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In the second part of the interview with Nikolai Sukhov, leading research fellow at the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, New Eastern Outlook inquired about the Russian House in Damascus and the state of Russian business in Syria.

World War II was one of the most tragic yet heroic periods in human history. The Soviet Union, which bore the brunt of Nazi Germany’s aggression, became a symbol of courage, resistance, and resilience for the Arab world.

Disunity, mutual distrust, betrayal, the naivety of a significant portion of the population, and the inability to analyse past and present events – these are just a few characteristics of today’s Arab world. Of course, these traits existed before, but it seems that the Arab world is still unable to learn from its mistakes.