Quote Originally Posted by billyhouston View Post

Technically speaking the country of Burma existed only from 1 April 1937 until 4 Januay 1948. If you must use 'Burma' please respect the ethnics, who have suffered so much at the hands of the Burmese, and use the full name "The Union of Burma".
billy, I meant to thank you for your insightful post before, and entered the name "Brad" in error. So, thank you.

According to pro-democracy activists, the name is useful in gauging how countries feel about the regime. Dictatorships like China, North Korea, Cuba, and possibly others, remain supportive of the hostile military regime, and refer to the country as Myanmar for that reason, whereas Democratic Countries like the U.S., UK, and others, still refer to the country as Burma.

Russia is a major arms supplier to Myanmar, and its Deputy of Defense minister reportedly met coup leader General Min Aung Hlaing in the capital Naypyitaw last month, drawing criticism from rights activists who accused Moscow of legitimizing the junta. Russia is clearly not happy with the recent sanctions imposed by the West which compromise their arms sales, and is continuing to support the military junta for this reason ($$$).

Read about it here (Reuters):

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-m...-idUSKBN2BT0MP