(Bloomberg) Ilya Arkhipov, Stepan Kravchenko and Henry Meyer - Russian officials now admit that Moscow's aim in Syria is far broader than the publicly announced fight against terrorist groups. The Kremlin's real goal is to help Syrian President Assad retake as much territory as possible, Russian officials said. Moscow's deployment could last a year or more, one official said. President Putin is willing to risk falling into the kind of quagmire that Russia faced in Afghanistan a generation ago for the chance to roll back U.S. influence and demonstrate he can dictate terms to Washington.
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