As a result, Russia is forced to support Iran’s allies in the Middle East such as the Hezbollah movement,
Moscow is not interested in a huge firestorm,
Russia has been closely cooperating with Iran for the past two-and-a-half years, but exclusively in the military sphere,
The ongoing escalation of the Arab-Israeli conflict is of serious concern to Russia,
But at the same time, the Kremlin would not like to see [another] major war,
The USSR were very active with the communist parties here and they had interests in common,
The feeling is, of course, unpleasant, but I’ve been waiting for this moment for a year,
Russia benefits from the chaos in the Middle East”.
We saw this in April. When it seemed that Iran and Israel were already entering a big war, Russia did not unequivocally take Iran’s side. Russia urged both Iran and Israel to show restraint,
It is difficult to cope with this on a human level,
And I think that this is something that our enemies are fully aware of. And they'd rather be, because if they will continue, we will have to respond in a manner which is unprecedented,
We need to do what needs to be done,
And there were many other some of these events we didn't take responsibility for. So I don't want to embarrass my government and say what we did else, which was very astounding. But they know, the Iranians know,
As for the current extreme aggravation, we reinforce this recommendation [not to visit Israel] and suggest that those citizens who are now in Israel even think about leaving this territory while there are such opportunities in the form of continued regular flights operated by a number of airlines, including the Israeli airline El Al,
Before coming to Israel or making a decision to stay for a long time [in the Jewish state], you need to think hard about how justified it is and whether it is worth risking your lives and health,