*'''2014-2019:''' US begins training Ukrainian forces;
*'''2014-2019:''' US begins training Ukrainian forces;
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*'''2016.''' The [[hoax]] known as [[Russiagate]] grips the [[Democratic Party]] and its [[liberal media|allied media]] in the [[United States]], in which it is falsely alleged that Russia interfered in the [[2016 US presidential election]] to get [[Donald Trump]] elected. The phony scandal serves to further [[demonize]] Russia in the US and raise tensions between the [[nuclear-arm]]ed powers, conditioning the public for [[war]] against Russia.
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*'''May 12, 2016.''' [[Obama regime]] activates missile system in [[Romania]], angering Russia. [[Obama/Biden regime]] claims it is purely defensive, but [[Moscow]] says the system could also be used offensively and would cut the time to deliver a strike on the Russian capital to within 10 to 12 minutes.
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*'''June 6, 2016.''' Symbolically on the anniversary of the [[Normandy invasion]], [[NATO]] launches aggressive exercises against [[Russia]]. It begins war games with 31,000 troops near Russia’s borders, the largest exercise in [[Eastern Europe]] since the [[Cold War]] ended. For the first time in 75 years, [[German]] troops retrace the steps of the [[Operation Barbarossa|Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union]] across [[Poland]]. German Foreign Minister [[Frank Walter-Steinmeier]] objects. "What we shouldn’t do now is inflame the situation further through saber-rattling and [[warmonger]]ing," Steinmeier stunningly tells ''[Bild am Sontag'' newspaper. "Whoever believes that a symbolic [[tank]] parade on the alliance's eastern border will bring security is mistaken." Instead Steinmeier calls for dialogue with [[Moscow]]. "We are well-advised to not create pretexts to renew an old confrontation," he warns, adding it would be "fatal to search only for [[military]] solutions and a [[policy]] of deterrence."
*'''2019:''' [[Donald Trump]] withdraws from the [[INF Treaty]] with Russia;
*'''2019:''' [[Donald Trump]] withdraws from the [[INF Treaty]] with Russia;