The two sides reached deals to cooperate on nuclear and space technology, among many others, and the junta boss backed Russia’s war in Ukraine.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Myanmar's leader and military chief Min Aung Hlaing was greeted in Moscow on Tuesday by one of President Vladimir Putin's top security officials. Sergei Shoigu, the secretary of Russia's Security Council, was shown embracing Hlaing ahead of meetings planned with Putin and the Defence Ministry, Izvestia reported.

MOSCOW: Myanmar's military chief Min Aung Hlaing met President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday (March 4) as the junta - shunned and sanctioned by the West - turns to a major international backer to aid in its ongoing conflict with ethnic armed groups.

Isolated and sanctioned by the West, the two nations continue to move into closer diplomatic and strategic alignment.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin and Myanmar's leader and military junta chief Min Aung Hlaing will hold talks in the Kremlin on Tuesday after which they will sign documents and made a statement to the media,

Russia strengthens its alliance with Myanmar by expanding diplomatic and military ties. In talks with Myanmar's junta leader, President Putin accepted a gift of six elephants and announced a small nuclear plant project.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday hailed the growing relationship with ally Myanmar during talks with its military junta chief, and thanked him for gifting Moscow six elephants

The head of Myanmar’s military government travelled to Russia on Monday on an official visit to a major ally of the Southeast Asian nation that has been shunned by much of the West for overthrowing a democratically elected government and subsequent brutal repression.

Head of Myanmar’s military government visits Russia Watch live as the head of Myanmar’s military government Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing lays flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Kremlin.

By bno - Bangkok bureau Myanmar’s military leader, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, is in Russia for his second meeting with President Vladimir Putin, according to an announcement by the Kremlin, and as reported by BBC Burmese.