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.
President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced a new round of what he called major, punishing sanctions on Russia and President Vladimir Putin for the country's continued involvement in destabilizing the crisis in Ukraine and supporting pro-Russian separatists in the country's eastern regions.