Category: Syria

Interfax: Analysts: deal with U.S. on Syrian arms ‘diplomatic victory’ for Russia

Syria, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

(Interfax – MOSCOW, September 16, 2013) Two Russian political analysts interviewed by Interfax have put Saturday’s U.S.-Russian agreement on Syrian chemical arms, a deal that eliminates the possibility of any immediate military strike against the Syrian government, to the credit of Russian diplomacy. “This agreement sharply raises the odds of the problem of Syria being solved in a diplomatic way. […]

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Interfax: Pushkov worries U.S. may interpret accords on Syria in its own way

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Syria, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
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(Interfax – MOSCOW, September 16, 2013) The Geneva agreements between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry are doubtlessly a significant diplomatic success but the question is whether or not they may be given different interpretations, State Duma International Affairs Committee Chairman Alexei Pushkov said. “An important diplomatic success has been achieved in Geneva. First […]

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Moscow’s New Role: Global Problem Solver?

China, Middle East, North Africa, Syria, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
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(RFE/RL – rferl.org – Charles Recknagel – September 13, 2013) The world is used to seeing Washington and its western allies take the lead in trying to solve world crises. But suddenly, Moscow has seized the initiative. On September 13, Russian President Vladimir Putin capped a week of energetic diplomacy by winning China’s support for Moscow’s initiative to preempt potential […]

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Kremlin spokesman: Putin did not want to offend anyone by op-ed in New York Times

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(Interfax – BISHKEK, September 13, 2013) The Russian presidential spokesman is perplexed by comments from White House officials about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s op-ed in The New York Times. “We heard a statement by a White House press secretary this morning by Moscow time. I would like to note in this regard that, when Putin was writing this article and […]

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Landmark U.S.-Russia Deal on Syria a ‘Diplomatic Victory’

Middle East, North Africa, Syria, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Natalya Krainova – September 16, 2013) Russian officials have praised their diplomatic victory in “knocking the military trump card out of U.S. hands” in Geneva on Saturday by securing a landmark deal to prevent U.S. military action in Syria. The U.S.-Russia deal was the result of nearly three days of talks in Geneva between U.S. […]

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SCO Against Syria Strike, Iran Sanctions

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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Alexander Panin – September 16, 2013) While the members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) largely focused their attention on Syria and Iran at a summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, joint infrastructure projects and the energy sector were also in the spotlight. The leaders of the SCO, which includes Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, […]

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Official: Geneva accords make possible U.S. strike against Syria even more odious

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(Interfax – September 16, 2013) Possible U.S. military intervention in the Syrian conflict will look even more odious in the context of the agreement to subject Syrian chemical weapons to international monitoring, State Duma International Affairs Committee Chairman Alexei Pushkov wrote on Twitter. “Kerry is reassuring Netanyahu: the U.S. keeps its finger on the trigger! But a strike against Syria […]

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Putin Relishes Role as Syria Peacemaker

Human Rights, Middle East, North Africa, Syria, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Ivan Nechepurenko – September 13, 2013) Vladimir Putin, peacemaker. Such a title would have seemed almost unimaginable even a few weeks ago for a man who rose to power in part by waging a bloody war in Chechnya, where he vowed to “rub [the rebels] out in the outhouse.” But with his foreign minister pushing […]

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Obama Falls Right Into Putin’s Trap

Chemical Weapons, Biological Weapons, ChemBio, Middle East, North Africa, Syria, United Nations, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Michael Bohm, Opinion Page Editor – September 13, 2013) President Vladimir Putin loves to set traps for U.S. President Barack Obama. The only thing Putin loves even more is when Obama falls smack into one. Trap No. 1. Putin set his latest trap Monday with a seemingly attractive proposal to have international monitors identify and […]

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Russians show certain support for military intervention in Syria – polls

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(Interfax – September 11, 2013) The overwhelming majority of Russians (84 per cent) know or heard about the military conflict in Syria that has been continuing for over two years, privately-owned Russian news agency Interfax reported on 11 September quoting a poll conducted by the Public Opinion Foundation among 1,500 people in 43 constituent parts of Russia on 31 August-1 […]

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RIA Novosti: ‘Boots’ Essential for Security in Russia’s Syria Gambit – Experts

