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46. Reuters, “US ‘Surprised’ Israel Did Not Support UN Vote on Ukraine’s Territorial Integrity,” Jerusalem Post, April 15, 2014, http://www.jpost.com/International/US-surprised-Israel-did-support-UN-vote-on-Ukraines-territorial-integrity-348564.

47. Vladimir Putin, First Person: An Astonishingly Frank Self-Portrait by Russia’s President (New York: PublicAffairs, 2000), 11.

48. Michal Margalit and Polina Garaev, “I Was Vladimir Putin’s Teacher,” YNetNews.com, March 29, 2014, https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4504539,00.html.

49. Cnaan Lipshiz, “Why Russian Chief Rabbi Stands by Vladimir Putin,” Forward, June 5, 2015, http://forward.com/news/breaking-news/309514/russian-chief-rabbi-berel-lazar-stands-by-vladimir-putin/.

50. Olga Gershenson, “How Russia Created a Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center Even Vladimir Putin Can Tolerate,” Forward, January 8, 2016, http://forward.com/culture/art/328682/how-russia-created-a-jewish-museum-and-tolerance-center-even-vladimir-putin/.

51. From the author’s notes, Valdai Discussion Club meeting, Sochi, September 2010.

52. Yaakov Katz and Amir Bohbot, “How Israel Sold Russia Drones to Stop Missiles from Reaching Iran,” excerpt from The Weapon Wizards, Jerusalem Post, June 15, 2017, http://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Books-Israel-and-the-saleof-advanced-drones-to-Russia-480326.

53. Dmitri Trenin, What Is Russia Up to in the Middle East? (Cambridge, UK: Polity, 2017), 89–90.

54. JPost.com Staff, “Watch: Russian Ambassador to Israel—Hamas, Hezbollah Not Terrorists at All,” Jerusalem Post, June 15, 2017, http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/WATCH-Russian-Ambassador-to-Israel-Hamas-Hezbollah-not-terrorists-at-all-496829.

55. Raoul Wootliff, “Netanyahu to Putin: Israel Will Act If Needed Against Iran in Syria,” Times of Israel, August 23, 2017, https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-to-putin-israel-willing-to-act-against-iran-in-syria/.

56. “Putin Poblagodaril Netaniakhu za Vizit v Moskvu na 9 Maia,” https://life.ru/t/novosti/1115161.

57. This was a gesture of respect to Russia. The Nazis’ surrender to the US and UK came into force on May 8, but they did not surrender to the Soviets until May 9.

58. Maxim A. Suchkov, “As Tensions Flare with Iran, Israel Embraces Russia,” AL Monitor, May 10, 2018, https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/05/tensions-flare-israel-iran-russia-netanyahu-putin.html.

59. “Peregovory Budut Tiazhelymi” Chto Planiruiut Obsuzhdit Lideri Rossii I Izraeilia v Den’ Pobedy,” RT, 2018, https://russian.rt.com/world/article/510647-putin-netanyahu-vizit-den-pobedy.

60. Nikita Vladimirov, “Russia Recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital,” The Hill, April 6, 2017, http://thehill.com/policy/international/327673-russia-recognizes-jerusalem-as-israeli-capital.

61. “Putin Obsuzhdet s Salmanom Situatsiu Na Neftianom Rynke,” Gazeta, https://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2017/10/04_a_10917716.shtml?updated.

62. “Saudovskii Korol’ Potratit Chetvert’ Millairda Na Moskovskie Oteli,” https://mir24.tv/news/16270892/saudovskii-korol-potratit-chetvert-milliarda-na-moskovskie-oteli.

63. Donna Abu-Nasr, Associated Press, “Putin 1st Russian Leader to Visit Saudis,” Washington Post, February 11, 2007, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/11/AR2007021100048.html.

64. Stephen Letts, “Oil Supply Deal Between Saudi Arabia and Russia an Unlikely Alliance,” ABC News (Australia), September 8, 2016, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-09/saudi-arabia-russia-oil-deal/7831902.

65. Richard Mably and Yara Bayoumy, “Exclusive: OPEC, Russia Consider 10-to 20-Year Oil Alliance—Saudi Crown Prince,” Reuters, March 27, 2018, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-oil-exclusive/exclusive-opec-russia-consider-10-to-20-year-oil-alliance-saudi-crown-prince-idUSKBN1H31SK.

66. Javier Blas and Jack Farchy, “Riyadh Dances with Trump but Goes Home with Putin to Prop Up Oil,” Bloomberg, May 20, 2017, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-21/setting-differences-aside-saudi-russian-courtship-underpins-oil.

67. Mark N. Katz, “Russia Sees New Saudi ‘Realism’ on Display at Moscow Summit,” Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, October 10, 2017, http://www.agsiw.org/russia-sees-new-saudi-realism-display-moscow-summit/.

68. Henry Meyer and Glen Carey, “Even the Saudis Are Turning to Russia as Assad’s Foes Lose Heart,” Bloomberg, September 8, 2017, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-08/even-the-saudis-are-turning-to-russia-as-assad-s-foes-lose-heart.

69. Karoun Demirjian, “Russia-Iran Relationship Is a Marriage of Opportunity,” Washington Post, April 18, 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/russia-iran-relationship-is-a-marriage-of-opportunity/2015/04/18/5de80852-e390-11e4-ae0f-f8c46aa8c3a4_story.html?utm_term=.4f490e094f03.

70. “Acting Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s Remarks and Answers to Media Questions at a Joint News Conference Following Talks with German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas, Moscow, May 10, 2018,” Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, http://www.mid.ru/en/web/guest/meropriyatiya_s_uchastiem_ministra/-/asset_publisher/xK1BhB2bUjd3/content/id/3213546.

71. Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit; and Azadeh Zamirirad, Iran und Russland: Perspektiven der Bilateralen Beziehungen aus Sicht der Islamischen Republik (Berlin: SWP Studien, 2017).

72. Ellie Geranmayeh and Kadrii Liik, “The New Power Couple: Russia and Iran in the Middle East,” European Council on Foreign Relations, September 13, 2016, http://www.ecfr.eu/publications/summary/iran_and_russia_middle_east_power_couple_7113.

73. Dmitri Trenin, Post-Imperium: A Eurasian Story (Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2011), 73.

74. Stepan Kravchenko, Henry Meyer, and Golnar Motevalli, “Putin in Iran Rallies Opposition to Trump Threat on Nuclear Deal,” Bloomberg, November 1, 2017, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-01/putin-to-visit-iranian-leaders-as-moscow-defends-nuclear-accord.

75. Olzhas Auyezov, “Russia, Iran, and three others agree Caspian status, but not borders,” Reuters, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kazakhstan-caspian-borders/russia-iran-and-three-others-agree-caspian-status-but-not-borders-idUSKBN1KX0CI.

76. See Liik and Zamirirad.

77. Reuters, Associated Press, “Israel Rejects Russian Offer to Keep Iranian Forces 100km from Golan,” July 23, 2018, YNetNews.com, https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5315360,00.html.

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