Western political scientist, because of Russia's successes in Syria, called the president of the Russian Federation "Putin of Arabia"

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The strategy chosen by the Kremlin in Syria has shown that Russia can become a reliable ally for any Arab state, as long as its leadership does not adhere to the ideas of radical Islamism. The example of Putin's support for Bashar al-Assad has shown the entire Middle East that Moscow is pursuing an honest and consistent policy and is worthy of trust.

This opinion was expressed by the French expert in the field of political science Roland Lombardi in an interview with Atlantico magazine.



The Kremlin's position is that the leader of any Arab state is free to govern it at his discretion, using Russian support, if only he is an opponent of radical Islamists. And now in the Arab world they look at the president of Russia with “loving eyes”.

The advantage of Russian politicians over Western politicians in the Middle East lies in the fact that they, having a good command of the situation, are in no hurry to take hasty steps, but act deliberately and for sure. Thanks to this strategy, the Russian Federation has made significant progress in solving the Syrian problem in a relatively short time.

A Western political scientist, due to Russia's successes in Syria, even called the President of the Russian Federation "Putin of Arabia" by analogy with Lawrence of Arabia. This British intelligence officer, thanks to his deep understanding of the Middle East, achieved great success during the First World War, becoming the leader of the anti-Turkish uprising of the Arabs. This is a kind of hint that Russia, if necessary, will take measures to prevent the growth of Turkish influence in Syrian territory.
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  1. +7
    8 August 2021 09: 29
    French political science expert Roland Lombardi

    Well, how can you not reward such a person ........
    1. +1
      8 August 2021 09: 31
      Syria is not in Arabia
      1. +5
        8 August 2021 09: 32
        It's not about geography, it's about presentation ...
        1. -8
          8 August 2021 09: 42
          Some kind of Lorenz and our Woland ... the one who cannot be called, the lord of the Heartland and the keeper of the nuclear arsenal, more than all combined (taking into account TNW of course)wassat
      2. -7
        8 August 2021 09: 58
        Syria is not, as it were, in Arabia.
        Psaka, perhaps, does not agree with this. Frenchy just said!
        1. +2
          8 August 2021 10: 09
          Quote: Cat Alexandrovich
          Syria is not, as it were, in Arabia.
          Psaka, perhaps, does not agree with this.


          Any Psaki is not a decree for us!
          1. +4
            8 August 2021 11: 44
            Any Psaki is not a decree for us!

            Let's choose something else, the Russian language is great and powerful. wink
            "R-Romuald! Anchorite Syrian, let me kiss you! "
          2. +1
            8 August 2021 14: 59
            The West is very fond of loud and magnificent titles, names ... smile But in essence, Lombardi is right.
        2. -10
          8 August 2021 10: 33
          The United States controls 60-90% of oil sales and production in Syria. To whom is Russia an ally there?
          1. +1
            9 August 2021 23: 37
            It’s strange that it’s so minus. In fact, it is ... we all remember how the Wagnerites went to squeeze out an oil rig, and what came of it ...
        3. 0
          9 August 2021 09: 14


          Psaki has his own world and his own rules)))
      3. +2
        8 August 2021 12: 51
        Quote: hrych
        Syria is not in Arabia


        Read the article ... At least - "like" ...
        1. -1
          8 August 2021 14: 58
          And what did you mean by that? If about the analogy of the anti-Turkish actions of the British diplomat Lawrence, then even more so, because the Turk Erdogan is Putin's closest friend, saved from death by fierceness, and Turkey is Russia's ally in military, political and economic terms. Putin Levantisky, Putin Krymsky, Putin can even be called Venezuelan wassat He kept Maduro in power, but the Arabian at least territorially, at least by analogy, well, just by. If we compare Putin, then with the owner of Lawrence - the King of Great Britain wassat
          1. 0
            8 August 2021 16: 47
            Quote: hrych
            And what did you mean by that? If about the analogy of the anti-Turkish actions of the British diplomat Lawrence, then even more so, because the Turk Erdogan is Putin's closest friend, saved from death by fierceness, and Turkey is Russia's ally in military, political and economic terms. Putin is Levantine, Putin is Crimean, Putin can even be called the Venezuelan wassat He kept Maduro in power, but the Arabian at least territorially, at least by analogy, well, just by. If we compare Putin, then with the owner of Lawrence - the King of Great Britain wassat


            Well, well .... On "ty" - so on "ty".

            "Khrych", the article is not about that. You haven't read it again. And there are only 5 paragraphs.

