claim: coronavirus epidemic - mapping outflow of russian disinformation into czech cyberspace
summary: starting from an article on the website vipnoviny, an email has been circulating in the czech cyberspace saying that the us government registered the coronavirus in 2003 and used it to attack china. russia was behind the attack.
subject_description: american, us patent 2003
Motive_Description: russia spread the story to blame the us for the virus and spark anti-us sentiment in the czech cyberspace.
author_description: russia
keywords: coronavirus, czech republic, biological weapon, patent