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
Donald Trump is forcing Republicans to take sides on a Russian autocrat who is no friend of the United States.
http://theins.ru/opinions/39407
http://inosmi.ru/sports/20161213/238385383.html
http://www.rp.pl/Sport/312119924-Miroslaw-Zukowski-o-aferze-dopingowej-w-Rosji.html
http://inopressa.ru/article/12Dec2016/wp/doping1.html
http://www.ng.ru/politics/2016-12-09/1_6881_hodor.html
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3165112