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A Russian soldier from a Chechnya-based battalion guards Russian army engineers in southern Lebanon in 2006
September 15, 2008 1531 GMT
A reported increase in the presence of Russian intelligence officers in Lebanon provides a hint of things to come in the Middle East.

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