            And there is not a single word about where Syria is located.

            That is why I responded to your comment.

            Article read... At least - "like" ..


            I didn't know that we were "you".
            1. +1
              8 August 2021 18: 49
              What did you read in these paragraphs? wassat
              1. +1
                8 August 2021 22: 07
                Quote: hrych
                What did you read in these paragraphs? wassat


                Only what is written there.
    2. 0
      8 August 2021 09: 38
      Correctly named, now you need to call Chegevara 2-

      "The sky above me, the sky above me - like a sombrero, like a sombrero!
      Gold Coast, Gold Coast - Varadero, Varadero!
      Cuba is far, Cuba is far, Cuba is near, Cuba is near!
      We say this, we say it! "

      R. S. Directly touched upon the withdrawal of our troops from Cuba ..., but assessing then the economic and political prerequisites for this decision, I believed and believe that the time will come for a return! As in Syria, and Vietnam is still waiting!
      1. +10
        8 August 2021 09: 51
        Quote: Finches
        Correctly named, now you need to call Chegevara 2-


        Comandante Che is, of course, a PERSONALITY, but now we do not need him, but " Stalin 2 "
        1. -2
          8 August 2021 10: 19
          I agree with your party policy as well as with most of the comments. But we don't need Stalin-2. We now have too few people to build a strong Russia on their bones. We will not pull a new revolution, even an economic one. Evolution is needed. And we need a revolution only in science - microelectronics, for example. In addition, usually Stalin is replaced by some kind of Khrushchev, because the people cannot endlessly tear the veins, people sometimes need rest.
          1. +3
            8 August 2021 10: 28
            Quote: URAL72
            I agree with your party policy as well as with most of the comments. But we don't need Stalin-2.

            Our goal and aspirations may be the same, but the ways to achieve them are different.

            Of course, you can reproach Stalin as much as you like and the often repressive methods of his management, but then the time was like that - enemies from outside and inside.

            Actually, like now, the only difference is that at the moment we are given some guarantees of peace by the nuclear deterrent system.

            It would not be, and the current situation in the country would become an accurate reflection of the situation in the pre-war 30s-40s ...
          2. 0
            8 August 2021 10: 46
            Quote: URAL72
            Usually Stalin is replaced by some kind of Khrushchev, because the people cannot endlessly tear the veins, people sometimes need rest.


            As a militia (am I not mistaken?) Are you ready for the fact that after you tore your veins losing people, restraining the Banderaites, some conditional liberal would come and flush all your efforts down the toilet?

            Will such actions, such a "respite" suit you?
            1. +1
              8 August 2021 10: 55
              Why will she come? Already come. Previously, Luhansk was ruled by a thief and a bureaucrat, in Donetsk, Zakhara was respected. Now it's the other way around. Only they do not have complete power. The general policy is being developed elsewhere.
              1. 0
                8 August 2021 11: 00
                Quote: URAL72
                Why will she come? Already come.

                Quote: URAL72
                Only they do not have complete power. The general policy is being developed elsewhere.


                The fact of the matter is that those who have come do not make independently meaningful decisions.
                Therefore - consider that they are not , and you are directly controlled from ...

                But at the same time, you did not answer my main question:
                Quote: PiK

                As a militia (am I not mistaken?) Are you ready for the fact that after you tore your veins losing people, restraining the Banderaites, some conditional liberal would come and flush all your efforts down the toilet?

                Will such actions, such a "respite" suit you?
                1. +9
                  8 August 2021 11: 19
                  As a soldier at war, I am ready for anything. I am not a local in Donbass - from the other side. The last in the platoon. There are no Russians either, they are all local. And although they have now begun to give housing to people like me, they are still from the confidants. It's not my turn. Therefore, I rely only on myself. I'm thinking of going to Moscow for half a year, I'll earn money for an apartment myself, it's cheap here. Personally, the main thing for me is that we did not allow Ukraine to join NATO and the EU. And the fact that we have always been only cannon fodder, I know. I knew where I was going. Much does not suit me. But it will not work to drain all our efforts. For this, Navalny must come to Moscow.
                  1. -5
                    8 August 2021 12: 37
                    Quote: URAL72
                    It's not my turn. Therefore, I rely only on myself. I'm thinking of going to Moscow for half a year, I'll earn money for an apartment myself

                    Quote: URAL72
                    And the fact that we have always been only cannon fodder, I know.

