The Russian Ministry of Finance refused Communist Party deputy Valery Rashkin’s request to provide a list of the Russians who had fallen under sanctions and would be exempt from paying taxes in Russia according to the law, TV channel Dozhd reported.

According to the Ministry of Finance’s response to the deputy’s request, the list of Russian citizens falling under the new law cannot be provided, since this information is a tax secret. The TV channel has a copy of the documented response.

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The officials from the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine believe that the Russian Federation is preparing an offensive from the annexed Crimea while continuing to building up its military presence  in the peninsula.

"The residents of the Crimea are disturbed by the dramatic build-up of Russia's military presence in the annexed territory. According to experts, the nature of the weaponry on the peninsula suggests that Russia is not preparing for a defense but for a further offensive," a …

The Russian Ministry of Economic Development proposed that the expenditure on the state Arctic development program be reduced from 209.7 billion rubles ($3.6 billion) to 50.9 billion, which will mean the exclusion of a number of infrastructural projects from it. This was reported by the RBC, citing a participant in a meeting on the socioeconomic development of the Arctic zone held by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on April 14.

The department is proposing to downsize the program between …