When researching Russia’s involvement it is clear to see why they have chosen to be on the side of the Assad regime despite the fact that Bashar al-Assad disobeyed the wishes of Russia used chemical weapons. In fact it is specifically this disobedience that lead Russia to support Assad. It seems that the acts of Russia are fairly transparent. He is waging his bets on the fact that he can regain the full cooperation of a waning ally. Russia has made the move to keep Syria as an ally even if that means supporting Assad despite their disloyalty.
Russia was once a large power with supporters all over the globe. Currently they do not have many allies outside of their own former republic. One of the last is Syria, their allegiance started