The chancellor talks a good game in trying to appeal to German voters wary of left-wing sympathy for Putin, says John Vinocur in The Wall Street Journal.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/merkels-campaign-takes-a-hard-line-on-russia-1482179218
http://inosmi.ru/politic/20161219/238418361.html
http://newtimes.ru/stati/xroniki/propaganda-v-zakone.html
http://www.ng.ru/economics/2016-12-19/1_6888_minfin.html
Donald Trump is forcing Republicans to take sides on a Russian autocrat who is no friend of the United States.
http://www.rbc.ru/newspaper/2016/12/15/584fd32e9a7947c251265ede
http://www.ng.ru/economics/2016-12-14/1_6884_defolt.html
http://theins.ru/opinions/39407
https://lenta.ru/articles/2016/12/13/dagestan/
https://lenta.ru/articles/2016/12/12/budget3years/