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significant effect if Washington can persuade China, Russia and the major nations of the European Union to cooperate on enforcing them, US analysts told Sputnik.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160318/1036498725/us-sanctions-korea.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i> 0</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>50</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160317/1036485001/gaddafi-gold-story.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160318091126im_/http://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/images/103183/02/1031830298.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Libya descended into chaos following the fall of Colonel Gaddafi, killed by French and British-led NATO forces." title="Libya descended into chaos following the fall of Colonel Gaddafi, killed by French and British-led NATO forces." class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160317/1036485001/gaddafi-gold-story.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>21:39 17.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">21:39 17.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160317/1036485001/gaddafi-gold-story.html">De-Dollarization: The Story of Gaddafi's Gold-Backed Currency is Not Over</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160317/1036485001/gaddafi-gold-story.html">A declassified email exchange between former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her adviser Sid Blumenthal shows that Clinton was up to her eyeballs in the Western conspiracy against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his Pan-African "Gold Dinar" currency, F. William Engdahl narrates.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160317/1036485001/gaddafi-gold-story.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>27</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>7114</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160317/1036479607/lebanon-economic-political-crisis.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160318091126im_/http://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/images/102823/57/1028235722.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="A Lebanese anti-government protester kicks back a tear gas canister shot by security forces during a protest against the ongoing trash crisis and government corruption, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015. Lebanese security forces used water cannons and eventually fired tear gas canisters to disperse dozens of anti-government protesters who tried to get past security barricades and reach parliament." title="A Lebanese anti-government protester kicks back a tear gas canister shot by security forces during a protest against the ongoing trash crisis and government corruption, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015. Lebanese security forces used water cannons and eventually fired tear gas canisters to disperse dozens of anti-government protesters who tried to get past security barricades and reach parliament." class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160317/1036479607/lebanon-economic-political-crisis.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>20:39 17.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">20:39 17.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160317/1036479607/lebanon-economic-political-crisis.html">Trouble Brewing in Lebanon: Beirut Facing New 'Cedar Revolution'</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160317/1036479607/lebanon-economic-political-crisis.html">Is Lebanon teetering on the edge of a new civil war? French intellectual Thierry Meyssan suggests that the failure of a regime change operation in Syria will prompt Saudi Arabia and its Western backers to seek a new target in the Middle East.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160317/1036479607/lebanon-economic-political-crisis.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>4</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>1265</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160317/1036471341/putin-russia-foreign-policy-syria.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160318091126im_/http://cdn4.img.sputniknews.com/images/103471/30/1034713075.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Syrian Arab Army troops take part in a rally in Tarus in support of the Russian Aerospace Force operation in Syria" title="Syrian Arab Army troops take part in a rally in Tarus in support of the Russian Aerospace Force operation in Syria" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160317/1036471341/putin-russia-foreign-policy-syria.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>19:21 17.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">19:21 17.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160317/1036471341/putin-russia-foreign-policy-syria.html">The Peace Seeker: What Lies at the Root of Putin's Foreign Policy in Syria</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160317/1036471341/putin-russia-foreign-policy-syria.html">Why did Vladimir Putin's decision to withdraw the Russian military forces from Syria take US hawks by surprise? Maybe, it's because Washington's party of war believes its own propaganda more than reality on the ground, Stephen F. Cohen notes, commenting on Russia's pullout.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160317/1036471341/putin-russia-foreign-policy-syria.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>3</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>2196</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160317/1036427574/russia-syria-pullout.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160318091126im_/http://cdn4.img.sputniknews.com/images/103627/47/1036274735.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="President Vladimir Putin" title="President Vladimir Putin" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160317/1036427574/russia-syria-pullout.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>00:43 17.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">00:43 17.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160317/1036427574/russia-syria-pullout.html">Russia’s Pullout From Syria Shows Putin Pursued Distinct Strategy</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160317/1036427574/russia-syria-pullout.html">The withdrawal of Russia's military contingent from Syria showed that, unlike Western leaders, Russian President Vladimir Putin did not play "zero-sum games" and had a clearly defined strategy, which could eventually lead to a political settlement in the country, experts told Sputnik on Wednesday.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/trend/russia_syria_jets_withdrawal_2016/">Russian Jets Withdraw From Syria</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160317/1036427574/russia-syria-pullout.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>18</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>4242</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160316/1036425347/after-stealing-democratic-election-corporate-elites-blackout-bernie.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160318091126im_/http://cdn5.img.sputniknews.com/images/102400/96/1024009626.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a town hall meeting at Nashua Community College in Nashua, N.H., Saturday, June 27, 2015" title="Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a town hall meeting at Nashua Community College in Nashua, N.H., Saturday, June 27, 2015" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160316/1036425347/after-stealing-democratic-election-corporate-elites-blackout-bernie.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>23:19 16.