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Russia Rejects Iran's Request for S-400 Missile Defense System
(Bloomberg) Zainab Fattah and Ilya Arkhipov - Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected an Iranian request to buy S-400 missile defense systems, according to a senior Russian official. There have been signs that Moscow is seeking to gradually reduce Iran's footprint in the Middle East as it seeks to protect its relations with other regional powers such as Saudi Arabia and Israel.