MOSCOW. Sept 4 (Interfax) - Moscow will react to the use of chemical weapons in Syria when it is found out for certain who committed this crime.
"If we have impartial and accurate information on who committed these crimes, then there'll be a reaction. It would be absolutely incorrect to presume something and say prematurely something like: yes, we will do this and that. Policymakers don't do that. But I'd like to assure you that we will assume a principled position," Putin said in an interview with Channel One television and the Associated Press.
In elaborating on how principled this position of Russia might be, Putin said, "The use of a weapon of mass destruction against people is a crime."