PUTIN AMASSES TROOPS NEAR TURKISH NORTHERN BORDER

Sub for more: , Forbes Adam Ereli reports, Two days before Christmas, as American policymakers were settling into the holidays, Russia quietly signed a sweeping air defense agreement with Armenia, accelerating a growing Russian military buildup that has unfolded largely under the radar. It was the most tangible sign yet that Putin is creating a new satellite state on NATOs border and threatening an indispensable U. S. ally.