Are there any prospects for Moscow-Libya cooperation?

Russian officials are taking a wait-and-see attitude to developments in Libya.
People take part in a rally to support Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi and protest against the NATO military operation in Libya in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don July 7, 2011. The banner reads "NATO: Hands off Libya! Russia is with you, Gaddafi". REUTERS/Sergei Karpov (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST) - RTR2OKXP
People take part in a rally on July 7, 2011, to support Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and protest against the NATO military operation in Libya in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. The banner reads "NATO: Hands off Libya! Russia is with you, Gadhafi." He was killed three months later. - REUTERS/Sergei Karpov
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Vitaly Naumkin
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Since the fall of Moammar Gadhafi’s regime, Russia has clearly evinced no interest in Libya and there are a number of reasons for that.

First, a de facto civil war in that country and rampant violence perpetrated by gangs and irregular militias make any economic projects in Libya very risky.

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