Indonesia's Prabowo Embraces Russia After Skipping G-7 for Putin
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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto pledged to strengthen relations with Russia at a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
Ties between the two nations are developing 'extremely actively,' he said in St. Petersburg at the start of their talks on Thursday.
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