Russian criminal elements in Cyprus are kids and beggars as compared with those who happily reside in London and Cote d'Azur and are welcomed there as "serious businessmen" and "investors" "hiding themselves from a bloody Moscow regime". In reality they are trivial thieves. You'd better kick their ass's and let them enjoy the rest of their time behind the bars.
"Revenons a nos mutons", though. It has been officially announced in the Russian media that this group of vessels including aircraft onboard Kuznetsov are getting ready to strike terrorist groups that are concentrated around Aleppo. This is to prevent them help those already encircled in the city.
Here is the URL (sorry, it's in Russian but it's not a problem any more today with online translation services):
http://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/5821f9...?from=newsfeed