The leak reveals that Saudi Arabia agreed to pay Russia over 2 billion euros under a contract signed in 2021 involving companies that were repeatedly sanctioned, both before and after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

In 2023, under a contract signed two years prior, Russian Pantsir-S1 air defence systems were secretly delivered to Saudi Arabia. Analysts are considering whether the revelation of this information will impact the relationship between the Saudi Arabian authorities and the West,

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Newly revealed documents show Saudi Arabia purchased advanced air defense systems from Russia, raising geopolitical concerns.

Russia has been exporting arms to countries including Saudi Arabia, bolstering its economy after a barrage of sanctions followed its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

In fact, the Saudi Press Agency’s announcement that the kingdom would invest $600bn was based on the royal palace’s readout of a Wednesday phone call between Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. This is Trump’s first phone call with a foreign leader since his inauguration earlier this week.

Trump has had a close relationship with the crown prince, Mohammed Bin Salman, even as his real estate company does major deals with oil-rich kingdom.

Saudi Arabia was the first foreign country that Trump visited during his first term.

President Donald Trump doubled down on ending the war in Ukraine during his speech at Davos a day after threatening Russia and Putin with tariffs and sanctions.

On January 27, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Italy is in favor of Saudi Arabia joining the Global Combat Air Program (GCAP), according to the Italian Prime Minister’s Office. Italy, Japan, and the U.K. launched the GCAP in December 2022 with a goal of deploying the next-generation fighter by 2035.

Saudi Arabia's energy minister and several of his OPEC+ counterparts have held talks following U.S. President Donald Trump's call for lower oil prices and ahead of a meeting next week of OPEC+ oil-producing countries,

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