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Putin made the call while speaking to the United Nations General Assembly via video link.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has announced that he had contracted the coronavirus and requested that his first deputy be appointed as acting prime minister

Russia has reported more than 87,000 cases of the novel coronavirus, about 2,500 more than China, where the virus is believed to have originated, state media reported on Monday.

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered Russians not go to work for the rest of April to contain the coronavirus outbreak.

Putin, who in January unveiled a major shake-up of Russian politics and a constitutional overhaul, is required by the constitution to step down in 2024 when his second sequential and fourth presidential term ends

Former Economic Development Minister, Maxim Oreshkin, and former Culture Minister, Vladimir Medinsky, were appointed as presidential aides, while former Deputy Prime Minister, Dmitry Kozak, became a Deputy Head of administration.

The bill was approved 432-0 in its first reading, the legislature said in a statement.

This is why the recent intercontinental recognition and celebration of Nigerian-born President and Chairman, Board of Directors of the African Export-Import Bank. Prof. Benedict Okey Oramah, calls for special attention. In far away Russia, the largest country in the world, Oramah made history on November 4, 2019 as he was conferred with the prestigious national honor of Russia, The Order of Friendship. He was fêted in the Russian seat of power, Kremlin, by the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, at a very special ceremony.

President Muhammadu Buhari and Russian President, Vladimir Putin on Wednesday in Sochi, Russia, agreed to put Nigeria-Russia relations on a fast track, and pursue the completion of all abandoned projects initiated by both countries.

The President’s plane touched the tarmac at 11.25pm (local time) and he was received by the Mayor of the City of Sochi, Anatoliy Nikolayevich Pakhomov, and state officials

President Muhammadu Buhari is to depart Abuja on Monday to attend a three-day Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia between October 23 and 25.

Chirac was feted by many French people for asserting the country’s role as a global player and for opposing the 2003 invasion of Iraq, while a conviction after he left office for misusing public funds did little to tarnish his image.

Russian President, Vladimir Putin on Monday, warned that Moscow would be forced to start developing short and intermediate-range land-based nuclear missiles if the US started doing so after the demise of a landmark arms control treaty.

A senior diplomat on Wednesday said that 35 African Heads of State and Government have confirmed that they will attend the Russia-Africa summit.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday at a summit designed to show that Washington is not the only power able to set the agenda on Pyongyang’s nuclear programme.

Trump said he pulled out due to tensions over Russian forces opening fire on Ukrainian navy boats and then seizing them and their crew on Sunday near Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014.

The unexpected plea stemmed from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s intensifying investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 election and whether Trump’s campaign conspired with Moscow to boost his chances, and put new pressure on the president.

The two men will also discuss oil markets and the conflict in Syria.

The watchdog, Roscomnadzor, said that if found guilty, the US internet giant could be fined up to 10,450 dollars (700,000 roubles).

On Saturday, Trump said that Washington would withdraw from the INF Treaty on account of Russia’s alleged breach of the arms control agreement signed in 1987.