Sorry, but this is absolutely unbelievable. ⠀ I’m watching @irinashikhman’s new film about how doctors are being forced to hide the truth about the coronavirus, falsify the statistics, and stay silent about the catastrophe in healthcare. (By the way, watch it — it’s good.) ⠀ And I’m thinking: she really should have interviewed one of the “official doctors.” Someone like that fraud “Dr. Myasnikov.” ⠀ And at that exact moment, Shikhman says: actually, we wanted to interview Dr. Myasnikov, who was appointed the official spokesperson for the operational штаб (government task force) for combating the epidemic. BUT HE ASKED US FOR 88,000 RUBLES FOR A SHORT SKYPE INTERVIEW. ⠀ The chief physician of a state hospital. An official representative of the task force. His job is to talk to journalists. And he makes money by giving paid interviews during an epidemic. Like some Instagram diva on a celebrity gossip channel. He saw an opportunity and took it. For some, it’s a crisis; for others, it’s new opportunities. ⠀ Seriously: both Russia’s current government and all its hangers-on, people like Myasnikov, are outright looters.