Moscow's military is back--sort of.
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/russias-military-used-215-new-weapons-systems-syria-24283
With United Nations-sponsored talks to end the civil war getting nowhere, Russia staged its own. Neither has made much progress.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/30/world/middleeast/syria-russia-sochi-talks.html
https://www.svoboda.org/a/29004532.html
https://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2018/01/29_a_11628913.shtml
https://www.gazeta.ru/army/2018/01/29/11629213.shtml
https://www.rbc.ru/newspaper/2018/01/29/5a6d87959a79475a5bddfac9
https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3533451
https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3533896
https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3533377