Maybe because they started testing early? Their first cases were in January and they screened everyone in airports since then [0], they performed 639606 tests with 4731 positives. [1][2]
That makes it sound about as sealed shut on speaking out as the Chinese were in the early days, only without the mass quarantines that they wouldn't be able to hide as easily. Either way it doesn't paint a good picture.
amai|5 years ago
- https://meduza.io/en/news/2020/04/02/russian-public-health-a...
- https://meduza.io/en/feature/2020/03/18/at-the-peak-we-could...
- https://meduza.io/en/feature/2020/04/03/russian-doctors-unio...
ineedasername|5 years ago