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20:45 14.03.2016
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Putin Orders Start of Withdrawal From Syria Beginning Tuesday
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that Moscow will begin withdrawal of Russian forces from Syria.
18:10 16.03.2016
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This is Why Putin is the Most Unpredictable Politician in the World
Two days have passed since President Vladimir Putin's surprise announcement that Russia would begin withdrawing the main part of its military forces from Syria. Volumes of analyses have already been written on the subject, but there's one important thing most of them seem to miss.
11:56 14.03.2016
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Tanks A Lot: Russia's Advanced Armata T-14 'Already in Serial Production'
Russia's state-of-the-art T-14 tank, part of the Armata family of armored combat vehicles, is already being mass produced, according to the US magazine The National Interest.
15:13 15.03.2016
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US Media Revives Concerns That Putin is Again Outmaneuvering Obama in Syria
The order from President Putin to partially withdraw from Syria came as a complete surprise to Washington and has prompted US media to speculate on the possible reasons behind this move, reviving concerns that the Russian leader is once again outmaneuvering Barack Obama.
21:29 15.03.2016
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'Empires All Go Down the Same Path': Tracing the West’s Failure in Syria
As Russia begins to withdraw its military forces from Syria, Radio Sputnik’s Loud & Clear spoke with writer and activist Dr. Tim Anderson to discuss the impact of Moscow’s intervention.
15:58 14.03.2016
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Russian Army Designs New 'Invisible' Bridge to Fool Potential Foes
The Russian Armed Forces will get state-of-the-art road bridges that will be invisible to modern detection systems, according to the Russian Deputy Defense Minister Dmitry Bulgakov.
11:26 15.03.2016
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Syrian Fighter Jet Shot Down by US Stinger Missile – Military Source
A Syrian Air Force MiG-21US jet has been shot down by a US-produced portable surface-to-air Stinger missile, a Syrian military source told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.
10:59 16.03.2016
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Most Discussed Ways to View President Putin’s ‘Syrian Surprise’
While most of the media world still remains puzzled over what Russia’s ‘largely achieved objectives’ were in Syria, Sputnik has reviewed the most popular versions put forward by Russian and foreign media sources; while some of them happen to coincide, there are still various perceptions of the move.

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