Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto, who last year unsuccessfully pushed a peace proposal that would have left Russia occupying parts of Ukraine, pledged to deepen ties at talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow. #politics #putin #russia #moscow #indonesia #president “We consider Russia as a real friend,” Prabowo, a former general who is currently defense minister, said Wednesday in televised remarks. “I would like to continue to maintain and enhance” the close relationship between the two countries, he said. The visit is the latest sign of Putin’s success in countering the isolation that the US and its allies have sought to impose in response to Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi traveled to Moscow earlier this month to meet with Putin, who has courted so-called Global South nations as a counterweight to the US-led world order. Read more: -------- Subscribe to our YouTube channel: Subscribe to Bloomberg Originals: Bloomberg Quicktake brings you global social video spanning business, technology, politics and culture. Make sense of the stories changing your business and your world. Connect with us on… YouTube: Breaking News on YouTube: @BloombergQuicktakeNow
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