Foreign Policy quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Associate Director Alina Polyakova on the differences in Russian involvement in Ukraine and Syria:
“In Ukraine, the context was that there was no Russian troops in Ukraine. In Syria it has become that there are only airstrikes against the Islamic State,” Alina Polyakova, associate director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, told Foreign Policy. “In some cases, they are even using similar talking points.”