Category: Politics

Putin extended an Amnesty of capital in year The President also promised to exempt from tax the income from foreign assets of those who become Russian tax resident. President Vladimir Putin has decided to repeat the gift two years ago and once again extend Amnesty for the second capital in the year to March 2020, the Benefits will affect those who will transfer their capital to Russia, as well as those who register a business in the special administrative regions (SAR) — on the island of Russian in the far East or the Oktyabrskiy island in Kaliningrad. Admittedly insufficient guarantees for the protection of private property has forced many entrepreneurs to register their assets abroad, bringing these assets, we have provided an Amnesty of capital.Mr Putinprime Russia Another benefit is exempt from personal income tax, income from controlled foreign companies (CFC, 2017 need to pay tax on undistributed profit of

Russia will lend Cuba millions of euros on weapons Russia will provide Cuba a loan of 38 million euros, said in an interview with “Kommersant” the head of the Federal service for military-technical cooperation (FSMTC) Dmitry Shugaev. Funds will be used for the purchase of weapons. “Loan agreement are signed and have passed the domestic procedures on the Russian side,” — said Shugaev. According to him, the current agreement with Cuba in place since 2006. Under him, Russia has already put “a significant amount of weapons”, including aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery systems, air defense system. “Such interaction is strategic in nature, gives Cuba the opportunity on a long term basis to develop their military-industrial complex. And the money part of credit about which you speak, will be spent on the development of technology cooperation and technical assistance of the Cuban side,” — said the head of FSMTC. At the end

The government of Khakassia has refused to disclose the absolute size of awards to officials TASS, 6 Feb. The government of Khakassia has refused to disclose the absolute size of awards to officials of the Executive authorities of the region in response to the request of the Deputy of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Denis Brazauskas. This is stated in the response to the request of the Deputy, signed by acting Deputy Chairman of the government of Khakassia Tatyana Kurbatova. A copy of the document is at the disposal of TASS. As reported in the local media published a photo of the document on awarding bonuses to members of the Republican government. Just a list of 14 names, the heads and acting heads of the Republican ministries and departments. The document was signed on 14 December the head of the Republic Valentin Konovalov. From the document follows that

Ukraine withdrew from the agreement on the exchange of legal information with Russia Moscow. 6 Feb. INTERFAX.RU — the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Wednesday terminated an agreement with Russia on the exchange of legal information, the correspondent of “Interfax”. This document was signed and entered into force on 18 April 1995. The agreement provided that each party shall provide the other party with legal information through electronic document transfer, observing the international standards of means of message switching and open systems, or by providing the other side of the official texts of legal acts on the paper. In addition, it was noted that information received by one of the parties during cooperation, can be transferred to a third party only if the consent of the party that submitted the information. The government of Ukraine has instructed the Ministry of foreign Affairs to inform the Russian side about the

Dmitry Peskov said about the salaries of employees of the press service of the Kremlin Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said about the salaries of employees of the press service of the Kremlin. According to him, the salary of the office “starts somewhere between 50-60 thousand rubles.” In his speech at the forum “Mediating” Peskov said that in a press-service of the President “very long career”. Beginners are appointed experts, above them in the hierarchy there are several levels of consultants; then there are several classes of advisers, Deputy heads of departments, heads of departments and secretaries. Speaking of salaries, Peskov stressed that the good work of the press service of the Kremlin encouraged cash prizes. “In the civil service there is and continues to be applied quite complicated, sometimes understandable only to the accountant, the system of allowances”. “That is salary, then the allowance for

The Kremlin: the criminal case against Medvedchuk will be political repression Ukrainian politician can be accused of treason. If the Chairman of the political Council of the Ukrainian party “the Opposition platform for life” Viktor Medvedchuk will provoke in Ukraine a criminal case, it would be another political retaliation. This was stated press Secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov. Is conflicting information: whether a criminal case, whether any preliminary actions are carried out. But in any case, the information about the possibility of a criminal case is very disturbing, if it happens. It will be another political repression.Dmitry Pescovitz Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation On January 29 the Congress party, “the Opposition platform for life” Medvedchuk proposed to create an Autonomous Donbass region within Ukraine. He noted that this is consistent with the Minsk agreements and the legislation of Ukraine, and also stressed that the agreement on

The leader of Kosovo is willing to sacrifice part of the territory for the agreement with Belgrade BELGRADE, 6 Feb. /TASS/. The leader of the unrecognized Kosovo Hashim Thaci is ready to sacrifice part of the self-proclaimed education for a final agreement with Belgrade. He stated this during his visit to Washington, said on Wednesday the Kosovo Gazeta express. “If a small correction of the border — the price of the final agreement, then this should be acceptable,” said Thaci. At the same time, he stressed that the most important objects in the North of Kosovo — the Northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica, Gazivode reservoir with a power station and mining complex Trepca will be Albanian, and it is not discussed. Thaci also said that Russia “is ready to accept the agreement, which will reach” side. The leader of the unrecognized Republic does not conceal that the main purpose of

Military buildup and a meeting with Kim Jong-UN: what’s to tell Donald trump during the annual message to Congress The American President delivered a message of “state of the Union” in the U.S. Congress. During his speech, the head of States reported on the development of the latest missile defense system, has announced a meeting with the leader of North Korea, and also did not rule out the possibility of a new agreement on the elimination of intermediate and shorter-range missiles with Russia. The President of the United States Donald trump delivered his annual message “state of the Union” in Congress. It has been broadcast on the White house website. In his speech, the head of the States have paid much attention to the country’s military might. According to him, in the last two years, the United States “began full recovery” of its armed forces. For these purposes, the Pentagon

Trump admitted the possibility of establishing a new contract after exiting the INF Treaty WASHINGTON, 6 Feb — RIA Novosti. The US President Donald trump once again stated that the cause of the US withdrawal from the Treaty on the elimination of intermediate and shorter-range missiles (INF Treaty) was “repeated violations on the part of Russia,” but did not rule out the possibility of developing other agreements on arms control, which would include China. “Under my administration we will never apologize for advancing the interests of America. For example, decades ago the United States concluded a Treaty with Russia under which we agreed to limit and reduce our missile capabilities. While we fully comply with the agreement, Russia has repeatedly violated its conditions,” said trump, speaking with his annual address to the U.S. Congress on the situation in the country. According to him, so he announced that the United States

The U.S. Senate approved sanctions against Syria and its allies The U.S. Senate approved a bill that provides for the imposition of sanctions against Syria and its allies, including Russia and Iran. Introduced by Republican Senator Mitch McConnell about a month ago, the bill is called the “Strengthening America’s security in the middle East” (Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act), it was supported by 77 senators, 23 voted against it. Now the document must be approved by the House of representatives, which is controlled by Democrats. According to the document, sanctions will be imposed for cooperation with the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the supply of spare parts for planes and oil products trade. The restrictive measures traditionally include the blocking of accounts and property of physical and legal persons, refusal to issue and cancellation of existing visas United States persons included in the sanctions list.