00:00But many analysts believe Russia and Vladimir Putin himself could now become the mediators in the Iranian war.
00:09Do you think this is a possibility?
00:11And I also want to tell you that Trump says Russia's Putin is maybe helping Iran in the war a
00:18little bit.
00:19So lots of different angles at the moment, which, you know, Donald Trump admits he's probably helping them a little
00:24bit.
00:25Doesn't seem that bothered.
00:26Yeah, there are there's media reportings that the Russian Federation, the armed forces of the Russian Federation,
00:33has provided some military intelligence to the Iranians in terms of targeting information and satellite imagery and that.
00:41And then, of course, Russia had been purchasing drones from Iran.
00:47However, over the last three years, Iran and Russia have somewhat transitioned from Russia being an importer to Russia basically
00:59licensing the technology and then building them in Russia.
01:02So the connectivity there is is just not what it was.
01:08And Russia, I think, sees diminished in Libya, diminished in Syria, and they just don't have Azerbaijan and Armenia.
01:19They just don't have the clout that they did.
01:21So I think the Iranians knew from the beginning they can't really count on Iran.
01:26And in terms of President Putin being a mediator, yeah, I think President Trump is always smart to sort of
01:35cast a wide net.
01:36Hey, whoever can help stop this thing, we're, you know, we're happy to we're happy for your help.
01:42But I don't think he can really deliver much, particularly on the Iranian side.
01:48And then you've got, you know, the whole complexity and the mathematics of the oil business, which is for, you
01:57know, U.S. is now an exporter.
01:59The Gulf countries are exporters.
02:02They want oil prices high.
02:04China and India want oil prices low.
02:08Russia wants oil prices high.
02:11Where I am in Ukraine, they want oil prices low, so it doesn't help President Putin.
02:17And then you want then you have President Trump saying oil prices high or good because the U.S. is
02:23an exporter.
02:24So it's just all over the place.
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