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London — Vladimir Putin will visit two small former Soviet nations in Central Asia this week, Russia's national television reported on Sunday.
Russia's February 24 invasion killed thousands and evacuated millions, leading to severe economic sanctions from the West. Putin is from China, India and Iran.
Russian Kremlin correspondent Pavel Zarbin visits Tajikistan and Turkmenistan to meet Indonesian President Joko Widodo for a meeting in Moscow. Said.
In Dushanbe, Putin meets Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon. In Ashgabat, he will attend a summit meeting of Caspian countries, including leaders from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Iran and Turkmenistan, Zalbin said.
Putin will also visit the city of Grodno in Belarus on June 30th and July 1st to participate in a forum with Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko. As he told Belarusian television on Sunday.
Putin's last trip outside Russia was a visit to Beijing in early February, with "unlimited" friendship with Chinese President Xi Jinping before attending the opening ceremony. Announced the treaty. Of the Winter Olympics.
Russia sent troops to Ukraine on February 24 to weaken its neighbors' military power, threaten Russia by the West, eradicate nationalists, and protect Russian speakers in the eastern region. It states that it has been prevented from being used in. Ukraine calls the aggression an imperial style land acquisition. (Report by Guy Faulconbridge and David Ljunggren, edited by Peter Graff and Mark Porter)
