September 25, 2017 07:10 pm | Updated 07:21 pm IST - MOSCOW:
In this Feb. 22, 2013 photo, Russian high level officer Valery Asapov, right, poses for a photo with Russian President Vladimir Putin, during an award ceremony in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. Russia's Defense Ministry said on Sunday, Lt. Gen. Asapov has been killed in fighting in Syria.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that “two-faced policy” of the United States was to blame for the death of Russian general Valery Asapov in Syria, RIA news agency quoted him as saying on Monday.
“The death of the Russian commander is the price, the bloody price for the two-faced American policy in Syria,” Mr. Ryabkov told reporters, according to RIA.
The Russian Defence Ministry said on Sunday the general had been killed by shelling near Deir al-Zor.
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