In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].

(CNN) The Marine Corps' fighting ability is undermined by the more than 30,000 active Marines and veterans involved in a private Facebook group being investigated for allegedly posting explicit photos of women in the military without their consent, a former Navy secretary told CNN on Friday. "There's no good excuse," Ray Mabus said on CNN's New Day. "The Marine motto is 'semper fidelis,' always faithful, and what these Marines did was to be unfaithful to their fellow Marines." "Marines look after each other, Marines have each other's back. Look at what the commandant of the Marine Corps said about this, this makes us a less effective fighting force," Mabus said, referring to a video statement posted Tuesday by Gen. Robert Neller.Ray Mabus: "What these Marines did was to be unfaithful to their fellow Marines"Investigation should determine how "Marines United" group developed, he said 
 Question:"These Marines, these veterans, that have participated in this have attacked fellow _, and that is inexcusable in a fighting force, and particularly in the Marines, who are so special."
Marines

(CNN) Syrian government forces say they have retaken control of the rest of Aleppo, but there is no military solution to the conflict in Syria. Only a widely accepted political settlement can end the fighting and stitch the country back together. The recent Syrian regime offensive -- supported by Russian and Iranian-backed forces -- to capture the rest of the eastern side of the city has led to the complete fall of the besieged area. However the Syrian regime's recent victories have raised many questions about the impact of these gains on the conflict in Syria and the fate of the country.Haid: Even if Assad is able to control Syria militarily, after a long struggle, the regime will still not be able to efficiently run the countryDespite the significance of Aleppo, the fate of the city alone is not a decisive factor in the Syrian conflict 
 Question:Any other solution will only deal with symptoms and ignore the illness until it is too late for it to be treated, and turn _ into a failed state permanently.
Syrian

A banker who was once one of Vladimir Putin's closest friends has fled London for France claiming he fears for his life. Sergey Pugachev, 52, who lives with his British socialite partner Alexandra Tolstoy, fell out with the Kremlin leader and is now a wanted man in Russia. He has now left the country during a High Court action alleging he stole more than £655 million from Russia, and as he faces an extradition bid by Putin's prosecutors. 'He keeps receiving straightforward life threats against him and for his family,' said a spokesman explaining his disappearance abroad.' A Russian government body called the Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA) is seeking to recoup a total of almost £2billion in alleged stolen assets from Mr Pugachev who dismisses the claim as political intimidation.Banker was once trusted friend of Russian president Vladimir PutinBut Russian authorities now want him over alleged £655million theftHis assets were frozen by a British court, leading his lover to complainHe has now gone on the run in France, where he could be arrested 
 Question:'If this is what happens to me outside of Russia, one can only imagine what could happen in _.

Russia