When the Siberian town of Shelekhov found itself at the center of global headlines over a plague scare, residents might have hoped to be the best informed. But Russians have long been accustomed to living with unanswered questions and opaque governance. So, while the sudden death of 28-year-old Darya Shipilova, a lab technician at … The post At the center of Russia’s plague scare, residents ‘don’t trust’ officials – but have little other choice appeared first on Egypt Independent.