If the interest you paid on your mortgage is larger than your standard tax deduction, you definitely benefit by itemizing -- and all the rest of your deductible expenses (including real estate taxes, state and local income taxes, and charitable donations) are frosting on the cake.
Sanctions were approved by the United States, the European Union (EU) and other countries and international organisations. Russia has responded with sanctions against a number of countries, including a total ban on food imports from the EU, United States, Norway, Canada and Australia.
1 directly by Western sanctions (exports of oil-producing equipment and of military and dual-use goods); 2  directly by Russiaâs food import ban;  and indirectly due to Russiaâs recession and lower exchange rate, which together lead to much lower demand for imports (from anywhere in the world).