Russia said confident of $2bn Saudi arms deal with Russia

Saudi Arabia appears on the verge of signing a groundbreaking, US$2 billion (Dh7.3bn) arms deal with Russia.

Although the Saudis refuse to confirm or deny that negotiations are going on, the Russians appear confident the deal will go through in the coming months, sending a shiver through the ranks of conservative commentators in the United States.

…According to Ariel Cohen, a senior research fellow at the right-wing Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies, the