Vladimir Putin to make first foreign trip since Ukraine war

• Vladimir Putin is scheduled to visit Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
• He will also participate in a forum with Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko.
• G7 nations are inching closer to barring Russian gold exports amid sanctions against Moscow.

Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, is scheduled to make his first international trip since authorising the invasion of Ukraine on February 24.

An international news agency said, citing local media, that Putin will visit Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, an international news agency said, adding that he will meet with Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Moscow for discussions following the two trips.

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In addition to the leaders of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Iran, and Turkmenistan, he will attend a summit of Caspian nations. Zarubin added.

In addition, Putin plans to visit the Belarusian city of Grodno on June 30 and July 1 to participate in a forum with Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko, according to an international news agency, quoted by the Russian news agency, which cited the speaker of Russia’s upper house of parliament, Valentina Matviyenko.

Putin’s last reported journey outside of Russia was in early February when he visited Beijing, China. During his visit, Russia and China signed a “no limits” friendship deal.

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Joe Biden, vice president of the United States, tweeted on Sunday: “US has imposed unprecedented costs on Putin to deny him the revenue he needs to fund his war against Ukraine.

Together, the G7 will announce that we will ban the import of Russian gold, a major export that rakes in tens of billions of dollars for Russia.“

In a separate article published on Monday, he said, “Together, the G7 is demonstrating the strong global leadership it will take to maximize the costs to Putin and his enablers and address the impact of his war on the global economy.”