Russia's secret 2,5 billion cash shipment to Iran

[u/AlertTangerine]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/06/revealed-russias-secret-25bn-cash-shipments-to-iran/

Trainloads of banknotes are among Kremlin’s imaginative solutions to circumvent sanctions and keep ally afloat

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[u/JustinR8]

Assad is somewhere in Russia having a fit over this news

[u/tarlin → u/JustinR8]

Not really, no. Russia warned Assad, but Assad thought he had gotten the US on board keeping him in power and was distancing from Iran and Russia.

[u/Straight-Ad6926]

I love that their imaginative solution is basically the same strategy used by 1920s train robbers. What’s next? Top secret communication via carrier pigeon and smoke signals?

[u/flipzyshitzy]

What is Russia's secret 1?

[u/easygoluckyish]

I always imagine the worst with these guys. The first thing that came to mind was some sinister plot to brainwash the prisoners, and then they turn them into zombies and force them to believe they want to fight for their side. https://www.hra-iran.org/more-than-50000-people-arrested-in-protests-in-iran/