RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – October 19, 2016
TODAY: Merkel hosts Putin, with French and Ukrainian leaders, in Berlin; US and UK say 8-hr pause of Aleppo onslaught no grounds for talks; Assad’s wife slams Western press in Kremlin news organ; Lavrov says RT NatWest account freeze decision not taken by bank, Zakharova vows retaliation. KGB-style security organ reports are false, says Ivanov.