Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday, hailing the 'very close' relationship between Russia and Iran.
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday, hailing the 'very close' relationship between Russia and Iran. The meeting comes as Iran braces for an Israeli response to its missile attacks on Tel Aviv earlier this week. 'We are actively working together in the international arena, and our assessments of events taking place in the world are often very close,' Putin said, as reported by Russia’s state news agency TASS.
The meeting represents a stark reorienting for Putin, who in the past has been the 'most pro-Israel president in Russian history,' according to Koffler. But both Russia and Iran face steep sanctions from the U.S. Around 20% of the Jewish population in Israel are Russian expatriates. 'Jewish people, traditionally, are very smart, highly educated, highly employable.
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