These two russian men dont want to fight for putin. They fled their country when they were threatened with conscription. They feared being used as cannon fodder on the front line. And were horrified by the idea of killing ukrainian soldiers. One of them fled to georgia, the other to kazakhstan. Our reporter met the two men, who even now dont feel safe from the long arm of moscow. For some months now, a young russian man has been living in fear of being discovered here in tbilisi, georgias capital. He wont tell us his real name. Well call him nikita. Until last february, nikita lived and studied in moscow. Then, he was called up for military service and he fled. i didnt want to go to war. Leaving the country was my only chance. I knew the consequences that id have to hide from russia for the rest of my life id never be able to return. But i just dont want to kill people. Im not afraid of dying or landing in prison. But killing people i cant do that. Thousands of kilometers away, in ural
Good afternoon and welcome to the march 19, 2024 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, please call the roll. Thank you mr. President. Supervisor chan, present. Supervisor dorsey, present. Supervisor engardio, present. Supervisor mandelman, present. Supervisor melgar, present. Supervisor peskin, present. Supervisor preston, present. Supervisor ronan, not present. Supervisor safai, present. Supervisor stefani, present. Supervisor walton, present. Mr. President , you have a quorum. Thank you, the San Francisco board of supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we rec
These two russian men dont want to fight for putin. They fled their country when they were threatened with conscription. They feared being used as cannon fodder on the front line. And were horrified by the idea of killing ukrainian soldiers. One of them fled to georgia, the other to kazakhstan. Our reporter met the two men, who even now dont feel safe from the long arm of moscow. For some months now, a young russian man has been living in fear of being discovered here in tbilisi, georgias capital. He wont tell us his real name. Well call him nikita. Until last february, nikita lived and studied in moscow. Then, he was called up for military service and he fled. i didnt want to go to war. Leaving the country was my only chance. I knew the consequences that id have to hide from russia for the rest of my life id never be able to return. But i just dont want to kill people. Im not afraid of dying or landing in prison. But killing people i cant do that. Thousands of kilometers away, in ural
Killed. They are aware of the claims, but they have not been able to confirm them. They called that gunmen derailed youths, saying they wanted to listen to their demands, but so far that the attackers have not responded to the calls for the negotiations. All right, thank you, frank. They have been identified as the master mind of the attacks on the airport that killed 44 people. That the u. S. Congressman, who shares that Homeland Security committee today identified that organizer of the attack as sataya the commander that apparently directed the three men that carried out the attacks on tuesday. All because he is missing an arm as they have not confirmed their involvement as authorities, they are also nod indicating where they think that they are or if they are alive. Back here at home workers of several bay area cities will be taking on money for their paychecks. Reporter they are going up in some areas starting today, as they are joining us now, with the breakdown of their changes i
Hauled in 129 million in taxes off recreational marijuana. I know you are thinking it sounds like a ton, until i show you this, 10. 3 billion is how much the state collected through all of its general fund taxes in the same year, we are talking income tax, sales tax, a bunch more. You can see that Marijuana Tax only amounts to 1. 3 of the total. If you got a 1. 3 raise in your pay tomorrow, it is probably not going to changeou you wont go out and buy a house twice the size, but you might make upgrades and that is what the sate is doing. Remember that 2 and change of whole sale tax before we rang it up . It goes to schools, it added up to 40 million on School Construction projects last year, not enough to build a bunch of schools, it mostly pays for upgrades in rural districts. We will show you one of those projects tomorrow. As for the sales tax, local governments get a cut of what kept 76. 5 million in the last year, it up to the legislature to decide how to spend that, they forced ma