In a stunning admission, Putin cites Israel’s power and influence as the reason Moscow won’t support Iran militarily — even as the IDF eliminates top terror commanders deep inside Iran.
The Russian president was asked at a press conference why Moscow was not helping Tehran more and replied that ‘almost two million Russian-speaking people live in Israel’;
Moscow — Russian President Vladimir Putin made one of his most revealing statements to date during a press conference over the weekend. When asked why Moscow refuses to provide direct military assistance to Iran, Putin gave a blunt answer: Israel.
“Nearly two million Russian speakers live in Israel,” he said. “It’s almost a Russian-speaking country.” He added that Russia maintains strong and friendly ties with the Arab world, but that each conflict must be judged separately. The message was unmistakable. Israel is too strong, too well-connected, too strategically important for Russia to oppose directly. While Moscow may support Iran’s right to nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, it is not willing to go to war for it.
[…] Putin’s remarks are not a show of support for Israel. They are a quiet admission of geopolitical reality. Even Russia knows there is a red line — and that line is Israeli sovereignty and security.