Independent Russian military analyst Viktor Litovkin says Russia lacks combat support systems rather than firing units, and notes that such systems consist of drones, precision weapons,reconnaissance,navigation, communication,and guidance systems,etc.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

"That is including Iraq, Afghanistan,etc. So,the scale of violations that have been committed there and the scale of active killing and death due to a lack of humanitarian service, access to health,etc., exceeds any other catastrophe on the Planet."

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

"Strong support is needed for them to rebuild their lives,". "The Mauritanian national refugee organization and its partners are assisting in the reintegration process with a variety of programs allocating farm land, providing Arabic and French language courses, doing medical screening of the returnees,etc."

VOA: standard.2009.10.24