“Putin said the new law would cover only those who committed business-related crimes for the first time and not be applied to repeat offenders. The amnesty has been heavily backed by Russia’s business community as well as human rights figures who argue that bureaucrats use complex laws to hound entrepreneurs and jail those who refuse to pay heavy bribes. In a keynote address to the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum, Putin also unveiled a $13.7-billion stimulus package designed to help Russia spend its way out of an economic slump that threatens to reach recession by the end of the year.”
Did you like this?
Tip Freedomwat.ch Staff with Bitcoin
Tip Freedomwat.ch Staff with Bitcoin
Related posts:
Internet sites targeted by British MPs for first time ‘in chilling threat to free speech’
Face recognition pioneer now worried tech enables mass surveillance
U.S. officials arrest Swiss banker on vacation
The government's creepy obsession with your face
Bitcoin mania: A week as a crypto-currency miner
France passes 75% 'millionaire's tax'
Detroit Bus Co. moving in the right direction
Disabled cancer patient slammed to the ground by TSA, then jailed
Tobacco, booze, now sugar: the control freaks happily ban everything
Bank of Cyprus savers could lose up to 60%
Chevrolet discounts Spark EV: 'Cheaper than phone bill'
South Korea using smartphone app to curb military leaks
Who Are These 'Bankers' Ecuador Keeps Referencing?
How a 1983 US-NATO war game came close to provoking nuclear attack
Tiny ‘Shoebox’ Apartment in London Costs $1,200 Per Month