Putin’s Russia has a problem. It is muslims.
In that, there will be an agreement.
Russia’s reason in Syria is for one thing, that is its military base there. We can all speculate on the oil and all the rest, but their main reason to being there is to protect that military/naval base there. Warm water port in a strategic area. IMO it is not because of trying to stop a pipeline being built through Syria because that pipeline can be put up through Jordan and up off the coast to Europe.
I dont disagree with you on the oil revenue and how Russia has used it for leverage. But they are now learning what competition is.
Russia can not compete in a fair market. They are financially in dire straights. I agree.
True, there’s a few different issues.
Another one that might cause some camaraderie between the two leaders is that Putin appears to be a proud man who would not be caught dead taking sides with the foolish American MSM.
Even though it may have been to Russia’s advantage to damage Trump’s presidency by going along with and fueling the fires of the Russian/Trump collusion meme, he seems to be too proud to stoop to that level of absurdity.
And that has been fortunate for Trump. A well timed “confession” by Putin that the collusion took place would certainly not have helped Trump put the matter to rest.