May 21, 2018 By Citizen M

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – May 21, 2018

TODAY: Putin officially unveils new cabinet, adds officials with intelligence expertise; meets with Merkel, vows to defend Nord Stream 2; Navalny launches new political party; Deripaska resigns from board of sanctions-hit EN+; Putin response to Skripal’s release from hospital; Crimea’s beaches being bought up and blocked off to locals since annexation.