Russia
On April 27, blogger, life coach and founder of the Marathon of Wishes Elena Blinovskaya was arrested for non-payment of taxes in the amount of 918 million rubles. The head of the Russian Taxpayers’ Union, State Duma Deputy Artem Kiryanov, believes that Blinovskaya’s detention will not lead to the closure of the businesses of other “success sellers”, but could lead to a declaration more accurate tax.
Kiryanov noted that the actions of law enforcement agencies, the tax service after the arrest of Elena Blinovskaya will lead to increased tax payments. However, he pointed out that the products offered by these bloggers harm their fans.
Moreover, he believes that these people use various schemes to get rich, eventually “stealing” their fans. Kiryanov also expressed concern about the low level of legal and financial literacy in Russia, as well as the lack of digital hygiene. As a result, in his view, all this leads to super-earnings for people who have little to boast about in life.
According to Kiryanov, Elena Blinovskaya’s business is not a money laundering scheme, as many assumed due to the Marathon of Wishes founder’s incredibly high earnings.
- Unfortunately, the fact that people themselves bring them a lot of money seems plausible to me. Just like the amount of income. In itself, the status of simple blogger does not offer the opportunity for effective laundering of the funds of others. Otherwise, we would have seen these people in the dock as well,” Artem Kiryanov told AiF publication.
Director of the Digital Economy Development Fund, German Klimenko, said he felt sorry for detained bloggers Elena Blinovskaya and Valeria Chekalina, also known as Lerchek. However, their example will form the basis of the tax literacy of entrepreneurs.
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