Tuesday, 08 January 2013 01:14 |
Actor who received Russian passport on Sunday says if he wanted to leave to avoid tax rises he would have gone earlier Film star Gérard Depardieu has denied that he is leaving his homeland for tax reasons, saying that he is still very much French, although he now has a Russian passport. In an interview with sports channel L'Equipe 21 – his f... |
Monday, 07 January 2013 20:59 |
Trip to Mars in pretend spaceship on Moscow industrial estate affects sleep, activity levels and motivation of six-man crew As the cheerless skies and grim economy sap all will to return to work, take heart that even on a trip to Mars, it is hard to get out of bed in the morning. The drudge of interplanetary travel has emerged from research on six... |
Monday, 07 January 2013 11:56 |
Your best witticisms, please, for this snap of the French-born actor brandishing his new passport in traditional Russian robes Last week, Gérard Depardieu flew to Sochi in Russia where he was greeted by Vladimir Putin. Depardieu has joined a select band of people claiming Russian citizenship – in his case, because he didn't want to pay the 75% rate ... |
Sunday, 06 January 2013 11:23 |
Film star visits Russian president in Black Sea resort after leaving France to avoid François Hollande's millionaires' tax Gérard Depardieu has met the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, in the Black Sea town of Sochi and obtained his Russian passport, the Kremlin has said, after the French film star left his homeland to avoid a new tax rate for ... |
Saturday, 05 January 2013 04:51 |
Published: 05 January, 2013, 07:51
Edited: 05 January, 2013, 13:32
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (AFP Photo) British Prime Minister David Cameron has blasted the world’s most powerful multinational corporations for lacking “moral scruples,” and has urged global action against “aggressive tax avoidance.” In November, top US... |
Friday, 04 January 2013 23:48 |
A general view shows the Swiss Wegelin bank headquarters building in St. Gallen (Reuters / Miro Kuzmanovic) Switzerland’s oldest private bank, Wegelin, has announced it would “cease to operate as a bank,” following its admission to tax-law violations in the US. Wegelin released a statement late on Thursday confirming its closure “once the matter i... |
Thursday, 03 January 2013 23:50 |
On the 3rd of January 2013, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree, granting Russian citizenship to the actor, Gérard Dépardieu, formerly of French nationality. Already in December 2012, the film star stated in public that he does not consider himself to be a French citizen any longer and applied for a Russian passport.... |
Thursday, 03 January 2013 20:40 |
The Russian economy managed to live through a tough 2012 and could be among the fastest growing in Europe in 2013. It’s set to rise 3.5% - 4%, with Western Europe remaining a strong threat and a major long term reshape of the economic map looming. Between Scylla and CharybdisThe year 2012 marked a difficult period for struggling Europe, which had... |
Monday, 31 December 2012 07:37 |
The Russian State Duma may adopt a law prohibiting foreign nationals from working at Russia's state-owned TV channels. The proposed law came as a reaction to the statements made by well-known journalist Vladimir Pozner on Channel One. In his show, Pozner criticized both the "Magnitsky Act" and the retaliatory law approved by the State Duma... |
Sunday, 30 December 2012 17:48 |
Air crash investigation team examining black boxes on Tupolev-204 plane, which slid off Moscow runway, killing five Faulty brakes may be to blame for a Russian airliner sliding off the runway and smashing onto a road near Moscow, killing five people, a member of the crash investigation team said on Sunday. Investigators said they were examining the... |
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