London: Vladimir Putin will visit two former Soviet small states in Central Asia this week, Russian state television reported on Sunday, on the journey that will be the first leader known by Russian leaders abroad since ordered the Ukraine invasion.February 24 Russia has killed thousands of people, evacuating millions of more and caused severe financial sanctions from the West, which according to Putin is a reason to build stronger trade relations with other troops such as China, India and Iran.
Pavel Zarubin, Kremlin Correspondent from Rossiya 1 State television station, said Vladimir Putin would visit Tajikistan and Turkmenistan and then meet with Indonesian President Joko Widodo for talks in Moscow.In Dushanbe, Putin will meet with President Tajik Imomali Rakhmon, the closest ally of Russia and the longest rulers of the former Soviet country. In Ashgabat, he will attend the peak of the Caspian countries including the leaders of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Iran and Turkmenistan, said Zarubin.The last journey known to Putin outside Russia was a visit to Beijing in early February, where he and Chinese President Xi Jinping launched a “unlimited” friendship agreement for several hours before the two of them attended the Olympic Olympics opening ceremony.
Russia said they sent troops to Ukraine on February 24 to reduce the ability of their neighbor’s military, to not be used by the West to threaten Russia, eradicate nationalists and defend Russian speakers in the eastern region. Ukraine called the invasion as a deprivation of the imperial style land.
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