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Perspective of: United States
Russia - Russian Defense Ministry - Supplying weapons (Yakhont antiship missile system) and ships to Syria Syria - President Bashar al-Assad - Leader of Syrian government currently involved in civil war ||
 * Frame Element || Information gathered: ||
 * < Characters || United States - Secretary of State John Kerry - Do not want other nations supporting Syrian government
 * < Setting || * Civil war taking place in Syria - US and other nations siding with rebels while Russia (and potentially Iran) side with the Assad government and military forces.
 * Diplomatic conversations between Kerry and Russia in Moscow
 * United Nations mentioned (New York City) ||
 * < Initiating Event ||< "The disclosure of the delivery comes as Russia and the United States are planning to convene an international conference that is aimed at ending the brutal conflict in Syria..." ||
 * < Internal Response || Russia - Sell antiship missile system as preemptive move to thwart any attempts by the US and other nations to implement a naval blockage, establishing a no-fly zone, or carrying out additional air strikes.

US - John Kerry visited Moscow and raised the issue of sale of the weapon systems to Syria - "'I think we've made it crystal clear we would prefer that Russia was not supplying assistantce,' he [John Kerry] said" ||
 * < Goal ||< To stop further sale of Russian weapons to the Syrian Government. ||
 * < Consequence ||< US attempted multiple United Nations resolutions to limit sales of weapons and place further limits on Syrian government. ||
 * < Resolution ||< US attempts in UN were blocked by Russia. Russia plans to continue support of weapon sales including S-300 air defense weapons which they have previously backed off from selling to Iran. ||

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