President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed that he is set to talk to Russian president Vladimir Putin “very soon” about the plague-related death of a female researcher in Siberia.

The day before, on Putin's birthday, Trump announced that a phone call with the Russian president had been scheduled. Prior to that announcement, Trump responded to a journalist question related to a call with Putin, stating, “so far, we are in very deep discussions. We’ll be able to report about it........

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