Russia-Saudi Arabia Cooperation, Potential and Limitations - Legucka, Agnieszka (Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych, 2017)
Arabia and Russia promote contrary approaches to resolving the conflict in Syria as well as differ in their perceptions of Iran's role in the Middle East. This splits in interest limit cooperation in the armaments sector. The new sphere of Russian-Saudi cooperation is energy, especially in the oil market. Russia seeks to use Saudi Arabia as an instrument to undermine U.S. influence in the Middle East