As Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov announced, the meeting’s main topic was the Middle Eastern escalation ST. PETERSBURG, June 20. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the national security advisor to the king of Bahrain, on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). The meeting took place immediately before SPIEF’s plenary session, as Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at a briefing earlier. As Russian