The Independent published an article by David Usborne headlined "If Capitol Hill makes Barack Obama nervous, wait until he gets to Russia" devoted to the US president's coming visit to Russia and the Syrian crisis.
"With the fate of his plans to strike Syria for allegedly poisoning its own people in the hands of Congress, President Barack Obama leaves Washington today for a trip that will include a two-day summit with fellow leaders in St Petersburg. If Capitol Hill makes him nervous, wait until he gets to Russia," the article begins.
According to the author, the situation in Syria will probably be the main issue on the agenda of the summit.
"The abrupt decision by President Obama to stand back from Syrian strikes, pending a debate in Congress, has had the effect of creating space for the G20 to engineer some alternative to intervention," the author writes. "According to the most optimistic script, that would involve launching an internationally backed effort to bring about a peaceful political transition in Syria to a future without Bashar al-Assad. To this, Russia and China would have finally to agree."
However, the expections for such an outcome are extremely low, Usborne writes.
