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A summary from “ The Trouble with Russia ” by Massimo Calabresi and Simon Shuster in Time Magazine . Russians planned a coup in Montenegro on its election day last October, which was foiled by the police. Why Montenegro? If the tiny country joins NATO, then that organization would control nearly every Mediterranean port north of the Bosporus. Russia desperately needs such a port in order to regain competitiveness in the current low-priced oil market. Russia runs on oil, and with oil prices low, Russia’s economy has fallen to less than Italy’s. Looking west and north to rebuild its empire, there have been renewed attacks in Ukraine this year. Military threats are joined with propaganda and government destabilization in Serbia, Estonia, and other Eastern European counties. And they are fomenting unrest in Germany, France and Hungary. Britain and the U.S. too? Yes. Closed door debates in the U.S. center on whether to trade Eastern Europe to Russia i

In this video interview with Shaun King from 2013, President Trump talks about his close relationship with Putin. https://www.facebook.com/shaunking/videos/1266547736717475/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED

Today, multiple current and former US law enforcement and intelligence officials tell CNN that some of the information collected by the British intelligence agent is true: http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/10/politics/russia-dossier-update/index.html

Despite a mountain of evidence, people are largely ignoring the fact that Trump was elected with a great deal of covert help by Russia. Consider this:  The only item where the Trump campaign forced a change in the Republican platform— the only item —was in modifying a plank to weaken the party’s stance on opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. And Trump representatives said that concern  came from Trump personally.   http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/2/9/1631858/-Donald-Trump-has-successfully-buried-the-story-that-worries-him-most

They're celebrating in Russia, Reuter's reports. "Washington will be ours." In Trump We Trust

“Russia deployed more than just cyberattacks in its effort to disrupt the election, calling it a multifaceted campaign. ‘The hacking was only one part of it," he said. "It also entailed classical propaganda, disinformation, fake news,’ which [Clapper] said was still going on.” http://www.npr.org/2017/01/05/508355408/intelligence-chiefs-stand-more-resolutely-behind-finding-of-russia-election-hack Director of National Security James Clapper testifies on Russian election interference in a photo by Evan Vucci/AP photo.