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Russia thanks 'real friend' Jack Ma for gift of a million masks (Reuters)
Russia thanks 'real friend' Jack Ma for gift of a million masks (Reuters)
Last Modified: 04:22 PM, Thu Mar 26, 2020
26 March 2020
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has received more than a million masks and 200,000 coronavirus testing kits as a gift from Chinese billionaire businessman Jack Ma, its Defence Ministry said on Thursday.
Calling Ma "a real friend", the ministry said in a statement that the co-founder of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba had spoken by telephone to Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and told him how touched he had been by Moscow's own help for China.
The foundations of Alibaba and Ma said on Wednesday they had sent medical equipment to Russia. The Russian Defence Ministry said Ma's gift had been delivered in a Russian air force plane which had flown from China.
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he hoped Russia would defeat coronavirus in two to three months if it imposed tough measures, as authorities suspended international flights, ordered most shops in Moscow to shut and halted some church services.
Russia on Thursday reported 182 new coronavirus cases, its biggest one-day rise yet, bringing its official tally to 840.
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