Over the past year, Russia has watched pillars of its external authoritarian ecosystem erode. Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad’s collapse stripped Moscow of its most important Arab client and a central node of its regional power projection. The dramatic U.S. capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro at the start of January further exposed the fragility of Russia’s network of partners. Now, as nationwide protests convulse Iran, threatening the Islamic Republic’s survival, how will the Kremlin respond?

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