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[REGNUM] In Russia, the implementation of the program for the privatization of federal property in 2017-2019 turned out to be the minimum over the past ten years. This was reported in the Accounts Chamber following the results of the audit. The Account Chamber is a specific body of the national Duma which oversees the Russian privatization program
Thus, the inflow of funds to the federal budget from privatization decreased from 15.1 billion rubles in 2017 to 12.1 billion rubles in 2019. In total, the federal budget received 40.8 billion rubles from the privatization of federal property over the specified period (82.3% of budget allocations).
According to the ministry, the reason for the low budget revenues is the lack of large sales, out of nine blocks of shares in the largest companies included in the privatization plan, only one was sold in favor of another joint-stock company planned for privatization.
Another reason for the reduction in revenues is the increase in the share of sales of federal property in the "secondary" auction, that is, through a public offer without a price announcement.
In addition, the Accounts Chamber clarified, the work of agents for the sale of federal property also did not show efficiency - about 20% of the treasury objects included in the forecast privatization plan were not put up for auction by the agents.
As reported by IA REGNUM , according to the plan of the government of the Russian Federation for 2021-2022, it is planned to terminate the participation of the Russian Federation in the authorized capital of JSC Makhachkala Sea Commercial Port, PJSC Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port, as well as JSC Foreign Economic Association Almazyuvelirexport..
After the transfer its powers in terms of the export of precious metals and precious stones of the State Fund of Russia, rough diamonds and diamonds of the state funds of precious metals and precious stones of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and the sale of representative consignments of rough natural diamonds to another authorized organization.
Also, according to Regnum.ru The Russian Finance Ministry is planning to simplify the process of purchasing state property:
The Russian Ministry of Finance is working to simplify the procedure for the sale of state property. On May 28 this was announced to reporters by the deputy head of the department Alexei Moiseev .
“New approaches and regulations are being developed that will simplify the procedure for selling property. Property management processes are also being modernized, including through the creation of a full-fledged bidding system , ”he said.
Moiseev also noted that in 2020 the Federal Property Management Agency, which came under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance from the Ministry of Economic Development, fully fulfilled the privatization plan, the budget received 4.08 billion rubles against the plan of 3.6 billion rubles.
[RT] Two people including a nine-year-old girl have been injured as an ex-police officer opened fire from his apartment in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg. A Special Forces unit was deployed to detain the shooter.
On Sunday evening, the gunman opened fire in one of the sleepy residential districts of Yekaterinburg. The shooter armed with a hunting rifle seemed to randomly target people in the street from a balcony of his apartment, according to local media.
One witness revealed how he was driving by with his friends when they felt something was wrong and left the car only to see “a man opening fire from his hunting rifle.” The men then rushed to their car and sought to drive away when the gunman started shooting at them. “The bullets were hitting the road right behind our car,” the witness said, adding that he was “in shock.”
Some videos published on the social media show the chaotic scenes that unfolded in the nearby streets as the gunman opened fire. Video at the link Continued on Page 47
By Ales Mishchenko Direct translation of the article
[Regnum] The book "The Lord of the Rings" was written at a time when Tolkien's homeland, Great Britain, was losing influence and power over half the world.
And, undoubtedly, the writer foresaw that Asia, with its billions of people, would crowd out Europe.
The symbol of Asia, crowding Europe, is the Turkic hordes of Attila and Genghis Khan. Hence, the Orcs appeared, speaking a language very similar to Turkic (this cannot be considered a coincidence, since Tolkien is a philologist by education).
In fact, the Lord of the Rings is a call to destroy the Asian superpowers before they have had time to use their enormous potential (which is called in the book "the ring of omnipotence").
Moreover, this is a call to destroy Asia not so ceremoniously with the choice of means, judging by the description of how the Gondorians (Europeans) do not stand on ceremony with the Turks (orcs): I remember the proud description of how, after some battle, their corpses were dumped in a pile, in the middle of which was stuck some kind of stick, on which a goblin head dangled.
Note that Tolkien also recorded the Russians as the forces of evil - among the allies of Mordor there are “northern bearded men with berdyshs” and “thieves” (Varangians). Russians make the bestest Bad Guys in fiction In "The Lord of the Rings" Tolkien's admiration for the past is evident (remember that he is a teacher of ancient Germanic legends). But we know how it was written in those ancient German (like many others) annals that Tolkien taught: “they came to a new land and cleansed it” (as explained in the story “Janissaries of the Unknown Homeland” of the book “People's Indulgence” - all civilizations were built on bones and there is nothing good about that).
So the fact that Chingiz Khan's invasion of China holds the palm in the destruction of the civilian population is a "merit" of the large number of Chinese, and not at all of ancient European humanism. In ancient times, there was little humanism at all. He appeared later, after Buddha and Jesus.
