international community and this deal was most likely discussed with him in advance with his government in advance so they already have what's our all assad on their side. in addition to that you have to remember that this deal is actually into best interest the assad government wants to maintain pressure on rebel groups in the city at the same time it doesn't want to make many of these headlines that were seen about the civilian casualties so this type of ceasefire deal allows them to claim at least publicly that they are doing what's in the best interest of the civilian population while maintaining the military campaign ok now how much influence does lattimer putin have right now with bashar al assad. well as i just said there moscow and vladimir putin is the biggest ally of boxall assad on the international scene now you have to remember it was russian military support that allowed the allowed damascus while the assad government to actually