https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/21/syria-war-russia-assad-western-proxies
https://carnegie.ru/commentary/77310
Tentative plot to whisk fugitive from London embassy on Christmas Eve was considered too risky
New sanctions on Russia, announced this week by the U.S., are meant as messages to other countries to curtail their purchases of Russian weapons, experts said.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-u-s-sanctions-target-russian-arms-deals-1537566536
The Trump administration is helping Vladimir Putin achieve a goal that’s eluded him for almost two decades—getting Russia’s billionaires to start repatriating some of their assets.
https://www.novayagazeta.ru/articles/2018/09/21/77912-formulyar-formalizovannyy-etalonnyy
https://ukrainian.voanews.com/a/borh-yanukovych-dokladno-ft/4581341.html
https://ru.krymr.com/a/oleg-panfilov-skolko-stoit-loyalnost-rossii/29502523.html