The Kremlin seeks to leverage the conflict in the Middle East to advance international structures dominated by Russia. This includes efforts by the Kremlin to create an alternative Eurasian security architecture, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). On October 1, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov condemned the Israel Defense Forces’ ground operation in southern Lebanon during a meeting with the Lebanese ambassador to Russia. He emphasized that Russia opposes what it terms Israeli political assassinations. Anatoly Viktorov, Russian Ambassador to Israel, called f…