Accepting a fake Rolex as a bribe has to hurt a little.
Individuals in Russia pay 13% tax on annual incomes up to 5 million rubles, rising to 15% for anything over that level.
The Russian tax system tends to use moderate flat or regressive tax rates. It is highly centralized for a federal state and relies heavily on proceeds from oil and natural gas corporations, who themselves are mostly state owned.
Russia Weighs Post-Election Tax Hikes to Fund War in Ukraine
Personal, corporate tax increases being discussed, people said
Putin announced plans to overhaul tax system after election
Russian Tax Hikes!!!!
Oh woe is me. Joe plans on doing this to us. I do care about what Joe may do.
I do not care what Putin does.
Sounds OK to me!
Russia would be well advised to end this war soon, rather than to let it fester with the addition of weapons provided by American taxpayers. Even at the cost of short-term casuslties. Casualty avoidance and victory do not work well together. Stalin knew this. Casualty-avoiding Israel does not.
The only way for Ruzzia to ‘win’ is to end the war and leave Ukraine.
Lavrov has reported to the Duma today for his reappointment and answered that there is no diplomatic activity on Ukraine, that the Wwants to settle it on the battlefield and we are happy to give them their battlefield settlement.
The State Department requested safe passage by Blinkin via train from Poland to Kiev. He is inquiring about why the money disappeared, that Ukraine must last until November or risk confiscating of Zelensky’s overseas homes... Blinkin will tout Ukraine victory in a speech before departure.
AFU is breaking on four fronts.