Putin established the Day of Pipeline Troops

“Set in the & nbsp; Armed Forces & nbsp; RF Pipeline Troops Day and & nbsp; celebrate it on 14 raquop & nbsp; & nbsp; it says in the & nbsp; decree. The list of professional holidays and & nbsp; memorable days in the & nbsp; RF Armed Forces was supplemented with the corresponding date. The pipeline troops were formed according to & nbsp; directive of the USSR Minister of Defense on January 14 & nbsp; January 14, 1952 in & nbsp ; the form of a separate battalion for pumping fuel and & nbsp; does not & nbsp; have analogues in & nbsp; foreign armies. The pipeline troops of Russia perform tasks to & nbsp; ensure continuous delivery of fuel over long distances. Their main & nbsp; “ weapons '' make up pipelines, piping equipment and & nbsp; other means of mechanization of work, and & nbsp; also special

“They gave me two minutes.” Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani talks about escape from Kabul for the first time

Ghani spoke about & nbsp; his last minutes as an Afghan leader on the & nbsp; Today morning news program on BBC Radio -si Radio 4. He & nbsp; took part in & nbsp; it along with & nbsp; former Chief of Staff of the British Ground Forces Nick Carter. According to & nbsp; Ghani, on August 15 & nbsp; when the Taliban captured Kabul, he & nbsp; woke up, & laquo; not & nbsp; having no & nbsp; the slightest idea & raquo; about & nbsp; the fact that & nbsp; this day will be his last as president of the country. He & nbsp; admitted that & nbsp; the final understanding about & nbsp; what happened came to & nbsp; him only on & nbsp; board of the plane, which delivered him from & nbsp; Afghanistan to & nbsp; Uzbekistan, and & nbsp; further & nbsp; & mdash;

Details of Saddam Hussein's detention revealed

According to & nbsp; he was & nbsp; was with & nbsp; the US military who were carrying out the & nbsp; operation to detain Hussein About eight months after he started working with & nbsp; they received classified information about & nbsp; his whereabouts. “ This place was located on a & nbsp; farm, literally & nbsp; a few meters from & nbsp; Tiger, & nbsp; 50 meters or even closer, in & nbsp; El Maabar area & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; clarified the ex-translator. Hussein's whereabouts were identified in & nbsp; as a result of spying on & nbsp; his security guard, who was buying up the best goods in the & nbsp; markets, “ goods of certain brands '', which aroused suspicions. A detachment of American special forces was sent to the & nbsp; place, and a landing party also landed there. “ Several people were

Business will pay all taxes in a new way from 2023

In November, the president signed the first 'framework' the law that extended the mechanism of a single tax payment to & nbsp; companies and & nbsp; individual entrepreneurs (IE). The new bill proposes to make this method of paying taxes unified from & nbsp; 2023 & nbsp; g. and & nbsp; regulates the operation of the mechanism. The document was prepared by the deputies of the State Duma Committee on the & nbsp; budget and & nbsp; taxes together with the & nbsp; Ministry of Finance and & nbsp; the Federal Tax Service (FTS) with & nbsp; participation of business associations. The bill received a positive opinion from the government. The tool will be tested in business for six months from July 1 to December 31, 2022. Companies will be able to sign up for “volunteers” from April. A number of companies, especially large ones, & nbsp; have already expressed

Chinese Ambassador spoke about the effective opposition of Beijing and Moscow to the West

“The United States, together with & nbsp; its Western allies, are putting pressure on & nbsp; China and & nbsp; Russia on & nbsp; all fronts & nbsp; in the & nbsp; political, economic, military and & nbsp; humanitarian areas, in the & nbsp; sphere of security, science and & nbsp; technology, exercising & ldquo; extraterritorial jurisdiction & rdquo; and & nbsp; arbitrarily applying sanctions against government departments, businesses and & nbsp; personnel of both countries in an & nbsp; attempt to contain the development of China and & nbsp; Russia. In the & nbsp; response to & nbsp; such un & nbsp; disguised hegemony and & nbsp; power politics China and & nbsp; Russia must continue to deepen strategic cooperation & ldquo; back to & nbsp; back & rdquo; and & nbsp; strengthen practical cooperation in & nbsp; various fields to effectively respond to & nbsp; & ldquo; double

