McCain called Russia a major player in the middle East RBC

Russia is a major player in the middle East. Such opinion in interview to TV channel MSNBC was expressed by the head of the U.S. Senate Committee on armed services John McCain.

Despite the fact that Russia is just the 15th economy in the world, it has become “a major player in the middle East,” he said. McCain added that “there is nothing more meaningful than what the Russians, the Iranians and the Turks invited US to take part in the peace conference [on Syria in Astana]“.

“the United States are not part of [the conference], but they are invited”, he concluded.

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In December last year, John McCain said that the US no longer plays the role of a global leader. Because of the “complete undermining of the leading role of the United States” was the conflict in Syria, the seizure of China, the American underwater drone and the alleged interference of hackers in the U.S. elections, which took place in November 2016, he said.