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Russian President Vladimir Putin in June 2023. Grandpa in his bunker [1] [2] [3] (Russian: Бункерный дед, romanized: Bunkernyy ded; Ukrainian: Бункерний дід, romanized: Bunkernyi did), also translated as grandpa in a bunker, [4] [5] or bunker grandpa, [6] [7] is an insulting nickname for Russian president Vladimir Putin, which has become an Internet meme in Russia and ...
China, Iran and Russia have begun a joint naval drill in the Gulf of Oman, a crucial waterway near the mouth of the Persian Gulf, officials said Tuesday. Footage aired by Chinese state television ...
Dozens of Russian military personnel are being trained in Iran to use the Fath-360 close-range ballistic missile system, two European intelligence sources told Reuters, adding that they expected ...
Prior to World War I the Cossack Brigade constituted, together with the Swedish-trained gendarmerie, the only truly professional military forces in Iran. With his expanded forces and the Cossack Brigade, Reza Khan launched military actions to eliminate separatist and dissident movements in Tabriz, Mashhad, and the Jangalis in Gilan, Simko and ...
Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the two nations have generally enjoyed very close cordial relations. Iran and Russia are strategic allies [4] [5] [6] and form an axis in the Caucasus alongside Armenia. Iran and Russia are also military allies in the conflicts in Syria and Iraq and partners in Afghanistan and post-Soviet Central Asia.
Iran has sent short-range ballistic missiles to Russia for its war against Ukraine in a “dramatic escalation,” said Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who vowed to impose more sanctions on Tehran.
Despite official statements in July 2022 that Iran would not supply Russia or Ukraine with military equipment during the war and downplaying the United States' assessment that Iran was preparing to transfer combat drones to Russia, [16] Iranian-supplied suicide drones were being used by Russia against Ukraine from September 2022. [17]
Russian officials visited an airfield in central Iran at least twice in recent weeks to view weapons-capable drones it is looking to acquire to use in its war against Ukraine, the White House said.