Since the International Court of Justice issued a so-called wanted warrant for Russia**, Putin has drastically reduced his travel for safety. In the past two years, he has only traveled to some countries with good relations with Russia, such as China and Kazakhstan. However, on December 6, without any publicity, Putin made a surprise visit to Saudi Arabia and returned to Russia after a five-hour stay.
This action caught the United States and its allies off guard, because Saudi Arabia, as a major power in the Middle East, has significant influence over neighboring Arab countries. If other countries follow Saudi Arabia's lead and invite Putin to visit, then their diplomatic sanctions for more than two years will be a complete failure. At the moment, Saudi Arabia is in power by Crown Prince Salman Jr., who does not seem to shy away from adoring Putin in public. This time, Putin suddenly announced that he was going to visit Saudi Arabia without planning in advance, and as a result, it clashed with Salman Jr.'s itinerary to visit the United Kingdom.
However, as soon as he heard that Putin was coming, Salman Jr. was very happy and immediately announced the postponement of his visit to Britain in order to meet Putin at home. This kind of reception by Saudi Arabia has given Russia full face, and Crown Prince Salman Jr. himself has accompanied Putin throughout the whole process. When Putin got out of the car, Salman Jr. stood next to the car to greet him, and when the two shook hands, a friendly smile on their faces, this smile was not polite among politicians, but sincere from the heart.
Although Putin stayed in Saudi Arabia for just over five hours, Russia was very satisfied with the results achieved, which can be seen in the smile on his face when he left. Crown Prince Salman Jr. is also a strongman, who has shown decisiveness and determination in the battle for succession to the throne, and finally sat firmly on the throne of the crown prince. Salman Jr. is disgusted by the hypocrisy of Western politicians, and he prefers strongmen like Putin, who dare to speak and do.
In general, Salman Jr. was rather arrogant when he received foreign heads of state, rarely personally sending guests in the car and leaving. However, this time, when Putin was about to leave, Salman Jr. was reluctant and sent Putin to the car, and the two clasped hands again and said goodbye solemnly. Salman Jr. even watched Putin's car go away, a scene that clearly showed his sincere feelings for Putin.
Because of Saudi Arabia's strong influence in the Middle East, coupled with its significant position in pricing power over oil exports, the United States has been trying to influence or control Saudi Arabia. On the one hand, Saudi Arabia buys a large amount of ** equipment to show sincerity and hopes to be protected by the United States, but on the other hand, it is very disgusted with American control and strives to maintain an independent foreign policy.
In this case, the establishment of friendly relations with Russia becomes the trump card of the Saudis, because at the moment only Russia dares to directly confront the United States, both militarily and diplomatically. Of course, this behavior of Saudi Arabia is undoubtedly a stimulus for the United States, and the United States may respond with extreme measures.
Coincidentally, according to reports from the Middle East, less than 24 hours after Saudi Arabia warmly received Putin on December 6, that is, on December 7, a Saudi prince flying an F-15 fighter plane imported from the United States encountered an air crash during training, and the fighter plane suddenly lost control, which eventually led to the death of the prince on the spot. The incident evokes associations and makes one wonder if there is some kind of connection. The American F-15 fighter has long been considered a very advanced and reliable workhorse.
Even in the United States, it is rare for older F-15 fighters that have been in service for many years to have a crash that killed their pilot. However, in Saudi Arabia, an **F-15 fighter jet piloted by Saudi Prince Gaza suddenly malfunctioned after takeoff, which eventually led to the unfortunate death of the prince. It is said that the fighter plane underwent a number of strict inspections before taking off, and because of the special identity of the pilot, the maintenance personnel did not dare to be careless.
After this incident, some Saudi Arabia and some United States began to speculate whether the plane crash was related to Saudi Arabia's warm reception of Russian Putin the day before. The interval between these two events was less than 24 hours, which is too coincidental, so some people speculate that the United States may have deliberately created the crash accident using the remote control program reserved for F-15 fighters, in order to pressure Saudi Arabia to stop friendly relations with Russia.
It is rumored that the ** systems exported by the United States have left a back door, which means that at critical moments, these ** systems are not controlled by the buyer at all, and the US military can achieve remote control in the background. For example, after a dispute between South Korea and the commander of the US military stationed in South Korea, all of South Korea's American-made fighter jets could not take off normally, and it was not until the end that they apologized to the US military that they returned to normal.
In addition, last month, a defense system purchased by Saudi Arabia automatically launched interceptor missiles without Saudi permission after monitoring Yemen's missile launch at a US ship, which made the Saudis feel very angry. Although there is no conclusive evidence that the crash of the American F-15 fighter jet piloted by the Saudi prince is related to the reception of Putin's visit, while considering other events, we can see the possibility that there is a backdoor to the ** of US exports.
The incident has raised concerns about U.S. export policy and backdoor issues. Although the jury is still out, this incident has triggered deep thinking about international ** transactions and security.