Russia is not in talks with the Syrian government about supplying advanced S-300 ground-to-air missiles and does not think they are needed, the Izvestia daily cited a top Kremlin aide as saying on May 11, in an apparent U-turn by Moscow.
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A picture taken during a press tour provided by the Russian Armed Forces on September 12, 2017 shows a Russian Kamov helicopter flies near S-300 missile system at the Hmeimim military base in Latakia province, in the northwest of Syria.
