News Snapshot:
The day after Russia was isolated at the United Nations, Vladimir Putin was looking for a more receptive audience as he met with world leaders at a summit in Kazakhstan. Some 143 countries voted on Wednesday to condemn Moscow's annexation of the Ukrainian regions of Kherson, Luhansk, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia amidst Putin's invasion. Only North Korea, Belarus, Syria and Nicaragua backed Russia in opposing the General Assembly resolution. On Thursday, Putin spoke to the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), consisting of 28 members including countries from the former Soviet Union, Asia, and the Arab world....
