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The United States and its allies have been pressuring Russia (and China) to condemn Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, who has tried to brutally suppress a popular uprising — spawned by the "Arab spring" protests — that is threatening to turn into a full-blown civil war.

Russia sees U.S. and Western interference in the affairs of post-Soviet satellite states as further encroachment on its political and economic spheres of influence, and has resisted calls to take a hard line against its ally.

Roberto De Vido writes cartoons and comics about politics, sports (and life) from a small fishing and farming village an hour southwest of Tokyo.

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“What we’ve seen recently is there are still issues that divide the United States and Russia, on issues where there aren’t common interests.”

— James Goldgeier, dean of the American University School of International Service, quoted at CNN.com

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