Ruzzia was the main international backer of Al- Asad regime in Syria. What was pretty much the only military significant port that Ruzzia had left in the Mediterranean (Tartus) was leased by Al-Asad's regime. This allowed Ruzzia to have a close military presence in the middle east. Now, their puppet in Syria Al-Asad is in Moscow while the government has been seized by radical islamists.
I has been the war in Ukraine has sucked up all of Ruzzias resources and what was a quick "operation" has become a three year war. The Ruble has collapsed and Ruzzia had to call for support from North Korea, even to get enough soldiers.
If anyone needed a sign of how Ruzzia has become weaker that ever, the loss of Syria is one of a kind.
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