July 2, 2018 By Citizen M

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – July 2, 2018

TODAY: Pension reform protests take place in over 30 cities; extremism law claims another victim; plan to hike truck road tax momentarily shelved; ‘big brother’ Internet law comes into force; ruble outperformed by other CIS currencies; Lavrov sanguine about sanctions; environmental concerns raised over World Cup waste.