FILE In this file photo taken on Monday, March 23, 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right shakes hands with the hospital's chief Denis Protsenko during his visit to the hospital for coronavirus patients in Kommunarka, outside Moscow, Russia. The chief doctor of Moscow's top hospital for coronavirus patients says he has tested positive for the virus, a statement that comes a week after his encounter with President Vladimir Putin. Putin visited the Kommunarka hospital o…
April 1, 2020
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Fake news or the truth? Russia cracks down on virus postings
MOSCOW (AP) — Two weeks ago, an opposition-leaning radio station in Russia interviewed political analyst Valery Solovei, who alleged the government was lying when it said no one had died in the country from the coronavirus.