Is a Trump Presidency Music to Russian Ears?

Just hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. president-elect Donald Trump spoke for the first time since the election, Russia launched a major offensive across Syria on Tuesday after weeks of relative quiet.

With the transition between President Barack Obama and Trump now underway, Russia experts and former intelligence community officials told The Cipher Brief they will be closely watching the Kremlin’s moves to see what steps Putin will take to consolidate his gains and achieve his foreign policy goals in the next two months and the early days of Trump’s presidency.

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