Recently I talked with one businessman.
He told me an interesting thing.
– Personally, – he says, – I am ready to pay all taxes to the state. Moreover, they are relatively low. But under one condition: if taxes pay absolutely everything. I say this not even from some considerations of patriotism and civic …
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I have some acquaintances from the province. They have their own small business and they do not live in poverty. Recently, their child needed a treatment in the republican clinic. Patients with such a disease are included in the so-called quota, which means it is possible to receive free treatment at the expense of the …
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One of the creations of the Kremlin propaganda says that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) secretly gave permission to some American athletes (for example, Williams sisters) to use illegal drugs, while Russian athletes were banned. And the supposedly heroic efforts of the hacker group called “Fancy Bears” helped to uncover this injustice.
And now comes the …
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In one nearby country, an old friend talked to one blogger, who for a long time worked in the sphere of secondary education.
The comrade read the post of the blogger about the death of the pupil in the school and, sighing bitterly, began his story:
– The root of the problem is not …
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Courts in any country play a huge role in building the state itself. Without fair decisions of courts, citizens cease to trust official justice, that is, the state itself. And if citizens do not trust the state, then they begin to sabotage laws, cease to obey government bodies, try to seek justice in an illegal field.
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Interesting things are going on in the Kazakhstani notarial sphere.
Joint Stock Company “National Information Technologies” (“NIT”) has developed the software product “Unified Notary Information System” (“UNIS”). Information about the actions of all notaries of the country flows to the UNIS. From the same system, notaries take information about the actions of other notaries and through …
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Last summer in France I met with a Russian emigrant. His name is Sergey. He’s in his fifties. A wealthy person. A successful businessman. But… he is receiving French citizenship.
“Why did you decide to emigrate?” I asked him.
“You see, Marat, life is hard for businessmen like me in Russia. The atmosphere is …
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The Kazakhstan customs is periodically shaken by corruption scandals.
I think that it’s not a matter of individuals, but of the system.
No matter who takes this or that position, after a while he gets into the criminal scheme or creates one.
The root of the evil is in the political system …
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It seems to me that together with those who, having swept into power, use it in their own interests – make decisions in favor of their private companies, arrange for relatives’ posts, drive around in company cars on private business, make criticizing journalists shut up – not less scary are the people who, looking at all this, …
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I remember when I worked in the civil service, I encountered such a phenomenon as journalists’ racket.
It happened like this: a representative of some republican TV channel or newspaper comes to the akim of the region and says, “Sponsor our channel or oblige any local big company to do so. They will not refuse. Then …
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