Experts drew analogies with the epidemic of SARS in 2002–2003.

The head of the White House explained this with a need to protect ourselves and ensuring safety of the country, but did not name certain states.

“Bloomberg is the edition which had the goal to intervene in our elections and bring confusion to our minds,” Vyacheslav Volodin said.

Its value grew over the year by 17.8 % and reached record 220.8 billion US dollars.

Since Russia is a country with a large territory, citizens of different nationalities and religions, it “still needs a strong presidential power,” he concluded.

Norway, Iceland and Sweden became the leaders in the ranking.