# Trump to speak to Putin on plague as US, UN urge transparency

https://mins.news/en/item/89435

- France 24, 2026-10-07 10:19 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261007-trump-to-speak-to-putin-on-plague-as-us-un-urge-transparency

> US President Donald Trump said he would speak very soon with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the reported plague death of a laboratory technician. Washington and the United Nations urged Moscow to be transparent, while Russian authorities denied imposing anti-plague measures and downplayed reports of an incident at a plague research institute in Siberia’s Irkutsk region last week.

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