Posted on 05/25/2006 1:49:00 PM PDT by b2stealth
The State Duma passed the first reading of amendments to a number of laws to prohibit government officials in public appearances, the media, Internet sites and advertising from mentioning financial indicators in any currency except rubles. Since quoting prices in foreign currencies has been banned since the mid-1990s, “conditional units,” the euphemism that replaced dollars at that time, are the main target of the new amendments. Only the communists opposed the amendments. Discussion of the amendments in the Duma gives hope that the logical contradictions and violations of common sense in the law may be removed before the final reading. Alexander Moskalets, United Russia member and one of the authors of the bill, stated that “Mention of a foreign currency is evidence, as a rule, of underdevelopment. But Russia is far from being such a country. The majority of the population is already aware that one of the most powerful countries in the world stands behind the ruble… The ruble is a political factor because the national currency is a symbol of sovereignty.” Duma member from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Viktor Tyulkin suggested that bribes accepted in dollars should bear heavier punishment than those taken in rubles. Oleg Smolin, another Party member, called the amendments a battle with the devil's shadow. Duma member Alexander Fomenko doubted that the vertical of power was strong enough yet to prevent Russian bureaucrats from spoiling their native language.
The amendments affect the laws “On the Media,” “On the Protection of Consumers' Rights,” “On the Administration of the Russian Federation” and “On the Status of Members of the Federation Council and State Duma,” as well as Civil Code and Code of Administrative Violations. Fines for violations will range from 20-25 “minimum wages” (a conditional unit currently worth 100 rubles) for advertisers and for price tags, 40-50 minimum wages for government officials speaking in public or in the media and 400-500 minimum wages for legal entities.
The current wording of the law is so all-encompassing as to be unenforceable. It is expected to undergo extensive rewriting before its second reading.
William Jefferson (Clinton) has spare room in his freezer, too.
LOL!
Know where I can find any of those?
bump .... stupid rule, people are going to break this law with impunity on the streets.
>stupid rule, people are going to break this law with impunity on the streets.
back to ussr..
http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/commemoratives/index.cfm?action=Marine
You might want to check e-bay.
Russia is turning into a banana republic with nukes. LOL!
Since the risks are higher for accepting a bribe in US dollars, does this mean that it will now take even MORE US dollars to get the same favors?
;-)
This will never fly. Moscow has a huge tourist industry - New Arbatskya is a major tourist area with McDonalds and Baskin Robbins.
Listen, if you ever read those papers in Russia and in Russian....they have all kinds of goofy stuff in them.
They're like the Star is here.
I think so.
You mean like this?
On March 23, 2006, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System will cease publication of the M3 monetary aggregate. The Board will also cease publishing the following components: large-denomination time deposits, repurchase agreements (RPs), and Eurodollars.
It's Independence Day in Georgia!! Happy Independence Day,
to all Georgians. I was there for the parade last year and it was so lovely.
"Is he TRYING to destroy their economy?"
Yep. Then he can blame it on the Jews.
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