Then does Putin offer a seven year pact?
Putin will eventually get his, but he actually has his sights set on Israel’s vast N/G reserves off the coast which dwarf anything Russia may have (so they say).
He actually called Bibi last week offering “Russian Protection” of these reserves with the might of the Russian military. Of course it was declined, so now they move in with the objective to “protect Assad”.
That’s what I’m thinking.