Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the congress of the Movement of the First in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. Vladimir Putin has been boasting about just how many “friends” Russia supposedly has – despite his significant ongoing tensions with the West.The Russian president has been isolated on the world stage by the west over his invasion of Ukraine since 2022, as Kyiv’s allies hoped that it would discourage his aggression.Russia was even voted out of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council.But Donald Trump disrupted this united approach when he was re-elected.In his haste to secure a quick resolution to the war, the US president expressed sympathy with the Kremlin over its invasion and has regularly rebuked U