One in four of French social media users are sharing links to anti-EU fake news that promote candidates such as Le Pen, amid marked Russian influence, a new study says.
https://euobserver.com/foreign/137624
A Russian government think tank controlled by Vladimir Putin developed a plan to swing the 2016 U.S. presidential election to Donald Trump and undermine voters’ faith in the American electoral system, three current and four former U.S. officials told Reuters.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-election-exclusive-idUSKBN17L2N3
When the U.S. intervenes abroad, we say it's justified. When Russia does the same, we say it isn't.
Russland sucht nicht nur in Europa, sondern auch in Ostasien Anerkennung als geostrategische Macht. Nordkorea bietet als Nachbar einen gefährlichen Krisenherd. Aber Präsident Putin schafft es nicht, mit China eine gemeinsame Strategie zu entwerfen.
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/russland-moskaus-wilder-osten-1.3470905
The latest revelation is less than meets the eye.
En ignorant les problèmes intérieurs du pays, les médias pro-pouvoir ont ouvert un boulevard à l’opposition.
Another critic of the Kremlin dies by unknown hands.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-death-in-st-petersburg-1492730031
ExxonMobil wants back in to Russia. But it has one major hurdle to jump: U.S. sanctions.
http://money.cnn.com/2017/04/20/investing/exxonmobil-russia-rosneft-sanctions/
Vladimir Putin is seizing on mixed signals from the U.S. to quietly tighten Russia’s grip on two rebel regions of Ukraine, burying hopes for a European-brokered peace deal and relief from sanctions anytime soon.
Amid rising tensions between the United States and Russia, the former CIA and National Security Agency director under President George W. Bush said Wednesday night that Moscow would be at a disadvantage if a war scenario were to develop.