His election to a fourth term a given, the Russian president must next navigate numerous challenges to secure his legacy and his country's stability.
https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/vladimir-putin-russia-election-reform-challenges
https://jamestown.org/program/russian-military-expert-moscow-must-focus-defending-hybrid/
However, the United States has to continue to modernize its forces—or American forces will be increasingly challenged by the Russian military by 2025.
https://jamestown.org/program/putins-militarized-election-campaign/
WASHINGTON (AP) — In its toughest challenge to Russia to date, the Trump administration accused Moscow on Thursday of an elaborate plot to penetrate America's electric grid, facto
Senators Merkley, Sanders, Feinstein, and Markey are only asking for commonsense cooperation between the two nuclear superpowers.
https://www.thenation.com/article/why-was-a-call-for-us-russia-strategic-dialogue-met-with-silence/
How dare anyone oppose the Government at this crucial time? We must all get behind them now, as they can be relied on to stand in determined opposition to the Russian menace. This is why the Conservatives have taken £3m in donations from Russian oligarchs since 2010. The plan is to take so much money off them that they’ve none left to spend on poison.
Präsidentschaftswahl in Russland? Längst entschieden! Giftanschlag? Hackangriff? Die Russen sind schuld! Was macht das mit jungen Russen? Ein Interview.
https://orange.handelsblatt.com/artikel/41425
Britain needs to hold the perpetrators to account. Yet this is not a time for hasty judgments which could lead to a new cold war, says Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/15/salisbury-attack-conflict-britain-cold-war
The leaders of France, Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom have issued the following joint statement on the attack which took place in Salisbury, UK.