http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/7/16/195758/176 Spokesman for Russia Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (wait--doesn't Russia have a new leader?) has <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2008/07/15/afx5216820.html">denied reports</a> that Moscow is accepting <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL1541793320080715?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0">major Saudi arms contracts</a> in exchange for scaling down support of the Iranian regime. en-us Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:15:35 EST Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:22:34 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/7/16/195758/176#1 This isn't terribly surprising.  It's hard to see Russia and Iran as natural allies.  The two countries have historically been antagonistic, had border disputes, conflicts over ethnic minorities, etc.  Iran is (ironically) arguably somewhat Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:22:34 EST string http://www.treesandthings.com/search/