Nearly 5,000 Russians voted in the country’s parliamentary election from the territory of Syria, a large part of whom are suspected to be Russian military personnel in the country, news channel RBC reports.
Russia has never made the size of its deployment to Syria public and announced that the majority of its force would return home earlier this year. The Ministry of Defence has let on that Russia’s presence in Syria is both long term and extensive, however, after placing an order for over 10,000 medals to honor potential veterans from the conflict in March.
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Source: Newsweek
