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Russia questioned a report by the United Nations that blamed Syrian government forces for two chlorine gas attacks and said the UN Security Council cannot use the conclusions to impose sanctions."There are two cases that they suggest are the fault of the Syrian side; we have very serious questions," Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters after the council met behind closed doors in New York to discuss the report on August 30.

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