Mongolia remains economically dependent on its two much larger and more powerful neighbors, Russia and China.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left and Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh applaud as they make a statement following the Russian-Mongolian talks at the Government Palace in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, center left, and Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh, center right, attend a welcome ceremony in Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. He and Mongolian President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa walked up the red-carpeted steps of the Government Palace and bowed before a statue of Genghis Khan before entering the building for their meetings.
Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy secretary of Russia’s Security Council, denounced the warrant against Putin as “illegal” in an online statement Tuesday and those who would try to carry it out as “madmen.” Putin has made a series of overseas trips in recent months to try to counter the international isolation he faces over the invasion of Ukraine. He But Kenneth Roth, the former longtime director of Human Rights Watch, described Putin’s trip to Mongolia as “a sign of weakness,” posting on X that the Russian leader “could manage a trip only to a country with a tiny population of 3.4 million that lives in Russia’s shadow.
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