NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW: Russia's role in helping President Bashar Assad secure victory in Syria's civil war has emboldened Moscow to expand its operations into Libya with the goal of supplanting American and other Western influence there, the top security official in Tripoli's U.N.-backed government warned in an interview.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/nov/17/russia-uses-syria-tactics-libya-power-play/
A new Russia strategy must dispense with the magical thinking of previous administrations and seek incremental gains that advance long-term U.S. interests.
Russia’s concerted push into Africa is re-establishing the country’s strongest links with the continent since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. Trade with Africa grew to $20.4bn in 2018 while Russia has signed military agreements with 21 African countries.
https://www.inopressa.ru/article/15Nov2019/nytimes/ukraine.html
https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/pavlo-kazarin-kraina-zi-shramom/30274392.html
https://ru.krymr.com/a/kreml-moderniziroval-armiu-k-chemu-gotovitsya/30274393.html
Kiev wants Western support as it seeks to end its conflict with Russia. But amid the impeachment drama, Washington, its staunchest backer, is increasingly out of the picture.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/14/world/europe/ukraine-putin-trump.html
https://ru.krymr.com/a/o-chem-govorit-usilenie-rossiyskih-voysk-v-krymu/30269911.html