Putin apologized for not being able to communicate closely with ambassadors due to the

pandemic

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Russian President Vladimir Putin at the ceremony of presenting his credentials apologized to the ambassadors for not being able to devote more time to communicating with them due to the pandemic. The event was attended by diplomats from Algeria, Armenia, Belarus, Venezuela, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Cyprus, Colombia, Kuwait, Libya, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, Portugal, Senegal, Serbia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Uruguay, Philippines, SOUTH KOREA, Portugal, New Zealand, Serbia and other countries. The broadcast was conducted by the channel "Russia 1".

In his address to the ambassadors, Putin touched upon geopolitical issues such as "a radical transformation of the entire architecture of international relations" and the formation of a multipolar world. He criticized Western sanctions against RUSSIA, noting that the EU has not yet responded to the Russian offer to transfer 300,000 tons of fertilizer to needy countries free of charge, which is "the height of cynicism."

Then the president gave a brief description of Russia's relations with each of the states represented, including four "unfriendly" ones - New Zealand, Cyprus, Portugal and South Korea. He expressed hope that the work of diplomats in Russia would be interesting and wished them good luck.

After the end of the speech, the president said: “Unfortunately, the newly rising pandemic ratings, the increase in the number of cases do not give us the opportunity to communicate with you more thoroughly, closely, but this does not change our attitude towards the start of your work.”

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The rise in the incidence of covid-19 in Russia began in July, after the authorities lifted federal quarantine restrictions. In Rospotrebnadzor, the worsening of the situation was explained by the spread of more contagious, but causing a less severe course of the disease, variants of the omicron strain and did not return the restrictions. On September 20, 46.4 thousand new cases of infection were detected in the country, 4651 people were hospitalized.

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Putin was revaccinated with Sputnik Light in November last year, after which he received an additional, experimental nasal vaccine.