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Looking at the investigation from the other side.
Two separate but intertwined legal cases are burning like lit fuses towards the door of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. But here’s a twist: one could result in proof of criminal activity by Donald Trump and yet end up, in political terms, a damp squib. The other could fall well short of proving criminal b
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/comment/trump-timebomb-is-primed-to-detonate-59ftctnt7
https://www.rbc.ru/newspaper/2018/12/13/5c0fb4509a79479d7f9c0a8b
http://www.ng.ru/politics/2018-12-13/3_7462_protest.html
Study this picture.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/does-russia-have-weapon-can-stop-swarm-strikes-38517
The return of HMS Queen Elizabeth, the Royal Navy’s new 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier, to her home port of Portsmouth this week, after undergoing months of rigorous sea trials in the Atlantic, marks an important stage in the rebuilding of Britain’s Armed Forces.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/12/12/britain-could-fight-future-battles-russia-space/
All measures short of war should be taken into account, says German Bundestag foreign affairs committee chairman Norbert Röttgen
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/12/eu-response-russia-bold-unanimous-ukraine
http://www.ng.ru/politics/2018-12-12/100_opros1212.html
Schüsse, gerammte Boote, verhaftete Seeleute, Kriegsrecht. Der Zwischenfall im Asowschen Meer hält uns in Atem. Doch wie weiter im Konflikt zwischen Russland und der Ukraine, in dem diese Eskalation nur ein Schritt von vielen ist – und mit welchen Folgen?