Diplomatic Support of Iran
Serving Objective 21: Alignment with Iran
1 Oct 2025. Russia announces it “does not recognize the reimposition of United Nations sanctions on Iran,” with its UN ambassador saying: “We’ll be living in two parallel realities, because for some snapback [of the sanctions] happened, for us it didn’t.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/russia-does-not-recognize-return-un-sanctions-iran-2025-10-01/
Military Cooperation with India
Serving Objective 22: Developing partnerships with South Asian regional powers
7 Oct 2025. Russia and India launch joint “Indra 2025” military drills “in the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan aimed at improving counter-terrorism operations.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/russia-india-begin-joint-military-drills-rajasthan-2025-10-07/
Diplomatic Platforms on Afghanistan
Serving Objective 26: Developing cooperation platforms with non-Western powers
7 Oct 2025. The seventh meeting of “the Moscow Format” regional platform on Afghanistan is hosted by Russia, with the same list of participating countries as in the previous meeting.
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/afghanistans-neighbors-signal-opposition-us-retaking-bagram-base-2025-10-08/
Covert and Political Subversion vs. multiple European states
Serving Objective 3: Enhancing internal political instability and polarization within Western states
9 Oct 2025. Intelligence Online writes about “Paris’s concerns about Russian [intelligence] services roping in Islamic State fighters to carry out attacks in Europe.”
https://www.intelligenceonline.com/government-intelligence/2025/10/09/dangerous-liaisons-russian-services-tap-into-isis%2C110531915-art
Diplomatic Support of the Maduro Regime in Venezuela
Serving Objective 8: Undermining US Foreign Policy in the Western Hemisphere
5 Oct 2025. Russia expresses “serious concern about Washington’s escalating actions in the Caribbean Sea that are fraught with far-reaching consequences for the region” during Lavrov’s conversation with Maduro’s foreign minister, condemning the US strikes on illicit drug-carrying boats in the international waters near Venezuela.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/russia-condemns-us-strike-alleged-drug-vessel-near-venezuela-2025-10-05/
11 Oct 2025. Russia’s representative in the UN says the US is trying to change the regime in Venezuela “under the pretext of fight against drug trade,” doing so “according to the classic tool set of color revolutions and hybrid wars.”
https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/8117951
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