
Isabelle Facon
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Isabelle Facon
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Deputy Director @FRS_org Russia Specialist (Foreign policy, Defense, Security) RT & likes ≠endorsement [personal account]















Russia started supporting the Iranian regime with drones. It will definitely help with missiles, and it is also helping them with air defense. What’s next? Given the situation, there is only one question: when and which country will be the first to support the Iranian regime by sending troops? As happened with Russia, when North Korea sent 10,000 soldiers, who are now deployed in Russia but can be sent to Ukraine. The same could happen in Iran – Russia could send troops there. In an interview with Caolan Robertson (1/3)





NEW @CSIS REPORT (A thread⬇️) The Yelabuga UAV Factory in Russia is a real-world example of the deepening collaboration between the so-called CRINK countries of China, Russia, Iran and North Korea. The factory allegedly uses: - Iranian designs & tech - Chinese dual-use components, supply chains and logistics - North Korean labor Since late 2021, it has expanded from two buildings under construction to a 17-facility complex comprising up to 116 buildings, encompassing over 2,820,000 square meters of space (2,82 km2), and 67 finished housing units that could house approximately 20,000 workers. Read here: beyondparallel.csis.org/a-closer-look-…










Russia's Lavrov meets with Arab ambassadors in Moscow who request that he pressure Iran to de-escalate. Lavrov rejects their requests and points out that they have not condemned the bombing of the girls' school in Iran, and that Bahrain reportedly is seeking to introduce a resolution at the UNSC that condemns Iran's retaliation, but not Israel and the US for initiating the war. Whether that is accurate or not, Lavrov's response seems to suggest that 9 days into the war, Moscow's position is moving closer to that of Tehran.

La #Russie face à la guerre en #Iran et dans le Golfe : mon entretien à @LaTribune latribune.fr/article/econom…

Oil Prices Are Barreling Toward All-Time Highs wsj.com/livecoverage/i…