Children of Syrian President Bashar Assad are currently learning Russian, the Syrian Ambassador to Russia Riyad Haddad.
"President Bashar Assad's decision to make Russian a second language in Syria is one of the elements of the gratitude of the Syrian people to the Russian people for their support. Even many families called their children Putin.
It's no secret if I say that the children of the president (Bashar Assad) are now learning Russian, "Haddad said, speaking in the Federation Council (upper house of parliament) of Russia.
The ambassador added that in all universities of Syria the Russian language departments were opened. In schools, however, the study of Russian begins with the seventh grade.
Recall that US President Donald Trump criticized Russia for supporting Bashar Assad, noting that if Russia did not support the Syrian dictator, now there would be no problems. In addition, Trump described the Syrian dictator as "an animal".