“Another warm water port under Russian influence in Syria, is frosting on the cake.”
How many cakes do you want to frost for Russia?
We have around 800 bases scattered around the world as best as I can see they have 2 or 3.
Freaking out over them having a worn out port facility in Syria is really kinda funny.
Crimea is fine. But remember that every Tsar since Peter the Great has wanted control of Constantinople the Bodphorus and the Dardanelles. Russians have long memories.