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Gerard Depardieu: The Cost of Paying Less in Russia

Jacob Greaves | Posted 11.03.2013 | Home
Read More: Taxes, France, Russia, Depardieu, UK, World, UK Celebrity, Vladimir Putin, Gerard Depardieu, Home News
Jacob Greaves

French actor, Gerard Depardieu just accepted a Russian passport, sealing the deal by embracing President Vladimir Putin. With it comes a tidy 13% tax rate - if and its still an if - he's willing to live in Russia for around half the year. Here are some of the more taxing changes to life he will likely endure if he takes up the offer.

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Is Pussy Riot Big Enough to Lay Claim to Its Own Name?

Ilya Kazi | Posted 06.03.2013 | UK Tech
Read More: The Next Big Thing, Brand Names, Trademark, Talent Show, Brand Name, Trademarks, Branding, Pussy Riot, Trademark Law, Trade Mark, Brands, UK Business, UK Music, UK Tech, Vladimir Putin, Russian Music, Moscow, UK Tech News
Ilya Kazi

The story should act as a stark warning to those hungry for fame. Anyone eagerly queuing up for 'talent show' auditions or bands gigging furiously, determined to be the 'next big thing', would do well to remember that the right to use and commercially exploit their name cannot always be guaranteed.

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Poland's New Dissidents

Dimiter Kenarov | Posted 06.03.2013 | UK
Read More: Fracking, Shale Gas, Activism, Poland, Russia, Eastern Europe, Vladimir Putin, Natural Gas, Soviet Union, Energy Policy, UK News
Dimiter Kenarov

In the minds of many Polish politicians and the majority of the public, shale gas is not so much an economic windfall, or a new industry promising employment, or an alternative source of fossil fuels, but a mythological weapon against a mythological enemy, a gargantuan pepper spray against the bad Russian bear.

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Russia's Newest Citizen (PICTURES)

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 06.01.2013 | UK
Read More: Taxes, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Gerard-Depardieu-Exil-Fiscal, UK News, Gerard Depardieu, France Taxes, Taxation Russia, UK News

First he starred as the eccentric Russian monk and mystic Rasputin, and now Gérard Depardieu has gone one step further to become an official citizen ...

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Childish Behaviour

Jacob Greaves | Posted 05.03.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Russia, Adoption, Barack Obama, US Foreign Policy, Children, Vladimir Putin, US, Babies, US-Russian Relations, UK Politics News
Jacob Greaves

In this seemingly endless episode of tit-for-tat between Russia and the US, Russian politicians have landed a blow against everyday Russians and Americans - and from it gained very little.

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Putin Grants Depardieu Russian Citizenship

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 03.01.2013 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Russia, Gerard Depardieu Taxes, Vladimir Putin, UK Film, Gerard Depardieu, Putin, UK Entertainment News

Gerard Depardieu has been granted Russian citizenship by Vladimir Putin, after sparring with his native country over taxes. The French-born actor r...

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A Day for Remembering

Daniel M. Swain | Posted 11.01.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Britain, World War I, Poppy Appeal, Olympics, David Cameron, Remembrance Day, Vladimir Putin, Poppies, Socialism, World War II, George Osborne, UK Politics News
Daniel M. Swain

I'm sure many soldiers had opposition to the arguments politicians were making when they were being shot to pieces in horrible battlefields. But that's not what Remembrance Day is about; it's a neutral showing of respect for those who have died in conflicts, whether or not the conflicts themselves were agreed with.

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Roman Vs Kremlin: On the Frontlines of Russia's Opposition Movement

Oliver Englehart | Posted 11.01.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Protest, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Documentary, Democracy, Pussy Riot, Dissent, Moscow, Slavic Spring, Roman Dobrokhotov, UK Politics News
Oliver Englehart

In December 2011 Russia began to witness its greatest wave of protests since the fall of the Soviet Union. Protesters took to the streets in response to widespread allegations of fraud in the parliamentary elections. The anti-government protests have not stopped.

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A Dark Day For Online Freedom?

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.11.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: Avaaz, Russia, Reporters Without Borders, Video, UK News, Internet Freedom, UK Technology News, Internet Censorship, Vladimir Putin, Poll, Duma, UK Tech News

A law that allows authorities to take websites offline and force them to close has come into effect in Russia. The legislation was passed by the Ru...

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Moscow Police Discover Brothel On Monastery Premises

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 30.12.2012 | UK
Read More: Russia, Sretensky Monastery, Prostitution, Bordello, Vladimir Putin, Moscow, Pussy Riot, Sex, Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov), UK News

A brothel has been found operating on the premises of one of Moscow's oldest monasteries. It was located in a building rented by the Sretensky mon...

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'Russia Is Illegally Arming Syria'

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 11.10.2012 | UK
Read More: Russia, Turkey, UK News, UK World, Turkey Plane Weapons, Vladimir Putin, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Russia Plane Intercepted, Bashar Assad, Syria Violence, Turkey Intercepts Plane, Syria, UK News

Turkey has accused Russia of directly supplying arms to Bashar al-Assad's Syrian government, after Turkish forces intercepted a Syrian plane en route ...

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Media Mogul 'Being Punished Like Pussy Riot' For TV Punch

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Lindlar | Posted 27.09.2012 | UK
Read More: Russia, Evgeny Lebedev, UK News, Alexander Lebedev, UK World, UK Politics, UK Media, Vladimir Putin, Russian Politics, Pusyy Riot, Video, UK News

Charges brought against media mogul Alexander Lebedev for punching a fellow guest live on TV in 2011 are "politically motivated", he has claimed. L...

