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Lavrov backs Tehran, but does Russia also gain from the US-Iran crisis? Moscow pledges support to its sanctioned ally, but analysts say the war Iran wants to end has filled Russia’s coffers.
The roots of Russia's invasion of Ukraine go back decades and run deep. The current conflict is more than one country fighting to take over another; it is — in the words of one U.S. official — a shift ...