Is it time for Moscow’s “Kurdish Policy” in Iraq?
... Iraqi Kurds was particularly active during the Iraqi crisis of the 1960s–1970s. The USSR acted as an intermediary between the Kurds led by Barzani and President of Iraq Saddam Hussein. Russian scholars have written a number of papers on the era. In particular,... ... 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 ...