Russia backs Iran and Syria but is doing deals with Israel and Saudi Arabia Oil is the key in critical Middle East developments this May. After meeting Syria’s President Asad in Sochi on 17 May, Russian President Putin said that…
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Russia Syria plan calls for divided state
Syria would be divided into informal zones of regional power influence and Bashar al-Assad would remain president for at least a few years according to an outline deal between Russia, Turkey and Iran reached earlier this month. Reuters reported today…
2016: the year history ended again and the world became multipolar once more
The Soviet Union was dissolved on 26 December 1991 The red flag over the Kremlin was replaced with the pre-1917 Tsarist one. It was the end of the Soviet challenge which shaped most of the 20th century. A year…
Russia agrees railway modernisation plan
For full coverage of business developments in Iran and the Middle East, see MEED Russian Railways and Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (RAI) have signed an agreement worth 1.2bn euros to electrify a section of Iran’s railway system linking the…
Khamenei meets Putin and denounces the US
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei meets Russia’s President Putin in Tehran on 23 November For full coverage of business developments in Iran and the Middle East, see MEED Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei, at a meeting with Russian President Putin…
Putin to meet Khamenei during Tehran visit
For full coverage of business developments in Iran and the Middle East, see MEED. Russia’s President Putin will meet Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a visit to Tehran on Monday, Putin’s senior foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov said…
Iran wants Sukhoi Superjets; agrees Russian aerospace and military deals
An Iranian customer is interested in buying 100 Sukhoi Superjet 100 regional aircraft made by Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation, Russia’s deputy prime minister Dmitryi Rogozin was quoted as saying yesterday. “…One of (Iran’s) flagship companies was negotiating…about the delivery within…
Putin pivotal for oil and Syria
Russian President Putin, who met Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Monday and is due visit Tehran next week, is poised to play a pivotal role in developing a coherent international approach to ending the Syrian war and defusing a looming…
Putin to visit Tehran next week
Russia’s President Putin plans to visit Tehran to attend the Gas Exporting Countries Forum in the Iranian capital next week, a senior Russian government official has said. “We are preparing to take part in the third Gas Exporting Countries Forum…