Let's check in with Russia

What's the latest with post-America's partner in reset and greater flexibility?

Well, it's shipped Iranian weapons to Syria 20 times in the last 10 days.

The flights are not registered and are in violation of an arms embargo on Iran imposed by two United Nations Security Council resolutions, the report notes.

Russian cargo planes have transported Iranian weapons to the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria “twice a day over the past 10 days,” the unnamed sources told Fox News.

Earlier this month, the planes were spotted on the tarmac at Moscow’s airbase in Syria’s primary port city, Latakia.

Fox News learned that “the increased Russian transport of Iranian weapons is being coordinated by Qassem Soulimeini, the head of the Iranian Al-Quds force, as well as President Vladimir Putin and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.”

Moreover, Iranian military personnel are being flown from Tehran into Latakia several times each day by Mahan Air, an Iranian civilian airline, points out Fox News.

“Tehran’s support has been crucial to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s survival. Besides significant financial aid to Assad, Iran has acknowledged that its Revolutionary Guard officers are on the ground in Syria in an advisory role,” adds the report. “There have been multiple Iranian officers and soldiers killed in fighting in Syria, though Tehran denies the presence of actual combat troops in the country.”

Gives us an indication of what Soulimeini was discussing during his July trip to Moscow.

Let us remember that  both Russia and Iran are part of this cozy little group currently meeting in Vienna to discuss the Syrian situation, and that Russia sits on the Security Council that imposed the arms embargo.

Also, two Russian spy jets have buzzed a post-American naval carrier strike group.

The USS Ronald Reagan scrambled its fighter jets earlier this week after two Russian naval reconnaissance aircraft flew within one nautical mile of the U.S. aircraft carrier as it sailed in international waters east of the Korean Peninsula, according to 7th Fleet officials.

In the latest in a series of incidents involving Russian aircraft, two Tupolev Tu-142 Bear aircraft flew as low as 500 feet Tuesday morning near the Reagan, which has been conducting scheduled maneuvers with South Korean navy ships. Four F/A-18 Super Hornets took off from the Reagan’s flight deck in response to the Russian advance, 7th Fleet spokeswoman Lt. Lauren Cole said Thursday.

Ronald Reagan monitored the Russian planes while communicating with South Korean and Japanese forces and launched its fighters well before the Russians made their closest approach, Cole said.

U.S. officials attempted to contact the Russian aircraft but received no radio response. A U.S. ship escorting the Ronald Reagan followed the Russian aircraft as they withdrew, Navy officials said.

Still the Most Equal Comrade and Secretary Global-Test think there's something chic about deliberate weakness.