Typically, company requirements for mileage reimbursement are set based on the annual IRS standard rate for business travel. For example, in 2013, a business could pay up to 56.5 cents per mile and write it off as a business expense. This is much simpler than keeping detailed records of actual operating expenses.
Boris Yeltsin came to power with a wave of high expectations. On June 12, 1991 he was elected president of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic with 57% of the vote, becoming the first popularly elected president. But Yeltsin never recovered his popularity after a series of economic and political crises in Russia in the 1990s.
The 2012 Russian presidential election was held on 4 March 2012. There were five officially registered candidates: four representatives of registered parties and one independent. The election was for a new, extended term of six years.