How Putin engineered Russia’s return to superpower status
By Joshua Keating, Slate From Business Insider “The Russians can’t change us or significantly weaken us,” Barack Obama said on Dec. 16, during his final press conference as president. “They are a smaller country. They are a weaker country. Their economy…
Donald Trump aide Paul Manafort scrutinized for Russian business ties [Cayman Islands account]
By Tom Winter and Ken Dilanian From NBC News Donald Trump’s campaign chairman was a key player in multi-million-dollar business propositions with Russian and Ukrainian oligarchs — one of them a close Putin ally with alleged ties to organized crime…
