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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Tue Jun 4, 2013, 09:08 PM Jun 2013

Russia's Vladimir Putin Defends Arms Sales To Syria

MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday defended Russia's arms sales to Syria, but said Moscow has not yet supplied the advanced S-300 air defense system it has promised.

“The contract was signed a few years ago but it hasn’t been fulfilled yet,” Putin said Tuesday at a news conference in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg. “We don’t want to upset the balance in the region.”

Putin’s comments followed news reports last week that quoted Syrian President Bashar Assad as saying that his government had received its first batch of the missiles.

The reports were based on a supposedly leaked version of an interview with Lebanon's Al Manar TV. But according to the official Syrian transcript, Assad declined to answer directly when asked whether Russia had already provided the weapons, or whether they were on the way.

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Steven Seagal and 6 repug Congresscritters took a Mc Mike Jun 2013 #1

Man, Putin has been in power over there for a long time oberliner Jun 2013 #2

Mc Mike

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1. Steven Seagal and 6 repug Congresscritters took a

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Wed Jun 5, 2013, 06:04 AM

Jun 2013

recent trip to Russia. Seagal led Rohrbacher, Bachmann, Steve King, in the repug congressional delegation's attempt to get to the bottom of Islamic extremist threats to US national security.

Russia News - Action Star Seagal May Promote Russian Arms Industry http://www.russianews.net/index.php/sid/214968636/scat/723971d98160d438

U.S. lawmakers meet Russian officials, with help from actor ...
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-us-lawmakers-meet-russian-officials-with-help-from-actor-steven-seagal-20130602,0,512488.story

So while repug extremists try to push us to war with Syria, repug extremists back Russian arms sales to Syria.

oberliner

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2. Man, Putin has been in power over there for a long time

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Wed Jun 5, 2013, 06:16 AM

Jun 2013

Can see why he might be an Assad fan.

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