Putin plans to discuss the oil market and the war in Israel. This trip marks one of Putin’s few foreign visits since his full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and coincides with the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference COP28 set to take place in Dubai,

Analysis: With Saudi-Israel normalisation frozen for now, Riyadh has stepped up its public diplomacy over the Gaza war but is still treading cautiously.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, staking out a more influential role in the Middle East, will visit the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia today (06), and host Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Moscow the following day.

Seeking to reassert Russia's role in the Middle East, President Vladimir Putin will make a one-day trip to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia to focus on the Israeli-Hamas war and then will host Iran's president in Moscow this week,