RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 19, 2017
TODAY: Socialite Sobchak to run for president, analysts say she is a Kremlin plant designed to fracture liberal opposition, Navalny definitively will not run, says CEC; OPEC likely to extend oil cuts deal; Rosneft signs deal with Saudi Aramco; Russian economy no better off than in Soviet times? Actor Tolkalina under fire for defending Weinstein.