RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Sept 4, 2018
TODAY: Obsequious new state TV programme praises Putin as half of all Russians say they are prepared to protest pension reforms; Putin’s expensive economy plan taps oligarchs and oil; prison investigation finds further abuses; Danske Bank found $30bn of laundered Russian money flow; VTB exits US over sanctions; Ukraine plan to separate from Russian Orthodox Church raising tensions; Trump tweets warning against Idlib attack.