[AA.COM.TR] Russian President Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... on Monday announced the appointment of Andrey Sergeyevich Nikitin as the country's acting transport minister, after removing Roman Starovoyt from the post.
''Andrey Sergeyevich (Nikitin), I would like to invite you to take another step forward on your career ladder and work as the acting Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation,'' Putin said during a meeting with Nikitin, according to a video published by the Kremlin.
Putin expressed his intention to submit Nikitin's candidacy to the State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, after which he would sign the decree on the final appointment if politicians support it.
''I hope that you will apply all your efforts, knowledge, skills, and organizational abilities to solve those tasks, the most important tasks that are in this area,'' he added.
The move came after Putin signed an executive order on the dismissal of Starovoyt, who was appointed to the post just a year ago in May 2024. No reason was provided for his removal.
In a press briefing Kremlin front man Dmitry Peskov said that Starovoyt's dismissal is not due to a "loss of trust."
Peskov further said that Putin believes Nikitin's "working qualities and work experience" currently best serve the needs of the ministry.
Nikitin had been serving as the deputy transport minister since February, and was previously the governor of Russia's northwestern Novgorod region.
Says Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] The Russian Minister of Transport and former Governor of Kursk Oblast, Roman Starovoit, who was fired today (Putin's decree was published this morning), shot himself today at his dacha in Odintsovo.
Apparently, a criminal case became inevitable and he decided to end it this way. The investigation into theft during the construction of fortifications in Kursk Oblast has been ongoing for a long time. Khinshtein's predecessor is involved in this case.
But part of the investigation touches upon the period when Starovoit was still governor and at the beginning of the year there were many publications on the topic of whether Starovoit could not have known about the fraudulent schemes associated with fake contractors, through whom huge amounts of money allocated for the construction of field fortifications leaked out.
One way or another, the investigation will still continue and then it will be clear from the facts - what exactly prompted Starovoit to commit suicide.
The media reports that former Governor of Kursk Oblast Smirnov, who is under investigation, testified against Starovoit.
Starovoit was at the ministry this morning, said goodbye to everyone, then went home and shot himself in his car in a parking lot in Odintsovo.
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[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are engaged in heavy fighting in the east and south of Ukraine.
More than a third of Russian attacks are concentrated in the Pokrovsky direction. There, the enemy is attacking in the areas of 13 populated areas.
Since the beginning of the current day, 97 combat clashes have occurred on the front in 11 directions. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Monday, July 7.
Thus, in the Severo-Slobodskoy and Kursk directions our soldiers repelled four Russian attacks. Another battle continues.
In the Yuzhno-Slobodskoy direction, the enemy attacked seven times in the areas of Vovchansk, Zeleny, Ambarny and in the direction of Kutkovka. Currently, three combat clashes are ongoing.
In the Kupyansk direction, Russian occupiers carried out an attack in the Golubovka area and were repulsed.
In the Liman direction, the enemy army carried out 14 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Novy Mir, Ridkodub, Zelenaya Dolina, Torskoye and in the Serebryansky forest, as well as in the direction of Serebryanka and Olgovka. Three combat clashes are still ongoing.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy is trying to advance in the areas of Markovoye, Predtechnoye and Belaya Gora. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have repelled all four attacks.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy is trying to advance in the Dilievka area. Our defenders have repelled three assaults by the invaders, and another battle is ongoing.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the Russians carried out 40 assaults near the settlements of Popov Yar, Razine, Mirolyubovka, Novoekonomichnoe, Lisovka, Shevchenko, Novoukrainka, Zvirove, Udachnoye, Novosergeevka, Kotlyarovka, Gorikhovoe and Alekseevka. The defense forces have already repelled 37 attacks.
Eleven assaults were stopped in the Novopavlovsk direction . Another eight clashes are currently ongoing. The enemy attempted to advance in the areas of the settlements of Poddubnoye, Fedorovka, Voskresenka, Shevchenko, Novosilka, Volnoye Pole and Novopol.
