what happens when the power of taxation is undermined? a tax on top of the tax on top of the tax. that's the straw that broke the camel's back. i've been ranting forever. thinking to myself here, when's it all going to come crashing down you pay won't pay. taxation and politics starts october 21st on d w. ah, this is d w. news. these are our top stories. russian media are reporting that president vladimir putin has signed laws, formalizing the incorporation of 4 ukrainian regions illegally annex following a series of discredited votes. meanwhile, ukrainian president, lord amir zalinski,

says his forces are making, quote, fast and powerful advances in the southern region of capstone. the european union has agreed to new sanctions against russia in response to it's illegal annexation of ukrainian territory. if the blocks 8th package of measures targeting moscow since the invasion in february leaders, hope a price cap on oil will hurt the kremlin finances up. in some bunker, 3 scientists share this year's nobel prize for chemistry. they're morton mellow from denmark and carolyn bertolsi and berry sharp las from the united states. they won for developing new techniques to attach molecules together. the technology could make cancer drugs more effective, am, have applications in farming and industry chemistry. this is deed of you news from berlin much more on our website, d, w dot com. ah ah,

letter we were put in probably imagine this day to go a lot different. while he was busy signing into law, the illegal annexation of for ukrainian territories. it was exactly there that keys troops pushed into areas that had been beyond their reach since the beginning of the war is not entirely clear where russia things it's illegitimately enlarged territory now starts and ukraine ends, but the kremlin keeps the door open for further land grabs a vague announcement that god a clear response. ukraine calls it the act of a collective mad house. and peeves allies slapped russia with fresh, a fresh round of sanctions under go further in berlin and this is the day ah.