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Russia’s ‘Peace Scheme’ for Syria Stillborn

Russia’s ‘Peace Scheme’ for Syria Stillborn

For the past few days the official media in Moscow and Tehran have hailed a scheme unveiled in Astaneh, Kazakhstan, as “a peace plan for Syria.” For the Russian media, credit for the new scheme goes almost exclusively to President Vladimir Putin who is thus cast as a...