The Russian president has held on to the government with a strong fist and a creative media presence, but a storm is brewing.
https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/russia-putin-power-losing-some-its-shine
Russia should be counted among the European colonial empires—and as the only one left standing. That’s the key to comprehending its future.
https://www.the-american-interest.com/2017/06/29/russia-last-colonial-empire/
https://jamestown.org/program/patriotism-military-uniform/
The last time Armenia negotiated closer ties with the European Union, in 2013, Russia swooped in at the last minute with a better offer to join the rival Customs Union and persuaded President Serzh Sargsyan to abandon the EU deal.
http://www.eurasianet.org/node/84146
Russia hawks and national security worry talk of friendship, unclear agenda might make Trump too eager to please.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/29/trump-putin-raises-worries-240124
De retour de Moscou, et bientôt à Washington, le ministre de l’Europe et des affaires étrangères voit se dessiner des points de convergence pour mettre fin à la guerre en Syrie.
http://newtimes.ru/stati/xroniki/o-rossii-bez-pafosa.html
http://www.ng.ru/politics/2017-06-29/3_7018_obmen.html
https://ru.krymr.com/a/28584232.html
https://lb.ua/world/2017/06/29/370303_sidet_boyatsya.html