The Kremlin said it welcomed President Trump’s offer to provide assistance to Russia amid mounting global concern around the death of a lab worker from an anti-plague institute in Siberia, but gave no more details about the case. Read more: ↧ Russia downplays suspected plague case as Trump offers US help The Kremlin on Monday welcomed President Donald Trump’s offer to provide assistance to Russia over a case of pneumonia of unknown origin reported in the Irkutsk region.