Russia, officially the Russian Federation, is the world’s largest country by landmass, spanning eleven time zones across Eastern Europe and North Asia. As a major global power with significant natural resources, advanced military capabilities, and permanent UN Security Council membership, Russia plays a crucial role in international affairs, energy markets, and geopolitical dynamics across Europe, Asia, and beyond.
The recent Iran-Israel conflict has exacerbated pre-existing fault lines in the Iran-Azerbaijan relationship, transforming manageable tensions into potentially explosive contradictions.…
