Newsweek: Putin says Syria campaign cost $480 million
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has confirmed that five Russian servicemen had died during the course of the campaign in Syria and 33 billion roubles ($480 million) were spent by the Ministry of Defence on the operation itself.