Saudis Offer Russia Untold Wealth, Greater Influence in Mideast (sputniknews)

Saudi Arabia has promised Russia foreign investments exceeding that from China and influence in the Middle East greater than the Soviet Union’s Cold War-era clout in exchange for Moscow withdrawing its support from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, but the Vzglyad newspaper doubts that it will happen.
http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160723/1043521657/russia-saudi-arabia-assad.html