US contaminated everyone: Zhirinovsky names responsible for coronavirus

The coronavirus spreading in China is a US provocation, LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky expressed confidence at a meeting with students and teachers of the Institute of World Civilizations on Tatyana's Day.

”Is it really a new type of virus or a provocation? The US is one to blame. The economy. Americans are afraid that they will not be able to overtake China or at least be at one level,” he said.

According to the politician, such provocations are not new. As an example, Zhirinovsky cited ‘bird flu’ and ‘British beef’  that "someone did not like." “Within a month, everything will be over. It was a provocation. Medications were bought up, someone became a billionaire. They mainly live in Switzerland,” RIA Novosti quotes Zhirinovsky as saying.