The numbers were cooked particularly badly in Russia. There are 2 different government agencies reporting Covid deaths and excess deaths, and their numbers differ by a factor of 7; meanwhile many deaths are reported as caused by "viral pneumonia".

Meanwhile for the US and European countries, Covid death and excess death numbers are pretty close.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/10/world/europe/covid-russia...

> Excess mortality is higher now than during Covid

When did Covid disappear? This year, every week at least 2000 people died of Covid in the US.

> - Influenza, pneumonia magically took a couple of years off during Covid

Have you heard of mask mandates? How do you think they affect the spread of Influenza?