Well if things weren't complicated enough in Syria already, apparently Saudi Arabia has made a secret offer to Russia to safeguard it's naval base in Syria should Assad fall and a guarantee that the Sochi Olympics would not get attacked by Chechen and Islamic terrorists if Russia backed away from Assad.
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As-Safir said Prince Bandar pledged to safeguard Russia’s naval base in Syria if the Assad regime is toppled, but he also hinted at Chechen terrorist attacks on Russia’s Winter Olympics in Sochi if there is no accord. “I can give you a guarantee to protect the Winter Olympics next year. The Chechen groups that threaten the security of the games are controlled by us,”
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There's a veiled threat if there ever was one. So what is Russia's stake in Syria again besides the naval base? Did 100k people have to die just so Russia had a place to sell it's arms ($4 billion+) and park it's ships?