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The Billionaire Challenging for Georgia's Throne

Leo Cendrowicz | Posted 25.11.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Saakashvili, Vladimir Putin, Tbilisi, Ivanishvili, Democracy, Georgia, UK Politics News
Leo Cendrowicz

From Silvio Berlusconi to Mitt Romney, plutocrats are nothing new in politics, but Ivanishvili gives the practice the post-Soviet, rags-to-riches twist. He insists he is a reluctant politician, but is compelled to enter the arena to fight the "authoritarian" rule of Mikheil Saakashvili, who came to power in the 2003 Rose Revolution.

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Thinking on Syria

Alexander Yakovenko | Posted 17.11.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Syrian Civil War, Syria, Alexander Yakovenko, Russian Ambassador to Britain, World, UK Politics, Russia, Vladimir Putin, UK Diary, Syria Violence, UK Politics News
Alexander Yakovenko

We know what happened in Afghanistan when the Soviet Union intervened there and the USA followed to support the other side. It was all done presumably for a good cause, but the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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Vladimir Putin: Fakin' It, Makin' It Or Dictatin' It?

The Huffington Post UK | Christopher York | Posted 08.11.2012 | UK
Read More: Publicity Stunts, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Scuba Diving, UK News, Masha Gessen, Vokrug Sveta, Russian Opposition, UK News

Vladimir Putin, the bear-baiting, tiger-tranquillising, crane-cross-dressing, bare-boobed general demi-god of all things adventurous, has had his supe...

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'Free Pussy Riot' Says Russia's PM

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 13.09.2012 | UK
Read More: Russia, Free Pussy Riot, UK Courts, Vladimir Putin, UK News, Pussy Riot, Russia Human Rights, Russian Politics, Dmitry Medvedev, UK News

Russia's prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev, has called for the three jailed members of female punk band Pussy Riot to be freed. Medvedev said the pro...

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Pussy Riot: Bodies Of Two Women Found With Message Demanding Group's Freedom

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.08.2012 | UK
Read More: UK Murder, Murder, Russia, UK Crime, UK News, Vladimir Putin, Pussy-Riot-Murder, Pussy Riot, Russian Protests, UK News

Two murdered women have been found with the words "Free Pussy Riot" daubed on the wall, with the link between the killings and the imprisoned punk ban...

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Putin's Prisoners

The Cambridge Union Society | Posted 19.10.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Russia, Vladimir Putin, Pussy Riot, Dictatorship, UK Universities and Education, UK Students, UK Universities & Education News
The Cambridge Union Society

These women are Putin's prisoners. Just as their act was political, so too was their trial, with the Kremlin egging on the judiciary in an attempt to imprison the women and crush dissent more widely.

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Pussy Riot Jailed For Six Years Over Anti-Putin Song

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 17.08.2012 | UK
Read More: UK Courts, Russia, UK News, Human Rights, Free Speech, Vladimir Putin, Moscow, Pussy Riot Trial, Pussy Riot, Slideexpand, Feminism, UK News

The members of Russian punk trio Pussy Riot have been sentenced to two years in jail each after being found guilty of "hooliganism motivated by religi...

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Moscow Bans Gay Pride Celebrations For A Century

Posted 17.08.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Russia, Human Rights, UK News, Gay Rights, Kremlin, Equal Rights, Moscow, Vladimir Putin, Gay Pride, Putin, UK Politics News

A Russian court has upheld a ban on gay pride parades taking place in Moscow for the next 100 years. Nikolai Alexeyev, the founder of the Russian c...

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Pussy Riot Punk Band Found Guilty Of Hooliganism Motivated By Religious Hatred

The Huffington Post UK | Ned Simons and Sara C Nelson | Posted 17.08.2012 | UK
Read More: UK Courts, Russia, Human Rights, UK News, Free Speech, Vladimir Putin, Moscow, Pussy Riot, Pussy Riot Trial, Feminism, UK News

Pussy Riot have been found guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred. The band of three Russian women, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, Yekate...

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Hooligans Or Heroes? Verdict Nears For Pussy Riot

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 17.08.2012 | UK
Read More: Russia, UK Courts, UK News, Human Rights, Free Speech, Vladimir Putin, Moscow, Pussy Riot Trial, Pussy Riot, Feminism, Video, UK News

Five women wearing neon balaclavas who stormed the altar of Moscow's cathedral in a "punk protest" against Russia's president Vladimir Putin will lear...

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Inside The Pussy Riot Trial

Kerry McCarthy | Posted 08.10.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Russia, Pussy Riot, Putin, UK, UK Music, World, UK Politics, Vladimir Putin, UK Entertainment, UK Diary, Music, UK Politics News
Kerry McCarthy

There have been many concerns raised about the way the women are being treated: they say they are only getting a few hours sleep a night, they aren't being fed during their 12 hour days at court, and Nadya and Masha have not been able to see their two small children.

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Free Pussy Riot, Madonna's Call To Putin

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 07.08.2012 | UK
Read More: Russia, Jarvis Cocker, UK News, Madonna, Vladimir Putin, Moscow, Pussy Riot, Censorship, Feminism, UK News

Madonna has used a performance in Moscow to rail against the trial of Russian punk band Pussy Riot, calling it a "tragedy". The three members of th...

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Boris Johnson Challenges Putin To 'Strip To The Waist' For Judo Battle

The Huffington Post UK | Ned Simons | Posted 02.08.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Russia, UK News, Judo, Olympics News, Vladimir Putin, UK Diary, Slideexpand, Slidepollajax, Putin, Boris Johnson, Video, UK Politics News

Judo black belt and Russian president Vladimir Putin is expected to use his visit to London today to take a seat in the Olympic stands to watch the ma...

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