Russia’s Putin told Saudi’s MbS: We meet in Moscow next time

President Vladimir Putin said that a planned visit by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Russia had been changed at the last minute, prompting the Kremlin chief to visit Riyadh for talks with the leader of the world's biggest oil exporter. Mystery surrounds Putin's hastily arranged trip to the Middle East, on which he was escorted by Russian fighter jets, and it was not immediately clear what was so important for the Kremlin chief to make a rare trip outside Russia. "We awaited you in Moscow," Putin told the crown prince, known as MbS, in Riyadh with a smile.