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Russell Bonner Bentley III (Russian: Рассел Бентли, romanized: Rassel Bentli; 20 June 1960 – 8 April 2024), also known as Texas (Russian: Техас, pronounced in Russian as "Tekhas") and the Donbass Cowboy, was an American man who served in the Vostok Battalion and XAH Spetsnaz Battalion in 2014, 2015 and 2017 on the side of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The overall tax burden was lower in Russia under Putin than in most European countries. [151] President Putin signed into law in 2024, a bill imposing a 13% progressive wealth tax for those earning up to 2.4 million rubles ($27,500) annually, a 22% income tax on those earning above 50 million rubles ($573,000), and a 5% increase on corporate taxes.
Putin called Russians and Ukrainians "one people" and claimed there is "no historical basis" for the "idea of Ukrainian people as a nation separate from the Russians". [368] Putin repeatedly denied Ukraine's right to exist , claiming that it was created by the Russian Bolsheviks and that it never had "real statehood". [ 369 ]
This is a list of wars and armed conflicts involving Russia and its predecessors in chronological order, from the 9th to the 21st century.. The Russian military and troops of its predecessor states in Russia took part in a large number of wars and armed clashes in various parts of the world: starting from the princely squads, opposing the raids of nomads, and fighting for the expansion of the ...
The Pokrovsk front had become the most active area of the frontline as Russia's main goal in eastern Ukraine by early August. [ 354 ] [ 355 ] Following Ukraine's incursion into Russia's Kursk Oblast in early August, the rate of Russian advance near Pokrovsk increased, where Russian forces at the axis of advance had been bolstered.
Putin likened Russia's fight against COVID-19 to Russia's battles with invading Pecheneg and Cuman steppe nomads in the 10th and 11th centuries. [242] In a 24 to 27 April Levada poll, 48% of Russian respondents said that they disapproved of Putin's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, [ 243 ] and his strict isolation and lack of leadership during ...
The area of the resulting fire was more than 10,000 square metres (110,000 sq ft) and up to 115 firefighters and 20 fire-fighting appliances were involved in extinguishing it. [ 208 ] On the day of the attack, Russian television did not report it until the Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed that it had happened. [ 211 ]
Putinland is a political neologism referring to Russia under the rule of Vladimir Putin.The term has been used in various contexts, from portraying Russia as a corrupt and murderous regime where the line between security forces and organized crime is blurred, to a military industrial oil and gas concern [1] [2] [3] that is ready to swat away criticism at home, squash troublesome neighbours ...