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How Russia is reading the killing of Qasem Soleimaini

Moscow weighs the implications of the elimination of one of the Middle East's most powerful men.

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A demonstrator holds a picture of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani during protest against the assassination of Soleimani, Tehran, Iran, Jan. 3, 2020. — WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Nazanin Tabatabaee via REUTERS

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