Reuters: Backed by Putin, Russian military pushes into foreign policy
MOSCOW (Reuters) - From Damascus to Doha, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has been showing up in unexpected places, a sign of the military’s growing influence under Vladimir Putin.
In the past few months, at times wearing his desert military uniform, Shoigu has held talks with Syria’s president in Damascus, met Israel’s prime minister in Jerusalem and been received by the Emir of Qatar in Doha.
The defence ministry’s forays into areas long regarded as the preserve of the foreign ministry are raising eyebrows in Russia, where strict protocol means ministers usually hold talks only with their direct foreign counterparts.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- December 13, 2017
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Mr Abbas almost sounds as though the United States has created the Israeli capital in Jerusalem. Nope. The U.S. is simply recognizing the fact that since 1950, Israel has had it capital in Jerusalem, and the U.S. plans to move its embassy to that city.
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