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Article: RUSSIA: PUTIN SAYS MISSILE DEAL WITH SYRIA IS POSSIBLE...(Vladimir Putin)(Brief Article)
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- IPR Strategic Business Information Database
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- January 30, 2005
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In an interview with "The Jerusalem Post" on 27 January in Krakow, President Putin refused to exclude the possibility that Russia could legally sell antiaircraft missiles to Syria, saying that such missiles are a defensive weapon and cannot change the military balance in the region. Addressing Israel's concern that the Igla SA-18, shoulder-held antiaircraft missiles that Syria wants from Russia could ultimately be used by terrorist organizations, Putin said: "We understand our ...