The once-terrifying Russian military intelligence agency has been so sloppy and prone to fumbling that you have to ask: Why does a strongman brought up in the K.G.B. put up with it?
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/17/opinion/putins-keystone-spies.html
Putin's victories have planted the seeds of long-term isolation and weakness for his country
La femme d’affaires Michèle Assouline accuse un proche de Poutine d’avoir saboté sa boîte de négoce de charbon. Un feuilleton judiciaire sur fond de soupçons d’ingérence russe.
https://www.liberation.fr/france/2018/12/17/affaire-sparkling-charbons-baisers-de-russie_1698445
The Senate gave my research team data from social media companies. The picture that emerges is grim.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/17/opinion/russia-report-disinformation.html
http://www.ng.ru/world/2018-12-17/6_7464_usa.html
https://znaj.ua/politics/195568-146-mln-amerikanciv-piddalisya-ataci-specsluzhb-rf
When Russia fired on Ukrainian naval vessels, some say it was looking to rewrite the rules in the Sea of Azov and possibly elsewhere, just as China has done in the South China Sea.
https://www.inopressa.ru/article/14Dec2018/wp/butina.html