Relationship dossier
Bahrain
Russia
Relationship assessment
High-level engagement and practical cooperation, alongside some differences in international positioning
Bahrain toward Russia
+30Bahrain has pursued bilateral cooperation with Russia, including through agreements on military-technical cooperation and investment, and King Hamad visited Moscow in 2016. Bahrain's cautious voting on some international measures concerning Russia also reflects limits to political alignment.
Russia toward Bahrain
+30Russia has engaged Bahrain at high level, including hosting King Hamad in Moscow in 2016, and pursued bilateral arrangements covering military-technical cooperation and investment.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship combines high-level diplomatic engagement and practical agreements with limits to political alignment. Bahrain's cautious stance on some international votes concerning Russia's actions in Ukraine shows that bilateral cooperation has not eliminated differences.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Bahrain and Russia have maintained high-level engagement and pursued practical cooperation, including agreements on military-technical cooperation and investment. King Hamad's 2016 visit to Moscow underscored this relationship. Bahrain's cautious position on some international votes concerning Russia's actions in Ukraine also indicates that cooperation does not amount to full alignment.
Key developments
King Hamad visited Moscow, where Bahrain and Russia pursued bilateral agreements, including cooperation on military-technical matters and investment.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation agreements are unclear.
- The extent of continuing economic and military-technical cooperation is uncertain.