President Vladimir Putin has reacted cautiously and avoided outright triumphalism over the Brexit of the United Kingdom from the European Union, while much of his recent comments on the forthcoming presidential election in the United States also reflect an attitude of circumspection. Whereas, the visit of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to the Russian airbase in Latakia, Syria, coincided with fierce exchanges between Washington and Moscow concerning the targeting of the Syrian “moderate opposition.” The defense ministry’s response reflects uncertain yet boisterous rhetoric ahead of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) summit in Warsaw, which the Kremlin judges mainly through the …read more
Source: The Jamestown Foundation