For Russia and China, the Arab Spring only offers a warning "Tomorrow's visit to Damascus by Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, is designed to demonstrate that there is an alternative to Western 'belligerence'. It is possible that Russia will try to put together a Syrian transition deal."
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