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Russia's Foreign Ministery has admitted that 'several dozen' of Russian citizens and citizens of other former Soviet states were killed or wounded in a recent battle in Syria. The Ministry insists that the fighters were not Russian servicemen and that no Russian military equipment was involved in fighting. Julia Lyubova reports from Moscow.
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