side on part of the fight in syria. that which involved the terror group of islamic state or isis. putin himself said the other day much of what trump has been saying. that fight is largely over. they have coordination to do now as to how or what the next step is in dealing with isis in syria. the fight is not completely done. they were on the opposite side of the longer term fight which they have to resolve which is what happens to assad and putin has been his backer and his ally and protector from the beginning from putin s perspective. russia won and the united states lost. sorry that correct? is there evidence that putin has not in effect retained his man, his guy in leadership. he retained his guy in leadership. ership of what.