Russia is afraid of another loss of the Middle East due to Iran’s conflict with Israel.

Steve Rosenberg

Russian editor

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Moscow mentioned a partnership with Iran, but the contract does not require the Russian Gaiolan military aid.

When Israel began to operate a lion, Russian officials described the current escalation of the Middle East as “alerts” and “dangerous.”

Nevertheless, the Russian media quickly emphasized the potential of Moscow.

Among them:

  • Increasing global oil prices, which are expected to increase Russia’s vaults
  • The distracting of global interests far from the Russian War with Ukraine. “KYIV is forgotten” was the headline of Moskovsky Komsomolets.
  • And if the Kremlin’s proposal is accepted, Russia can describe it as a core player in the Middle East despite its actions in Ukraine.

But the longer the military operations of Israel, the greater the realization that Russia will lose from the current event.

Russian political scientist Andrei Kortunov said on Monday that “conflict escalation delivers Moscow’s serious dangers and potential costs.”

“The fact that Russia can’t stop Israel’s mass strikes in countries where Russia has signed a comprehensive strategic partnership five months ago.

“Obviously, Moscow is not ready beyond the political statement of criticizing Israel, and is not ready to provide military support to Iran.”

The Russian-Iranian strategic partnership trading, signed earlier this year by President Vladimir Putin and Chairman Masud Peeshkian, is not a military alliance.

We do not rely on Moscow to come to Tehran’s defense.

But at the time Moscow talked about it.

Sergei Lavrov, the Foreign Minister of Foreign Affairs, pointed out in an interview with RIA NOVOSTI News Agency that he paid special attention to the strengthening of the coordination of peace and security interests of regions and world levels and paid close cooperation in the security and defense of Moskba and Tehran.

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Russia relied heavily on Iran’s Shayhead drone in the Ukrainian war, but now it is in place.

In the last six months, Moscow has already lost one major allies in Bashar Al-Assad in the Middle East.

In December, Syrian leaders were exile in Russia. The prospect of Iran’s change of regime, which is planning to lose other strategic partners in the area, will be a great concern for Moscow.

Moskovsky Komsomolets concluded as follows on Tuesday.

President Vladimir Putin will spend a lot of time in St. Petersburg, where the city hosts the annual International Economic Forum.

The event was once called “Davos” in Russia, but now the label does not actually apply.

In recent years, the chief executives of the big western company have been far away since the full invasion of Ukraine in Russia.

Nevertheless, the organizers argue that more than 140 countries and representatives of the territory will attend this year.

The Russian authorities will try to prove that they have failed to use this event to seize Russia in the Ukrainian war.

It may be an economic forum, but geopolitics are never far away.

We will carefully watch the Kremlin leader about the Middle East and Ukraine.