Russia Flexes Its Muscles in Mideast »
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With Russian soldiers occupying swaths of the Republic of Georgia , one might have thought that Russian President Dmitri Medvedev would have more pressing matters than scooting off to the Black Sea summer resort town of Sochi . But last week Medvedev did just that for a pleasant - and possibly ominous - bit of business: entertaining Syria's President Bashar al Assad , one of the few world leaders who have flown to Russia 's side during the Georgian crisis. The trip paid off for Assad when Russia agreed to strengthen military ties with Syria . According to the Russian press, Assad also offered to host advanced Russian missile systems on Syrian soil.
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