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By Alexander MarrowMOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Friday accepted the third resignation of a regional governor within two days after calling on Russia's far-flung areas to do more to limit the spread of the coronavirus.Russia has reported 4,149 cases of the coronavirus, with the majority of those in…

Published: April 2, 2020 at 7:58 p.m. ET ‘That’s what they told me,’ president says at briefing President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing Thursday at the White House. AFP/Getty Images President Donald Trump on Thursday doubled down on his earlier tweet that he expects Saudi Arabia and Russia…

(MOSCOW) — President Vladimir Putin has ordered most Russians to stay off work until the end of the month to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Speaking in a televised address to the nation on Thursday, Putin said he was extending the non-working policy he ordered earlier for this week…

MOSCOW, RUSSIA -- The head of Moscow's main coronavirus hospital who met with President Vladimir Putin a week ago has tested positive, he said Tuesday, as the Kremlin announced the Russian leader's health was fine. Last Tuesday Denis Protsenko met with the Russian leader who inspected the Kommunarka hospital while…

“Everything is okay,” the RIA news agency reports. Seems legit. The doctor who hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin's tour of the main coronavirus hospital in Moscow last week has himself been diagnosed with the virus, the Rossiya 24 state TV channel reported on Tuesday. Putin was wearing quite the PPE…

Trump and Putin. 📷 Reuters, 2019 During a call-in to 'Fox & Friends' that lasted an hour, Trump says next call is with Putin. Impeached toddler president Donald Trump says he and his boss, Russian crimelord-president Vladmir Putin, will talk on the phone today about trade. While babbling on the…

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By Andrew Osborn and Tom BalmforthMOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin donned a hazmat suit and respirator on Tuesday during a visit to a hospital treating coronavirus patients and the mayor of Moscow said the outbreak in the Russian capital was much worse than official figures showed.The comments, by Moscow…

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian military will start sending medical help to Italy from Sunday to help it to battle the new coronavirus after receiving an order from President Vladimir Putin, Russia's Defense Ministry said in a statement.Putin spoke to Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Saturday, the Kremlin said,…

By: | Updated: March 17, 2020 8:34:27 am Vladimir Putin has ruled Russia since 2000, switching to the prime ministerial office in 2008 to circumvent term limits and returning to the presidency in 2012. (File)Just days after the idea of “resetting” Vladimir Putin’s term count was publicly floated in parliament, Russia’s…