The decision was made personally by Putin: the Kremlin confirmed that Assad escaped from Syria to the Russian Federation

According to Dmitry Peskov, the Russian authorities are "not obliged" to make an official statement to grant Bashar Assad asylum in Russia. The decision to grant asylum in Russia President of Syria Bashar Assad and his family was made personally by Vladimir Putin. This was stated at a briefing by Russian Presidential President Dmitry Peskov, Meduza reported. Peskov stressed that the Kremlin is "absolutely optional" to make an official statement on granting asylum asylum in Russia.

"We are not obliged to do this," Peskov said. At the same time, he added that he has nothing to tell journalists about Assad's whereabouts, and Assad's meeting with Putin is not provided in the official schedule. At the same time, the Russian propaganda edition of TASS reported that the Embassy of Syria in the Russian Federation also confirmed that Bashar Assad was in Moscow.

Speaking of the situation in Syria in general, Peskov said that what happened there "surprised the whole world", and the Kremlin "in this case is no exception. " According to Putin's press, Syria is waiting for a "very difficult period associated with instability", but the Kremlin will maintain a dialogue with all regional countries "on Syrian affairs". We will remind, on December 8 in the network showed photos of Bashar al -Assad with his wife, probably in the Russian Federation.