What aims did Russia pursue? What has it achieved so far? And what was it that surprised the international community the most? Find the answers to these questions in this special feature by TASS.
During her weekly briefing Russian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman told reporters that the West is "directly shielding the militants from strikes" in Syria.
Moscow has accused US of sabotaging the Syria ceasefire deal, saying that the US will be responsible for any new terror attacks in Syria, as by taking no action against Al-Nusra it shows readiness “to make a deal with the devil".