Radio Free Europe quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Resident Senior Fellow Anders Aslund on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s speech to the UN General Assembly:
“I think [the speech] will be all about Syria,” says Anders Aslund, a longtime Russia analyst now with the Atlantic Council in Washington. “He will say, ‘You have to come to terms with us. We have a strong card here and you have to play with us.’ My suspicion is that Putin will focus entirely on Syria.”