In the Gulyai-Polye direction, a battle is underway in the Malinovka area. Another enemy attack has been repelled.
In the Orekhov direction, two attacks were stopped in the Kamyansky area and in the direction of Malaya Tokmachka.
Let us recall that in the course of 24 hours on July 6, Russia lost 1,100 fighters killed and wounded. The total number of Russian losses is approaching 1.1 million people.
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[NewsFront] 19:31 UAV calculations of the Rubicon Center struck equipment, elements of communication systems, manpower and firing positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
– An FPV drone operator of the North group of forces destroyed a 122mm D-30 howitzer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Sumy region.
19:28 Rubicon Center specialists rammed Ukrainian Armed Forces drones.
19:04 Joint work of the Dnepr Guards crews from the 18th Combined Arms Army to destroy the M-777, a 155mm towed howitzer made in the USA, video.
18:45 Persons without Russian citizenship allowed serve under contract in the RF Armed Forces.
The law was signed by Russian President Putin.
18:00 Convicted a spy who worked for Ukrainian intelligence
The court found local resident Anzhelika Demyanenko guilty - she was transmitting data on the movement of Russian equipment and soldiers on assignment from Ukrainian intelligence. Such "messages" are enough to put the lives of our soldiers in real danger.
The result is 10 years and 6 months of imprisonment. The law does not forgive betrayal.
17:32 Two Ukrainian servicemen convicted for committing a terrorist act on the territory of the Kursk region
The evidence collected by the Main Military Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation was found by the court to be sufficient to sentence soldiers serving in military unit A-3283 (17th Separate Tank Brigade), grenade launcher operator Maksim Starinets and assistant grenade launcher operator Yuri Sinkevich. They were found guilty of committing a terrorist act in the Kursk region (subparagraphs "a" and "c" of Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
16:46 Artillerymen of the "Center" group using rockets leafed through positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with propaganda materials about voluntary surrender in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
16:06 Fighting in the Velikoburluk direction: electronic warfare reveals, and artillery are being destroyed enemy UAV calculations
Our short video shows the coordinated work of electronic warfare units and Severyan artillerymen from the 44th Motorized Rifle Corps and the 69th Motorized Rifle Division of the Leningrad Military District in the Khar'kov region.
Our servicemen from the electronic warfare units intercepted control of the enemy FPV drone and calculated the exact location of the Ukrainian occupiers' UAV crew.
15:44 period from 14:15 Moscow time to 14:40 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Belgorod region.
14:55 Investigators from the Russian Investigative Committee will investigate crimes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as a result of which civilians of the Belgorod, Kherson and Bryansk regions were killed and injured
According to reports from executive authorities, two people were killed and two were wounded in the Belgorod region as a result of attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces drones.
In the Kherson region in Nova Kakhovka, a woman was killed and a man was wounded as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Ukrainian militants also shelled the city hospital building with barrel artillery, wounding a security guard.
In the Bryansk region, as a result of an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces using kamikaze drones, a civilian was wounded in the village of Kamensky Khutor in the Klimovsky district.
14:17 Servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine inflicted targeted attack on a residential area of the city of Vasilyevka. A 19-year-old guy who was in the courtyard of the house died. Unfortunately, he received injuries incompatible with life.
There are also wounded, six victims were hospitalized in the city hospital, they are receiving medical care. Doctors are also working with the relatives of the deceased.
More than 10 apartments in the building were damaged. People left homeless will be provided with temporary housing.
Emergency services and employees of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Zaporozhye region are working at the scene.
13:57 Novopavlovskoe direction
Units of the "Vostok" group continue offensive.
After the liberation of the villages of Poddubnoye and Tolstoy, the group's units surrounded Karl Marx (Mirnoye) from three sides and are fighting in the village. Fighting on the outskirts of Maliyevka and in the eastern part of Voznesenka.
