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Russia unlikely to be swayed by new UN Syria report

New UN report says that the Russian-backed Syrian government's mistreatment of tens of thousands of detainees amounts to a policy of extermination. Armed opposition groups are also accused of torture and summary executions. Natalya Narochnitskaya is president of the pro-Russian Institute for Democracy and Cooperation.

(Photo: Brazilian Paulo Pinheiro, Chairperson of the Commission of Inquiry on Syria; Credit: AP)

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