Is it time for Moscow’s “Kurdish Policy” in Iraq?

... scholars have written a number of papers on the era. In particular, Yevgeny Primakov stressed the special significance of Russia–Kurd relations in his memoires. Primakov did a lot of work in the area, meeting with both President Saddam Hussein and Mullah Mustafa Barzani several times. The USSR participated in the process to work out a compromise solution in 1970 based on the idea of creating an autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan. However, domestic political problems and mistrust led to constant breaches of the arrangements. In 1974, Baghdad granted autonomous status to Iraqi Kurdistan, but Barzani thought it was limited and did not include some areas populated ...