MOSCOW // There was no patriotic enthusiasm on Friday from Russians watching footage of their jets bombing targets in Syria, just a keen sense of the danger of getting entangled in a nasty conflict with no end in sight.The wary mood was in stark contrast to sentiments over Ukraine, where most Russians felt a surge of national pride that their leader, Vladimir Putin, had taken control of Crimea, a region many of them believe is rightfully Russian.
Syria is viewed with more trepidation because it revives painful memories: of the Soviet Union’s long war in Afghanistan, and of the Kremlin’s battles …read more
Source: The National
