Russian historian and publicist Andrei Piontkovsky believes that a military adventure in Syria, Russia began to distract the Russians from defeat in the East of Ukraine.

Russian political scientist and publicist, leading researcher of the Institute for systems analysis of Russian Academy of Sciences Andrei Piontkovsky believes that the President of Russia Vladimir Putin has sent troops to Syria in order to change the agenda. He stated this in an interview with channel SotnikTV
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"Hybrid war against Ukraine, or as I prefer to say our propagandists, with the Anglo-Saxon world – it was all over for Putin severe lesions. Please note, nowhere in our propaganda does not use the term "Russian world", "new Russia", but that was at the center of all of our political discourse. Covered by such criminalistical euphoria, Putin has put forward, in fact, the fascist concept of the Russian world, claiming the right, and, indeed, duty, to protect Russian citizens and ethnic Russians and Russian-speaking", he said.

The analyst noted that one of the Pro-Kremlin propagandists in this regard, even compared Putin with "good Hitler" of 1938, which defended the interests of the German people. And that statement shocked the Russians.

"The plans of annexing eight Ukrainian regions were developed, turned around (by the way, he vanished too) furious nuclear blackmail of the West. Remember all those shaky "Iskander", "radioactive ash", "don't mess with us, we will have to raise rates," he continued.

In his opinion, the West was not afraid of blackmail and placed in Estonia, the NATO contingent.

"It was the second defeat after defeat in the "new Russia". It's not even military, it is a metaphysical defeat. He wanted to present it as an ethnic war between Russians and Ukrainians. And it was, if you will, the philosophical war between the two picks between the traditions of Kievan Rus and the Golden Horde. And the majority of the Russian population became self-aware, perhaps for the first time, citizens of Ukrainian, European States and the heirs of Kievan Rus. Well, finally, the defeat in Russia, where he saw this Imperial madness, to be counted. It is not typical for the Russian people, the war with Ukraine is extremely unpopular. He was caught in a trap, good moves now in Ukraine. All he seeks now is to push this Lucantonio in the body of Ukraine – is not anything goes. And simply do nothing like death. I preheated the townsfolk, his base of support, there is a terrible suspicion: "the king is not real," said Piontkovsky.

In this regard, Putin decided to show, "he macho" and how he "opposes damn Yankees", in Syria, the analyst concluded.