The reason for increasing customs duties on foreign cars is clear: I really wanted to eliminate competitors from the production of domestic cars and those car assembly plants that exist here. I believe that no one will back down, the decision has been made, it has been incubated for a long time. The duties primarily affect cars older than five years. New cars will rise in price by an average of 18%, because in addition to the increase in customs duties, we also add VAT plus customs clearance.

In the opposition Chance December 18, 2008 Alexander Podrabinek The history of the Russian "solidarity" is just beginning. No one knows how much this story will last - three months, three hundred days or 30 years. No one knows what history it will be - heroic, trivial or shameful. No one knows if there will be references to “solidarity” in the headings of today's news or they will enter school textbooks. While her fate is in her own hands.

The history of Russian Solidarity is just beginning. No one knows how long this story will last - three months, three hundred days or 30 years. Nobody knows what kind of story it will be - heroic, trivial or shameful. Nobody knows whether references to Solidarity will remain in today's news headlines or whether they will be included in school textbooks. For now, her fate is in her own hands.

The crisis is developing, and it is not surprising that the growth of the loan portfolio of banks, including those near the state, is declining. Due to the fact that risks are growing, the number of unemployed is increasing, and the purchasing power of the population is falling, banks are tightening requirements for borrowers.

It’s a completely trivial truth - white stripes in life are replaced by black ones. It seems like just yesterday that someone very powerful was confidently leading you through life, carefully maneuvering with you in his arms in this monstrous whirlpool of tragic accidents, making sure that only the tastiest morsels ended up on your plate. The girls gave alluring smiles, the cars slowed down right in front of your nose, and for your opponent’s twenty points you invariably got an ace and a ten.

Statement Only recently a terrible blow was dealt to Russian justice, which largely negated the results of the judicial reform of the early 90s - as many as seven articles of the criminal code (the so-called crimes against the state) were removed by the State Duma from the jurisdiction of the jury. However, the authorities have not rested on their laurels and continue to hastily eliminate the democratic elements that are still contained in the criminal code.

He took the reins of governance of the Church at a difficult time: the clergy could not keep up with the rapid changes in public consciousness. And then there are the threats of schism, the unpreparedness of the clergy for urgent changes... Did the late His Holiness Alexy II manage to respond to the challenges of the time? This question again arose in the public consciousness in connection with the death of the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church MP.

The Vladivostok Duma adopted an appeal to the President and Prime Minister with a request to cancel the resolution on increasing customs duties on foreign cars. On December 15, that is, the day after serious popular unrest in Vladivostok, when outraged local residents demanded an answer from the regional administration and tried to block the local airport, the Legislative Assembly of the Primorsky Territory adopted the same appeal.