Then We saw “Russia Boasts a Flat 13% Income Tax Rate!”

Belgium is not the only possible destination for tax exile Gerard Depardieu who is renouncing his French citizenship in search of a better financial future. “Putin has already sent me a passport!” the actor announced. ­Depardieu reportedly mentioned three countries are ready to receive him. Belgium, where he has just bought a house, Montenegro, where […]

-25 Celsius and Russians Install a Playground…

I had to go back today and take a picture of what I found the workmen doing yesterday. It looks like they took a day off today and that is a good idea. The humidity is in the 90% and the temperature is way below -20, with a fair breeze around 8km per hour. Other words, “It is colder than a – Blue-Belly Hell!”

Russia’s Foreign Ministry report on the human rights situation in the EU…

Statement by Konstantin Dolgov, Russian Foreign Ministry’s Special Representative for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, at PACE International Conference “Human Rights and Foreign Policy”(Turin, December 13, 2012)   2381-17-12-2012 Dear colleagues! The Russian Federation pays utmost attention to the promotion of human rights. Fundamental human rights norms and standards are guaranteed by […]

America’s Killer Elite: Cho, Lanza, Bales, Ridgway and the One Percent by John Stanton…

America’s Killer Elite: Cho, Lanza, Bales, Ridgway and the One Percent by John Stanton “Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things. Our gross national product … if we should judge America by that – counts air pollution and cigarette advertising, […]