                    What terrible things you say. Who, I wonder, will go to defend Donbass next time in such a situation?
                    1. +6
                      8 August 2021 12: 47
                      Heroes my friend, heroes will go. I still remember Pushkin wrote: - "Yes, there were people in our time, not like the present tribe"
                      But then there was more than one war and there were always heroes. There will be tomorrow too. I came to Donbass "in shorts and slippers". He even left his family a watch, not to mention a gold piece, and even took an old mobile phone - left the smart one. Because I didn't think I would last long. I served a term, understood the power of modern weapons.
                      1. -6
                        8 August 2021 12: 52
                        Quote: URAL72
                        Heroes my friend, heroes will go. I still remember Pushkin wrote: - "Yes, there were people in our time, not like the present tribe"

                        That's exactly what "in our / your time". And how many of those heroes are there? Then, in the 14th year, people rode on enthusiasm, under the slogans of Novorossiya and the protection of the Russian World. But, as you write, for this they give a fig with butter. How many will want to be heroic after this? All the same, mercantilism is penetrating our society, and people want to see a reward for their heroism, including in material form.
          3. +3
            8 August 2021 10: 51
            Enough of the anti-Soviet myths. Under Stalin, the number of people always grew in peacetime, except for 1933, and under the Stalinophobes during degradation, de-industrialization, the Russian, especially the Russian people, are dying out at a tremendous pace. If we count only in terms of mortality / fertility in the Russian Federation, out of 148 million citizens of the RSFSR in 1991, now there are no more than 132 million left.
          4. -1
            8 August 2021 12: 05
            Quote: URAL72
            We will not pull a new revolution, even an economic one. Evolution is needed.

            Hard question. Both agree and disagree ... A revolution can destroy a country, but evolution is too long, taking into account our demography, other peoples will be able to pre-evolve ...
            1. 0
              8 August 2021 12: 46
              Quote: Doccor18
              taking into account our demography, other peoples will be able to evolve ...

              Why others? The same Russians. Guys from the Caucasus, from Central Asia. So they will evolve. So far, however, they are at the stage of gangster showdowns of the 30s (as evidenced by the recent series of mass fights with the use of traumas (?)), But the trouble has begun ...
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      3. 0
        9 August 2021 05: 31
        Quote: Finches
        Correctly named, now you need to call Chegevara 2-

        "The sky above me, the sky above me - like a sombrero, like a sombrero!
        Gold Coast, Gold Coast - Varadero, Varadero!
        Cuba is far, Cuba is far, Cuba is near, Cuba is near!
        We say this, we say it! "

        R. S. Directly touched upon the withdrawal of our troops from Cuba ..., but assessing then the economic and political prerequisites for this decision, I believed and believe that the time will come for a return! As in Syria, and Vietnam is still waiting!

        And Berlin, why is there ... And this time entirely and voluntarily ... Yes
    3. +4
      8 August 2021 09: 53
      A correct and wise policy has always earned the respect and recognition of both friends and enemies and brought positive results. Only some people have remained with the "farm" way of thinking and are now reaping the fruits of their obscurantism, and Russia is "to blame"!
    4. -8
      8 August 2021 10: 23
      All that remains is to become a Muslim, as Lawrence did.
      1. -2
        8 August 2021 10: 38
        Quote: knn54
        The only thing left to do is to become a Muslim like Lawrence did.

        Is it possible ... what Just get the title - "Honorary Muslim", without circumcision? feel
        1. 0
          8 August 2021 11: 09
          Take the above- "Allah who gives". wink In general, praising the allegedly phenomenal success of a politician in matters that are not so much needed by the state of this politician, but beneficial to those who praise, is one of the usual methods of ideological warfare. Yes
    5. -1
      8 August 2021 11: 05
      because of Russia's successes in Syria called the President of the Russian Federation "Putin of Arabia"

      It remains to wait for success in Russia itself. And then zero will take on some meaning for the Russians.
  2. +2
    8 August 2021 09: 33
    A Western political scientist, due to Russia's successes in Syria, even called the President of the Russian Federation "Putin of Arabia" by analogy with Lawrence of Arabia.
    Wait, they'll call him the Emir-Dynamite ... wink , and then you will have to answer for the "Prince of Denmark" ...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3368VzpsQ08&list=TLPQMDgwODIwMjGzMyzNyz_YQA&index=6
  3. +1
    8 August 2021 09: 45
    You can treat Putin as you like, but only for the return of Crimea did he write himself in history as a collector of Russian lands!
    1. +5
      8 August 2021 09: 55
      As a land gatherer, this is still premature, so far only one fact is available, but a very important fact. And if we also recall South Ossetia and Abkhazia, this suggests that not taking into account the interests of Russia can be very fraught.
      1. +3
        8 August 2021 11: 34
        ignore the interests of Russia
        Funny for you, Syria is the interests of Russia, and Donbass is a primordially Russian land, a stranger to you?
        1. -2
          8 August 2021 14: 53
          Quote: Gardamir
          ignore the interests of Russia
          Funny for you, Syria is the interests of Russia, and Donbass is a primordially Russian land, a stranger to you?

