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

https://mins.news/en/item/88940

- France 24, 2026-10-06 22:51 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20261006-trump-says-he-will-speak-to-putin-over-reported-plague-death-in-russia

> US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would speak “very soon” with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the reported plague death of a laboratory technician. Washington and the World Health Organization are pressing Moscow for greater transparency and clarification of conflicting accounts surrounding the incident in Siberia.

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