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">23:19 16.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160316/1036425347/after-stealing-democratic-election-corporate-elites-blackout-bernie.html">After Stealing Democratic Election, Corporate Elites Blackout Bernie</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160316/1036425347/after-stealing-democratic-election-corporate-elites-blackout-bernie.html">Tuesday night’s US presidential primary election results were guaranteed weeks ago by a misinformation campaign, as early voting began in the key battleground states.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160316/1036425347/after-stealing-democratic-election-corporate-elites-blackout-bernie.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>20</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>4466</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160316/1036419934/us-presidential-elections-cuba-relations.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160318091126im_/http://cdn3.img.sputniknews.com/images/102409/76/1024097629.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Cuba" title="Cuba" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160316/1036419934/us-presidential-elections-cuba-relations.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>21:36 16.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">21:36 16.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160316/1036419934/us-presidential-elections-cuba-relations.html">What 2016 Presidential Race Means for the Future of US-Cuban Relations</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160316/1036419934/us-presidential-elections-cuba-relations.html">Barack Obama's upcoming visit to Cuba has prompted questions when Washington will finally lift its embargo on Havana and will the US President's successor follow in his footsteps?</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160316/1036419934/us-presidential-elections-cuba-relations.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i> 0</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>283</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160316/1036408563/ukraine-washington-new-president-neocons.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160318091126im_/http://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/images/102089/63/1020896363.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="The White House in Washington, D.C." title="The White House in Washington, D.C." class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160316/1036408563/ukraine-washington-new-president-neocons.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>19:03 16.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">19:03 16.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160316/1036408563/ukraine-washington-new-president-neocons.html">Ukrainian Gambit: Why US Hawks Are Desperate for a New President</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160316/1036408563/ukraine-washington-new-president-neocons.html">The Obama administration could have done more in terms of military aid to Kiev, former US ambassadors to Ukraine Steven Pifer and John Herbst insist, urging the White House to boost its military assistance to the country.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160316/1036408563/ukraine-washington-new-president-neocons.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>15</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>3703</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160316/1036389557/kurds-syria-betrayal-western-allies.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160318091126im_/http://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/images/103485/52/1034855278.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="A Kurdish YPG fighter" title="A Kurdish YPG fighter" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160316/1036389557/kurds-syria-betrayal-western-allies.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>16:19 16.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">16:19 16.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160316/1036389557/kurds-syria-betrayal-western-allies.html">'The Kurds Have No Friends': Why the Nation's Motto May Turn Into Reality</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160316/1036389557/kurds-syria-betrayal-western-allies.html">What does the future have in store for the Kurds? When a settlement is reached at the Syria peace negotiations, will the West go out of its way to assist its most reliable allies in fighting Daesh terrorists?</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160316/1036389557/kurds-syria-betrayal-western-allies.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>21</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>2868</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160316/1036384560/turkey-syria-eu-blackmail.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160318091126im_/http://cdn4.img.sputniknews.com/images/103503/72/1035037230.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Refugees and migrants massed onto an inflatable boat reach Mytilene, northern island of Lesbos, after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey on February 17, 2016" title="Refugees and migrants massed onto an inflatable boat reach Mytilene, northern island of Lesbos, after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey on February 17, 2016" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160316/1036384560/turkey-syria-eu-blackmail.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>14:00 16.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">14:00 16.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160316/1036384560/turkey-syria-eu-blackmail.html">Turkey 'Blackmailing' Brussels in Its Refugee Action Plan</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160316/1036384560/turkey-syria-eu-blackmail.html">Earlier in March, the EU-Turkey summit resulted in a deal on stemming migration flows into the European Union from the Middle East through Turkey.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160316/1036384560/turkey-syria-eu-blackmail.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i> 0</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>75</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160316/1036368838/russia-withdrawal-versions.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160318091126im_/http://cdn5.img.sputniknews.com/images/103629/10/1036291061.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Hmeimim airbase in Syria" title="Hmeimim airbase in Syria" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160316/1036368838/russia-withdrawal-versions.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>10:59 16.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">10:59 16.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160316/1036368838/russia-withdrawal-versions.html">What’s Behind the Move? Most Discussed Ways to View President Putin’s ‘Syrian Surprise’</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160316/1036368838/russia-withdrawal-versions.html">While most of the media world still remains puzzled over what Russia’s ‘largely achieved objectives’ were in Syria, Sputnik has reviewed the most popular versions put forward by Russian and foreign media sources; while some of them happen to coincide, there are still various perceptions of the move.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160316/1036368838/russia-withdrawal-versions.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>16</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>7404</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item m-plain"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160316/1036363914/daesh-syria-russia-pullout.html"></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160316/1036363914/daesh-syria-russia-pullout.