Similar to Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, Western powers have been confined to watching events from the sidelines without finding an effective response—so far.
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During the presidential campaign, Michael D. Cohen and Felix Sater, an associate with a criminal past, pursued a new Trump Tower project with a former spymaster’s help.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/29/us/politics/trump-russia-felix-sater-michael-cohen.html
In 2016, when his company was negotiating a potential deal in Moscow, Donald J. Trump suggested that there was no need for the United States to penalize Russia over Crimea.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/29/us/politics/trump-cohen-russia-sanctions.html
The Senate cleared a resolution Thursday night condemning Russia's "provocative actions" against Ukraine, after Moscow seized three of the country's ships.
Die Sicherheitsbehörden haben nach SPIEGEL-Informationen einen neuen Hackerangriff auf Abgeordnete, Botschaften und die Bundeswehr entdeckt. Die Spur führt erneut nach Russland.
Wer Russisch versteht, ein normales Gerechtigkeitsempfinden hat, und in diesen Tagen flüchtig das Moskauer Staatsfernsehen ansieht, kann es kaum vermeiden, sich zu empören: Absichtlich habe die Ukraine Russland provoziert, ihre Militärschiffe hätten ausdrückliche Weisung gehabt, in der Meerenge von Kertsch nicht beizudrehen, berichten die Nachrichtensprecher mit aufgeregter Stimme und empörtem Unterton.
Im BILD-Interview spricht Petro Poroschenko über Putins Lügen, die Aggression Russlands und seine Hoffnungen auf deutsche Hilfen.