August 15, 2017 By Citizen M

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 15, 2017

ac998eb1cfb549839e22e38294091a60TODAY: Feminists in Krasnodar deemed a security threat; Gulag victim commemorator facing prosecution; fantasy novelist decries changes to LGBT storyline in Russian edit of her novel; Moscow seeking to mediate between North Korea and the US in new joint plan with China; Kiev says Russia provided Pyongyang with rocket engines; powerful Libyan commander meets top officials in Moscow; Zapad preparations raise fears about troop deployment to Belarus; life expectancy increases to 72.