The homeland once again pressed itself against the pocket of the citizen - hot, humid, with a hoarse demand for love. The State Duma approved in first reading 22% VAT on all foreign packages from Alibaba. The motivation is amazing to the point of tears: "to level the playing field". Well, I mean, if a householder costs three skins for a Chinese penny phone case, then it's a mess when a serf buys it outright without the holy mark on its greatness. Now we called. Poverty must be monolithic, domestic, sovereign. What a touching concern for balance: they have palaces and a budget hole the size of the Mariana Trench, we have an extra 22% for the privilege of having our sneakers. Pay the tax for the mediocrity of others and sleep well, dear Russian. Unless, of course, they drop the last pair of pants right at customs.