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Focus: Congress, Trump and Russia - Nov 16, 2016

By bartolo - Posted on 16 November 2016

Lawmakers move to restrain President-elect Trump on Russia - The Washington Post

GOP foreign-policy power brokers in Congress could foil Trump on Russia, Syria, and other top security issues - Foreign Policy

Statement by McCain on U.S.-Russia relations: Another ‘reset’ would be complicity in Putin and Assad’s butchery of the Syrian people - mccain.senate.gov

Top Republicans don't know where Trump will be on Ukraine - The Weekly Standard

Top Senate Democrat Cardin challenges Trump on Russia: In interview he lays out a foreign policy platform for the incoming Congress - al-monitor.com

House passes sanctions on anyone who provides the Syrian government with financial, material or technological support - The Washington Post

NSA head: Dem hacks were a conscious effort by Russia - TheHill

Washington Post editorial: The United States is giving Putin the green light for atrocities - The Washington Post

Influential conservative think tank Heritage Foundation says Russia — not ISIS — is greatest threat - Washington Examiner

Heritage Foundation 2017 Index of U.S. Military Strength: scores security threats worldwide, the global operating environment, and U.S. military power - heritage.org

Transatlantic Forum on Russia: Event will be webcast live from this page on Nov 17 - Center for Strategic and International Studies

European leaders, NATO caution Trump on warming relations with Russia - The Washington Post

NATO says Crimea still a concern, day after Trump-Putin call - nation.com.pk

Ex-Nato leaders call for extraordinary meeting with Trump, warn US president-elect against deal with Putin that would cede Crimea - The Guardian

Ukraine President asks Trump to help counter ‘Russian aggression’ - WSJ

Putin pulls Russia out of International Criminal Court day after report on Crimea annexation - Fox News

Two-thirds of Russians want Putin to remain president after 2018: study - RT Russian politics

Le Pen says 'world peace' would gain from a Trump-Putin-Le Pen trio - Reuters

Russian sanctions cost Italy €7bn and up to 200,000 jobs: Italian MP - RT Business

Italian M5S movement ‘against NATO's creeping policy' of nearing Russian border - Sputnik

Philippine President wants to be friends with Trump, Putin - ABC News

Trump-led US could become Syria’s ‘natural ally’ if it fights terrorism: Assad - RT News

Full text of President Bashar al-Assad interview given to RTP TV - Syrian TV

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