Rudaw Media Network

That video was quickly taken down, and since then he hasn't posted anything.

The Russian ambassador to Iraq, he did an interview with a Kurdish Iraqi outlet called Rudaw.

He talked about the fact that Assad had been banned from all public and political activity by the Kremlin, so it seems that his stay is kind of conditional on his silence.

It seems like the Assads live in a golden cage while also getting the cold shoulder from their host behind the Kremlin wall.