Russia Sends Stern Warning to Saudi Arabia:
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expressed grave concerns toward Saudi Arabia's insistence to provide Syrian rebels with high tech weaponry when it has been established that such weapons often found their way to terror cells, Islam Times reported. Ref. Source 6
Saudi Arabia Warns Russia of 'Dangerous
Consequences' From Syrian Intervention:
The Saudis urged Russia to help fight terrorism in Syria by joining the existing coalition comprising more than 20 nations that is battling Islamic State militants, the source said. He also reiterated that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must quit as part of a process agreed at a Syrian peace conference held in Geneva in June 2012. Ref. Source 8u
Saudis Planning For A War Of Attrition In Europe With Russia's Oil Industry:
Russia's central bank recently warned about the growing financial risks to the Russian economy from Saudi Arabia encroaching upon its traditional export market for crude oil. Russia sends 70 percent of its oil to Europe, but Saudi Arabia has been making inroads in the European market amid the oil price downturn. Ref. Source 2e