Russia’s Putin visits Kyrgyzstan in first foreign trip since ICC arrest warrant

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Open this photo in gallery: Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov during a meeting in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 12.SPUTNIK/Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks in Kyrgyzstan on Thursday, a Central Asian nation with strong ties to Moscow, during what was his first foreign trip since the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for him in March. The Kremlin chief has rarely travelled abroad since he sent troops into Ukraine in early 2022 and is not known to have left Russia since the ICC issued a warrant for him, accusing him of...