Policy Watch: Moscow's Mideast hopes
Date
2007-06-11
Authors
Katz, Mark N.
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Publisher
UPI.com (United Press International, Inc.)
Abstract
Under Vladimir Putin, Russia has pursued three main goals in the Middle East: first, to prevent the United States from becoming the predominant power there; second, to prevent the Middle East (and broader Muslim world) from sympathizing with and supporting Chechen rebels and other Islamic opposition movements in Russia and elsewhere in the former Soviet Union; and third, to make money for Russian enterprises through expanding their investments in and exports to the Middle East.
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Keywords
International affairs, Russia, Middle East