Russia greets Myanmar's junta chief in Moscow

<br>MOSCOW, March 4 (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, <a href="https://dreamproxies.com/">Buy Private Proxy Server</a> the secretary of Russia's Security Council, was shown embracing Hlaing ahead of meetings planned with Putin and the Defence Ministry, Izvestia reported. Hlaing, 68, rarely travels abroad. Myanmar, a <a href="https://www.Thetimes.co.uk/search?source=nav-desktop&q=country">country</a>; of 55 million people, has been in turmoil since February 2021 when the military ousted the administration of Nobel laureate and NLD <a href="https://dict.leo.org/?search=leader%20Aung">leader Aung</a> San Suu Kyi. The junta plans this year to hold an election, which critics have derided as a sham to keep the generals in power through proxies. Along with China, Russia is a supporter of Myanmar's military and both powers vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning alleged human rights abuses in the country.<img src="https://www.freepixels.com/class="; style="max-width:420px;float:left;padding:10px 10px 10px 0px;border:0px;" alt="" /> The Soviet Union established relations with Myanmar on its independence from Britain in 1948. (Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge Editing by Andrew Osborn) <br>