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Decision on Russian operation in Syria made with no haste â€” Kremlin chief of staff

19 October 2015 08:43 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Turbet Baghirova – APA. “As for the procedure employed to make the decision to dispatch a Russian air to the base near Latakia, there was no haste or anything spontaneous,” chief of Russia's presidential staff Sergey Ivanov said in an interview with TASS.

All steps had been considered well beforehand and agreed with the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. It is common knowledge that the combat aircraft and some special units of the Russian armed forces had been dispatched to Syria well in advance…

Answering the question “What was the reason for Russia to join the fight at this particular moment?” he said that the situation has turned intolerant.

“I would mention one more argument why Russia had to intervene in the Syrian conflict. As you may have heard, there are thousands of Russia or CIS-born people fighting for the Islamic State. Crowds of refugees from the Middle East are now heading for countries in southern Europe, hoping to cross it to Western Europe. How can one be sure that among the migrants there are no "sleepers" - sleeping agents or undercover terrorists who are on the way to the Old World for the purpose of settling down inconspicuously somehow and waiting for the D-day to come?” he said.