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For Russia the situation in Syria has clear parallels with the situation in Ukraine, where protestors forced the incumbent from power, and Libya, where Gaddafi was hunted down, leading to chaos and the dominance of Islamist groupings.
As far as Putin is concerned, the West’s sponsoring of anti-Assad insurgents has been primarily responsible for the situation in Syria, or as he termed it ‘external interference’ and only a renewed show of support for Assad and the Syrian state will remedy the situation.
As is well known, Russia has accused the West of fomenting the protests in Ukraine and encouraging a ‘colour revolution’ there …. http://www.telegraph.co.uk