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Russia builds a center for working with dangerous viruses on a secret island

From 2021 to 2025, a Center for Experimental Physiology was built on Lysyi Island in Tver Oblast, Russia. The center is led by Vladimir Maksimov, who has connections to military biology and biological weapons programs.

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