Chemical Weapons, Biological Weapons, ChemBio, Middle East, North Africa, Military, Syria
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(RIA Novosti – Carl Schreck – WASHINGTON, September 11, 2013) The White House has vowed that no American boots will be on the ground in Syria, but a Russian proposal to seize and destroy Syria’s chemical weapons would almost certainly require an international security force, experts said Wednesday. “Boots on the ground will be necessary. The question is: ‘Where will […]

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Interfax: Russian Duma statement warns against Syria ‘aggression’, attacks USA

Middle East, North Africa, Nuclear, Missile Defense, Syria, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
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(Interfax – Moscow, September 11, 2013) The State Duma on Wednesday (11 September) called on the international community not to allow aggression against Syria, where the conflict, in the opinion of deputies, can only be resolved as part of the Geneva conference. “In an effort to use all available means to avert a catastrophe, the State Duma appeals to the […]

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The Syrian Alternative/ “A Plea for Caution From Russia” [Putin New York Times Op-Ed]

Chemical Weapons, Biological Weapons, ChemBio, Middle East, North Africa, Syria, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
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(kremlin.ru – September 12, 2013, also posted by the New York Times on September 11, 2013, as “A Plea for Caution From Russia” at http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/12/opinion/putin-plea-for-caution-from-russia-on-syria.html) The article by Vladimir Putin published in The New York Times. Recent events surrounding Syria have prompted me to speak directly to the American people and their political leaders. It is important to do so […]

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Russia’s Syria Plan Gains Momentum

Chemical Weapons, Biological Weapons, ChemBio, Middle East, North Africa, Syria
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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Ivan Nechepurenko – September 11, 2013) Britain, France and the U.S. are set to table a resolution on Syria’s chemical weapons in the UN Security Council on Tuesday evening as a Russian plan to avert a U.S.-led military strike against Syria has garnered overwhelming global support. The announcement came after Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on […]

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Putin Seizes on Syria to Cement Russia Middle East Sway

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(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Henry Meyer – September 11, 2013) Vladimir Putin is seizing the chance to keep Russia’s foothold in the Middle East. President Barack Obama yesterday postponed a decision on military action in Syria after Putin proposed to put Syria’s chemical weapons under international control, shifting the global debate. It allows Putin to keep a role in molding […]

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Russia passes proof of chemical weapons use by Syrian militants to UN Security Council – Duma deputy

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(Interfax – September 11, 2013) Syrian insurgents possess chemical weapons, and Russia has given proof that they have used these weapons on Syrian territory to the UN Security Council, Russian State Duma international affairs committee head Alexei Pushkov said at a Duma plenary session on Wednesday. The Duma plans to issue a statement on the situation in Syria later in […]

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TRANSCRIPT: [Putin] Comments on the chemical weapons situation in Syria

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(Kremlin.ru – September 10, 2013 – Novo-Ogaryovo, Moscow Region) QUESTION: Mr President, everybody’s talking about Syria, chemical weapons and bringing Syria’s chemical arsenal under international control. We have just received a report from Washington saying you discussed this matter with President Obama at the G20 summit in St Petersburg. Is it true? Did you talk about this? And if so, […]

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Interfax: Pushkov hopes Obama won’t reject Russian initiative on Syria

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(Interfax – MOSCOW, September 10, 2013) The Russian proposal to put Syrian chemical weapons under international control is advantageous for the U.S. administration and Russia hopes the U.S. president will confirm his support of this initiative, State Duma International Affairs Committee Chairman Alexei Pushkov told reporters on Tuesday. “Let us hope that President Obama will confirm the support that he […]

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Russia Promises to Unveil ‘Workable’ Syria Plan Soon

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(RIA Novosti – MOSCOW, September 10, 2013) ­ Russia will soon put forward a “workable” plan for placing Syrian chemical weapons under international control, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday, following up on a day-old Russian proposal that has shifted the international debate on military intervention in war-torn Syria. “The Russian side is currently busy preparing a workable, clear, concrete […]

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As Syria Rages, U.S. and Russian Chemical Weapons Stockpiles Persist

