For Russia and Putin, a Surprise Gift From America

By NEIL MacFARQUHAR from NYT World http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/world/europe/russia-putin-donald-trump.html?partner=IFTTT
via IFTTT In some ways, the election’s outcome was less important to President Vladimir V. Putin than the chance for Moscow to use the campaign as evidence of Western decline.