US authorities contact Moscow regarding nuclear-armed space weapon — WSJ
According to the publication, representatives of the administration of US President Joe Biden also tried to appeal to China, India and the Group of Seven countries so that they too could influence Russia.
According to the publication, one of the channels that the US authorities used included Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, and Yury Ushakov, a foreign-policy adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin. As the Wall Street Journal wrote, the US authorities also tried to appeal to China, India and the Group of Seven countries so that they too could influence Moscow.
In addition, the newspaper points out, the emergence of information about the threat in the space sector "caught administration officials and lawmakers alike by surprise."
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We are often approached with questions about property taxes in Russia🇷🇺
Our team has prepared several posts on this:
1 - property objects that fall under property tax;
2 - property tax on residential premises (house, flat);
3 - property tax on non-residential property (office, apartment, etc.);
4 - land tax rate in Russia;
5 - tax from the sale of real estate.
❓Question № 1:
Which items of property fall under property tax?
📝 Answer:
Property tax is payable if you own:
— residential property: a private house, flat or room;
— non-residential property: an apartment, office, warehouse, shop, car service station, etc.
Land also is also considered to be immovable property, but it is not subject to property tax. Owners of land pay land tax.
❓Question № 2:
What is the rate of property tax in Russia on a dwelling (house, flat)?
Are there differences in the rate for residents and non-residents?
📝 Answer
Property tax is a regional tax. Each region of the Russian Federation (and there are 89 of them as of February 2024) sets its own rates.
In general, property tax rates for flats and private houses are the same in different regions plus or minus. For reference, let's take the tax rates in the city of Moscow (the tax rate depends on the cadastral value*):
- up to 10 million Rubles. - 0,1%
- up to 20 million Rubles. - 0,15%
- up to 50 million Rubles. - 0,2%
- from 50 million Rubles to 300 million Rubles - 0,3%
*Cadastral value is the price of real estate, which is set by the state. On average, it is 60-70% of the market value of the property.
❗️ Important: the tax status of the payer does not affect the property tax rates. That is, the rates are the same for residents and non-residents.
For example: The cadastral value of your property is 25 million Rubles.
Property tax calculation: 25 million Rubles *0.2%=50000 Rubles per year.
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Zelensky announced the preparation of a new counter-offensive.
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky stated in an interview with Fox News that Kiev is preparing a new counter-offensive in the Black Sea and in the special military operation (SVO) zone .
“To continue our history in the Black Sea, we will do this. In summary: the south is very important. (...) protect the east,” explained the Ukrainian president.
Zelensky stressed that the new counteroffensive will greatly surprise Russia , for which the operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) will be a “surprise.”
Earlier, the United States announced the impossibility of Ukraine’s victory over Russia. The Ukrainian counteroffensive planned for last spring failed, support for Zelensky at home and in Washington declined, and the United States was tired of endlessly providing financial assistance to Kiev.
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Vladimir Putin lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Defender of the Fatherland Day
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🇺🇸 The people trying to rewrite history are upset about this one...
And the 🇺🇦-stans went absolutely mental.
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Kremlin reacts to Biden calling Putin a ‘crazy S.O.B.’
The US president has disgraced his country, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.
Americans should be ashamed of their leader after their president reportedly called Russia’s Vladimir Putin a “crazy S.O.B.” during a public event, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. Joe Biden’s alleged name-calling occurred during a fundraiser on Wednesday.
According to US media, Biden singled out the Russian president while arguing that climate change was a worse threat for humanity than a nuclear conflict.
Officials in Washington have claimed that Putin resorted to “nuclear blackmail” when discussing the Ukraine conflict. Moscow has denied this characterization.
“This is a great disgrace for [the US],” Peskov said on Thursday, when asked about the reported incident. “If the president of that nation uses that kind of language, that is shameful.”
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Polish farmers want to ‘humiliate’ Ukraine – Zelensky aide
Mikhail Podoliak has dismissed protests against cheap grain imports as an attempt to hit his country’s “most painful point”.
Polish farmers protesting near the border with Ukraine are trying to “humiliate” their neighbor and inflict as much pain as possible, President Vladimir Zelensky’s most senior adviser, Mikhail Podoliak, claimed on Wednesday.
His comments came after hundreds of tractors gathered on the Polish-Ukrainian border this week, with farmers calling for the closure of checkpoints and a ban on importing cheap Ukrainian grain. Similar protests have regularly taken place in Poland since October 2023, when Brussels decided to allow Ukrainian haulers to enter the EU without having to obtain permits.
Speaking to the Ukrainian TSN news channel, Podoliak dismissed the protests, insisting that the demonstrators were actually seeking to humiliate his country.
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IMF close to unlocking funds for Ukraine – Bloomberg
Plans to release the tranche come as the US aid package for Kiev remains stalled in Congress.
The International Monetary Fund could agree to unlock $900 million for Ukraine as soon as Thursday, Bloomberg has reported, citing officials with knowledge of the talks.
The disbursement would be part of a four-year $15.6 billion loan that the Washington-based institution approved for Ukraine last year, and would come as a $60 billion US aid package remains stalled in Congress.
