I saw this in the AM today.....Russia's Putin stood up and said....for all foreigners coming into Russia, there is a new medical exam required.
What they are looking at in this exam? Drugs, HIV, TB and sexual diseases.
Deal starts today.
Problem? Well....what is said now...is that even after the initial episode....every three months that pass, you have to renew the medical exam (minimum of a blood test, but could include a CT scan).
Cost factor? I looked at the list and if this were a pure blood-test situation....it'd be a hundred to two-hundred Euro. CT scan? That might bring the cost up another notch, but I doubt if it has much value.
Upsetting the Germans? It's already highlighted as a big negative.
Personally, I don't see a big issue in mandating a TB test for anyone entering a country. The drug test? Well....if you were a Cannabis user.....you probably would fail, and that would be a big issue.
Crisis stuff? No. But I would imagine the journalists for ARD/ZDF are going through some review, and there might be limitations to who can go over for a year to be their Russia correspondent.
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