CNN correspondent Bianna Golodryga spoke with Svetlova about the recent Wall Street Journal report claiming that Russia's Wagner Group may supply Lebanese terror organization Hezbollah with an air-defense system.
Svetlova, a Russian-Israeli with expertise in Middle East affairs, said Russia was a "main beneficiary" of the current war in the Middle East.
"Even this diplomatic embrace of the Hamas team that visited Moscow recently - it meant a lot," Svetlova continued, touching on the recent visit taken by a Hamas delegation to Moscow in late October. "Perhaps there is even more to this relationship than we know."
No weapons transferred yet
She also emphasized that there is currently no indication that any anti-aircraft weapons have been transferred from Russia to Hamas. READ MORE