Myanmar junta chief visits Moscow

Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing visited Moscow yesterday, Russian media reported, as the US vowed to put pressure on his military regime over a 2021 coup. Russia's embassy in Myanmar told the Interfax news agency that Hlaing was in Moscow on a "private" visit. The announcement of the visit comes two days after Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed to keep pressuring Myanmar's junta as he met democracy activists on a visit to neighbouring Thailand.