Moscow Counting on Syria to Keep Arms Exports high
New Russian creed: The customer is always right.
Culture • January 2012 • Views: 1,412
Russia is counting on President Bashar Assad keeping his grip on power to see through potential arms contracts worth up to $6 billion and help Moscow reach a record defense export year, according to the CAST think-tank.
Russia has been Assad’s main defender as Western and Arab countries push for a UN Security Council resolution which would call for Assad to step.