          Not a stranger. What's next ?
    2. +3
      8 August 2021 10: 27
      as a collector of Russian lands!
      gifts to Norwegians, Chinese, Kazakhs, Azerbaijanis. Or is it different?
      And not too often, before the elections began to praise Western talkers?
      1. -1
        8 August 2021 10: 32
        Quote: Gardamir
        as a collector of Russian lands!
        gifts to Norwegians, Chinese, Kazakhs, Azerbaijanis. Or is it different?
        And not too often, before the elections began to praise Western talkers?

        What did Putin give them there?
      2. +1
        8 August 2021 12: 36
        Quote: Gardamir
        And not too often, before the elections began to praise Western talkers?

        In this case, I am assuming that the prefix "Arabian" is a veiled mockery. Like "you shpien, my friend, shpien, but you still need to reach the great Englishman, so that all over the world they will be called as well as Lawrence."
    3. +1
      8 August 2021 10: 57
      And at the same time, those who are for Putin and this System, with "righteous anger", expose for the "crime" of Stalin that in 1939-1940 he returned to the country the captured by the enemies of the Bolsheviks to the Civil Russian lands.
      And until 2014, all Russian enemies of the communists did not care about Crimea or Crimeans.
    4. 0
      8 August 2021 11: 25
      Quote: Marachuh
      You can treat Putin as you like, but only for the return of Crimea did he write himself in history, as land gatherer Russians!

      The only pity is that after the arrival of the famous Swiss, land gatherer and stopped there. And the long-suffering Donbass was awarded only the Minsk Agreements, not a home harbor. To which, according to the collector, there is absolutely no alternative.
    5. +3
      8 August 2021 12: 30
      Quote: Marachuh
      as a gatherer of lands

      China received a number of territories with a total area of ​​337 km² - a plot of land in the area of ​​the Bolshoi Island (the upper reaches of the Argun River in the Chita Region) and two plots in the area of ​​the Tarabarov and Bolshoi Islands
    6. -2
      8 August 2021 12: 43
      The collector ... Crimea is ours, and Donbass is an internal affair of Ukraine. Discussing relations with Ukraine in the Normandy format is as if the United States were discussing relations with Mexico with the participation of Russia and China. He is not a gatherer, but a wasteful.
  4. 0
    8 August 2021 09: 55
    French expert in political science Roland Lombardi ... Russia can become a reliable ally for any Arab state, unless its leadership adheres to the ideas of radical Islamism
    It is not often that you hear something positive about Russia from the Western media, let alone its president.
  5. +4
    8 August 2021 09: 57
    Do not just betray your allies, violate agreements and change the rules to suit your interests. As someone said there - "" Britain has neither permanent friends, nor permanent enemies, but only permanent interests "that is why the Western world does not understand politics RF.
    1. +1
      8 August 2021 10: 20
      Betraying allies and changing the rules to suit your interests is precisely the methods of the United States and its allies. Russia is distinguished by consistency in its actions. And the Western world perfectly understands the policy of the Russian Federation, it only continues to act purely in its own interests, contrary to all international norms.
      1. +3
        8 August 2021 10: 27
        You have perfectly commented on my thought. And it is. When gentlemen do not like the rules of a card game, they just turn the table over and start firing from revolvers.))
  6. +2
    8 August 2021 09: 57
    Let this "Western political scientist" take a look at the map - where is Syria, and where is Arabia !!!)))
  7. +2
    8 August 2021 10: 12
    ***
    My sovereign on a rearing horse! ...
    ***
  8. +2
    8 August 2021 10: 38
    Licked with a soul.
  9. +2
    8 August 2021 10: 46
    Cuba is far away ...
  10. +2
    8 August 2021 11: 44
    Correctly named, although accidentally hit the point. Arabian, but not Russian.
  11. +1
    8 August 2021 12: 56
    The most successful politician in Syria is Erdogan! With one pat on the shoulder, Vladimir Vladimirovich secured the territorial and political interests of Turkey in Syria. Erdogan Ottoman is de facto the most influential figure from Azerbaijan to Arabia.
    1. -3
      8 August 2021 21: 06
      Quote: Alexander Koshkin
      With one pat on the shoulder, Vladimir Vladimirovich secured the territorial and political interests of Turkey in Syria.

