Section of a speech by Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah (رض) from 2017:
Russia does not classify itself as [part of the Resistance Axis] ... There is a convergence between Russia and the Resistance Axis regarding a number of fields and files, one of which is Syria. However, in other places, there is a difference of opinion. For example, in Yemen ... Russia naturally as a big state - or one of the great powers of the world - has wide-ranging relations and contacts, one of which is with “israel.”
Okay - we do not fight “israel” alongside Russia.
When we fight “israel,” we fight it ourselves.
However, in Syria, there is a convergence, there is an intersection of interests ... a convergence in actual fact, regarding events in Syria. And therefore we are in agreement regarding Syria, but it is not necessary that we be in agreement in other fields.