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(RIA Novosti – WASHINGTON, September 9, 2013) ­ As the United States and Russia lock horns over the use of chemical weapons in Syria, the former Cold War foes are still wrestling with the remnants of their own massive chemical stockpiles that they have been working to eliminate for two decades. “They are terribly expensive to maintain and provide good […]

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Syrian position affects Russia’s image abroad

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(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Marina Obrazkova, RBTH – September 9, 2013) According to a survey, the worst attitudes toward Russia are expressed, ironically, by people in countries where Russian tourists traditionally go: Israel, Turkey, Jordan and Egypt. Experts explain this by the nuance that participants in the survey primarily evaluated not the country and its inhabitants, but […]

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RIA Novosti: Syria Chemical Weapons Attack ‘Not Ordered’ by Assad – Report

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(RIA Novosti – BERLIN, September 8, 2013) ­ German intelligence sources suggest that last month’s alleged chemical weapons attack in Damascus was not ordered by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Bild am Sonntag has reported. Forces loyal to President Assad had been asking him for four months to use chemical weapons against the rebels, but they still received no approval from […]

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RIA Novosti: With Geneva-2 Stalled, Russia Mulls Syria Talks in Moscow – Lavrov

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(RIA Novosti – MOSCOW, September 9, 2013) Russia is considering holding peace talks on the Syrian conflict in Moscow, as plans for a US-Russia-backed Geneva-2 conference remain stalled, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday after a meeting with his Syrian counterpart. Lavrov said the main obstacle to the Geneva-2 summit ­ intended to bring the Syrian government and rebel […]

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TRANSCRIPT: Vladimir Putin’s news conference following the G20 Summit

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(Kremlin.ru – St Petersburg, September 6, 2013) Vladimir Putin summed up the results of the G20 Summit and answered journalists’ questions. PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA VLADIMIR PUTIN: Ladies and gentlemen, friends! To start with, I’d like to say that in the five years of its existence the G20 has really become an effective mechanism for elaborating and coordinating common approaches to […]

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Russia Beyond the Headlines: Obama finds himself trapped on Syrian issue

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(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Nikolay Surkov, RBTH – September 5, 2013) Russian pundits believe that the U.S. is hesitating to strike Damascus alone, but it is not willing to give up, either. Moscow does not believe the U.S. intelligence information that claims government forces in Syria used chemical weapons, and it does not intend to reconsider its […]

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Interfax: Russian-US differences on Syria not cold war – pundit

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(Interfax – Moscow, September 5, 2013) Russia does not set itself the objective of establishing influence in the Middle East and there is no reason either to speak of a “cold war” with the USA, chairman of the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy (SVOP) Fedor Lukyanov believes. “The positions (of the Russian Federation and the USA) are indeed diametrically […]

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Senior Russian MP says U.S. strike on Syria would spread nuclear weapons

Middle East, North Africa, Nuclear Proliferation, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Syria, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
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(Interfax – Moscow, September 5, 2013) A US military strike on Syria may prompt a whole range of countries to acquire nuclear weapons for the sake of their own security, Aleksey Pushkov, head of the Russian State Duma International Affairs Committee, has said. “They (the Americans) think that a strike will show the determination of the USA to firmly respond […]

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Syria and BRICS Mark Start of G20 Summit

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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Irina Filatova – September 6, 2013) A military strike in Syria would have a destructive effect on the global economy, sending oil prices up, China warned in a gesture of support to President Vladimir Putin, the host of the Group of 20 summit that began in St. Petersburg on Thursday. “Military action would have a […]

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Syria raised, but leaders mostly stick to economy at G20

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(Moscow News – themoscownews.com – Nathan Gray – September 6, 2013) While Syria lurked in the background of the G20 leaders’ summit, which opened on Thursday, official discussions had their focus firmly on economic issues. The conflict in Syria, however, did occasionally come to the foreground. President Vladimir Putin himself raised the topic at the end of his opening address, […]

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Putin Doesn’t Rule Out Support for Syria Strike

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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Irina Filatova – September 5, 2013) As the leaders of the world’s major economies are flocking to St. Petersburg for the G20 summit, scheduled to begin Thursday, President Vladimir Putin has reaffirmed his position on the possible U.S.-led military strike in Syria but took a more flexible stance, saying that Moscow could support the campaign. […]

