Deadlock: How much pressure will it take, for Russia to throw Syria to the lions. [unfinished illustration] pic.twitter.com/SiAlZKIPfG— oioiiooixiii (@oioiiooixiii) December 23, 2014Russia's economic situation is punishment for it's involvement in another country's affairs. That country isn't Ukraine though, it's Syria.— oioiiooixiii (@oioiiooixiii) December 23, 2014Путин/Putin said, in both his December Press Q&A and Federal Assembly speech, that sanctions against Russia were coming anyway. This is true— oioiiooixiii (@oioiiooixiii) December 23, 2014How quickly one forgets the Pentagon "sanctions" in 2013 re: Russian helicopters for Afghanistan http://t.co/B4C1V7LpRx all because of Syria— oioiiooixiii (@oioiiooixiii) December 23, 2014Syria theory is irrelevant if "Russian end-game" has been moved forward and is now in effect.— oioiiooixiii (@oioiiooixiii) December 23, 2014End-game for Russia: its federation split apart, Moscow district sent to EU for lobotomy. US will sink fangs into oil/gas rich republics.— oioiiooixiii (@oioiiooixiii) December 23, 2014