Outrage as Bolsonaro confirms Russia trip despite Ukraine crisis

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Outrage as Bolsonaro confirms Russia trip despite Ukraine crisis

Isolated Brazilian president accused of ‘utterly reckless’ plan to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
Fri 28 Jan 2022 16.15 GMT

Jair Bolsonaro has sparked disbelief and outrage by insisting he will go ahead with a trip to meet Vladimir Putin in Russia despite the escalating military crisis along the Ukrainian border.

Foreign policy experts and rivals questioned the Brazilian presidents’s planned visit after he told supporters he would fly to Moscow in late February to improve trade ties.

“He’s a conservative,”the far-right populist told his supporters of Putin on Thursday. “Oh yeah?” one replied.

Bolsonaro’s move, which analysts believe is designed to project the idea that Brazil’s internationally isolated leader still boasts powerful foreign friends, baffled many pundits.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/28/outrage-as-bolsonaro-confirms-russia-trip-despite-ukraine-crisis

[relayerbob]

1. How is this baffling?

Fascists of a feather flock together. He owes his position and allegiance to Putin, just as Trump did.