October 20, 2015. President Vladimir Putin, second right, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, third right, and President of Syria Bashar al-Assad, second left, at a meeting at the Kremlin. Right: Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. Back, left to right: Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, Mikhail Fradkov, Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