13:20 Krasnolimanskoe direction
According to operational information, the enemy is still entrenched on farms and partly in Redkodub. The Ukrainian Armed Forces sabotage and reconnaissance groups reached the Katerinovka area.
The situation in this area is of the nature of a counter battle. Both the enemy and the troops of the "West" group are conducting an offensive in this area.
Our units continue to advance here in the direction of Glushchenkovo and are fighting in Novy Mir. Fighting continues in Zelenaya Dolina and the advance of our units along the heights to Shandrigolovo.
13:03 Sever Electronic Warfare Units intercept and destroy enemy FPV drones
Servicemen of the "North" group from the electronic warfare units of the Toronto group intercept signals from enemy FPV drones and destroy enemy birds in the forests and fields of the border area.
12:30 Russian Armed Forces are systematically encircling Krasnoarmeysk in the DPR to liberate it from the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Denis Pushilin told the media.
Other statements by the head of the DPR:
– Russian troops expanded their zone of control and improved their positions in the Krasnolimansky and Velikonovoselkovsky directions;
– The Russian army has improved its positions in Chasovoy Yar. Its liberation is “in the foreseeable future.”
– The zone of control of the Russian Armed Forces is expanding. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to attack in the area of the village of Dachnoye in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
– The Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to counterattack Redkodub, but Russian military is repelling enemy attacks.
- Ukraine has stepped up drone attacks. Over the past week, 722 Ukrainian UAVs have been shot down in the DPR.
12:13 According to operational data from the Russian Ministry of Defense:
Units of the Russian Federation's "West" military groupimprovedposition along the front line. They defeated the formations of two mechanized, assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the populated areas of Petro-Ivanovka, Kupyansk in the Khar'kov region, Zelenaya Dolina and Torskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The units of the "Southern" group of the Russian Armed Forces took up more advantageous lines and positions. They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of three mechanized, motorized infantry, airmobile, mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade and a national guard brigade in the areas of the populated areas of Serebryanka, Seversk, Chasov Yar, Fedorovka, Belaya Gora, Konstantinovka, Shcherbinovka and Aleksandro-Shultino of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Units of the "East" group of forces of the Russian Armed Forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Malinovka in the Zaporizhia region, Voskresenka and Karl Marx in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces of the Russian Armed Forces defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Novoandriyevka, Kamenskoye, Plavni in the Zaporizhia region, Mykhailivka and Antonovka in the Kherson region.
12:04 RF Armed Forces released the settlements of Dachnoye in the Dnepropetrovsk region, Bessalovka in the Sumy region - the Russian Ministry of Defense.
11:49 A report has been received of another US mercenary killed in Ukraine. According to preliminary information, near Khar'kov liquidated Benjamin Joseph Dettore.
11:40 Recorded work of "Geraniums" in Khar'kov
Up to 10 flights to targets in Khar'kov. The Geranium drones came in virtually unopposed, and air defense work was minimal.
The targets included the TCC buildings in Khar'kov and Zaporozhye, as well as manufacturing facilities. Destruction and fires were noted at the sites of the strikes.
11:09 OTRK Iskander inflicted an attack on the air defense post of the 154th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Chuguev in the Khar'kov region.
Destroyed:
Motor transport – three units.
Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers – 40 people (approximately).
UAV control center – one unit.
10:00 Russian army drones are vigorously destroying the enemy in all directions, –video.
— UAV operators of the Tula paratroopers destroyed Ukrainian equipment in the Sumy region;
— Drone operators of the 7th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the "Southern" group eliminated two ground robotic complexes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in the Seversky direction;
— FPV operators of the "Vostok" group hit with precision hits a temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a vehicle delivering drones and ammunition in the South Donetsk direction;
— A UAV crew of the "Dnepr" group disrupted the enemy's rotation in the Orekhov direction.
9:45 In the period from 8:00 Moscow time to 8:30 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Belgorod region.
9:05 Drone Drivers cheerfully start the week
– UAV operators of the Tula paratroopers destroyed military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Sumy region.