But one should not judge Tolkien harshly: in his time, the topic of inequality and the competition of nations and races was not yet taboo (since it had not yet led to gas chambers) and, unfortunately, it was actively discussed alongside, for example, also popular topics of the world behind the scenes. secret societies or spiritualism.
And besides, in an attempt to disguise his call to attack Asia, he created a new literary genre - fantasy.
"But why can't you see it as a struggle between good and evil? !!" - one of my acquaintances objected to me.
But I did not see good there. I saw that Tolkien convinces us that the orcs are evil, because they smell bad and they eat all kinds of nasty things - a typical European view of uncivilized peoples. No sign of good or evil. On the contrary, I saw that Gondor attacked Mordor first, fearing its growing power. That is, discarding the Gondorian propaganda, objectively speaking, it is Gondor that can be called the evil that unleashed this war.
As there is no God in religious disputes, so there is no good in the Lord of the Rings - only inter-tribal showdown and propaganda like "Carthage must be destroyed."
So I saw ...
But then I did not find a single person who would look at this book in the same way ...
Well, let's assume I'm wrong. The struggle between good and evil, so is the struggle between good and evil. But the goblin heads impaled on the mountains of their corpses remain ...
Okay, so then this book is the Mein Kampf of the forces of good.
PS And the descendants of Tolkien chose a more risky and noble path: to take all those whom Tolkien considered "orcs" to their castles, to give them human rights ... And perhaps they will die in this battle, unable to cope with others, more totalitarian and cruel customs. But in this battle, they really are on the side of good.
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Ales Mishchenko is a moral and mental retard. He must do obscene things to icons of Putin every night, while muttering "my precious, my precious".
Tolkien told a story of the fight against the lust for power. There were only three real-world cultures he used as models: the Anglo-Saxons (Rohirrim), loosely the Byzantines (Gondor), and the British country folk (Hobbits). To believe it was a screed against "Asiatics" and Russians, you have to be paranoid as only a Russian can be.
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^ Given English academia of the time, I'm pretty sure the fairies had a real-world parallel as well.
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Tolkien later regretted that his Dwarves had some of the stereotypes attributed to Jews as he had not intended any connection.
Most of the claims against Dwarves have to do with their greed but in the books the only greed we see is others coveting Dwarven wealth and the Dwarves hoping to reclaim what was taken from them.
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The Nazis were in power when "The Hobbit" was being translated into German. A German official contacted Tolkien and asked about his heritage. Tolkien responded, "Thank you for your letter. I regret that I am not clear as to what you intend by arisch... But if I am to understand that you are enquiring whether I am of Jewish origin, I can only reply that I regret that I appear to have no ancestors of that gifted people."
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Never heard that one about the Dwarves.
In The Hobbit, the Dwarves were the vassal of the plot point Dragon Sickness, both a literary and cultural concept during Tolkien's time which had to be explained in the movies, one of the good things about the movies. It is a reference to the olden times concerning the lords who would amass wealth trough taxes and tolls, and not spend it on anything other than the one who suffered from Dragon Sickness.
Bilbo points this out and is cast aside. In The Rings, it again bites the Dwarves in the ass as they stay inside their fortified keep to amass wealth, waking the Balrog this time.
More about English assholes who didn't want to untie purse strings for philanthropy, churches, or civic projects, likely from Caxton's 16th century translation into English St. George and the Dragon.
But that is how I was taught, with the heavy leaning on Nordic creatures and Christian overtones, is that the invaders from the East and South were Vikings, Gondor was King Alfred's London, and the question of the winner was parallel to whether the Isles would be Christian or Nordic Pagan.
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As for this garbage think, there is an effort underway to Woke all things Fantasy, especially the well known Dungeons and Dragons, and what may be Game of the Year, Frosthaven.
By attacking the fountainhead of fantasy as racist, the attempt is on to, using their words, colonize Fantasy and Fantasy Gaming.
So instead of having the unexpected hero as an orc, like say in the movie Dudes and Dragons, they send in thought police to review canon, characters, and events to create a safe space. In fantasy adventure.
In other words, if you are thirsty, you have to drink the punch they shit in and make comments like, I never knew grape and corn go well together! I'm sorry, I meant maize! I meant maize! Don't punish my character!
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#9: But that is how I was taught, with the heavy leaning on Nordic creatures and Christian overtones, is that the...
Or maybe, just maybe, Tolkien never felt the need to explore the history and myths of Ancient China or India to write his story. Silly of him, right?
Thanks to all the Rantburgers by discussing this Academic "digression from practical reality".
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#10 there is an effort underway to Woke all things Fantasy...By attacking the fountainhead of fantasy as racist, the attempt is on to, using their words, colonize Fantasy and Fantasy Gaming
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