The movie shows old Soviet lands from land border areas in Crimea and Sevastopol to Berlin in eastern Ukraine. Russia claimed some territory as well in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. In Syria, Moscow supports Assad while rebels try to oust him from power. It wants to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as well as undermine rebel gains in Aleppo province in western Syria. The Western nations helped topple Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 and backed Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's militant militia