Russia’s Ministry of Defense (MOD) has accused billionaire Bill Gates of funding “bioterrorism-related activities with the goal of population reduction.” Addressing the media, Major General Aleksei Rtishchev, Deputy Chief of the Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Protection Troops of the Russian Armed Forces, warned: “American specialists capable of enhancing the pathogenic functions of microorganisms are actively operating.” He added that the U.S. government has been employing a biological risk management system in Africa, which has previously been tested in Georgia and Ukraine.

The Russian MOD raised the alarm in a press briefing where officials asserted that the Gates Foundation is a primary sponsor of the U.S. African Biolab Complex. Interestingly, Rtishchev also alleged that the Clinton Foundation is tied to the experiments. During the briefing, Rtishchev stated: “The US administration views the region as an unlimited natural reservoir of dangerous infectious agents and a testing ground for experimental medical drugs.” Rtishchev also alleges the Gates Foundation has been conducting a project in 18 African countries to study the characteristics of infection occurrence and the resistance of pathogens to medical treatments. Pathogens that fall into the Pentagon’s area of interest later emerge as a pandemic, with American pharmaceutical companies reaping the benefits, Rtishchev warned.