“We are confident in the accuracy of our material, based on data published by the official government agency and interviews with experts from government institutions. No facts cited in our article are disputed, ”Interfax quoted her as saying.

Earlier it was reported that the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs will send requests to the editorial offices of The New York Times and the Financial Times to refute the published inaccurate data on coronavirus mortality statistics in Russia.

In turn, the Moscow Department of Health denied data on the understatement of coronavirus mortality statistics in the capital that appeared in the media.

In April, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, commenting on the publication of The New York Times about "misinformation" in Russian health care, said that American politicians have traditionally tried to find those responsible in order not to take responsibility for their mistakes.