The UN’s first virtual meeting of world leaders started Tuesday with pre-recorded speeches from some of the planet's biggest powers, kept at home by the #coronavirus pandemic that will likely be a dominant theme at their video gathering this year. In his speech, Russian President Vladimir #Putin urges to rid world trade of 'illegitimate sanctions'.

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