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Proof: Officials Seek to Reassure Public After Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute Worker’s Death

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-05T15:02:57Z","headline":"Officials Seek to Reassure Public After Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute Worker’s Death","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"moscowtimes","url":"https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/05/officials-seek-to-reassure-public-after-irkutsk-anti-plague-institute-workers-death-a93872","v":1}

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aec0d316fb388e5833a500b1edb4489b476359dc8df3b6a2a34b3703fa67c798

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970051, mined 2026-10-05 16:56 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-05 15:09 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-05 15:10 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-aec0d316fb38.json prints aec0d316fb388e5833a500b1edb4489b476359dc8df3b6a2a34b3703fa67c798. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-aec0d316fb38.json and headline-aec0d316fb38.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-aec0d316fb38.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 4 min after it was first seen.