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Trump says he will speak to Putin over reported plague death in Russia

France 246 October 2026, 22:51 UTCRussia

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would speak “very soon” with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the reported plague death of a laboratory technician, as Washington and the World Health Organization pressed Moscow for greater transparency and clarity over conflicting accounts of the incident in Siberia.

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