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    14 days ago

    … a source in the Kremlin told the state news agency TASS.

    So, grain of salt?

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      13 days ago

      Assad is a Russian puppet, if they’re saying he’s there I tend to believe them only because from a propaganda standpoint it would make more sense to claim he was still in charge in Syria.
      Falsely claiming he was in Russia would only serve to undermine their own interests in the region.