RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 17, 2017
TODAY: $285m infrastructure contract given to Putin’s judo partner; Ukraine sues Russia over Crimea; Kudrin may struggle to enact economic reform within brighter 2017 outlook; Rosneft sale was funded by VTB Bank; Trump attempted business deals in Moscow for over 30 years; Bershidsky on Russia and Cyprus; Kiselyov bids farewell to Obama; ‘kompromat’ sends artist Pyotr Pavlensky fleeing to France.