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http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/12/29/as-u-s-stands-aside-russia-turkey-ink-cease-fire-in-syria/
Cybersecurity experts say the Obama administration is not likely to pursue cloak-and-dagger steps against Russia now.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/obama-russia-cyber-attacks-options-233050
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/29/us/politics/russia-election-hacking-sanctions.html
Russia does not offer the sort of global military threat posed by the Soviet Union.
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-skeptics/newsflash-russia-not-the-soviet-union-18884
Mit Bauernschläue und animalischer Erotik stieg der Wandermönch Rasputin zum mächtigen „Mann Gottes“ des Zaren Nikolaus II. auf. Ein amateurhaftes Komplott machte dem am 30. Dezember 1916 ein Ende.
http://www.globalaffairs.ru/global-processes/Rossii-pridetsya-imet-delo-ne-s-intellektualami-18524
http://www.bbc.com/russian/news-38464443