>>507962948
>The big fuckup the Russians did in that regard is that they fell for "western pressure" and cancelled deliveries of... something. Some kind of airplanes, I don't remember now. That was back around the year 2000 or so?
Yup.
So you see even in recent times there is a reason to be cautious.
Russia also voted to introduce sanctions against North Korea when they got their nukes.

So while they keep their promises more than almost any other country, they are not without faults.
>And, to be clear, Iran is also to blame because they keep trying to westernize and because of that they refuse to commit to stronger ties to Russia in the hopes of getting a deal with America instead. That's extremely stupid of them and it's been fucking them in the ass for a decade. Even now they are holding onto it.
Yes.
I fail to see why one would want to ally or suck up to a party that for decades has tried to destroy you...
But it is what it is.