... Furthermore, Klein neglects to mention that Cyprus will not be disadvantaged as a result, since Russia has undertaken to introduce similar provisions into all its significant double tax agreements. It has already done so in the case of its agreements with Switzerland and Luxembourg.
Furthermore, the amendments to the double tax agreement regarding information exchange contain robust safeguards for taxpayers against their abuse by the tax authorities, and in particular against "fishing expeditions...
... said.
The Swiss prosecutor failed to find enough evidence to start an investigation, Interros said Thursday. The Swiss Federal Criminal Appeal Court ruled in April that there were no grounds to hear the case.
Deripaska filed several legal complaints in Switzerland since August claiming that Hans Bodmer, a Swiss lawyer who resigned from the Hyposwiss Private Bank board in November, helped steal $1 billion from Norilsk. According to the complaints, Bodmer did work in 2010 for Potanin and Interros, which...
... authorities on
fraud and
other charges, a
Prosecutor General's Office report said.
The
report said more than $320 million worth of
illegally obtained property and
funds had been seized as a
result of
requests to
foreign governments, including $300 million in
Switzerland allegedly embezzled from
state-owned shipping company Sovkomflot by
businessman Yury Nikitin, Interfax reported.
Nikitin is wanted by
Russia on
theft charges stemming from
a case opened in
2005, when authorities accused him and
four associates...
... from Loreen’s song.
The Eurovision Song Contest has been a launching pad for international careers. Swedish pop group Abba became famous after winning in 1974 with “Waterloo,” and Canada’s Celine Dion took top honors in 1988 for Switzerland.
To promote talent over politically and geographically motivated bloc voting, professional judges now account for 50 percent of a performer’s score.
The other half comes from telephone and SMS votes received by each contestant, with...
... systems; creation and filling of clients database; budgeting; participation in calculation of retail market prices and discount programs.
12/2006 – 06/2007 – The Moscow representative office of the company "Georg Fischer Piping Systems" (Switzerland).
Company’s direction of activity: production and sales of plastic piping systems.
Post: Industrial Sales Manager.
Functions: search for a direct clients; work with dealers; plastic piping systems marketing research; organization and carrying...
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A tabloid claims that Russian intelligence agencies are investigating the possibility that the U.S. military may have brought down the Sukhoi Superjet that crashed in Indonesia.
A 46-year-old furniture magnate was killed with six gunshot wounds to the head and chest early Sunday as he arrived in his Mercedes at his home in the Moscow region.
President Vladimir Putin on Monday announced the makeup of the new Cabinet answering to Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, with three-fourths of the members having been replaced.
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A stunning 121-megapixel snapshot of the Earth was taken by a Russian weather satellite in what is thought to be the highest resolution picture of the planet ever taken from space.
Search and rescue helicopters and volunteers struggling through thick forest and mountainous terrain spotted bodies but no survivors on the Indonesian mountainside where a Sukhoi Superjet 100 crashed by the time darkness forced an end to the search Thursday night.
Moscow’s sky was back to normal Friday after a mysterious green cloud that descended on part of the city and prompted emergency calls from residents fearing a chemical spill had dissipated.
A tabloid claims that Russian intelligence agencies are investigating the possibility that the U.S. military may have brought down the Sukhoi Superjet that crashed in Indonesia.
A 46-year-old furniture magnate was killed with six gunshot wounds to the head and chest early Sunday as he arrived in his Mercedes at his home in the Moscow region.
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