Vladimir Putin has had it with the Council of Europe
A force of NATO warships, aircraft and marines stormed a beach in Norway to practice repelling an invader, part of the bloc’s largest military exercises since the Cold War.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nato-exercise-sends-warning-to-russiaand-to-members-1540930970
Oil partnership opens way to arms deals and expanded Mideast role for Putin
https://www.ft.com/content/aa39b74c-4f0c-11e8-ac41-759eee1efb74
The Kremlin felt confident enough to carry out the brazen novichok assassination attempt in Salisbury because of Britain’s failure to take strong action following a previous atrocity, the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, a leading think tank has claimed in a new report.
https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/29573567.html
https://www.inopressa.ru/article/30Oct2018/dw/sentsov.html
http://www.ng.ru/cis/2018-10-30/7_7343_kazakhstan.html
http://www.kasparov.ru/material.php?id=5BD83F6D6C04D
https://www.gazeta.ru/army/2018/10/30/12041209.shtml
http://expert.ru/expert/2018/44/o-rote-i-praporschike/