Russia blames USAID for COVID-19 and monkey pox outbreaks

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) could be involved in the emergence of Covid-19, representatives for the Russian Defence Ministry said.

As part of the Pentagon's biological program, Labyrinth Global Health studied coronaviruses and monkeypox.

"We see a clear trend: pathogens that fall into the zone of interest of the Pentagon, subsequently spread as a pandemic. The beneficiaries are American pharmaceutical companies and their patrons — the leaders of the US Democratic Party," the ministry said in a statement.