According to the anonymous military sources published by Interfax agency, Russia has delivered anti-cruise S-300 missiles to Syria.
Russian ships which have arrived to Syria had on their board missiles which, as the agency sources claim, "allow coverage of entire Syrian coastline".
Russia didn't accept the UN, Arab League and Western Europe states calling for an arms embargo on Syria. During the UN Security Council summit in October Russia together with China didn't agree on Council's resolution to condemn Assad's government. According to Moscow officials resolution could open the door for Western intervention like it hapenned in Libya.
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During the press conference on Tuesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has stated that a similar move against Libya had proved one-sided: ""We know how that worked in Libya when the arms embargo only applied to the Libyan army. The opposition received weapons, and countries like France and Qatar publicly spoke about it without shame."
"Israel National News" informed that Moscow is considering potential Western attack on Syria as a "red line" which will not be tolerated.
Earlier that week the media informed about the visit of Russian aircraft-carrying missile cruiser "Admiral Kuznecov" which will soon arrive to the port in the city of Tartus.
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