Yury Barmin

The Krem­lin sees its re­la­tions with the GNA and Khal­i­fa Haf­tar as pure­ly trans­ac­tion­al.

Rus­sia’s de­ci­sion to in­stall the S-300 in Syr­ia in­creas­es the risk of un­in­tend­ed con­fronta­tion with Is­rael.

The Helsin­ki sum­mit con­firmed that Trump is tak­ing a back seat on Syr­ia.

Rus­sia and the West are trans­fer­ring their in­creas­ing­ly hos­tile con­fronta­tion to Syr­ia.

The Sau­di crown prince has launched an am­bi­tious mod­erni­sa­tion plan. But what does this mean for its re­li­gious elite?

Mo­hammed bin Salman’s ef­forts to con­sol­i­date pow­er mir­ror Vladimir Putin’s, but there is an im­por­tant dif­fer­ence.

Russ­ian-Sau­di re­la­tions could be very dif­fer­ent to­day, if Stal­in hadn’t killed the So­vi­et am­bas­sador to Sau­di Ara­bia.