German Foreign Minister considers it impossible for Russia to return to the G7 in the near future

BERLIN, December 30 & nbsp;/TASS /. German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock believes that & nbsp; Russia's return to the & nbsp; G7 in the & nbsp; is not & nbsp; foreseen the current escalation in & nbsp; anyway does not & nbsp; make the situation easier & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; she told the DPA agency. She also called it “ very painful '' that & nbsp; Russia “ excluded itself from & nbsp; this group ''; because of & nbsp; reunification of Crimea with & nbsp; RF. Group of Seven & nbsp; & mdash; association of economically developed countries, which includes Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Canada, USA, France and & nbsp; Japan. The main goals of & nbsp; & mdash; search for solutions to global political and & nbsp; social problems. In & nbsp; format “ sevens '' the organization existed in & nbsp; 1976 & mdash; 1997.

Blinken discussed coordination on Ukraine and Russia with the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany and Britain

WASHINGTON, December 30 & nbsp;/TASS /. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken discussed with & nbsp; French Foreign Ministers Jean-Yves Le & nbsp; Drianne, Germany Annalena Berbock and & nbsp; Great Britain Elizabeth Truss the coordination of approaches to & nbsp; the situation around & nbsp; Ukraine and & nbsp; a joint response & quot; in the & nbsp; case of further aggression & nbsp; from the & nbsp; side of Russia. & Nbsp; This is stated in & nbsp; a written statement by the head of the State Department's press service, Ned Price, released on & nbsp; Wednesday. “ They discussed the importance of continuing coordination to & nbsp; contain any further Russian aggression against Ukraine and & nbsp; reaffirmed the existence of a consensus among allies and & nbsp; partners to ensure widespread consequences and & nbsp; serious damage to & nbsp; Russia for & nbsp; such actions

The State Duma proposed to deprive the citizens of the opposition

According to the & nbsp; politician, you should also deprive citizenship and & nbsp; of those people who “ received it by & nbsp; birth right '' Russian President Vladimir Putin introduced a bill to the State Duma, which provides for the introduction of the institution of termination of the country's citizenship. The & nbsp; explanatory note specifies that the & nbsp; procedure will be introduced instead of the current & nbsp; procedure for canceling decisions on & nbsp; issuance of a Russian passport. According to the bill, it is also planned to create a unified mechanism for voluntary renunciation of & nbsp; citizenship. It is noted that & nbsp; powers to & nbsp; consideration of the relevant decisions will be transferred to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. At the moment, the solution of these issues is under the & nbsp; competence of the Russian leader. The head of the

Gleb Pavlovsky described Gorbachev's vision of the USSR as part of the “European home”

According to & nbsp; it was a realistic strategy & nbsp; & mdash; solve the numerous internal problems of the USSR by joining the & nbsp; European political project. “But & nbsp; Gorbachev didn't have enough cards for such a big game.” Although, in addition to the trump card in the & nbsp; form of Soviet nuclear weapons, it also had a trump card in the & nbsp; form of the Eastern Bloc & nbsp; & mdash; it is a very valuable asset that could be properly exchanged. Just for & nbsp; this not & nbsp; had to be pulled for & nbsp; for three to four years & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; said the political strategist. Pavlovsky added that & nbsp; President of the RSFSR Boris Yeltsin took advantage of Gorbachev's strategic weakness to strike. “ Moreover, he & nbsp; did not & nbsp; offer the West any

Lukashenko thanks Putin for support during the period of sanctions

Alexander Lukashenko said that & nbsp; GDP growth in Belarus amid & nbsp; sanctions in & nbsp; 2021 & nbsp; & mdash; this is in many ways the merit of Russia. & ldquo; I am very grateful to you, to you personally, first of all, for & nbsp; what you did for & nbsp; Belarus. And & nbsp; for & nbsp; the support that you & nbsp; provide to us. Don't & nbsp; want to flatter you & rdquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; said the Belarusian president to Putin (quoted by & nbsp; BelTA). Lukashenko clarified that & nbsp; “ it's not & nbsp; about & nbsp; flattery. '' & nbsp; the thing is & nbsp; is that & nbsp; any suggestion that we & nbsp; make, or request & nbsp; & mdash; you & nbsp; do an assignment to certain people, respond. And & nbsp; Russian companies, and &