Simon Watkins Is ...

 ... a hot air balloon trying to cope with his little cozy universe born out of ignorance coming crushing down on him. He is an academic fraud with degree in journalism and English literature from Oxford. That means he has no serious education or background other than in speculation with virtual assets. He is also British, and that exacerbates the whole situation for the guy who is not really a professional. So, he pulls BS out of his ass. 

Iran has a long history of being screwed over by Russia, and last week’s meeting in Moscow between Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Russian President Vladimir Putin over the U.S.–Israel–Iran war suggests nothing in that dynamic is about to change, according to extremely well-placed sources on both sides who spoke exclusively to OilPrice.com over the weekend. On the one hand, Tehran’s perennially baseless optimism that “this time will be different” was on full display in Araghchi’s excited praise for the marvels of the two countries’ so called ‘strategic relationship’. On the other hand, Moscow responded with all the warmth of an international telephone operator: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said only that Russia stands ready to offer “goodwill or mediation services”, with no indication of any upgrade to the relationship service package. It fits so neatly into the familiar pattern of this abusive relationship that one wonders whether social services should be called. Or perhaps Moscow’s disinterest is merely an act — a way of masking the deep and broad assistance from Tehran that it so clearly craves?

First, let's clear something upfront--Oilprice has NO "well-placed sources" in Moscow. None, zilch. This derives from the fact that unlike tabloid-ridden shithole of London drowned in scandals, Moscow takes its contacts at the highest political level extremely seriously and keeps them out of reach of media (and MI6, not to speak about some losers from Oilprice) leaving Peskov to deliver classic diplomatic platitudes for general public--frustrating for tabloid-"educated" frauds like Watkins. So, Watkins, who has no idea about how strategic relations are built and, especially, how assistance is provided, simply makes shit up. He simply has no tool kit to grasp what ISR is and why the US has been humiliated. 

In related news, even Watkins' resource, which deals in virtual non-physical BS shows today:

Which means physical oil selling for $140 and up. But come to think about it, they do have their "sources" in Moscow--a collection of cherub graduates of VShE who sit as clerks in all kinds of offices and collect all kinds of BS rumors about Kremlin. But in the end, Watkins' sanctimonious mind cannot take the fact that Russia is awash in cash, while Anglo-world as a whole is paraded as impotent. Boy, that's gotta hurt.