"I haven't yet seen president Assad since his arrival in Moscow," says Russian President Vladimir Putin, "but I plan to, I will definitely speak with him". The toppled Syrian leader fled to Moscow as Islamist-led rebels took over the country earlier in December, an event that Putin says is not "a defeat for Russia."
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00:00To be honest, I haven't seen President Assad since he came to Moscow, but I plan to do it. I will definitely talk to him.
00:13You talked about Syria. I repeat, you are paid a salary.
00:21I want to present everything that is happening in Syria as some kind of failure, defeat of Russia.
00:27I assure you that this is not so.