First the Communists slap high tax rates on high incomes. Forever after, all attempts to reduce those exorbitant rates are “tax cuts for the rich.”
And the Commies always discuss tax reductions entirely in terms of how much the government is “giving” people by reducing tax rates.
This is not your fathers Russia
Russia Personal Income Tax Rate 2004-2017
The Personal Income Tax Rate in Russia stands at 13 percent.
Personal Income Tax Rate in Russia averaged 13.00 percent from 2004 until 2016, reaching an all time high of 13.00 percent in 2005 and a record low of 13.00 percent in 2005.