The Russian Special Presidential Representative to the Middle East and Africa and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Mikhail Bogdanov, said that his country assures that no country should intervene in the crisis, which should be “solved by dialogue within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) GCC or the Arab League”.

Moscow said on Friday its forces may have killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in an air strike in Syria last month, but Washington said it could not corroborate the death and Western and Iraqi officials were skeptical.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia's King Salman discussed the Qatar crisis in a phone call on Tuesday, the Kremlin said in a statement.

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov told Qatar on Saturday of its concern over Arab nations cutting ties with the Gulf state and called for talks to solve the crisis.

It is in Russia's interest to have a "stable and peaceful" situation in the Gulf, the Kremlin said on Monday, commenting on the decision by a number of Arab nations to sever diplomatic relations with Qatar.

Bahrain's sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat has an "impressive" pipeline of promising investment deals in Russia, with some existing projects already offering double-digit return rates, fund CEO Mahmood Alkooheji told Reuters.

Russia and Saudi Arabia praised their growing partnership in oil markets and dialogue on Syria on Tuesday, in a formidable departure from past hostilities between top global producers and major players in the Middle East.

The Local Al-Wasat newspaper said that the Russian government has approved a list of countries whose nationals can visit it without a visa.

Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa met (January 31, 2017), in Abu Dhabi, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and discussed with him solid relations binding the two friendly countries and cooperation in all fields.

Professor at the government-own University of Qatar said that the killer of Russian Ambassador in Turkey is a “martyr”.

Member of the Qatari Al-Jazeera New Network said that killing the Russian Ambassador in Turkey Andrey Karlov in a shooting inside an art gallery in Ankara is a “humane reflex”.

Bahrain condemned on Monday (December 19, 2016) in the strongest terms the armed attack on the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Turkey and led to his death, stressing that “the terrorist act is a serious crime aimed at damaging relations between countries”.

Members of Parliament demanded the government to appoint new military, security, and legal attaches in Bahraini 4 embassies abroad in light of the "vicious attacks Bahrain faces from international organizations".

The collapse of the latest Syria ceasefire has heightened the possibility that Gulf states might arm Syrian rebels with shoulder-fired missiles to defend themselves against Syrian and Russian warplanes, U.S. officials said on Monday.

Bahrain is interested in purchasing Russian air defense systems S-400 “Triumph”, one of most lethal long-range air defense missile systems in world.

Russia and Bahrain agreed to expand cooperation in liquefied natural gas (LNG) on Tuesday...

Bahrain King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa arrived in the Russian capital Moscow on Monday (September 5, 2016) in his second visit of its kind this year.

The Bahraini Royal Court announced that King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa will visit Moscow today Monday to discuss regional and international developments.

Bahraini FM and Russian Justice Minister signed an Agreement on Extradition.

The Kremlin Press Office announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to meet Bahrain's Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa on Monday (February 8, 2016) in Russia’s Black Sea resort city of Sochi.