– Drone operators of the 7th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the "Southern" group of troops destroyed two ground robotic complexes of Ukrainian militants in the Seversky direction
– Operators of FPV attack drones of the Vostok group of forces in the South Donetsk direction destroyed a temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as a vehicle of Ukrainian militants that was delivering drones and ammunition.
– The UAV crew of the Dnepr troop group disrupted the enemy’s rotation in the Orekhov direction.
8:25 During the past night, air defense systems on duty destroyed and intercepted 91 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were :
– 20 UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region,
– 14 UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region,
– Nine UAVs over the territory of the Lipetsk region,
– Eight UAVs over the territory of the Bryansk region,
– Eight UAVs over the territory of the Moscow region,
– Eight UAVs over the territory of the Voronezh region,
– Seven UAVs over the waters of the Black Sea,
– Three UAVs each over the territories of the Novgorod, Tver, Tambov, and Leningrad regions,
– Two UAVs over the territory of the Oryol region,
– One UAV each over the territories of the Vladimir region, Krasnodar region, and the Republic of Crimea.
8:05 Crews of D-30 howitzers of the 25th Combined Arms Army of the West group of forces struck the take-off and basing point of enemy drones, along with the personnel and ammunition located there.
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[REGNUM] The "old shoe tax", when Ukrainian citizens must pay tax on the sale of their worn-out clothes on online flea markets, turned out to be insufficient. The authorities are desperately short of money to support the country, the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance is already giving a forecast for 2026: the budget's uncovered need for money could reach 1 trillion hryvnia, which is almost 24 billion in US dollars.
This year, the situation does not look so catastrophic. Despite a 400 billion hryvnia deficit for defense, all other civilian expenditures of the country this year are provided with a reserve. This happened thanks to a $50 billion loan that the G7 countries provided to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets as collateral (Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration Loan or ERA).
In addition, the country recently received about $500 million in another tranche from the IMF. But when the Ukrainian authorities are given money, they simultaneously write out new conditions for it.
In this, the International Monetary Fund is stronger than anyone else: new structural beacons require the actual abolition of banking secrecy, an increase in tax revenues from businesses and individuals, the abolition of simplified taxation for small businesses, and an increase in utility rates.
The list is, of course, incomplete, and the Verkhovna Rada has already taken on some of it, starting with digital platforms.
"Among the significant changes in taxes planned for the near future, the only one planned is the introduction of a tax on sales on digital platforms: OLX, Rozetka, etc. But it is planned to strengthen general fiscal supervision and require compliance with the norms that have long been in Ukrainian legislation. If you rent out an apartment, drive a taxi, work part-time as a tutor - be kind enough to pay 18% personal income tax and 5% military tax," explains the head of the Economic Discussion Club Oleg Pendzin.
It is worth making a small digression here and recalling that right now Ukraine still has to pay old bills.
Back in 2015, when US citizen Natalia Yaresko "successfully restructured" the foreign debt, putting Ukraine on the hook, it seemed to the victorious Maidan that there was still a lot of time ahead and they would not be dragged by the lip anytime soon. The country was in a pre-default state and also wanted an IMF loan. In exchange, the government of Arseniy Yatsenyuk agreed to raise the price of gas for the population to the price of imports, raise the retirement age and taxes.
And personally, Yaresko, appointed to the post of Minister of Finance by the Americans, agreed on a wonderful scheme: out of 15 billion dollars of debt, three will be written off, and the repayment of another 8.5 billion will be postponed until after 2020.
At the same time, creditors received new securities for $2.9 billion, tied to the dynamics of GDP: the more it grows, the higher the payments. And last year, the Ukrainian Ministry of Economy estimated GDP growth at 3.6%, so creditors took out their shares and demanded payment - it was necessary to urgently declare a default on securities.
While Yaresko, aka Natalie Ann, had long since moved to Puerto Rico to set up the same robbery, and from there home to the States.
