It was one of the most remarkable elections the UK has ever seen, with both Labour and Tories suffering historically abysmal results.

The Brexit Party was the clear winner in the UK’s European elections, with the pro-EU Liberal Democrats coming second.

Russia has imposed the Caspian Convention it dictated, but vetoes Iran’s membership in the Euro-Asian “economic family” and the Shanghai Group. Russia’s interest is keeping Iran out of the international gas market, thus holding Moscow’s Damocles Sword