No respect.

Via Washington Examiner:

Secretary of State John Kerry admitted Monday that Russia has failed to meet his Aug. 1 deadline for playing a more constructive role in Syria, and warned that he now sees Russia’s actions in Syria as “very troubling.”

Kerry warned Russia back in May that it has to help the U.S. and other allies start moving Syria toward a political transition by today. That date was still months after a United Nations-brokered cease-fire was supposed to take effect in Syria.

But on the day of the deadline, Kerry acknowledged in Washington that Russia has failed to meet his expectation. He said ongoing fighting in Syria has made it “impossible” to sit down and negotiate, and said the last several months have been filled with unsuccessful efforts to enforce the cease-fire despite Russia’s ongoing military action there.

“It is critical, obviously, that Russia restrain both itself and the [Bashar] Assad regime from conducting offensive operations, just as it is our responsibility to get the opposition to refrain from engaging in those operations,” Kerry said.