Paris: Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed as "political rhetoric" accusations that war crimes had been committed in Syria`s Aleppo, speaking in an interview broadcast on Wednesday.


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"It`s political rhetoric that does not mean much and does not take into account the realities in Syria," Putin told France`s TF1 television


"I am deeply convinced that it is our Western partners, first and foremost of course the United States, who are responsible for the situation," he added.