So you really think that Russia is secretly supporting the current regime despite their claims to the contrary? If I hear that some Russian special commandos are there and stirring up trouble I'll be just as annoyed as I feel with the UK/US about their involvement. If Russia is meddling they should stay out of it! Holding up existing contracts and obligation is not meddling though. They could not have anticipated this when they agreed to service helicopters or set up the Russian naval port there. But it seems to me that Russia is making an effort to try to stay out of it even though it had friendly relations with Syria in the past.
If you mean this, then Russia is not involved, at least there is no any evidence. But even acomplishing previous contracts is a support in this situation. I'm proud of my country in Syria as much as I was ashamed in the case of Lybia.
It seems like lunacy for parts of Russia to break away... Isn't most of the country supported out of Moscow and the central regions anyway? Thy couldn't even extract their oil and transport their gas with out central help, could they?
The same could be said about the former Soviet republics.
Do people see this as a risk, I mean the Russian Federation breaking up in a similar way to the USSR?
Sure.