At the end of this year, an agreement that allows Russia to sell gas to Europe and deliver it via Ukraine will expire, since it was signed in 2019 for a term of five years.

Iran is scheduled to hold parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections on March 1. These will be a crucial test for the political regime that has been governing Tehran for 45 years. It is a vote on the unpopularity of the abusive system of the ayatollahs.