Putin's Mercenaries Are Using Syria as a Training Ground - LobeLog

August 20, 2019

Putin Putin's Mercenaries Are Using Syria as a Training Ground - LobeLog Kremlin upbeat on Putin-Macron meeting - TASS Vladimir Putin gives French first lady Brigitte Macron bouquet of roses - New York Post Macron, Putin see chance on Ukraine but clash on Syria - Yahoo News Putin: Any meeting in "Normandy format" should lead to concrete results - UNIAN Putin's Mercenaries Are Using Syria as a Training Ground - LobeLog 12   LobeLog by Nicolai Due-Gundersen The year 2014 was a difficult one for the Middle East but an interesting one for Russia. While the Muslim world watched the rise of the Islamic State (IS or ISIS), Russian President Vladimir Putin was reversing Russia’s ban on private military contractors (PMCs), after admitting in a 2012 interview that they “should be considered”. Read More Kremlin upbeat on Putin-Macron meeting - TASS 4   TASS MOSCOW, August 20. /TASS/. Monday’s talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron were generally positive, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday. Read More Vladimir Putin gives French first lady Brigitte Macron bouquet of roses - New York Post 51   New York Post Vladimir Putin is living la vie en roses. The Russian president on Monday met with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on the Côte d’Azur — and he didn’t come empty-handed. The despot was spotted handing a classy bouquet of roses and baby’s breath to French first l ady Brigitte Macron, on the steps of Fort de Brégançon, a medieval fortress that has served as a summer home for French presidents since 1968. Read More Macron, Putin see chance on Ukraine but clash on Syria - Yahoo News 68   Yahoo News Bormes-les-Mimosas (France) (AFP) - French President Emmanuel Macron and Russia's Vladimir Putin on Monday agreed changes in Ukraine had bolstered the chances of peace in its east but clashed on Syria, as the Russian leader made a rare bilateral visit to a key EU power. Read More Putin: Any meeting in "Normandy format" should lead to concrete results - UNIAN 4   UNIAN Putin: Any meeting in "Normandy format" should lead to concrete resultsThere's a "number of issues that we need to agree upon," the Russian leader said. REUTERS Russian President Vladimir Putin during his meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Bormes-les-Mimosas, southern France, on Monday stated that any meeting in the Normandy format should yield concrete results."As for the Normandy format, I really believed and still believe that any meeting, including that in the Normandy format, should lead to concrete results. Read More

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