When China dropped a dime on the Mullahs by revealing Iran’s nuke information to the UN, some of us speculated that China was sticking a thumb in Russia’s eye. With Putin coming out blocking for Iran, I’m thinking that this is true. Also, Putin’s whining on behalf of Iran means to me, that the isolation policy IS WORKING.
I think you are right, Ahmadinejad yesterday was whinning to other countries to ignore the west and dump our influence. Interestingly enough, Putin had done that last Sept. in Kazakhstan along with China and other Central Asian nations.