Yeah you're not making any major difference, Syrian rebels have proven that today. You even couldn't control and secure a plan you've been working on for 8 months. They destroyed all your Shia mercenaries in Aleppo with humble weapons.
You still stuck in your communist mindset which makes you militarily retards and have no efficient techniques to go on overseas operation.
Honestly, Russia is still weak and needs two more decades to compete. I'm wondering why a weak country such as yours still have a permanent chair in the UN. your communist country needs to topple its alcoholic Putin because he drives Russia to collapse economically and militarily. He thought Syria is another Crimean but hell no he still in shock and can't even send ground troops to Syria because it's gonna be another suicide like you did in Afghanistan.
Russia can't handle any military operation overseas the only operation you can do is that one in the isolated Crimean.