Russia helping ex USSR and N Korea with coronavirus
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS
- In Brief
12 Mar 2020
by Alex Teddy
On March 12 Moscow announced that it was sending test kits and other equipment to combat coronavirus to several former Soviet republics and North Korea. Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and North Korea are the recipients. Russia also dispatched equipment to Iran which has been hit very hard. Russia is doing this partly to retain fraternal links. But as Russia trades with all these states it is also Russia protecting herself.
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