Assad Could Find Sanctuary In Town Of Deposed Leaders -- Sydney Morning Herald/New York Times
BARVIKHA, Russia: A few years back, before he settled in this bucolic town in a pine forest near Moscow, Askar Akayev, then the president of Kyrgyzstan, had a very stressful day.
Outside his presidential palace, an angry mob had gathered. An overturned car was on fire. Protesters had shinned over a wrought-iron fence and were breaking ground-floor windows and prying open doors.
Then came word from a security adviser: the time had come.
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My Comment: I prefer to see Assad in a war crimes courtroom, but if Assad should decide to flee to Russia .... he (and his wife) will have to get use to the cold Russian winter. But even though it is cold in winter .... Barvikha (just outside of Moscow and a place that I am familiar with) is a great place to live .... and a perfect place for a deposed leader to hide from those who are seeking revenge.
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