But Putin is a shrewd negotiator with a unique set of personal traits. Reaching a deal with Putin would require that Trump, above all, act pragmatically and not ideologically. What does Trump need to know about Putin in order to pull it off?
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2016/12/26/vladimir-lets-make-a-deal/
Russia will enjoy a year of renewed power and global influence in 2017, thanks to multi-billion dollar energy deals and thinly-disguised diplomatic concessions from Qatar, Japan and America.
http://ukrainian.voanews.com/a/knyga-pro-tretiu-svitovu-viinu-shyrreff/3651455.html
http://www.globalaffairs.ru/redcol/Mir-po-bratyam-Koen-18521
http://inopressa.ru/article/26Dec2016/wsj/sestanovich.html
http://inopressa.ru/article/26Dec2016/politico/kissinger.html
http://inopressa.ru/article/26Dec2016/nytimes/hungary.html
https://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2016/12/26_a_10450133.shtml
https://www.gazeta.ru/business/2016/12/26/10449437.shtml
http://expert.ru/2016/12/26/ekonomicheskaya-hvatka-kremlya-nad-evropoj-ne-oslabevaet/