Russia is simply seeking to delay/freeze the conflict. there will be elections in November and there is some chance that Trump could get elected and reverse Obama/clinton honeymoon with
CAnnibals and kids headchoppers that Obama calls moderates.
Is not a good plan ,but is neither completely terrible ,if we take into account that if Russia delays enough the war , it will grind economically NATO and terrorist allies ,because of the cost in food ,munitions and military aid. This cease of fire allows Americans to "SAve face" by claiming cooperation with Russia and even retreat from the war with honors. If for example Russia directly accused Obama and Pentagon of arming Alqaeda and ISIS.. then that will not encourage them to retreat ,because the future of many generals and US gov officials will be very dark , if Syria manage to retake 100% of its territory. If Russia declares a no fly zone , it will have to stop fighting terrorist and focus on NATO.. and so on and on.
All this weak and shame full policies of Russia are consequences of their economic and political dependence on the American world ,that covers most G20 economies ,US and Europe,and most developed nations. allowing them to take control of Intenational laws , like United Nations, and the world economy,take control of the world banking system and internet.. etc. So Russia is hostage of their lack of full independence. Russia needs to create an alternative to the American World , with China..and BRICS ,including many Latin American countries, including new world banking system ,new Internet ,new United Nations ,an alliance with all Asia , that is to counter the American world business and NATO and United Nations ,and only that way ,they will be able to show the middle finger on Americans whenever they want to aid any terrorist groups or overthrow any nation. But as long Russia remains dependent of the American world ,then they will need to play by NATO and United Nations rules. If Russia had a strong economy ,and it energy business did not depend in Europe , and they had an alliance ,political and military of near a hundred of nations in Syria .. then it will be impossible for Americans or NATO to do anything there. For now Russia is only seeking to delay things as much as possible in hopes
a new Leadership will emerge in America that will reverse Obama policies there.
If Clinton wins , then she will likely do things much worse for NATO ,because she could start in a direct war against Syria , justifying Russia to help Syria to block the Air space of Syria to them.
Russia being virtually alone in Syria trying to save them ,without the backup of a strong alliance is the major obstacle for them. Because it have to carry the economic burden almost alone of the fight. Also people should remember that the liberation of Aleppo will not stop the war , there is also Turkey ARmy inside northen Syria that will have to be removed and Israel too .
This goes back of Russia lack of leadership in the world ,that cannot convince anyone to join their side. COuntries will not like to be isolated by Americans and put under Sanctions. Even China depends on American world too. So Shows Russia since Putin came to power have been
greatly sabotaging its own future by not pushing to become a completely independent nation ,and created an independent alliance ,alternative to th American one. This all goes back to Russia allowing Americans to dominate all high tech business in the civilian world ,and steal the show.
If Russia could at least get some support from Former Soviet states and China in a decent force lets say 10,000 soldiers, and 50 planes, to deploy in Syria to "create humanitarian zones" with the full support of the Syrian Government and with endless ships supplies to Syria of "food and humanitarian help"
,,with mysterious cargo entering in Syria day and night around the clock then it will signal NATO ,that there is no chance for them to disband Syria with Russia and China
deploying meaningful number of forces there. That they will be facing another korean war ,that was a Disaster for them ,as soon they began to invade North Korea and attempted to disband it.
This is very important ,because in that war.. American ,Turkey, UK and many NATO forces also were present and were forced to retreat completely from North Korea by force. Major humiliation event for NATO on its history. and to have to deal with as similar force ,but now China and Russia very well armed with modern weapons and with IRAN help in a long war ,will definitively force them to retreat from the war and not even continue to try. They will simply move their terrorist elsewhere and pick another nation.. much farther from Russia borders.
something like Algeria or Venezuela .for example.
Major problem, that the wars continues.. is that the nations attacking Syria by proxy ,see an opportunity to get something from out of Syria and get away from it with International laws. but
if Russia had a strong alliance in Syria with many nations , then they will see a very costly war ,
of no chance to win anything. and will retreat to another place.
Once Americans notice ,they cannot damage Russia economy in Syria and they did in Afganistan to soviets,because their aid will be minimal ,and they have a strong coalition in Syria.. then American and NATO will retreat. Because there will be nothing to win..and they will seek a real peace deal ,to save face. as it was the peace treaty to end the Korean war... that it was signed with All the conditions demanded by China accepted but in similar ways. So Putin's Russia lack of leadership in the world,lack of having an alternative to NATO ,lack of Ambitions in the world,
wrongfully thinking ,that Americans will allow Russia to continue to grow as power ,as long they keep a low profile in the world ,in not competing with Americans world ,is the one to blame for the weak policies in Syria. That Russia depends on International public opinion in the west for avoiding being isolated in the world.
So again..Russia strategy is to freeze/delay the conflict as much as possible ,while helping
Syrian Army to hold their positions. If the Syrian army holds positions ,and terrorist lose the most casualties and terrorist advances are neutralized ,it will work. Because will force them to fight in the open. At the same time is interesting to notice how Big is Public Opinion growing
that United States is aiding terrorism . and that Russia needs to bomb the terrorist.
take a look at sputnik comments section of the "Cease of fire" that Russia agreed to do with
US>.
https://sputniknews.com/politics/20160910/1045172140/russia-us-deal-syria.html