{"id":1292610,"date":"2022-02-11T23:07:53","date_gmt":"2022-02-12T04:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1292610"},"modified":"2022-02-11T23:07:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T04:07:58","slug":"brazils-bolsonaro-to-lend-putin-support-with-moscow-visit-amid-ukraine-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brazils-bolsonaro-to-lend-putin-support-with-moscow-visit-amid-ukraine-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil&#039;s Bolsonaro to Lend Putin Support with Moscow Visit amid Ukraine Tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbrazils-bolsonaro-to-lend-putin-support-with-moscow-visit-amid-ukraine-tensions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1292610&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jair-Bolsonaro-and-Vladmir-Putin-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/world\/1400061\">visit<\/a> Moscow on February 16 to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Russia\u2019s state-owned TASS news agency, reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Bolsonaro \u201cplans to arrive in Moscow on February 15. His talks with Putin are scheduled for February 16,\u201d TASS relayed, citing an original report on the matter by the Brazilian newspaper <em>Globo<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFollowing the top-level events, Bolsonaro is planning to meet with State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin as well as hold a meeting with the representatives of the two countries\u2019 business circles,\u201d according to the news agency. The <a href=\"http:\/\/duma.gov.ru\/en\/duma\/about\/\">State Duma<\/a> is part of Russia\u2019s federal legislative body.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian president will arrive in Moscow after a month of global concerns about Putin\u2019s potential actions near Ukraine, where the Russian government has been illegally in possession of Ukraine\u2019s Crimea region for eight years. While Kyiv has repeatedly insisted that it has no indication that any impending further invasion is ready, President Joe Biden and his administration have expressed panic and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/07\/joe-biden-americans-should-leave-ukraine-to-avoid-crossfire-with-russia\/\">urged<\/a> Americans to flee the country to avoid \u201ccrossfire,\u201d outraging Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.<\/p>\n<p>Bolsonaro and Biden have a poor, at best, relationship.&nbsp;Biden seemed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/environment\/2021\/09\/02\/jair-bolsonaro-leftist-bidens-obsession-with-the-environment-hurting-brazil-ties\/\">threaten<\/a> economic sanctions against Brazil during&nbsp;a presidential debate speech in September 2020 if the country did not \u201cstop tearing down the forest,\u201d referring to the Amazon rainforest.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBrazil, the rainforests of Brazil are being torn down, are being ripped down,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2020\/09\/30\/joe-biden-struggling-latino-vote-threatens-tank-brazils-economic-debate\/\">alleged<\/a>. \u201cMore carbon is absorbed in that rainforest than every bit of carbon that\u2019s emitted in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of doing something about that, I would be gathering up and making sure we had the countries of the world coming up with $20 billion, and say, \u2018Here\u2019s $20 billion. Stop, stop tearing down the forest. And if you don\u2019t, then you\u2019re going to have significant economic consequences,&#8217;\u201d the then-presidential candidate posited.<\/p>\n<p>Bolsonaro <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/latin-america\/2020\/11\/11\/bolsonaro-hints-at-war-with-u-s-brazil-under-biden-we-have-the-gunpowder\/\">responded<\/a> to Biden\u2019s remarks with his own apparent threat to go to war with the U.S., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-brazil-environment\/brazils-bolsonaro-slams-biden-for-coward-threats-over-amazon-idUSKBN26L2US\">saying<\/a> he does not accept \u201cbribes\u201d or \u201ccoward threats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brazil\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/portuguese\/internacional-60267700\">says<\/a> Bolsonaro\u2019s trip to Moscow has \u201cbeen pending for more than a year,\u201d according to a report by BBC Brazil on February 7. Putin&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/politics\/1369429\">invited<\/a> Bolsonaro to visit him in Moscow for bilateral talks on December 1, 2021, while addressing diplomats during an \u201cambassadors\u2019 credentials presentation ceremony\u201d in Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will be happy to see the president of Brazil in Russia,\u201d Putin said during his speech. \u201cBrazil is one of Russia\u2019s most important strategic partners.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cPutin noted that Russia will continue to gradually strengthen the bilateral cooperation with Brazil on trade, energy, scientific and other tracks,\u201d TASS reported of Putin\u2019s remarks at the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Putin seemed to speak directly to Brazilian ambassadors during the event. Continuing, the Russian head of state said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We work together within the BRICS forum and the G20. Considering that, in 2022-2023, your country [Brazil] will obtain the status of a non-permanent UN Security Council member, we will cooperate even more intensely on the pressing issues of the global agenda at the UN platform.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Putin referred to <a href=\"https:\/\/brics2021.gov.in\/about-brics\">BRICS<\/a>, which is an association of emerging economies consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.&nbsp;The Russian president likewise referenced the <a href=\"https:\/\/g20.org\/about-the-g20\/\">G20<\/a>, or Group of Twenty, which is an intergovernmental forum of the world\u2019s largest economies, including those of Russia and Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>Bolsonaro <a href=\"https:\/\/jovempan.com.br\/noticias\/politica\/bolsonaro-aceita-convite-de-putin-para-visitar-a-russia-muito-honrado.html\">accepted<\/a> Putin\u2019s invitation to visit Russia on December 2, 2021, during a social media live stream event he hosts weekly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Putin invited us to visit Russia. The invitation is done. I\u2019m very happy, very honored. This opens windows of opportunity for our country,\u201d President Bolsonaro said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is an interest from Russia here in Brazil. It\u2019s a big consumer market,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Bolsonaro indicated at the time his visit to Russia would take place sometime in February or March of 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will visit Moscow on February 16 to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Russia\u2019s state-owned TASS news agency, reported on Wednesday. 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