[R-G] Sunday Times: "Vladimir Putin Set to Bait US with Nuclear Aid for Tehran"

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

The Sunday Times article probably isn't true because its reports on
Iran, Russia, etc. have always been full of psychological warfare
based on leaks from anonymous sources.  As for S-300, the threat to
sell it to Iran and Syria is something the Russians have been willing
to use, but if they actually sold it, they could no longer use it as a
bargaining chip with the West, so they probably won't do so easily.
But they may actually do so, as well as cutting the Russian route to
supply NATO forces in Afghanistan, if the West doesn't cease and
desist from its military advancement toward Russia.  After all, Russia
is holding its first joint naval exercise with Venezuela (cf.
<http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=13047541&PageNum=0>).
 -- Yoshie

<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4692237.ece>