Geopolitics will be the main theme of the day, with markets watching the high-stakes talks between the U.S. and Iran, as well as Ukraine and Russia.

Flight-tracking users and social media channels seized on the aircraft’s movements, fuelling claims that senior figures may have travelled in secret.

“In this round of negotiations, we will attend with a full team; a political, legal, economic, and technical team,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei noted.

With Iran in crisis, Moscow and Beijing may be starting to hedge.

Putin must walk a fine line between doing the minimum required to support its nominal ally in the region, while ensuring that Russia retains its relevance in the Middle East.

A state-owned Russian bank started deliveries totalling around $2.5bn (£1.9bn) to the Islamic Republic just days after

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