A well-tested Russian tactic is more likely to freeze than resolve the bloody conflict.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-01-27/putin-has-a-constitution-to-sell-syria
In audio obtained by the Guardian, McCain says ‘it is the one aspect of our confrontation where adversaries are ahead’
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3202259
http://www.ng.ru/politics/2017-01-27/100_obzor270117.html
http://www.ng.ru/editorial/2017-01-27/2_6914_red.html
http://nv.ua/opinion/piontkovskiy/televizionnoe-velichie-kremlja-547688.html
https://republic.ru/posts/79023
http://inopressa.ru/article/27Jan2017/spiegel/trump_syria1.html
http://inopressa.ru/article/27Jan2017/washtimes/monro.html