A good analysis. I have always said that within the Russian government there are unrenerate Marxists and nationalists who believe the glory days of Russian occurred under Stalin. They long to return to those days. To them the United States is enemy numero uno. This makes Russia's cozying up to Iran explicable. Also, they may have gotten some back channel promises from Iran that they would no longer support the Chechens. In fact, I would not be surprised that the Iranians dropped a dime on Chechen agents and operations in return for Russian assistance in building a great big firecracker.
"A good analysis. I have always said that within the Russian government there are unrenerate Marxists and nationalists who believe the glory days of Russian occurred under Stalin. They long to return to those days. To them the United States is enemy numero uno. This makes Russia's cozying up to Iran explicable. Also, they may have gotten some back channel promises from Iran that they would no longer support the Chechens. In fact, I would not be surprised that the Iranians dropped a dime on Chechen agents and operations in return for Russian assistance in building a great big firecracker."
Thanks. I believe the Iranians would do almost anything to get nuclear weapons.
Putin=unrepentant communist