Zelensky also distinguished himself in full. Under him, the country's national debt grew by almost 74 billion dollars. Ukraine borrowed about the same amount (almost 70 billion) over the previous 28 years of its independence under its first five presidents. That is, Zelensky set an anti-record, and it was under him that the debt exceeded GDP for the first time.
According to the IMF forecast, by the end of the year it will reach 106.6%, and next year, 2026, it will grow to 107.6% of GDP.
At the same time, in 2026, one should not expect generosity in the form of grants, aid, loans, weapons in the previous volumes from "strategic partners". Therefore, despite the fact that there are still six months until the new calendar and budget year, the government of "95th quarter" is trying to find a way out of the situation. But it is not thinking about what to produce and sell, where to find growth points, but is using the old proven method: to squeeze a little more out of citizens who are going to die anyway.
So the desires of the authorities, in an unfortunate way for the “ordinary Ukrainian”, successfully coincide with the interests of the IMF.
Therefore, literally from July 1, the rules of the game changed in several directions at once.
The already introduced tax on sales on personal items marketplaces has been strengthened by restrictions on payments via Ukrposhta, which was used by many small sellers who avoided paying taxes. The maximum amount of cash payment transactions for one calendar month is now 100 thousand hryvnia, and only ten of them can be made per month.
You can spend 2.5 times more money through a bank card, but there is a nuance: the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy has already approved bill No. 13 233, prepared by the Cabinet of Ministers, which abolishes banking secrecy. All that remains is to vote.
For ordinary people, the news is sad: everyone who opens a bank account or rents an individual safe deposit box will immediately be included in the State Tax Service register. The register will be the same for all types of accounts: card, current, deposit, for securities (when buying government bonds or other securities), electronic wallets.
Moreover, not only banks but also non-bank financial institutions, including payment organizations and administrators of electronic money, will transfer data to it. For example, NovaPay of Nova Poshta, which has recently been particularly active in opening accounts for people. The State Tax Service is given the right to fine all these organizations for untimely transfer or refusal to transfer information to the register.
And Novaya Pochta, which was also used for a lot of small trade transactions, has already introduced new restrictions on the acceptance and payment of cash on delivery since June 1. If transfers are made regularly and exceed the limits, individuals who are not registered entrepreneurs will have to confirm the legality of the origin of the funds. That is, the parcel will be accepted, and when the cash on delivery arrives, they will ask what the money is actually for.
In addition to the tax service, the registry can be used outside of court by law enforcement agencies, the State Financial Monitoring Service, NABU, NAPC, and ARMA (the agency for managing property taken from someone).
Strengthening control over citizens' money will also begin in such activities as tutoring, transportation and freight transport, apartment rentals, home sewing, small repair and construction services, etc. Since such a status as "self-employed", accepted in Russia, did not exist in Ukraine until now - all of the above-mentioned activities were in the shadows, and this was one of the degrees of freedom that reconciled Ukrainians with the injustice of the surrounding world.
Now they are being asked to pay 23% tax.
The "cherry on the cake" in the bill is the so-called institution of informants ("snitches"), that is, people who report to law enforcement and tax authorities about "questionable" actions of citizens. This is where the field for personal revenge, blackmail, and simply for strangling any social protest in the bud is.
At the same time, they tightened control over temporarily displaced persons, that is, refugees, people who abandoned their homes in the frontline zone and moved to safer places.
Now the Ministry of Finance will check monthly whether they have been outside the country for more than 90 days. If the fact of a long stay abroad is confirmed, then the certificate confirming their status may be cancelled. Meanwhile, it is this certificate that gives the right to certain social payments and other types of assistance.
And this is not just a declaration of intent, but a course for the next three years already enshrined in the Cabinet’s budget declaration.
The authorities have set a specific goal - to increase the share of taxes from individuals in GDP to 9.1%, which is significantly more than last year's figures. For example, in 2024, this figure was 7.6%, and before the war it was 6.6% of GDP. And the IMF is also demanding the abolition of the simplified tax system, the introduction of a system of funded pensions (when you save for your own pension), and a more complex system of providing social benefits.
