Day: June 24, 2020

Categories Russia

Russia to abandon flat tax after almost two decades, will start moving back to progressive system – Putin

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Russia is planning to introduce a progressive tax regime, adding a 15% tax bracket for those earning over five million rubles ($72,000) a year, President Vladimir Putin said. The money will be used to treat severely ill children. … Read More >Russia to abandon flat tax after almost two decades, will start moving back to progressive system – Putin

Categories Documentary

Finding the Fallen

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Over the past six years, some 120,000 bodies of missing WWII soldiers were recovered by Russian volunteers dedicated to bringing lost fighters home. These groups of enthusiasts operate on land, and also at sea, looking for the wrecks of ships and submarines, to honor the crews’ memory. The RTD documentary Finding the Fallen tells the story of their work. … Read More >Finding the Fallen

Categories World

Hunter’s millions: Ukrainian MP reveals new ‘Biden-Poroshenko’ tapes, claims VP’s son was paid ‘protection money’ by Burisma

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More tapes of what appear to be Joe Biden’s phone calls with the former president of Ukraine have surfaced, along with documents showing how much his son Hunter was paid by Burisma, a gas company desperate to avoid prosecution. … Read More >Hunter’s millions: Ukrainian MP reveals new ‘Biden-Poroshenko’ tapes, claims VP’s son was paid ‘protection money’ by Burisma

Categories USA

Trump warns of ‘RIGGED’ election, claims millions of mail-in ballots will be forged by foreign powers

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The upcoming presidential election will be the scandal of the century, Donald Trump has predicted, stating that the use of mail-in ballots opens the door to widespread vote fraud as well as foreign meddling. … Read More >Trump warns of ‘RIGGED’ election, claims millions of mail-in ballots will be forged by foreign powers

Categories Russia

‘Stop talking about a successor’: Senator believes new constitution will protect Putin from lame-duck status & stabilize system

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Proposed amendments to Russia’s constitution will fix the problem of the country’s personality-driven politics by distributing the president’s powers between different authorities, according to prominent senator Andrey Klishas. … Read More >‘Stop talking about a successor’: Senator believes new constitution will protect Putin from lame-duck status & stabilize system

Categories Russia

Putin visits Russian Armed Forces cathedral on 79th anniversary of Nazi invasion, says memory of war is ‘sacred’

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Vladimir Putin has marked the 79th anniversary of Operation Barbarossa – Nazi Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union – with a visit to the new Orthodox cathedral built for Russia’s armed forces in Kubinka, outside Moscow. … Read More >Putin visits Russian Armed Forces cathedral on 79th anniversary of Nazi invasion, says memory of war is ‘sacred’