Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro lands in Moscow ahead of meeting with Putin

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro arrived at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport on Tuesday to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

Bolsonaro will also meet with Russian business people before heading to Budapest, where he will meet with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Thursday.

The meeting was reportedly arranged before the crisis with Ukraine began.

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