@NuminousSun
https://carnegieendowment.org/2019/10/31/russia-in-middle-east-jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none-pub-80233
From information which you provide, I can conclude that Russia foreign policy is do something which benefit her, she (Russia) not too much support Israel, and not too much support countries which being victim of Western European and Israel agression, not pro-Israel like Western European countries, and at least she (Russia) still can be invited to work together with my country for having mutualism benefits, my country get some advanced weapons, Russia get raw material from my country like cocoa, vanilla, palm oil, and so on, so we can defend ourselves from Western agression from the South East (Anglo countries Australia and New Zealand, which friends of the agressor United States), and if we get opportunity, we will assist Syria and Iran to defend their homeland from the barbarian Western Europeans, and if can be done, they (Syria and Iran) can attack Israel too with our arms or voluntary troops support
@90sRetroFan
...The US's ability to do things that are not in its self-interest, but simply because it believes it is the correct thing to do, is the characteristic that gives me hope in the US...
Your argument seems like you consider United States is "altruist" or "benevolent" country, but I hardly to believe your opinion, United States in historical records always support Western European countries even during colonialism period, and after World War 2, United States always involved in many proxy wars to overthrow a country which its government is against United States because they doesn't like its (United States) attitude about supporting Western European countries keep colonizing the territory which they colonize, and I never forgive United States's policy to give arms supply to Netherlands after the World War 2 end, which it make Netherlands can occupy and colonize my people which recently gain freedom (During 1947 and 1948 Indonesia-Netherlands War)
And United States, alongside with its Anglo friends Britain (UK) is using proxy war to overthrow my lovely leader Sukarno during end of September 1965, using the opposition military people to launch a false flag operation which make Sukarno and his Communist people got blamed for their "atrocities" for murdering high ranking military officials, even though people who commit that crime is United States and United Kingdom-backed Indonesian military officials who disguised as "Communist people" to murder the high ranking military officials, so after Sukarno got overthrowed, he replaced by pro-Western European leaders Suharto, the West also forcing their oppressive economic system to him, so Suharto implement Western economic system, which become our economic system recently, and it's very bad for us
And United States's aid and find to other countries is not without benefit itself, a country which already given aid by her (United States) must politically support United States and its allies, and also implement her people's culture like democracy and liberalism to their people, different of we make cooperation with Russia or China for example, the cooperation business is only buy and sell, "you want my stuff? then pay it", without any trapping agreements like forced to also follow their ideology or political view
The conclusion is, United States is not "altruist", she is agressive, bulliers, and also arrogant