It's not as I say, with respect to Russia, it's been in all the papers for years now, or did you miss that. What's with the provoking, and best interests  ? What do you think will happen ? It;s not as if they are going to invade, we are not dependent on them for trade so what you are saying is bully Russia can do what it wants and we are supposed to cower in the corner. They do not expect it to become Russian territory and there are a number of countries involved, again read something. With respect to the election , same thing read something and figure out the connections of Russia meddling in the affairs of other countries.  Above of all read something besides your own posts.