Russian citizens pay a 13% flat tax. It’s much more likely that Putin has real grassroots support than it is Biden does.
People do NOT want to hear this.
After the Cold War ended and Russia’s economy, military and image plunged, as crime, abortion, people emigrating from Russia surged, along came Putin.
Russia was post Cold War in a low, not unlike the low the US found itself in post Vietnam and under Carter with a depressed economy (the era of stagflation).
Also, not unlike the US where you had Reagan following Carter, with massive economic growth, national pride and ones image being restored, crime being dealt with, the military being rebuilt, and us no longer taking other peoples $hit (we were willing to push back militarily when people F’ed with us), with Reagan unappologetically conservative and Christian, so is Putin doing the same for Russia.
The view of Putin in Russia is not the same as in the West.
With mass censorship and one sided reporting in our MSM. Social media censoring, our government engaging in mass propaganda, we have created this image of Putin where he’s a monster, a mad man, and of course no one in his right mind would support him. He’s not a mad man, and unlike Biden actually able to communicate with coherent thoughts. He’s extreamly calculated, i.e. logical and predictable.
In Russia, Putin is actually quite popular.
That is not to say that Russia and our interests are not on a collision course. But, this notion of him being overthrown because Russians hate him, or him having some sort of mental illness is just Western MSM fantasy world BS.
20%
A Standard VAT rate of 20% applies to most goods and services in Russia. A Reduced VAT Rate of 10% applies to food, children’s clothes, books, medical equipment and some services. There is also a Special VAT Rate of 16.67% applicable to e-services.
VAT taxes suck!!!!