RT: 'Weak and short-sighted' - Russian PM slams White House for failure to sync ISIS bombing campaign
Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has blamed the Obama administration for its failure to make progress in talks between the US and Russia on coordinating airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria.
Speaking to the Rossiya 1 TV station, Medvedev said he was perplexed at the reasons behind the US not wanting to agree to President Vladimir Putin’s proposal to work with Washington to drive Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) out of Syria.
Update #1: Russian PM brands US 'short-sighted and weak' over failure to hold talk on ISIS airstrikes -- Express
Update #2: Medvedev: Russia’s Military Operation Aimed at Defeating ISIS -- VOA
Update #3: Russia's Operation in Syria Aims to Eliminate Terrorists, Not Protect Assad -- Sputnik
WNU Editor: The White House's refusal to meet with Russian President Medvedev to discuss Syria is causing shock-waves in Moscow. I am hard pressed to remember the last time a senior Russian leader was told in public that his presence was not wanted. Not surprising .... while Russian media has been covering this story for the past two days, no mention in the U.S. main stream media on this growing split.