      Turkey's interests are secured by the ability of the Turkish aircraft industry to create modern drones and the ability of the Turkish Air Force to shoot down Russian planes. Russia since 1991 cannot boast of anything breakthrough in aviation. Moreover, Erdogan is a calculating politician. In Afghanistan, he does not climb with his troops, although he managed to provide diplomatic cover for his intervention.
  12. -4
    8 August 2021 13: 05
    Damn - what are the successes ??? The Turkish and American bases there are still, regular Israeli strikes in Syria and the invasion of the Turks in Syria (almost all of its north and northeast is already Turkish) - without a decisive condemnation by the Kremlin, the country's borders are 80% without border troops, no "pro-Assad" publications in the Russian media, etc.
    Simply, in fact, they divided Syria, and Izr. and Turkish strikes are a collective signal to Assad not to become the new Nasser or the new Gaddafi. That's all the "successes". ALEXANDER KOSHIKIN - FULLY RIGHT!
    "Custom" western, eastern, southern, etc. political scientists are a smokescreen, especially necessary for the notorious "elections" on September 19 ...
    1. +1
      8 August 2021 21: 00
      Quote: Artashes
      Turkish and American bases TAM are still there, regular Israeli strikes in Syria and Turkish invasions of Syria (almost all of its north and northeast is already Turkish)

      The Russian Federation has never set itself the task of restoring the territorial integrity of Syria. Yes, the Russian Federation supports the desire of the Syrians to restore territorial integrity, but this is the business of the Syrians, not the Russian Federation. the pro-Iranian formations that Israel crumbles there are not allies of the Russian Federation, and this is again a problem of the Syrians and not of the Russian Federation.
      The Kurds who sold themselves to the states are not allies of the Russian Federation, and why should the Russian Federation prevent Erdogan from ironing them? but the bearded enemies of the Russian Federation and they are regularly pressed despite the fact that they are friends of the Turks.
      The Russian Federation set itself the task of supporting and maintaining a loyal government in Syria, the fight against ISIS, excluding the possibility of building a gas pipeline from Qatar, gaining a foothold in the region, gaining some influence in the region, and being able to directly influence what is happening in the region. all this has been fulfilled and overfulfilled.
      it turns out that what you wrote is distortion of facts and demagoguery request
      Quote: Artashes
      no "pro-Assad" publications in the Russian media

      just a lie hi
      you say you are the Putin propagandist? after reading your kament first thought "if they are fighters against Putin, then well nafig! lies to lies! I will vote for Putin."
      1. 0
        11 August 2021 16: 07
        This means that the current "RF" is being pursued by the same imperialist. dividing policy, although under different slogans. But ISIS members, etc. - among the millions of migrant worker slaves imported to the Russian Federation. But it is much more respectable to "fight" ISIS only in Syria ...
        1. 0
          11 August 2021 17: 50
          Quote: Artashes
          This means that the current "RF" is being pursued by the same imperialist. separation policy, although under different slogans.

          it seems you are starting to guess about something wink
          read the works of V.I. Lenin on capitalism and imperialism. you will understand what is happening and why hi send "hello" komunyakam (not to be confused with the communists) and labeled with a drunk who destroyed the USSR.
          Quote: Artashes
          But ISIS members, etc. - among the millions of migrant worker slaves imported to the Russian Federation. But it is much more respectable to "fight" ISIS only in Syria ...

          Well, why lie again? both in Syria they are bombed, and in the Russian Federation they are regularly eliminated during arrest. Yes and where to go? the inevitable costs of importing a cheap slave. forces for the successful functioning of a capitalist society request
  13. +1
    8 August 2021 13: 06
    USA in Afghanistan and Russia in Syria, who will be called for help from others?
  14. kig
    +1
    8 August 2021 14: 00
    He is not only Arabian, but also Crimean
  15. 0
    8 August 2021 20: 43
    Lawrence of Arabia nervously smokes on the sidelines :)
  16. 0
    9 August 2021 00: 15
    Again, only an opinion. Yes, name "SHIT" as you personally want. All the same, it will remain shit.
  17. 0
    10 August 2021 20: 58
    And for his successes in Russia, he would be called Putin of Russia.

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