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Is the Syrian war partly an ad for Russian arms sales?

Is the Syrian war partly an ad for Russian arms sales?

Russia is pulling out all the stops in showing off new weaponry — especially in Syria. Nick de Larrinaga, an expert at Jane’s Defense Weekly, joins the show and explains that the display of force is about mo...

Angry Planet · Matthew Gault

February 18, 201628m 31s

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Russia is pulling out all the stops in showing off new weaponry — especially in Syria. Nick de Larrinaga, an expert at Jane’s Defense Weekly, joins the show and explains that the display of force is about more than winning a war. It also functions a kind of advertising campaign for the world’s second-largest arms dealer.

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