April 13, 2016 By Citizen M

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 13, 2016

bank-200-2000-ruble-banknotesTODAY: Ruble rebounds thanks to accord on oil output freeze; Nabiullina asserts economy will grow with structural reform, as opposed to higher crude prices; Alexei Kudrin looks set to re-enter economic policy domain with think tank role; Russia an unreliable adversary of IS; Roscosmos wins court action on asset seizure in France; corruption as the new communism; citizens’ faith in Putin apparently unaffected by Panana Papers.