Putin Tours New Production Hub for Missiles Withheld From Syria
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President Vladimir Putin toured a new production hub for components of the surface-to-air missile systems that Syria has ordered and that Russia is withholding under international pressure.
Putin oversaw demonstrations today of the new-generation S-400 system, which isn’t for export, and a modernized version of the S-300 that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is seeking, at the Obukhovsky facility on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, his hometown.