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Russia Supports its Ally Syria: You Got a Problem with That?
Posted by Shoshana Bryen
Fri, 3 Feb 2012, 3:30 PM | Permalink | Comment
Before a UN Security Council meeting to discuss a draft resolution demanding that Syrian President Bashar al-Asad step down, a senior Russian diplomat called it a "path to civil war." The civil war is here, in part because the Russians are providing political cover and military assistance to Asad. Speaking of the just-announced sale of 36 Yakovlev Yak-130 Mitten fighter planes worth $550 million, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia has no plans to "justify" the sale. "We don't consider it necessary to explain ourselves or justify ourselves, because we are not violating any international agreements or any Security Council resolutions."
If he did explain, it might sound like this:
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