RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – July 12, 2016
TODAY: Kremlin sells Alrosa stake, plans more privatisations for this year; Sharapova will not compete in Rio, sole athlete allowed to take part branded a traitor; Vanity Fair on Mikhail Khodorkovsky; Navalny will not run in elections; pro-Kremlin movement wants Levada Center investigated; Novosibirsk loves Stalin.