When Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was in Damascus recently, he announced the possibility of Russia giving nuclear assistance to Syria. At the joint press conference with Syrian president Bashar Assad he stated that cooperation on atomic energy could get a second chance. At the same time the Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko publicly confirmed rumors related to Moscow's aid to the Syrians in building a nuclear power station.
The move made by the Kremlin should indicate to Washington and the European capitals that Moscow is far from giving up its meddling in the Middle East--a naïve notion circulated in the U.S. capital after Russia agreed to vote for the toothless U.N. sanctions against Iran.
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