The Kremlin has shown a greater appetite for risk. These units of the GRU are a perfect fit.
Deutschlands EU-Kommissar Günther Oettinger, 65, spricht im Interview über den Brexit, Trumps Drohungen und prognostiziert eine "schrumpfende AFD".
Das neue Raketensystem «Awangard» heizt den Rüstungswettlauf bei Hyperschallwaffen weiter an. Dieser findet in einem wachsenden rechtlichen Vakuum statt.
https://www.inopressa.ru/article/28Dec2018/nzz/avangard.html
https://www.gazeta.ru/army/2018/12/28/12111895.shtml
https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3828156
Russia's economy will hit some speed bumps in 2019 and inflation will rise, a Reuters monthly poll showed on Thursday, due to risks of new sanctions, a weaker rouble and a planned tax increase.
We are living in momentous times. The key phenomena of 2016 and 2017 continued to dominate 2018: Brexit and Donald Trump. This was not just because of their own unpredictability and international impact but also because they illustrate a wider disruption of the established rules-based international
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/putin-poses-a-bigger-threat-than-populism-3rld2dh6q