[shashurup]

That is interesting. Very reasonable approach. The only problem is that they failed to provide the link to the materials they used in the study. And I don't see death rate statistics for 2020, only for 2019 and before. Publication calendar states that the nearset publication is expected on May, 15.

[sergeykish]

I have not checked source but it's claimed around the world. There is a link [1] in another article [2]. RF propaganda would react on false claims, silence means it is correct. So far its response is "I can't compare numbers" [3].

[1] https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/TwbjciZH/edn12-2020...

[2] https://www.rbc.ru/economics/08/02/2021/602132e19a7947073f7d...

[3] https://lenta.ru/news/2021/04/12/nyt_kreml/