Couple of phrases of the day: State Duma vs Council

Flawed logic

State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin announced the creation of a special working group in the lower house, which will evaluate the damage from the actions of Ukraine by the economy of the Crimean Peninsula. “We are creating a working group led by Ivan Ivanovich Melnikov (first vice spiker of the Duma). No objections? The decision is made, ”Volodin said on Wednesday at a meeting of the State Duma.“ As for the analysis of harm and damage caused by the Crimea and Sevastopol for 23 years of the annexation of the Crimea and Sevastopol Ukraine, we will discuss this issue today at the Council of the State Duma and we will proceed to the adoption of specific decisions, within which we will try with the involvement of economists, scientists ... with the participation of regional representatives, studying the situation and the situation and the situation and the situation and the situation and the situation and the situation and the situation and the situation and the situation is studying the situation and the situation In Crimea, and in Sevastopol, to reach the final document, ”said Volodin. On March 15, speaking at a joint meeting of the State Duma Council and the State Council of the Republic of Crimea in Simferopol, Volodin said that Ukraine should compensate for the losses that the peninsula suffered under its rule. The Kremlin later said that they first heard about such initiative.

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The total foreign debt of Russia (Western governments and private individuals) was evaluated by the Narcomfin leadership of 4.4 billion gold rubles ... Russia demanded compensation for losses incurred due to assistance provided by creditors to its enemies during the civil war. These losses, according to Moscow, significantly exceeded the amount of the debt. How significant - it was possible to learn from the official report prepared for Lenin by the official of the Narkomfin S. Pilyavsky in September 1921. Summarizing the direct expenses of the civil war with compensations for the dead and wounded Red Army soldiers ... Pilyavsky ended up 16.5 billion rubles with gold ... The “cost” of epidemics, reducing the educational level and other troubles, and other troubles, and other troubles. hit Russia ... As a result of which the total amount that Moscow could be cut off from the Union powers reached 185.8 billion rubles in gold ... Pilyavsky also believed that Russia had the right to demand compensation for failure to attach Constantinople ... These absurd claims were never made; Lenin recommended that the issue is more attentive to study the issue, and destroy all the documentation related to him.

Richard Pipe. " Russian Revolution "