History is very interesting, especially now.

http://www.aljazeera.com/amp/indepth/opinion/moscow-lost-riyadh-1938-171014113525997.html

Fascinating, but not surprising. So the Soviet leaders were happy to get into bed with clan-based reactionaries ? Utter opportunism. And then kill off their own henchmen on bogus suspicions ? What a totally bankrupt philosophy Sovietism was, from the first day. What a mug I was to go along with it for twenty years.

Joe

Russia needs the oil and the Saudis need Russia's
armaments. So it's a mutual benefit to both.
However, I wonder if the question of a two-state
solution to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict
was raised by the Saudis?

World politics works on a simple principal, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

That principal is used in peace and in war, it is also used to destabilize countries

World politics is never simple.
And the old adage - "The enemy of my enemy is my friend,"
certainly provided many lessons from the wartime alliance
of the Allied forces during WWII resulting in the
beginning of the Cold War and a divided Europe.

http://europe.unc.edu/the-end-of-wwii-and-the-division-of-europe/

Russia has for some time been a huge crime gang not even close to communist
China too seeks world domination and is not communist