Lebanon was told on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a donation of 25,000 tonnes of wheat to the crisis-hit country, Lebanese Public Works Minister Ali Hamie told Reuters on Monday. Russia would also donate 10,000 tonnes of fuel oil to Beirut, Hamie said. Lebanon, once a reasonably affluent country, has been plunged into a series of protracted crises, including an economic meltdown, prolonged political deadlock and the devastating Beirut port blast in 2020. On top of this, there has been a wave of cholera cases in Lebanon, according to the World Health Organisation. On the…