“Putin must publicly support Iran” with lip service, which no one pays any attention to, because the russkies are pretty much impotent on the world stage after dashing their country to pieces against the pathetic brick wall of ukraine, which would be the SECOND war the russkies have lost against an apparently inferior opponent as was the case earlier with Afghanistan ...
The Russian army is disorganized and a lot of them alcoholics, as it has always been historically. But Russia is also notoriously historically difficult or impossible to conquer. It’s the threat of their huge nuclear arsenal that is the only thing which makes them a world power, and an enemy to be feared. I would rather that Russia be allies with the U.S. again now that they’re no longer communists, since Russia does in fact have some western roots and traditions.