Putin Meets Iranian Leader on First Trip Outside Former Soviet Union Since Ukraine War

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By Guy Faulconbridge and Parisa Hafezi LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Iran on Tuesday, the Kremlin leader’s first trip outside the former Soviet Union since Moscow’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine. During his visit to Tehran, Putin will also hold his first face-to-face meeting since the invasion with a NATO leader, Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan, to discuss a deal that would resume Ukraine’s Black Sea grain exports as well as peace in Syria. Putin’s trip, which comes just days after U.S. President Joe Biden visited Israe…

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