Mystery over Russian plague ‘cover-up’ as dead scientist’s family ‘gagged’ in information ‘blackout’

FEARS are growing that the family of the Russian scientist who died of a suspected plague infection has been gagged as rumours of a Kremlin cover-up swirl.Scientist Daria Shipolova, 28, died of suspected plague ten days ago – but the repressive Russian state seems to have imposed an information blackout over her funeral.