trump said that Putin accepted his offer to supply Russia with equipment for artificial lung ventilation. A month ago the medical equipment in the US was supplying Russia. The load was half paid for by Americans, half are under sanctions of the FUND.
the US President Donald trump said that Vladimir Putin accepted his offer to supply Russia with equipment for artificial lung ventilation (ALV), reports Reuters. Details he did not elaborate.
that trump and Putin spoke by phone earlier on Thursday, the Kremlin announced. In its report said that the United States proposed to send to Russia a batch of medical equipment, however, Putin’s response to this proposal is not given.
In mid-April press-Secretary Putin Dmitry Peskov said that Russia will take advantage of the US proposal on the supply of the ventilator if the need arises.
Russia may 7, came in fifth in the world in the number of cases COVID-19, data from Johns Hopkins University. In Russia revealed 177 160 infected. The leader of the list — the United States, where the number of cases exceeding 1.2 million followed by Spain, Italy and the UK — in each of these countries there are more than 200 000 cases.
In early April, Russia sent to the US, where at that time there were more than 200,000 cases, the aircraft with medical equipment. Russia’s Ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov said that the aircraft carrying humanitarian cargo on the lines of industry and trade, and noted that Russia “has extended a helping hand to the American people”.
However, state Department spokesman Morgan Ortagus said that the U.S. “has agreed to purchase from Russia the necessary medical equipment, including breathing apparatus and personal protective equipment”.
Later, the Russian foreign Ministry said that the U.S. side has paid half of the load for the rest is paid by the Russian direct investment Fund (RDIF), which in 2014 is under the sectoral sanctions the United States in connection with the conflict around Ukraine.
ventilators, delivered to USA from Russia, was made “Ural instrument engineering plant”, which is part of “Concern Radioelectronic technologies” (KRET). In 2014 KRET is also under US sanctions, like all his “daughter”.
Julia Kotova
