The leader of Myanmar's military junta has met with Russian ... Min Aung Hlaing, who seized power in a 2021 coup, saluted Mr Putin as a "king" and backed Moscow's full-scale military offensive ...

In the 1400s, when Mrauk-U was invaded by forces of the Burman kingdom at Ava, King Narmeikhla sought help ... The British colonized Burma in a series of three wars beginning in 1824.

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.