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>07:00 16.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">07:00 16.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160316/1036363914/daesh-syria-russia-pullout.html">Russian Pullout From Syria Leaves Daesh Seriously Hurt</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160316/1036363914/daesh-syria-russia-pullout.html">Daesh was badly hurt by ceaseless Russian air attacks over the past seven months, but it continues to control significant territories and has not been eliminated yet, US analysts told Sputnik.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/trend/russia_syria_jets_withdrawal_2016/">Russian Jets Withdraw From Syria</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white-icon "><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160316/1036363914/daesh-syria-russia-pullout.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i> 0</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>468</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160316/1036363785/russia-syria-pullout-reputation.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160318091126im_/http://cdn4.img.sputniknews.com/images/103629/11/1036291165.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Hmeimim airbase in Syria" title="Hmeimim airbase in Syria" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160316/1036363785/russia-syria-pullout-reputation.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>06:52 16.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">06:52 16.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160316/1036363785/russia-syria-pullout-reputation.html">Russia Withdraws From Syria With Enhanced Reputation</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160316/1036363785/russia-syria-pullout-reputation.html">Russia pulled its air force out of Syria after it had achieved its strategic goal of preserving the Syrian state and establishing conditions for the success of the Syrian army in land operations, analysts told Sputnik.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/trend/russia_syria_jets_withdrawal_2016/">Russian Jets Withdraw From Syria</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160316/1036363785/russia-syria-pullout-reputation.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>1</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>833</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160315/1036345228/china-gender-equality.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160318091126im_/http://cdn4.img.sputniknews.com/images/102606/70/1026067040.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Chinese female troops practice marching near a billboard showing Chinese President Xi Jinping and the slogan Strive to build a People's Liberation Army that obeys the Party, Wins the war and has outstanding work style“ at a camp on the outskirts of Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015" 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criticize China for domestic violence cases or gender inequality issues, they usually ignore the fact that the country has made a giant leap from a feudal realm to a modern developing state over the last hundred years, US activist Caleb Maupin stresses.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160315/1036345228/china-gender-equality.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>1</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>1379</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160315/1036329071/russia-withdrawal-syria-war.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160318091126im_/http://cdn5.img.sputniknews.com/images/103119/47/1031194786.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Russian Aerospace Defense Forces' Su-30SM fighter escorts a Tu-160 bomber which fired cruise missiles at ISIS targets in Syria" title="Russian Aerospace Defense Forces' Su-30SM fighter escorts a Tu-160 bomber which fired cruise missiles at ISIS targets in Syria" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160315/1036329071/russia-withdrawal-syria-war.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>18:16 15.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">18:16 15.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160315/1036329071/russia-withdrawal-syria-war.html">Realpolitik: Russia's Pullout Paving Way to Political Settlement in Syria</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160315/1036329071/russia-withdrawal-syria-war.html">In Syria, Russia has demonstrated that political realism works in the twenty-first century, New York City-based political analyst Nikolay Pakhomov notes, adding that announcing the withdrawal of Russia's military contingent, President Putin "has shown, again, that he still calls the shots."</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/trend/russia_syria_jets_withdrawal_2016/">Russian Jets Withdraw From Syria</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160315/1036329071/russia-withdrawal-syria-war.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>18</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>4027</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160315/1036331818/russia-syria-objectives.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160318091126im_/http://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/images/103068/48/1030684807.jpg" 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href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160315/1036331818/russia-syria-objectives.html">While the world, including Washington, puzzles over what exactly are Russia’s “largely achieved objections in Syria” which prompted its partial pullout from the country, Stratfor has arrived at its own conclusions.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/trend/russia_syria_jets_withdrawal_2016/">Russian Jets Withdraw From Syria</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160315/1036331818/russia-syria-objectives.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>25</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>4886</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160315/1036312300/syria-russia-withdrawal-success.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160318091126im_/http://cdn3.img.sputniknews.com/images/103629/14/1036291454.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Hmeimim airbase in Syria" title="Hmeimim airbase in Syria" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160315/1036312300/syria-russia-withdrawal-success.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>14:34 15.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">14:34 15.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160315/1036312300/syria-russia-withdrawal-success.html">In Syria, Russia Succeeded Because It Was 'Trying to Help, and Not Impose'</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160315/1036312300/syria-russia-withdrawal-success.html">Because Russia was trying to help Syria in a limited time frame, it was successful, unlike the United States in Iraq, which along with military operations attempted to change civil administrations of countries.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/trend/russia_syria_jets_withdrawal_2016/">Russian Jets Withdraw From Syria</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160318091126/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160315/1036312300/syria-russia-withdrawal-success.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i> 0</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>811</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item" data-next="/analysis/more.html?id=1036313391&date=20160315T135800"><a class="b-stories__img" 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