Rubio Urges Russia to Provide More Information on the Death of a Lab Worker

6 October 2026

6 Oct (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that Russia should share more information about the death of a female employee at the Pest Institute’s laboratory, an incident that occurred last week — an event that, according to him, Washington is watching “very closely”.

“I think it’s up to Russia, obviously, to share more information with the world,” Rubio told reporters in Iceland.

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“We are monitoring the situation very closely, hour by hour.”

James Whitmore

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