Russia's President Vladimir Putin hailed expanding ties with ally Myanmar at talks with its military junta chief on Tuesday and thanked him for gifting Moscow six elephants.

During his 11th trip to Moscow, the Myanmar general lavished praise on Putin, emphasizing the Russian leader’s decades-long grip on power. "As far as I know, you have been leading Russia not for five or ten years,

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) -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,

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.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is holding talks with the head of Myanmar’s military government, who is seeking to cement ties with Moscow as he faces isolation from the West

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.

Russia is a crucial arms supplier to the isolated state, which is struggling to quell violent opposition to the junta's military rule