Russ ia ▁relations ▁were ▁une ven : ▁Russia ▁did ▁not ▁ful fill ▁the ▁contract ▁of ▁s elling ▁to ▁Iran ▁the ▁S - 3 0 0 , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁pot ent ▁anti - air craft ▁miss ile ▁systems ▁currently ▁existing . ▁However , ▁Russian ▁special ists ▁completed ▁the ▁construction ▁of ▁Iran ▁and ▁the ▁Middle ▁East ' s ▁first ▁civil ian ▁nuclear ▁power ▁facility , ▁the ▁Bus he hr ▁N uc lear ▁Power ▁Plant , ▁and ▁Russia ▁has ▁continu ously ▁opposed ▁the ▁im position ▁of ▁economic ▁san ctions ▁on ▁Iran ▁by ▁the ▁U . S . ▁and ▁the ▁EU , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁warning ▁against ▁a ▁military ▁attack ▁on ▁Iran . ▁Put in ▁was ▁quoted ▁as ▁describing ▁Iran ▁as ▁a ▁" part ner ", ▁though ▁he ▁expressed ▁concerns ▁over ▁the ▁Iran ian ▁nuclear ▁programme . ▁ ▁In ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁Put in ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁Russian ▁President ▁who ▁visited ▁Lib ya . ▁Put in ▁condem ned ▁the ▁foreign ▁military ▁inter vention ▁of ▁Lib ya , ▁he ▁called ▁UN ▁resolution ▁as ▁" def ect ive ▁and ▁fla wed ," ▁and ▁added ▁" It ▁allows ▁everything . ▁It ▁res emb les ▁medieval ▁calls ▁for ▁cr us ades ." ▁Upon ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁Mu am mar ▁G add af i , ▁Put in ▁called ▁it ▁as ▁" pl anned ▁murder " ▁by ▁the ▁US , ▁saying : ▁" They ▁showed ▁to ▁the ▁whole ▁world ▁how ▁he ▁( G add af i ) ▁was ▁killed ," ▁and ▁" There ▁was ▁blood ▁all ▁over