2020 in Russia

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Events in the year 2020 in the Russian Federation .

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President Putin visits coronavirus patients at the City Clinical Hospital No. 40 in Moscow on 24 March. Vladimir Putin in Kommunarka hospital1.jpg
President Putin visits coronavirus patients at the City Clinical Hospital No. 40 in Moscow on 24 March.

Ongoing: COVID-19 pandemic in Russia

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