May 10, 2016 By Citizen M

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – May 10, 2016

TODAY: Victory Day anniversary parade full of military might, Putin leads 500,000 through Moscow; Kremlin defends antics in Baltics as retaliation against proximity of US planes to its borders; provincial Russians still back Putin despite crippling effects of post-Crimea sanctions; Moscow Nemtsov memorial and its watchers are removed; activist forced into psychiatric care; VTB buries toxic assets in ‘bad bank’; Pussy Riot member seeks backers for news website to rival state-run media.

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