https://t.me/nopaywall 21 ноября 2017 г. Nathan Hodge. Russian president is also set to meet leaders of Iran, Turkey to discuss a postconflict settlement in Syria. MOSCOW—Russian President Vladimir Putin held a rare meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ahead of a summit Wednesday aimed at shaping a political settlement to end the six-year civil war in the country. The Kremlin said early Tuesday that Mr. Assad had paid a surprise visit Monday to the Russian resort city of Sochi, where Mr. Putin welcomed…

https://t.me/nopaywall 22 ноября 2017 г. Nathan Hodge, Raja Abdulrahim. Sochi conference signals Moscow’s determination to mold Syria’s future in favor of Bashar al-Assad. Russian President Vladimir Putin pressed his efforts to shape a postwar political settlement in Syria at a summit Wednesday with the leaders of Turkey and Iran in Sochi. Russian state television showed Mr. Putin greeting Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a palatial Soviet-era sanatorium in the…

https://t.me/nopaywall 26 ноября 2017 г. Spencer Jakab. Russia’s importance to a deal to extend oil export cuts means that it holds the cards for OPEC and the deal will be less certain. Before the formalities begin this week in Vienna, the only question oil ministers will have left is who pays for the Sacher torte. That is unusual for normally fractious meetings of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. Even less usual is that, of the two crucial parties at the table, the pivotal one isn’t even…