Helping the Ukrainians defend themselves against the Russians.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-present-for-putin-1513901798
A possible realignment in the Middle East?
https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3502848
https://ru.krymr.com/a/28931545.html
https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/28931805.html
https://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2017/12/21_a_11511086.shtml
http://www.ng.ru/economics/2017-12-21/100_germbuss2112.html
http://day.kyiv.ua/ru/blog/politika/kto-i-skolko-poteryal-ot-sankciy
https://www.vedomosti.ru/business/articles/2017/12/21/746039-kitaiskaya-metallurgiya