A plea for caution from Russia
What Vladimir Putin has to say to Americans about Syria
• This article was first published in the New York Times
• This article was first published in the New York Times
Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes US President Barack Obama at the start of the G20 summit in Saint Petersburg, September 2013. Photograph: Eric Feferberg/AFP/Getty Images
Recent events surrounding Syria have prompted me to speak directly to the American people and their political leaders. It is important to do so at a time of insufficient communication between our societies.