Private, Baladi News
Bashar al-Assad has finally appeared at the Russian air base of Hmeimim to prove that he is merely a subordinate and servant to Russia. The presence of Assad at the Russian airbase was one of the chapters of the propaganda for him and its regime and for the Russian support he gets. The planned visit included a parade of some of the military equipment that Russia had used or intended to use in Syria, including Sukhoi bombers and (BMPT) vehicles.
Assad appeared near these weapons in addition to a lot of other equipment, while the Russian intended to organize this visit for Assad to offer these kinds of weapons and force him to buy them, particularly the oldest version of (BMPT) vehicles, which are considered the worst Russian weapons on the commercial level for decades. The same thing can be applied to Sukhoi 34 and 35, which the Russians have also failed to market.
We do not know yet what will the Russians ask Bashar Assad to do more; as they continue to humiliate him. Had they actually wanted to show their weapons to him, they would have shown him S-400 system deployed in Hmeimim air base, rather than using him as a media tool to display their unsold weapons.