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RIA Novosti: Russian Pundits See Putin’s Statement On Syria As Manoeuvring Before G20

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(RIA Novosti – September 4, 2013) Russian experts believe that President Vladimir Putin’s statement that Moscow is ready to act decisively if the use of chemical weapons in Syria is proved beyond doubt is a diplomatic manoeuvre ahead of the G20 summit in St Petersburg, Russian RIA Novosti reported on 4 September. “This is a diplomatic manoeuvring. Russian diplomats are […]

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RIA Novosti: U.S. Wary in Courting Russian Support for Syria Strike – Experts

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(RIA Novosti – Carl Schreck – WASHINGTON, September 4, 2013) ­ U.S. officials are likely cautious about disclosing to Russia comprehensive intelligence about an apparent chemical weapons attack in Syria and see little chance of convincing Moscow to accept outside military intervention in the civil war there regardless of the facts on the ground, US national security experts said Wednesday. […]

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Interfax: Moscow discloses expert findings related to use of chemical weapons in Syria

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(Interfax – MOSCOW, September 4, 2013) Moscow hopes that the conclusions of Russian experts concerning the use of chemical weapons in Syria will prompt a more thorough examination of the developments in that country without blaming the government without clear evidence. “We are drawing attention to the massive flow of various reports meant to place the responsibility for the possible […]

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Assad Allies Iran, Russia Consider Syria Options

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(RFE/RL – rferl.org – Robert Coalson and Golnaz Esfandiari – August 30, 2013) A U.S.-led military intervention in Syria would put Washington on a collision course with two unwavering allies of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad — Iran and Russia. Just how Tehran and Moscow might react is a key part of the calculus that U.S. President Barack Obama must consider […]

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Russian envoy sees EU ‘nuancing’ its position on Syria

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(Interfax – Brussels, August 30 2013) Everything that the European Union has said so far in connection with the situation in Syria has been fairly tidily formulated and focused on the need for a political resolution of the Syrian crisis, believes Vladimir Chizhov, Russia’s permanent representative at the European Union. He told Interfax in Brussels on Friday (30 August) that […]

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Syrian Army may have S-300 missile systems – source

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(Interfax – August 30, 2013) The Syrian Armed Forces might possess S-300 surface-to-air missile systems in addition to S-200, Buk-M1-2, Buk-M2E, Pantsir-S1E, S-125 Neva and S-125M Pechyora systems, which would allow Damascus to successfully respond to U.S. air and sea missile attacks, a Moscow military source familiar with the situation said. “Syria’s air defense systems are able to appropriately respond […]

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RIA Novosti: Russia Worried About Strikes on Syria? Not Really

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(RIA Novosti – Alexey Eremenko – August 29, 2013) As US destroyers in the eastern Mediterranean are aiming their cruise missiles at Syrian state targets, what can Moscow ­ which has been vocally opposed to Western military intervention ­ do and how much does it stand to lose? Surprisingly little on both counts, foreign policy experts say. The United States […]

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RIA Novosti: Russians Don’t Care About Syria – Poll

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(RIA Novosti – MOSCOW, August 29, 2013) ­ Though Russia’s leadership is actively involved in the geopolitical standoff over possible foreign military intervention in war-torn Syria, most of the Russian population is not paying any attention to the ongoing civil war and supports neither the Syrian government nor the armed opposition, a new poll showed. Only 8 percent of Russians […]

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Poll shows 40% Russians opposed to international military operation in Syria

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(Interfax – MOSCOW, August 28, 2013) The majority of Russian citizens do not support either side of the Syrian conflict but more people believe in the victory of the Syrian authorities rather than the opposition, Levada Center sociologists told Interfax on the basis of the poll they conducted. The majority of respondents (61%) have heard about the conflict in Syria […]

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Lavrov disagrees with Kerry on blaming Syrian govt for chemical attacks – Russian Foreign Ministry

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(Interfax – MOSCOW, August 28, 2013) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry discussed the latest tensions surrounding Syria in a telephone conversation late on Tuesday. “John Kerry set out his judgments based, as was stated, on information from trustworthy sources, according to which the government of the Syrian Arab Republic is to blame for […]