And yes, an important detail: international aid and even the process of European integration are tied to the bill. They say that Ukraine has nothing to do in Europe if such norms are not introduced.
However, adventurers of all stripes, who are now uncontrollably collecting multi-million dollar donations “for the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” “for our brothers,” etc., remain outside the scope of financial monitoring. Among them are the most famous people in Ukraine: extremist Sergey Sternenko, banker Oleg Gorokhovsky, bloggers Igor Lachenkov and Mikhail Lebiga, comedian and politician Sergey Prytula.
By the way, the latter recently refused to tell journalists his income, saying that his earnings are his personal business and do not concern anyone. “Nobody cares at all. I don’t look into anyone’s pockets and I don’t let anyone into mine,” said Prytula, whose fund raised 2.1 billion hryvnia in 2024. At the same time, he assures with a straight face that he lives on dividends from securities, monetization of his YouTube channel, and earnings from his wife’s small business.
Every penny goes to the army.
Although by law a "volunteer" is a public figure, and therefore his income cannot be a secret to society. Just as the earnings of the Lviv invalid Nazariy Gusakov, who raised money for treatment and, as he stated, for helping others like him, and then fled abroad with five million dollars collected from donations, are not considered a secret.
There is also no news about increasing taxes for big business. Although the ferroalloy plants of Igor Kolomoisky and Viktor Pinchuk, now the main support of the American Democrats in Ukraine, have increased their export revenues fivefold, replacing sanctioned exports from Russia to European and African countries. It is obvious why they were “drowned” by the 1+1 and ICTV TV channels that they owned, calling for war for all eight years since 2014.
But the maximum that the oligarchs face under the new law is the introduction of a register of ultimate beneficial owners of trusts or other similar legal entities. It is needed for the authorities to control the transfer of assets to third parties for management, based on the experience of the tricks of Petro Poroshenko *, who back in 2016 transferred his assets to the Rothschild Trust banking group.
No one is particularly concerned about the colorful information about the art gallery of the family of Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov in the USA: there is no house with a swimming pool in Florida or other delights in his declaration.
But the head of the parliamentary tax committee, Danylo Getmantsev, speaks with a smart look about the subsistence minimum, which is only 2900 hryvnia (about 5.4 thousand rubles). It turns out that in a country where it is customary to make fun of the "Soviet deficit" and rationing, there is a calculation that a teenager is entitled to only one winter jacket and one demi-season jacket for three years. And no one cares that the young man is growing up quickly. And women were generously given two dresses or two suits for seven years.
According to Getmantsev, the minimum subsistence level included in the budget is an "abstract category" because it is impossible to live on this money. "It is impossible to live even on the actual minimum subsistence level, which is 3.5 times higher. This is something from the imagination of the official," the parliamentarian noted, adding that there is no money to increase it anyway.
And if earlier Ukrainian migrant workers saved the situation by transferring their earnings to “keep the pants” of their relatives, then since the beginning of 2025, currency transfers to Ukraine have already fallen by 15% - from 4.1 billion dollars to 3.5.
People's Deputy Alexander Dubinsky, mercilessly branding the regime from the Lukyanivka pretrial detention center, described the current situation as follows: " First, they will introduce taxes on the sale of used sandals... then an excise tax on soda... then a tax on water. Then - on the air. By controlling the government and the foreign debt of 180 billion dollars, this territory can be effectively depopulated even after the war. Just as a forest is uprooted to plant a field, so the Ukrainians will be removed from here. They are an extra link in the food and business chain of the globalists."
Direct evidence of the country's hopelessness in the future was the recent decision by BlackRock to stop searching for investors to invest in the Ukrainian Development Fund. Which once again confirms the forecast: Ukraine will face poverty, devastation, high prices, tariffs and taxes, as well as social vulnerability after the war.
