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NEW DELHI: Russia has thanked India for supplying medicines to fight Covid-19, despite the difficulty that New Delhi itself faces due to the current crisis caused by the virus."The decision of the Indian leadership to send medicines to Russia to help fight the Coronavirus is in line with the spirit of partnership between the two countries and was received with a sense of gratitude," President Putin's spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said in his comments to the press."Moscow is pleased and grateful for the decision of the Indian government to deliver a batch of medicines to Russia to fight the Coronavirus, We regard this decision of India as an effective step towards implementing the agreements on cooperation in the fight against the Covid-19 epidemic reached during the telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian PM Narendra Modi on March 25 this year," he said."Moscow is well aware that India, which itself is going through difficult times in terms of fighting the epidemic threat, made this decision guided by the common spirit of partnership between the two countries," he added.