https://lenta.ru/articles/2018/06/24/pensii/
What is Moscow up to?
Ощутив в конце холодной войны, что его предали, Кремль начал использовать армию в качестве главного инструмента для достижения своих политических целей и ослабления Запада.
https://inosmi.ru/politic/20180622/242556917.html
If President Donald Trump has his way, the United States and Russia will have switched their historic outlooks on space as a domain of war. And the United States may be moving backward.
https://www.inopressa.ru/article/21Jun2018/nytimes/torture.html
Aside from being a sporting event of global significance, this is a major P.R. victory for President Putin and his entourage.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/opinion/world-cup-russia-torture-putin.html
The World Cup is the perfect stage for Russia to show it respects human rights.
https://www.inopressa.ru/article/20Jun2018/tagesanzeiger/nuclear.html
«По моей оценке, сенатор, Россия представляет величайшую угрозу нашей национальной безопасности».
https://inosmi.ru/politic/20180620/242534893.html
After feeling betrayed at the end of the Cold War, the Kremlin is using the military as its premier tool to achieve policy goals and weaken the West.
http://nationalinterest.org/feature/the-rise-russias-military-26339