# US lodges complaint with Russia over suspected plague-lab death

https://mins.news/en/video/89365

- ABC News, 2026-10-07 09:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxKPUqXGkW0

> The United States has filed a formal diplomatic démarche over Russia’s handling of the reported death of a lab worker at an anti-plague institute in Siberia. Washington is urging greater transparency and has requested additional information while sharing information with other countries, a State Department spokesperson said.

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