Russian Defense Ministry refutes reports of Syria evacuation

[JohnQPublic]

Russian Defense Ministry refutes reports of Syria evacuation (http://rt.com/politics/refutes-reports-evacuation-syria-328/)


Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a press release that civilian contractors continue to work at the Tartus navy base and blasted media reports about total evacuation as “extremely incorrect.”

“The Russian Defense Ministry really has no military servicemen at the navy base in the Syrian port of Tartus, because the base is being serviced only by Russian civilian personnel” reads the statement distributed by the ministry’s press service on Thursday.

“The personnel are working according to the everyday schedule. We cannot talk about any evacuation from Tartus in this case. Tartus remains the official base and repair facility for Russian ships in the Mediterranean Sea and it continues to execute its tasks in line with its purpose,” the statement reads.

The press service stressed that earlier media statements about personnel withdrawal from Tartus were presented “extremely incorrectly from the real situation’s point of view.” ..."

[JohnQPublic]

Russia reports pullout from small base in Syria (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/russia-reports-pullout-from-small-base-in-syria/2013/06/26/4602b63e-de55-11e2-b797-cbd4cb13f9c6_story_1.html)
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The news of the pullout comes as Russian and U.S. diplomats have been meeting to try to arrange a peace conference on Syria. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Secretary of State John F. Kerry are to discuss the conference when they meet next week in Brunei.


It does not appear that the pullout from Tartus will interfere with the delivery of air-defense and anti-ship missiles by Russia to Syria. Bogdanov again defended the shipments of arms as legal and part of an existing contract. Asked when the deliveries would begin, he said that was a decision for the “supreme command.”


Vladimir Yevseyev of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations told Vedomosti that Russian civilian specialists could be left in Syria to maintain weapons after they are delivered. The missiles would not be of much use against the rebels, military analysts say, but they would change the balance of forces in the Middle East, boosting Syria’s defensive capability against Israel..."

[Ponce]

In other words......kill one of our civlian workers and you will be in deep shit....... but of course, they are all problably Especsa (forgot the proper spelling "special forces") soldiers and ready to rock and roll.

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[JohnQPublic]

In other words......kill one of our civlian workers and you will be in deep shit....... but of course, they are all problably Especsa (forgot the proper spelling "special forces") soldiers and ready to rock and roll.

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The interesting thing is the Washington Post reported that Russia is pulling out, and the Russian Press shot back- 'no we are not'.

[Ponce]

Every day is becoming more thruth what I keep on saying.................

"They only tell us what they want us to know, or what they cannot longer hide"... Ponce

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[JohnQPublic]

Every day is becoming more thruth what I keep on saying.................

"They only tell us what they want us to know, or what they cannot longer hide"... Ponce

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"...what they cannot longer hide"

[Ponce]

Yes John, and even what they cannot longer hide by the time that it comes into the light it will be so distorted that it no longer will be as what they started with............knowledge is the currency of power, I just heard that in a Abby Martin video.

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[JohnQPublic]

The confusion continues...

(http://news.yahoo.com/why-russia-evacuated-naval-syria-162410006.html)Why Russia evacuated its naval base in Syria (http://news.yahoo.com/why-russia-evacuated-naval-syria-162410006.html)
"...In a surprise move, Russia has pulled all its military and nondiplomatic civilian personnel out of Syria. That includes a complete evacuation of the naval supply station in the Mediterranean port of Tartus, which is often discussed as one of Russia's key reasons for its long and stubborn support of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.

"We have neither servicemen nor civilians in Syria anymore. Or Russian military instructors assigned to units of the Syrian regular Army, for that matter," a Russian defense ministry spokesperson is quoted as telling the Moscow business daily Vedomosti yesterday.

The Tartus naval supply station, Russia's only military base outside the former USSR, has been effectively closed, Russian deputy foreign minister and special Middle East envoy Mikhail Bogdanov confirmed in an interview with a Turkish newspaper. He insisted that the base, which housed about 70 fulltime military technicians to service visiting Russian warships, was of no strategic importance to Russia..."