RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – October 2, 2018
TODAY: Russia has killed 85,000 in Syria; Communist deputy fined over pension reform protests; Prosecutor’s Office clarifies online extremism cases; Crimean newspaper pulled over Kiseylov villa story; did Russia lie about size of Vostok 2018? Foreign Ministry appeals to South Korea over detained vessel; oil output at post-Soviet high; new Skripal book; Peskov throws shade on former MI6 head claims.