Syrian Ambassador to Russia: Syrian parents are naming their children after Vladimir Putin
In the schools of Syria, Russian became the second language and many parents in the country are starting to name their children in honor of Putin. This was stated by the Syrian Ambassador to Russia, Riad Haddad.
"President Bashar al-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. Many families even started to name their children Putin. It's not a secret that the children of the president [Bashar al-Assad] are now studying Russian," Haddad said, speaking before the Russian Federation Council (the upper house of the Russian Parliament).
The Ambassador also added that departments of Russian language were opened in all the universities of Syria. In schools, Russian language is being studied beginning in seventh grade.