Not only does it look like Russia is gearing itself up for a nuclear war, it has now been accused of meddling in the politics of countries across Eastern Europe and the US.
A think tank has alleged that Russia is using assassinations, computer hacks and multi-billion-pound energy deals to influence governments around the world.
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The joint study carried out by the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Center for the Study of Democracy said: "In certain countries, Russian influence has become so pervasive and endemic that it has challenged national stability as well as a country's western orientation and Euro-Atlantic stability."
The worry is that Vladimir Putin is planning to raise the Iron Curtain, which is a metaphorical barrier put up by the Soviet Union after WWII. The report suggests that Russia's meddling into other countries' politics will blur that line. Many believe it's all part of a bigger plan to take over the world.
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A US official - speaking on condition of anonymity - told the Daily Star: "The Russians have been engaged in a sustained campaign to recapture what Putin considers their rightful buffer in Eastern Europe, and to undermine not just NATO and the EU, but the entire democratic foundation of both institutions."
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The study was compiled over 16 months. It claimed that Putin is "challenging national stability" in Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Serbia and Slovakia.
The Kremlin has been accused of using bribery, propaganda and misleading information to influence the west, as reports the Daily Star.
Although Russia has dismissed these claims, there's no hiding from what a key Putin ally recently said about the presidential race in the US between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
Veteran lawmaker Vladimir Zhirinovsky said very clearly that "If they [the US] vote for Hillary, it's war."
This all comes as US Army experts believe that WWIII is closer than ever before.
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