The military cooperation chief, Mikhail Dmitriev, said that defense ties between the two countries 'reinforces stability in the region.'

军事合作局主管Mikhail Dmitriev称，两个国家之间的防御纽带“增强了地区稳定性”。

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Mikhail Dmitriev of the Centre for Strategic Research (CSR), who predicted today's stand-off, argues that it has come about because the middle class has emerged as a political force.

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