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War in Ukraine: the Kremlin gives a tax gift to soldiers and officials

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December 31, 2022

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Sylvie Claire / December 31, 2022

Russian soldiers and officials deployed in Ukraine will no longer be required to declare their income, the Kremlin announced Friday, under an exemption to anti-corruption laws.

This concerns those who work on the (four) territories,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, referring to the four Ukrainian regions (those of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson, Zaporizhia) which Moscow claims to have annexed – but does not fully control – and where most of the fighting is currently taking place.

On Thursday evening, the Russian government issued a decree of President Vladimir Putin on “specifics” of anti-corruption rules “for certain citizens during the special military operation” in Ukraine.

According to the decree, military, police and security service personnel operating in Ukraine, as well as other officials sent there, are no longer “obliged to provide information about their income, expenses, property ».

The measure also applies to the “spouses and minor children” of the persons concerned and is retroactive to February 24, 2022, the date of the beginning of the offensive in Ukraine.

In addition, those concerned are now entitled to receive “rewards and donations” if they are “of a humanitarian nature” and “were received in connection with participation in the military operation” in Ukraine.

This new provision is part of the Kremlin’s incentives to push Russians to fight in Ukraine: promises of large bonuses, banking and real estate facilities, financial aid to families in case of death or injury, etc.

In Russia, military personnel and officials close to the military-industrial complex are regularly convicted in large-scale corruption and embezzlement cases.

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Shooting in Hamburg, Germany, leaves two dead

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March 27, 2023

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Sylvie Claire / March 27, 2023

Two people died in a shooting that took place Saturday night in Hamburg (Germany). According to the police, a man would have shot another individual before turning the weapon against him.

It could be a settlement of accounts between motorcycle gangs, the German press reported Sunday.

Earlier this month, the city of Hamburg was the scene of a shooting that left 7 dead and 12 wounded among the Jehovah’s Witness community.

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Actor Peter Hardy, known for his role in “Neighbours”, was found dead

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March 23, 2023

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Steph Deschamps / March 20, 2023

Peter Hardy is gone. The “Neighbours” actor died of drowning on a beach in Australia.

The world of cinema is in mourning this Sunday. We learned that Peter Hardy died on Thursday. The Australian actor died of drowning on a beach in Fremantle near Perth, Australia. According to several local sources, he was snorkeling at the time of the facts.

Peter Hardy was known for his role in the soap opera “Neighbours”. He had a career of almost 40 years on the big and small screen. He had also participated in the musical “Mamma Mia”.

The actor was 66 years old.

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War in Ukraine: the International Criminal Court will not let go of Vladimir Putin, the international arrest warrant remains valid for life

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March 23, 2023

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The arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court in The Hague (ICC) for Russian President Vladimir Putin will remain valid even if Russia’s war against Ukraine ends.

“There is no statute of limitations on war crimes,” ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan told BBC Radio on Monday.

The latter highlights Vladimir Putin’s alleged responsibility for the war crimes committed in Ukraine since Russia invaded the country. The arrest warrants against the head of state and his commissioner for children’s rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, will therefore remain hanging over their heads for the rest of their lives, he said. “Unless they appear before the independent judges of the court and the judges decide to drop the charges. »

The arrest warrants are essentially symbolic. A trial seems to be out of the question for the time being.

The British lawyer and chief prosecutor in the trial of former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic in The Hague told Sky News reporters that because of the arrest warrant for him, Vladimir Putin has become a wanted criminal. “This label will stick to him for the rest of his life, unless he is tried and acquitted or, which is almost unthinkable, the ICC withdraws the arrest warrant,” he explained. “The arrest warrant is a very, very important and encouraging step,” he said.