The Russian leader strengthened his hand in 2016, but he hasn't cashed in any chips.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-12-23/putin-s-winning-streak-will-be-hard-to-extend
Give diplomacy a chance. Stop provoking Moscow.
http://nationalinterest.org/feature/stop-poking-the-bear-18838
America’s pre-eminent ex-diplomat gets back in the mix. Could he help broker a deal with Russia?
https://www.iiss.org/en/regions/russia/european-defence-and-the-emperors-new-uniform-0f7b
http://www.levada.ru/2016/12/24/novogodnie-prazdniki-2/
http://apostrophe.ua/article/politics/2016-12-24/rossiya-protiv-ssha-chya-armiya-silnee/9108
http://gazeta.zn.ua/internal/svetlodarsk-scenariy-buduschey-voyny-_.html
https://lenta.ru/articles/2016/12/24/duga/
http://ru.krymr.com/a/28193724.html
http://ru.krymr.com/a/28193990.html