http://www.ng.ru/politics/2016-12-20/3_6889_parnas.html
Russia’s ruling party signed a “cooperation agreement” with the anti-immigrant Freedom Party of Austria, one of the clearest signs that the Kremlin is seeking to deepen ties with nationalist and antiestablishment forces in the West.
The chancellor talks a good game in trying to appeal to German voters wary of left-wing sympathy for Putin, says John Vinocur in The Wall Street Journal.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/merkels-campaign-takes-a-hard-line-on-russia-1482179218
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/19/opinion/russian-meddling-and-europes-elections.html
The point isn’t to cast doubt on Donald Trump’s election, but to probe the serious matter of foreign intrusion in the U.S. democratic process.
Donald Trump has two big reasons to support a full inquiry into Russian hacking allegations: Lingering suspicions would continue until the issue is addressed head-on, and they would interfere with his desire for a strategic foreign-policy shift, Gerald F. Seib writes.
http://inosmi.ru/politic/20161219/238418361.html
http://inosmi.ru/politic/20161219/238416238.html
http://inopressa.ru/article/19Dec2016/times/cyber4.html
http://inosmi.ru/politic/20161219/238409546.html