Putin hosts ASEAN leaders amid G7 pressure on Ukraine war
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Transport Minister Andrey Nikitin during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Monday, June 15, 2026. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
President Vladimir Putin hosts a summit of Southeast Asian leaders in the central Russian city of Kazan from June 17, as the West pressures Moscow to end its Ukraine offensive.
Putin has sought to deepen political and economic ties with Asia during Moscow's more than four-year full-scale offensive against Ukraine.
The summit in the capital of Tatarstan, around 700 kilometres (435 miles) east of Moscow, comes as the G7 meets in France with ending the Ukraine and Middle East wars its main focus.
