Russia Warns U.S. Against Interfering in Saudi Royal Succession
- Putin envoy backs embattled crown prince as next Saudi king
- MBS since 2017 has built close relationship to Russian leader
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, on December 1, 2018.
Photographer: MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/AFP/Getty Images
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Russia warned the U.S. against any effort to influence the royal succession in Saudi Arabia, offering its support to embattled Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who’s under continuing pressure over the killing of a government critic.
President Vladimir Putin’s envoy to the Middle East said Prince Mohammed has every right to inherit the throne when the ailing 82-year-old King Salman dies.