However Russia experts believe Moscow seized on the signs of doubt exhibited by President Barack Obama but Moscow does not have a fully thought out plan to safeguard the weapons under international supervision. "I very much doubt that the Russians have done detailed planning, rather they have put forward an idea in attempt to stop the use of force against Syria," said John Lough, a Russian specialist at Chatham House, a London think tank. "Once you put the brake on plans for military intervention momentum starts to dissipate and it becomes much harder to launch an attack."