'There's a photo of #Prigozhin serving wine to George w. #Bush in the #Kremlin when he visited decades ago. And there's a photo of him at a meeting between President #Putin and various members of the #Russian military elite with representatives of #Libya , a country where #Wagner#mercenaries were believed to be active'
'In #Syria , first of all #Putin 's air power and military and political backing to Bashar al #Assad the #Syrian president was crucial. It kept him in power. It helped him in shifting the tide of the conflict since 2015. The conflict started as a peaceful #uprising against Assad 12 years ago and turned into a full-scale civil #war. It has left at least half a million people dead and hundreds of thousands missing.'
Russia Pulls Back From Humanitarian Cooperation at U.N. (www.wsj.com)
Moscow ends Syrian aid corridor and may block the renewal of the Black Sea grain deal.