The U.S. needs a more ambitious long-term approach to Russia that focuses not only on specific officials and oligarchs but on Russian government revenues and the Russian economy as a whole.
https://tyzhden.ua/Society/225034
https://www.obozrevatel.com/politics/ukrainskoj-revolyutsii-pora-perestat-stesnyatsya.htm
A U.S. Senate-commissioned analysis by a cybersecurity firm released on Dec. 17 found that Russia’s infamous troll factory, the Internet Research Agency, is conducting “modern information warfare.”
The Kremlin has shown a greater appetite for risk. These units of the GRU are a perfect fit.
Das neue Raketensystem «Awangard» heizt den Rüstungswettlauf bei Hyperschallwaffen weiter an. Dieser findet in einem wachsenden rechtlichen Vakuum statt.
https://www.inopressa.ru/article/28Dec2018/nzz/avangard.html
We are living in momentous times. The key phenomena of 2016 and 2017 continued to dominate 2018: Brexit and Donald Trump. This was not just because of their own unpredictability and international impact but also because they illustrate a wider disruption of the established rules-based international
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/putin-poses-a-bigger-threat-than-populism-3rld2dh6q
https://sobesednik.ru/politika/20181224-svadebnyj-kancler
https://www.inopressa.ru/article/25Dec2018/newsweek/attack.html