The foreign Ministry did not support the request to withdraw the accreditation of the edition at the new York times and financial times for articles about coronavirus in Russia. before the Commission of the state Duma asked the foreign Ministry to exert pressure against the American and British media, after articles on deaths from COVID-19. As said the official representative of the foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, such "repressive" measures is not peculiar to Moscow. "It is not our method: withdrawal of accreditation, the expulsion of correspondents or any other repressive measures. We always meet the 1st and foremost Word. In short, supported by the case, specific steps, "the diplomat said in the broadcast of" nightingales LIVE ". Commissioner of the foreign Ministry added that further action with respect to 2 of these media will depend on if they publish a retraction of their articles. first financial times published a publication, which stated that the mortality rate in Russia from coronavirus As if it would be 70% higher than the official statistics. according to final data, in April in the Russian capital and Saint Petersburg from COVID-died 19 692 people, however, the magazine said that in both cities this month died at 72 per cent more people than Usual in the Last 5 years. As said first Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova, Russia has never manipulated the official statistics. Authorized global organization of health, Melita Vujnoviд┤ also said that in the country there is no deliberate underreporting of deaths from coronavirus. in addition, the foreign Ministry prepared the letter with the requirement to issue a retraction. Zakharova told that the documents will be handed editors-in-chief 2 of these media through the Russian Embassy in the United States and Britain. The latest information on the situation of COVID-19 in Russia and the world presented on the portal stopmanager. Of the Russian Federation. <span style="color:darkgray