Another 4,000 Russians in Syria

Russian elections last Sunday gave a view of the likely number of Russian troops in Syria.

The publication of the results of the elections show that 4751 Russians in Syria voted. That's four times as many Russian voters as five years ago. Russia seizes military since September 2015 in the civil war in Syria.

Deputy Defense Minister Nikolai Pankov said earlier that voted almost 100 percent of the Russian troops in Syria. He mentioned no numbers.