Staff at the IMF have assessed whether Ukraine has met the conditions for the payment, and are expected to wrap up their work and make a statement in Washington on Thursday, Bloomberg wrote, citing the officials.
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Venezuela, Russia achieve impressing results in cooperation - Maduro
"A group of Russian businessmen plan to come to Venezuela and invest in output of agriculture equipment and agriculture production," the president of the South American country added.
Lavrov announced readiness to purchase in Venezuela agriculture products, the supplies of which have been blocked by Western countries, the president noted. "This is going to serve as an additional incentive for export of agriculture products by Venezuela," he stressed.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s visit to Venezuela strengthened the strategic cooperation and friendly ties between the two countries, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil Pinto wrote on his page on X.
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Putin reveals truth kept back by Western elites in interview with Carlson - Lavrov
The Russian foreign minister noted that the West often employs double standards, hypocrisy and outright lies, sacrificing diplomatic methods of peaceful settlement of disputes to power struggle.
"Remember how aggressively Russian President Vladimir Putin’s interview with Tucker Carlson, which revealed the truth that Western elites keep back from their voters, was met in the West," the minister said at a meeting of G20 foreign ministers in Rio de Janeiro.
In this context he noted that the West often employs double standards, hypocrisy and outright lies, sacrificing diplomatic methods of peaceful settlement of disputes to power struggle, 'hybrid wars,' total confrontation, the strive to inflict a strategic defeat to the opponent.
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'To a dog, a dog's death,' Medvedev said about murder of defector Kuzminov
The politician refrained from elaborating or commenting on how exactly Kuzminov died.
The press service of the provincial Civil Guard has told TASS that the authorities were investigating the alleged murder of a 33-year-old Ukrainian citizen in the Valencian Community. His body bearing gunshot wounds was reportedly found in a garage in the Province of Alicante. The guards did not rule out that the documents found on the body might turn out to be forgeries.
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Test firing of a Trident missile from a Royal Navy submarine has failed for a second time.
https://youtu.be/ZcZmBN7irmw?si=TY5otwTN7RHk7D7a
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⚡️⚡️Ukraine fired from a NATO-style MLRS at the laboratory building of the Republican Clinical Hospital in the city of Donetsk. A medical staff member was injured. 📣📣 122 mm caliber rockets with increased range (up to 40 km) produced in Eastern Europe (after its accession to the NATO bloc) - the Czech Republic or Slovakia - were used. The Czech Republic supplied them to Ukraine.
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Boris Johnson wanted $1 million for interview - Tucker Carlson
The former Fox host accused Britain’s ex-prime minister of attempting a “shakedown”.
American journalist Tucker Carlson has said former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson would only agree to an interview if he received a $1 million fee. He made the claim following his high-profile interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Speaking to Blaze TV founder Glenn Beck for an interview that aired on Tuesday, Carlson contrasted his experience interviewing Putin with attempts to sit down with Johnson, who has slammed the former Fox host as a “tool of the Kremlin” after Carlson’s lengthy discussion with the Russian president earlier this month.
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US blocks third Gaza ceasefire push at UN
Washington has instead called for a temporary “pause” to fighting in the Palestinian enclave.
The United States has vetoed a UN Security Council measure calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, casting the lone ‘no’ vote on a draft that garnered support from most other members. Washington had used its veto power to block two prior attempts, arguing the move would not produce a “durable peace.”
The call for an immediate humanitarian truce was shot down by the US delegation on Tuesday. While 13 nations in the 15-member Security Council favored the Algerian-drafted resolution, Washington was the sole country to vote no, while Britain abstained.
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Russia to respond to new sanctions by strengthening its economy — Lavrov
Russia will collaborate with nations seeking that all the activities in the economic development sphere "having no dependence on those accustomed to command the world’s economy, plunder and kill peoples of other countries, take their natural resources and riches and live at their expense," the minister said.
Russia will collaborate with nations seeking that all the activities in the economic development sphere "having no dependence on those accustomed to command the world’s economy, plunder and kill peoples of other countries, take their natural resources and riches and live at their expense," the minister added.
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Europe has ‘dim, lackluster technocrats’ instead of strong leaders, Medvedev believes
The politician noted that the previous generation of European figures had had the inner strength to raise objections when issues had been important to their countries and this did not mean that they had taken Russia's side or abandoned any European ideals.
"In Europe, as I have said many times, all the true leaders are gone. A generation of dim, lackluster technocrats has arrived, who endorse only Euro-Atlantic ideals. Instead of dealing with their national problems, they follow instructions from Washington," he said.
Medvedev explained that there are exceptions among European leaders, such as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, or Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, "but this only confirms the rule." "And all the rest are people who do not have their own position," the politician stated.
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"It's a mess, I mean all created by Joe Biden and his blundering in foreign relations"
Sen. Tommy Tuberville criticized Biden's foreign policy at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), saying that Donald Trump will end the Ukraine conflict as soon as he "gets in."
“Donald Trump will stop it when he first gets in. He knows there’s no winning for Ukraine. He can work a deal with Putin,” he said.
