https://carnegie.ru/commentary/78947
https://www.vedomosti.ru/business/articles/2019/04/18/799607-rossiisko-kitaiskogo-samoleta
https://www.bbc.com/russian/features-47982317
https://www.inopressa.ru/article/19Apr2019/buzzfeed/malta.html
https://www.rbc.ru/newspaper/2019/04/19/5cb6fe659a7947a174e964fb
Russian diplomats were trying to acquire tear gas canisters and riot gear in Malta. Officials suspect Russia planned to load the equipment onto the warship, BuzzFeed News can reveal.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/albertonardelli/russia-venezuela-malta-warship
https://jamestown.org/program/moscow-touts-the-threat-of-direct-east-west-confrontation/