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Tales of the New Cold War: Blaming Russia sweeps America and Europe. Stephen F. Cohen @NYU @Princeton. PART 1 of 2.

"There certainly was communication and there certainly was an understanding of some sort," Clinton told USA Today. "Because there's no doubt in my mind that [Russian President Vladimir] Putin wanted me to lose and wanted Trump to win. And there's no doubt in my mind that there are a tangle of financial relationships between Trump and his operation with Russian money. And there's no doubt in my mind that the Trump campaign and other associates have worked really hard to hide their connections with Russians." When directly asked if Trump associates colluded with Russia, Clinton responded: "I'm convinced of it. I happen to believe in the rule of law and believe in evidence, so I'm not going to go off and make all kinds of outrageous claims. But if you look at what we've learned since [the election], it's pretty troubling."

http://time.com/4937292/hillary-clinton-what-happened-book-interviews/?utmsource=time.com&utmmedium=email&utmcampaign=the-brief&utmcontent=2017091220pm&xid=newsletter-brief

Russia is testing the West by conducting war games on NATO’s eastern flank in its biggest military exercise in four years, U.K. Defense Secretary Michael Fallon said. “This is designed to provoke us, it’s designed to test our defenses, and that’s why we have to be strong,” Fallon said on the BBC’s “The Andrew Marr Show” on Sunday. “Russia is testing us and testing us now at every opportunity. We’re seeing a more aggressive Russia. We have to deal with that.” While Fallon said that more than 100,000 Russian and Belorussian troops are at the borders of North Atlantic Treaty Organization members, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said last month that the so-called Zapad 2017 exercise Sept. 14-20 involves 13,000 troops, and that the drills are “purely of a defensive nature.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-10/russian-war-games-aimed-at-provoking-west-u-k-s-fallon-says?utmcontent=politics&utmcampaign=socialflow-organic&utmsource=twitter&utmmedium=social&cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-politics