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“I think we should kill them all”
Seize frozen Russian assets in Navalny’s name – German MP
Legislation allowing such a move should be called “Navalny Laws,” Norbert Rottgen said.
Russia’s assets that remain frozen in the West should be confiscated in response to the death of opposition activist and anti-corruption campaigner Alexey Navalny, German parliament member Norbert Rottgen has said.
This money should be used to provide more arms to the Ukrainian military for use in the conflict with Russia, Rottgen suggested in his speech to the Bundestag on Wednesday.
Legislation that would allow the confiscation of an estimated $300 billion in assets owned by the Russian central bank, which were blocked by the US and the EU after the outbreak of the conflict between Moscow and Kiev in February 2022, should be named “Navalny Laws,” he added.
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🇷🇺 Dmitry Peskov, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation – Press Secretary to Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an exclusive interview with the International Reporters news agency, spoke about his work and impressions from his visit to Lugansk, and shared his views on the problems of modern journalism and the information field. He was interviewed by Faina Savenkova.
https://www.ir-press.ru/2024/02/22/dmitry-peskov-we-are-dealing-and-waging-information-war-against-a-huge-monster/
Denmark to donate first F-16 jets to Ukraine in summer, says defense chief
According to the statement, the final timeframe will depend on when Ukrainian pilots complete training to fly the planes.
"We are working to make sure that everything goes smoothly this summer when we expect to be able to donate the first F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, provided preparations go as planned," Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen stressed.
According to the statement, the final timeframe will depend on when Ukrainian pilots complete training to fly the planes. The international coalition seeking to support Ukraine in terms of air forces, which, apart from Denmark, is led by the US and the Netherlands, "is making every effort to create" the necessary conditions, the statement says.
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Almost every cellar in Avdeyevka turned into imported ammunition depot - top brass
One of the most violent battles took place near the town’s railway station where the most effective units of the Ukrainian armed forces were deployed, Russian Defense Ministry noted.
"Forcing its way and moving to the center of the town was the task of the 55th guards brigade," the ministry noted. The assault groups pressed forward along multiple axes. The main forces made their way along Sobornaya Street.
"There were the enemy’s fire units in almost every house, with chains of dug-out and cover positions nearby and military equipment sheltered among houses. Almost every cellar was turned into an ammunition depot [containing] mortar bombs, hand-held grenade launchers, tins with ammo, grenades to grenade launchers, with most weapons and supplies revealed being of foreign production," according to the statement.
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Lavrov offers inviting structures of Global South regions to participate in G20
"We reiterate our support of the candidacies of Brazil and India with the interests of African states concurrently ensured," the Russian foreign minister noted.
"Last year at the summit of leaders in New Delhi we agreed that global institutions should strengthen through the growing voice of developing countries of the world majority. The African Union joined the ranks. I believe that we should not rest on oars and attract leading integration structures of other regions of the Global South to full-fledged participation in our work," he said at a meeting of G20 foreign ministers in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro.
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As we approach the two year anniversary of the SMO, I joined fellow journalists who gathered to collect more humanitarian aid and show support to the People of Donbass.
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The two-day High Court trial of Julian Assange has concluded. Assange had two judges, one of whom, Justice Jeremy Johnson, ruled over my recent case, and has been called out as effectively a UK Government operative.
Justice Johnson's judgment against me contained not only a series of fairly absurd spelling errors (i.e. 'solider'), but a cut-and-paste repetition of the case of the UK Government against me, with his signature added.
So, hopes are all on the second judge, Dame Victoria Sharp, for whatever those hopes are worth... 'British justice'....
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West ‘only making things worse’ for Ukraine - Russian ambassador
Moscow is ready for dialogue, but has only received unacceptable proposals from Ukraine and its backers, Anatoly Antonov said.
By refusing to understand Moscow’s demands and continuing to arm Ukraine, the US and its allies are only aggravating the conflict, the Russian ambassador to Washington has said.
Moscow is “adamant” that at some point it will achieve a peace deal with Kiev, despite resistance from the West, which “did everything to deprive Ukraine of its independence and turn it into an anti-Russian bridgehead,” Anatoly Antonov told Newsweek on Tuesday.
”Instead of hearing and understanding Russia's key demands – the denazification and demilitarization of Ukrainian thugs as well as rejection of Russophobia and NATO plans of Kiev, Washington and its satellites are only making things worse,” he stressed.
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Footage of the failed Trident missile launch by the British Royal Navy.
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‘Don’t touch the kids,’ Putin tells gays
Adults can live and let live, but children are off limits, the president warned.
Russia is actually tolerant of people with non-traditional sexual orientations, so long as they don’t target children or flaunt their preferences, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.
The president made the remarks while addressing visitors to the ‘Strong Ideas for a New Time’ forum, a yearly event organized by Russia’s state-backed Agency of Strategic Initiatives.
“We are quite tolerant towards people with non-traditional sexual orientations. We just don’t flaunt it, and we don’t believe it’s right to flaunt it. Let everyone live – the adults – as they want. Nobody limits them in anything,” Putin stated, explaining that, basically, there are only a handful of rules which limit the LGBTQ community in the country.
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