Semyon Arkadyevich Bagdasarov (; born November 20, 1954, in

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) is a Russian politician and member of the

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. He has studied at the Military Institute of the Red Star and has learnt

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. As a political analyst, he concentrates on Central Asian and Middle Eastern affairs. In October 2015, amidst the Russian intervention in Syria, Bagdasarov, argued that the historical tradition of

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in Syria made it a “

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” for

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and “their” land. Hence he stated that there was “no Orthodoxy or Russia without

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(7 October 2015) He is an ethnic

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Living people Russian people of Armenian descent 1954 births Fifth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) Ethnic Armenian politicians People from Margilan A Just Russia politicians Uzbekistani people of Armenian descent {{Russia-StateDuma-Deputy-stub