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So we're all setting up shop in Belarus to get our Crypto profits tax-free?
There are plenty of European countries and other tax havens that offer tax free gains with a much better track record of trustworthiness.
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> The thing about Belarus is not that laws change at whim. They are not. Lukashenko is a dictator. Being able to change laws at a whim is a defining characteristic of dictatorship.
Just like issuing executive orders, right?
* power delegated to the President by statute passed by Congress
* powers explicitly and exclusively delegated to the President by the Constitution (of which there are few)
It's a misconception that the President can issue an "executive order" that overrules Congress. Such an order would have no force, and would fail in front of a federal court --- you saw this with the original Trump Muslim Ban.
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Well, by now on you've read the article by Belapan where you saw the quote that arrest was made based on the Interpol warrant by request of Azerbaijan. Belapan is independent news agency, at least they claim so on their website. It's not state owned, Belta is. How is my evidence is partial then? P.S. Also he's a blogger, not journalist. And the story of Belarusian jail that OP referring to is full of shit, even some…
"some Belarusian opposition members" you mean the ones who Lukashenko jailed and then released on a condition they work for him? I have been reading this guy for many years and tend to believe him more than the "Belarusian opposition journalists" (Belarusian opposition can exist only outside of Belarus or inside mother earth).
What I think happened, after he was released by Azerbaijan he decided to make as much profit out of this story by generated hype as possible. And wrote the fairy-tale about this jail. Don't get me wrong, those jails are bad, but things that he says in the story are simply not true.
Jails are bad in any country, read here about American jails if you think Belarusian jail is bad:
romanvega.ru
10 years without trial, how about that?
Come on. This regulation movement is made only to have bigger control over the people. Nothing more.
Cool country. Is the 11 year old president son still wearing a general uniform? Come on. This regulation movement is made only to have bigger control over the people. Nothing more.
I think people in the West who do not have to experience having one guy as "president" for 20+ years are either naive or ignorant of how these autocrats or kleptocrats operate.
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Fun fact: Belarus still has the KGB and a lot of Soviet era imagery on emblems and such.
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Geographically, Turkey is not Europe, right?
Mostly not: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Thrace Then again, what is Europe, geographically? If I count continents, I count something often call "eurasia" as one continent, not two. I think cutting it in two over some mountain rig is a bit, well, arbitrary.
Always a clash of values there.
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There are plenty of European countries and other tax havens that offer tax free gains with a much better track record of trustworthiness.
Like who? Can you provide tax rates and track record, please?
Unless you're an American. You'll probably be out of luck then.
The blockchain hype seems to have some parallels to the Second Life[1] one. The technology isn't quite there, the valuations are immense, and it all seems like a real life implementation of a Neal Stephenson novel. Second Life doesn't seem to have gone anywhere but it doesn't mean cryptocurrencies won't as well. From the outside they do look just as niche and generally lacking in use cases. [1] https://en.wikipedia.o…
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Like who? Can you provide tax rates and track record, please?
Nothing an afternoon of Googling can't tell you. Too much work to list them all. Current and previous British crown dependencies (also the UK) are generally good. Unless you're an American. You'll probably be out of luck then.