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Interfax: No ‘easy victory’ for USA, NATO in case of attack on Syria – Russian source

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(Interfax – Zhukovskiy, Moscow Region, August 27, 2013) In case of a military operation in Syria, Western countries will not be able to secure an easy victory since Syrian troops are armed with Russian Buk-M2E air defence systems and other air defence means, a military-diplomatic source told Interfax AVN news agency on Tuesday (27 August). “If the US army, together […]

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Interfax: U.S. interference in Syria fraught with geopolitical catastrophe – military expert

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(Interfax – MOSCOW, August 26, 2013) The possible military interference of the United States and its allies in Syria will have catastrophic consequences for the situation at Middle East, military expert, member of the Russian Federation Council Foreign Affairs Committee Igor Morozov said. “The military interference of the U.S. and its allies in Syria will lead to a geopolitical explosion […]

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U.S. interference in Syrian conflict will lead to chaos in Middle East – political expert

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(Interfax – MOSCOW, August 26, 2013) U.S. President Barack Obama could possibly resort to military intervention in the Syrian conflict due to pressure of his political opponents, but will try to limit it to a short-term war, head of a working group under the Russian president’s human rights council, political expert Sergei Karaganov said. Obama will do everything possible not […]

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Confusion and Irritation Reign in Global Politics

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(RIA Novosti – Fyodor Lukyanov, Editor-in-Chief of the Russia in Global Affairs journal, authoritative source of expertise on Russian foreign policy and global developments – July 11, 2013) The events in Egypt have come to represent a colorful culmination of yet another fall-summer season in world politics, the keynotes of which are: on the one hand, the general inability to […]

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Russian, US experts disagree on many aspects of Syria situation – senator

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(Interfax – July 9, 2013) The situation in Syria and its impact on the whole Middle East were the main topics of discussion during a meeting of Russian and American experts in Moscow, privately-owned Interfax news agency reported on 9 July. Member of the Federation Council’s international affairs committee Igor Morozov told journalists that the experts met at a Russian-American […]

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Moscow slams West’s ‘double standards’-based Syria policy

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(Interfax – MOSCOW, July 8, 2013) Moscow has again slammed the West for a policy on the Syrian conflict based on “double standards.” “We deplore the position of our Western partners in the UN Security Council – in debating the Syria issue, they continue to observe double standards. Moreover, this is far from the first instance of such non-objective and […]

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Russian Navy Pulls Personnel Out of Syria Base – Deputy FM

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(RIA Novosti – MOSCOW, June 27, 2013) ­ Russia currently has no military personnel at its resupply facility in the Syrian port of Tartus, a senior diplomat said, though an expert affiliated with the Ministry of Defense downplayed it as a possible temporary measure. “Currently, there is no one in Syria from the Russian Defense Ministry,” Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail […]

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Our Changing World Order – the More Options for Cooperation, the Merrier

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(RIA Novosti – Simon Saradzhyan – June 25, 2013 – Simon Saradzhyan is a researcher at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center) The recent G-8 summit in Northern Ireland quickly became another reminder that Russia has not quite integrated into what was originally founded as a club comprising the West’s richest liberal democracies. Post-Soviet Russia may boast the world’s sixth largest […]

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TRANSCRIPT: Putin answers questions at St Petersburg Economic Forum – Kremlin transcript

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(Kremlin.ru – June 21, 2013) Text of report “Answers to questions from St Petersburg International Economic Forum participants, 21 June 2013, St Petersburg” published in English by Russian presidential website on 24 June; subheadings added editorially: Russia’s priorities in G20 MODERATOR (retranslated): Mr President, the St Petersburg International Economic Forum is being held in your hometown. I would like to […]

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Russia in the Syrian Conflict

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Subject: No. 128: Russia in the Syrian Conflict Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:40:19 +0200 From: “Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)” <newslist@isn.ch> RUSSIAN ANALYTICAL DIGEST Newsletter 10 June 2013/No. 128 Russia in the Syrian Conflict To download this issue please click here http://www.css.ethz.ch/publications/DetailansichtPubDB_EN?rec_id=2561 Analyses The Impact of the Syrian Conflict on Russian Relations with Other Middle Eastern Countries, by Mark N. […]

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