Putin Rejects Idea Syria Used Chemical Weapons

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BY PAUL SONNE
MOSCOW—Russian President Vladimir Putin called the idea that the Syrian regime would use chemical weapons “absolute nonsense” and said “run-of-the-mill interceptions of some conversations that don’t prove anything” can’t justify military action against a sovereign state.
Mr. Putin’s unusually-strong remarks Saturday escalated a war of words between the Kremlin and the White House and came a day after Secretary of State John Kerry denounced “Russian obstructionism” that he said has made it impossible for the United Nations “to galvanize the world to act as it should.”
Mr. Putin’s comments mark the first time the Russian president has weighed in on …
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