Vladimir Putin has had it with the Council of Europe
A force of NATO warships, aircraft and marines stormed a beach in Norway to practice repelling an invader, part of the bloc’s largest military exercises since the Cold War.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nato-exercise-sends-warning-to-russiaand-to-members-1540930970
Oil partnership opens way to arms deals and expanded Mideast role for Putin
https://www.ft.com/content/aa39b74c-4f0c-11e8-ac41-759eee1efb74
The Kremlin felt confident enough to carry out the brazen novichok assassination attempt in Salisbury because of Britain’s failure to take strong action following a previous atrocity, the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, a leading think tank has claimed in a new report.
https://www.rbc.ru/newspaper/2018/10/30/5bd6ba4c9a794743bd5f815f
https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/29573567.html
https://www.gazeta.ru/business/2018/10/30/12041239.shtml
https://www.inopressa.ru/article/30Oct2018/washingtonexami/computers.html
https://www.inopressa.ru/article/30Oct2018/dw/sentsov.html