RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 5, 2018
TODAY: Putin rally draws 130,000, says state news, others report coerced attendance; Trump extends Russia sanctions for one more year; Kremlin rejects US allegations of weapons systems development; Peskov denies that Russia seeks an arms race; Putin would reverse Soviet collapse; Gazprom seeks end to its contracts with Naftogaz, potentially putting EU gas deliveries at risk; activists defend World Cup strays; Kirill upset over historic portrayal by Bulgaria.