Semyon Arkadyevich Bagdasarov (russian: link=no, Семён Арка́дьевич Багдаса́ров; born November 20, 1954, in

Margilan Margilan ( uz, Marg‘ilon/Марғилон, ; russian: Маргилан) is a city (2022 pop. 242,500) in Fergana Region in eastern Uzbekistan. Administratively, Margilan is a district-level city, that includes the urban-type settlement Yangi Marg ...

, Uzbek SSR) is a Russian politician and member of the

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. He has studied at the Military Institute of the Red Star and has learnt

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. As a political analyst, he concentrates on Central Asian and Middle Eastern affairs. In October 2015, amidst the Russian intervention in Syria, Bagdasarov, argued that the historical tradition of

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in Syria made it a “

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” for

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and “their” land. Hence he stated that there was “no Orthodoxy or Russia without

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”.Putin rehashes Ukraine rhetoric on Syria, but Nazi comparisons fail to convince

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(7 October 2015) He is an ethnic Armenian.

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Living people Russian people of Armenian descent 1954 births Fifth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) Ethnic Armenian politicians People from Margilan A Just Russia politicians 21st-century Russian politicians Uzbekistani people of Armenian descent {{Russia-politician-stub