Russia is still more democratic than many of the US’s allies, and certainly more democratic than it was under Yeltsin. I don’t think it’s true that everything in Russia is state controlled.
Russia is making a vaccine, China is making two, India is also making one. India will also probably do a bulk of the manufacturing. We should be testing it all, including the western manufactured ones too.
Also it’s interesting that say a physics paper from China or Soviet Russia would not automatically be regarded as suspect.
Russia is making a vaccine, China is making two, India is also making one. India will also probably do a bulk of the manufacturing. We should be testing it all, including the western manufactured ones too.
Also it’s interesting that say a physics paper from China or Soviet Russia would not automatically be regarded as suspect.