There are lists, and then, there are lists you just don’t want to be on. In Russia’s case, that would be Putin’s “Terror” list against Moscow. In an annual news conference (and subsequent list released on New Years Eve) Putin claimed that the United States “& Co” are “deliberately and cooperatively panning against Moscow to cause great physical and economical harm to Russia”.
“The strengthening of Russia happens against the background of new threats to the national security, which has complex and interrelated nature,” the letter reads.