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Russia’s Position on the US–Iran Confrontation. Watching from the Sidelines

... Mahdi noted that „the two martyrs were huge symbols of the victory against Islamic State.“ In addition, he claimed that the Americans violated the treaty with Iraq and highly condemned the actions of the American administration. Ivan Timofeev: US Sanctions Against Iran: New Escalation During the voting in the Iraqi parliament, most MPs expressed support for the withdrawal of foreign forces. Parliament’s decision is not binding, although some of its provisions were implemented, such as filing of a complaint to the UN Security Council. Nevertheless, the United ...

27.02.2020

expert column

Russia Consolidating Its Position in Iraq Amid Anti-Iran Sanctions

... to operate the battle tanks after they had received training from Russian trainers, according to Rossiyskaya Gazeta. As Abadi put it, Iraqi-Russian ties “remained substantive and they were not influenced by the US.” On a regional scale, the anti-Iran sanctions badly dent Iraq’s possible commercial transactions. Starting from early May, the United States will end its six-month sanctions waivers for oil imports that have allowed eight governments to do business with Iran. Although Iraq does not import oil from Iran, it ...

13.05.2019

expert column

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In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?

U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements	33 (31%)
U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity	30 (28%)
U.S. wants to dissolve Russia	24 (22%)
U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China	21 (19%)