WASHINGTON (AP) — U. Russia and the UAE share similar outlooks in some key conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa, and the influx of Russians into the UAE since Russia launched its war in Ukraine also has strengthened ties between the two, said Kristian Ulrichsen, a Middle East expert at Rice University’s Baker Institute. In the deal’s wake, the UAE sought but has yet to receive advanced American F-35 fighter jets under President Joe Biden