https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/opinion/russia-putin-embassy-diplomats.html
U.S. passes new sanctions against Russia, North Korea and Iran, but history shows a mixed record of success
http://www.wsj.com/graphics/do-sanctions-work/?mg=prod/accounts-wsj
The vice president’s blunt comments in Eastern Europe do little to ease doubts about the president’s views on Moscow.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/opinion/pence-trump-russia-europe.html?ref=opinion
Language in key defense bills would make the administration revive a type of missile banned by a 1987 treaty.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/02/trump-russia-congress-missiles-putin-241269
The Russian president just doesn't get American checks and balances on executive power
http://time.com/4881972/vladimir-putin-donald-trump-executive-power/
U.S. President Donald Trump grudgingly signed into law new sanctions against Russia on Wednesday, a move Moscow said amounted to a full-scale trade war and an end to hopes for better ties with the Trump administration.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-idUSKBN1AI1Y4
https://www.svoboda.org/a/28655259.html
http://www.ng.ru/politics/2017-08-02/1_7042_diplomats.html
https://ru.krymr.com/a/28654208.html
https://lenta.ru/news/2017/08/02/medvedev/