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In recent news, Putin has announced the brought military aid to Syria in combat of the Islamic State of Levant (ISIL or ISIS). The relation between Russia and Syria runs deep since 1772, when the country was part of the Ottoman Empire. Due to several historic ties and a sense of duties as the representative of the Russian Orthodox Church, Russia has had a growing interest in keeping Syria “safe” and intervenes in order to save its most essential ally in the Middle East.
President Vladimir Putin views himself as a representative of the Russian Orthodox Church, and believes that it is there traditional mission to maintain that way. Putin has also envisioned himself this particular “mission” in order to spread more influence to the Middle East, starting from Syria. Not only does Putin envision himself as the representative country of the Russia Orthodox Church, but also as the sole defender of Orthodox Christianity. The country claims to have inherited it from the Caesars of the Byzantine Empire after the Fall of Constantinople. Moscow to them was not just a Third Rome, but also as New Jerusalem. Due to these strong beliefs in religion, it has also influenced Russia’s homophobic laws on the ban of “gay propaganda.” In the past, the country has been implementing even more severe homophobic laws, such as harsher punishments.
Russia’s first major intervention started when the Catherine the Great went to war with the Ottomans. However, the goal of Catherine the Great was to further stretch its military empire. In Syria, Russia was able to gain a military base in the Mediterranean Sea. The country’s aggression over territory has been a profound, throughout history, even till the present. The Crimean war was proclaimed to be a religious fight between the Russian-backed Orthodox and the French-backed Catholic Priest, but after the annexation of Crimea by Prince Potemkin, Russia negotiated for a military base for the Black Sea fleet proved otherwise.
Russia has continued its aggression till the present, with the country still invading Ukraine. The military aid sent to Russia has been criticized that Putin may be trading the Syrian influence to end the Western sanctions and secure the annexed Crimea (2014). By defending Syria, Putin is also defending his own authority.
President Vladimir Putin views himself as a representative of the Russian Orthodox Church, and believes that it is there traditional mission to maintain that way. Putin has also envisioned himself this particular “mission” in order to spread more influence to the Middle East, starting from Syria. Not only does Putin envision himself as the representative country of the Russia Orthodox Church, but also as the sole defender of Orthodox Christianity. The country claims to have inherited it from the Caesars of the Byzantine Empire after the Fall of Constantinople. Moscow to them was not just a Third Rome, but also as New Jerusalem. Due to these strong beliefs in religion, it has also influenced Russia’s homophobic laws on the ban of “gay propaganda.” In the past, the country has been implementing even more severe homophobic laws, such as harsher punishments.
Russia’s first major intervention started when the Catherine the Great went to war with the Ottomans. However, the goal of Catherine the Great was to further stretch its military empire. In Syria, Russia was able to gain a military base in the Mediterranean Sea. The country’s aggression over territory has been a profound, throughout history, even till the present. The Crimean war was proclaimed to be a religious fight between the Russian-backed Orthodox and the French-backed Catholic Priest, but after the annexation of Crimea by Prince Potemkin, Russia negotiated for a military base for the Black Sea fleet proved otherwise.
Russia has continued its aggression till the present, with the country still invading Ukraine. The military aid sent to Russia has been criticized that Putin may be trading the Syrian influence to end the Western sanctions and secure the annexed Crimea (2014). By defending Syria, Putin is also defending his own authority.