Their idea of ending the Protective Edge with a deal he made with the Muslim Brotherhood in Qatar and Turkey? Pushing Egypt and Israel under the bus? While Putin is a snake - he is the best game in town as the USA is in vacuum mode.
russia is not a friend to anyone in the region, including israel. russia simply wants to increase it political and strategic influence in the middle east. russia forgets that obama will depart in a few months.what will follow obama will most certainly be different. putin would be wise to make nice with the next president of the us. today, us remains the most powerful military in the world. hence, once obama leaves office of the presidency, once obama leaves office. russia will be faced with a number of nations very angree with the mother country.
Vlad can't offer another Camp David, if that is what Mahmoud and Ismail are hoping. Russia is too poor to even pay 100 million dollars a year for a peace deal. We have 60 000 of them here and laugh while their leader tries to play a humsnitarian. Putin can't even take care of his own citizens yet he has the nerve trying to dictate who other countries should run their affairs.