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Myanmar Junta Boss Calls for Opposition Cooperation Ahead of Controversial Election

Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing says opposition forces should work with Myanmar’s regime to create a multi-party democracy and Russia and Belarus will send...

Planeload of Cronies Accompany Myanmar Junta Boss on Russia Trip

From a shareholder in a US-sanctioned, Myanmar military-owned telecom to a jet fuel importer to a hotelier close to the Myanmar junta chief’s family,...

Junta Boss Urges Russian Businesses to Invest in Myanmar

Junta boss Min Aung Hlaing, who is paying a goodwill visit to Russia at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, attended the Myanmar-Russia...

Eight Takeaways From Myanmar Junta Chief’s Meeting With Putin

Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Grand Kremlin Palace on Tuesday. It was Min Aung Hlaing’s fourth visit...

Assessing the Oval Office Showdown’s Fallout for Myanmar

It was great television. But it was shocking to watch Friday’s shouting match in the Oval Office between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian...

Myanmar to Send Workers to Russian Construction Sites

Myanmar will start sending workers to Russia in April, according to overseas employment agencies. The two regimes have been working on a memorandum of...

Myanmar Junta Inks Deal With Russia to Kickstart Dawei SEZ Project

Russia’s visiting minister for Economic Development, Maxim Reshetnikov, on Sunday signed an agreement to kickstart the stalled Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and port...

Russian Economic Delegation Signs Raft of Agreements With Myanmar Junta

A Russian delegation led by Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov arrived in Naypyitaw on Saturday for talks with junta boss Min Aung Hlaing...