Moscow — Russian President Vladimir Putin pushed back completion of an ambitious $360bn investment and development programme on Monday, blaming the economic havoc wreaked by the coronavirus epidemic.
“I ask the government with the participation of the State Council to adjust the national projects within three months,” Putin said at a televised meeting on Monday with ministers and officials. “We must proceed from their realities.”..
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