Trump says will speak to Putin on plague, after death of Russian lab tech

AF Agence France-PresseSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-10-06 · 23:42 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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US President Donald Trump announced he would soon speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding a reported plague death of a laboratory technician. This statement comes as Washington is pressing Russia for transparency. Russian authorities have denied implementing anti-plague measures and have downplayed reports of an incident at a plague research institute in Siberia's Irkutsk region last week. The US is expressing growing concern over the situation.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on Russia for transparency.

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US President Donald Trump will speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin about a reported plague death.

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Russian authorities denied imposing anti-plague measures and downplayed the incident.

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Washington is showing growing concern over the incident.

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A laboratory technician reportedly died from plague at a research institute in Siberia.

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US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he would speak very soon with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the reported Plague death of a laboratory technician, as Washington pressured Moscow for transparency. Russian authorities denied that they were imposing anti-Plague measures and played down the reports of an incident at a Plague research institute in Siberia’s Irkutsk region last week. But Washington is showing growing concern, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling on Russia...

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