The “strategic partners” will wash their hands, and the “little Ukrainian” will be left with a pile of debt obligations, a ruined country and huge cemeteries.
These incidents will increase as the war winds down....
[Regnum] The explosion in the Ryazan bar could have occurred due to careless handling of a combat grenade. This was reported on Monday, July 7, by the press service of the operational headquarters of the Ryazan region.
“According to preliminary data, the explosion occurred as a result of a person’s careless handling of a combat grenade, which he mistook for a fake,” the statement said.
Currently, emergency services are working at the scene. All circumstances of the incident are being established.
As previously reported by the Regnum news agency, as a result of the explosion in a lounge bar in Ryazan, one person was killed and four were injured. The incident occurred opposite the Malina shopping center.
Doctors and law enforcement officers arrived at the scene of the emergency.
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[Regnum] Ukrainian military are retreating and surrendering in the Dnepropetrovsk region after Russian troops liberated the village of Dachnoye. This was reported on July 7 by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The department clarified that the Center group of troops of the Russian Armed Forces continues to successfully conduct combat operations in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
"While conducting offensive actions, the guardsmen are successfully conducting combat operations against Ukrainian neo-Nazis, step by step dislodging the enemy from populated areas and fortified positions, pushing back the enemy, capturing trophies and taking Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen prisoner," the department noted.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on July 7, Russian troops liberated Dachnoye in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Over the course of 24 hours, the enemy lost more than 440 fighters in this direction, five combat armored vehicles, 11 pickups, and three field artillery pieces.
Also on July 7, the Russian Armed Forces struck the territorial centers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Russian air defense forces destroyed seven Ukrainian guided bombs and 402 drones over the past 24 hours.
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[Regnum] Explosions thundered in territorial recruitment centers (TRC — Ukrainian equivalents of military registration and enlistment offices) in Kharkov and Zaporizhia, temporarily controlled by the Kiev regime. This was reported on Monday, July 7, by the press service of the ground forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“There were hits… on the building of the Kharkiv regional TCC <…> and the adjacent territory, as well as near the Zaporizhia regional TCC,” the Telegram channel of the ground forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine says.
The press service clarified that four Ukrainian soldiers were injured as a result of the explosions; emergency services are working at the scene of the incidents.
As reported by IA Regnum, earlier on June 7, the Vinnytsia regional TCC suspended operations at its main address amid the tense situation in the country. At the same time, new addresses were named to resolve issues in the area of medical care for citizens.
On July 6, Ukrainian media reported that a TCC car had been blown up in the village of Donskaya Balka in the Odessa region. According to Ukrainian police, one person died as a result, and the car burned to the ground.
Earlier that day, an explosion occurred in the TCC building in Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast. There were no reports of casualties or consequences of the incident. Earlier, on July 5, an Opel passenger car driven by a Ukrainian Armed Forces soldier exploded in Odessa. The man survived but was injured.
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As Russia's foreign policy tool REGNUM has been instrumental in encouraging opposition to energy independence plans in the Baltic states, contributing to the negative popular vote on the question of a new nuclear power plant in Lithuania.[12]
Since 2011, the agency has become unpopular in Turkmenistan. In a report circulated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, Turkmen diplomats repeatedly expressed their dislike of the agency, claiming that it systematically disseminates inaccurate, biased information about their country.[13][14][15]
In December 2016, three REGNUM journalists were arrested in Belarus, accused of "inciting enmity between the Belarusian and Russian peoples", extremism, negative assessments of the Belarusization policy pursued by Alexander Lukashenko's government. Citizens of Belarus Dmitry Alimkin, Yury Pavlovets and Sergey Shiptenko spent 14 months in pre-trial detention center No. 1. In February 2018, they were sentenced to five years in prison under Part 3 of Art. 130 of the Criminal Code of Belarus, "Extremism" with a three-year suspension of sentence and a ban on leaving Belarus.[16][17][18] Wikipedia
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
