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 Putin closes Russian news agency

Vocabulary

coverage

news reporting

abolished

officially ended

sealed the agency's fate

decided that something bad would definitely happen to the agency

decree

official statement that something must happen

gets rid of

removes (something unwanted)

...-friendly

-friendly can be used after a noun (usually with a hyphen) to mean 'not harmful' or 'helpful' towards the noun before it

ardent

showing strong emotions, especially in support of something

transplants

medical operations putting new organs into people's bodies