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I suspect the Russians will never venture beyond airstrikes and proxy warfare. Their involvement in Syria at the moment is more to do with distracting Russians from their domestic economy than buffer-building and they've had Chechnya to remind them constantly of Afghanistan. My money is on a whole bunch of blood and treasure expended by all sides to produce a new map not significantly different than the pre-'91 status quo.