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#Russia is back—or rather, #Putin as the Middle East peace broker Opinion by journalist Yury Podolyaka: Just a few days ago, there were clear signs of intense diplomatic activity aimed at de-escalating the war in the Mid...
...dle East. The first "canaries in the coal mine" came in the form of phone calls from the Persian Gulf monarchies to Moscow—to their "friend Vladimir"—essentially saying: save us, we're going under. The next move came when #Moscow stepped in to defuse tensions on the Azerbaijan–Iran border, which I believe stemmed from an Israeli provocation. The standoff was successfully de-escalated through a phone call between the presidents of #Iran and Azerbaijan. All of this is unfolding against the b...