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[00:00:57] Iran and Oman have agreed on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
[00:01:05] We continue the information broadcast on Pervyy.
[00:01:08] Belarus and Algeria are ready to expand cooperation. Yesterday at the
[00:01:11] Palace of Independence, the President received the Minister of Foreign Affairs
[00:01:15] of the North African Republic. Ahmed Ataf arrived for an
[00:01:18] official visit. Last December, cooperation between the countries
[00:01:22] at a high political level intensified. Negotiations
[00:01:25] between Alexander Lukashenka and Abdelmadjid Tebboune took place in the eponymous capital
[00:01:29] of Algeria. Prior to this, a bilateral
[00:01:32] business forum was held in the country, and the parties are determined to increase
[00:01:35] trade turnover. Over the past six months, it has increased 11-fold.
[00:01:38] The visit of the Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs to Minsk
[00:01:41] confirms Africa's intention to cooperate with
[00:01:44] Belarus. I am still
[00:01:47] impressed by my meeting with
[00:01:50] your president. The main conclusion I drew from
[00:01:54] this meeting is that
[00:01:57] we and Algeria can. It speaks
[00:02:01] of the implementation of many projects.
[00:02:04] The basis of this conviction of mine is
[00:02:07] that we know how to do
[00:02:11] absolutely everything that today, or perhaps
[00:02:14] tomorrow, will be necessary for Algeria.
[00:02:18] Moreover, Mr. Minister, we have agreed that
[00:02:21] there are a number of problems, and we have reached
[00:02:25] a number of concrete projects that we can
[00:02:29] implement.
[00:03:30] bilateral relations that have been observed since the meeting with our
[00:03:33] president in December last year in Algeria. According
[00:03:37] to the diplomat, preparations are currently underway for a return visit by the
[00:03:40] President of Algeria to Belarus. As for the directions
[00:03:44] of joint projects, our country has already gained the opportunity to trade its dairy products
[00:03:47] without restrictions on Algerian territory. Moreover,
[00:03:51] the country is considered a full-fledged hub for promoting
[00:03:54] Belarusian goods throughout
[00:03:56] Africa.
[00:03:58] Elimination of barriers. Mutual trade, customs cooperation,
[00:04:02] digitalization of railways, Kyrgyzstan hosts the
[00:04:05] Intergovernmental Council of the EAEU. In Cholpon-Ata, a meeting will be held today
[00:04:08] in an expanded format. The Belarusian delegation will also take part in it.
[00:04:12] A total of more than fifteen issues have been announced. Today we expect
[00:04:16] the signing of a number of important documents, among them an agreement on electronic trade
[00:04:19] in goods in the EAEU, on the admission of brokers and dealers
[00:04:23] of one state to organized trading on exchanges of other member
[00:04:26] countries, as well as an agreement on mutual recognition of documents.
[00:04:30] academic titles. Special attention is planned to be given to the development
[00:04:33] of a common agricultural market and the climate
[00:04:36] agenda.
[00:04:38] Iran and Oman have agreed on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters
[00:04:42] reports. The parties agreed that ships entering the Persian Gulf will
[00:04:46] follow the northern Iranian fairway, and will leave it
[00:04:49] via the Omani fairway. For some time, no
[00:04:52] fees will be charged from cargo owners, but later Tehran intends
[00:04:56] to impose duties on passing goods in the amount of 5-7% of
[00:05:00] the cargo value. According to the most conservative estimates, this will cost shipowners
[00:05:04] an additional 100 billion dollars a year.
[00:05:07] At the same time, Iran intends to maintain the ban on passage through Hormuz for
[00:05:11] US ships and their allies.
[00:05:14] Russia has found ways to counter all types of weapons supplied
[00:05:18] to Ukraine by Western countries. This was stated by ex-commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhny.
[00:05:22] Given that Zaluzhny is considered a potential
[00:05:25] future president of the country, his statement can be considered
[00:05:29] significant. By the way, according to a poll published yesterday,
[00:05:32] Zelensky is in sixth place in the ranking of potential
[00:05:36] candidates, while Zaluzhny is in first place. Pessimism
[00:05:39] is engulfing Ukrainian allies in Europe.
[00:05:42] Bild reports that hopes to stop the Russian offensive with strikes on
[00:05:46] logistics did not materialize. Pressure on the Armed Forces of Ukraine along the entire front
[00:05:50] continues, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to contain it. At the same time,
[00:05:53] Kyiv suddenly did not have the necessary air defense missiles,
[00:05:57] and Zelensky is being denied new missile supplies by both European
[00:06:00] governments and Trump.
[00:06:03] European fatigue from the protracted crisis due to support for Ukraine is gradually
[00:06:07] increasing. At the same time, against the background of drought and fires in
[00:06:10] Europe, voices are increasingly heard. to distinguish Russian
[00:06:58] from Ukrainian cannot,
[00:07:01] support from Europe for Ukraine will be,
[00:07:05] but its volume will decrease,
[00:07:09] you know, like a water pipe, or a money pipe.
[00:07:34] According to the latest data, three teachers, three students, and the student
[00:07:37] who carried out the shooting died. 15 people were injured, two of whom
[00:07:41] are in serious condition, the motives of the shooter
[00:07:44] are being investigated. Long-awaited relief comes to
[00:07:48] Belarus after exhausting heat. In the southwest of the country, daytime temperatures will drop to
[00:07:52] 22-27°C, but the weather is not calming down,
[00:07:56] an orange level of danger has been declared due to thunderstorms, downpours, and squally
[00:07:59] winds with gusts up to 24 m/s. Short-term
[00:08:03] rains with thunderstorms will pass over most of the country, and
[00:08:07] hail is possible in places. Yesterday, the elements raged in Gomel and
[00:08:10] Gomel region, there were power outages in Vitebsk due to the passage of
[00:08:14] a thunderstorm front, streets were flooded. According to operational information,
[00:08:18] 35 cases of falling trees were recorded
[00:08:21] in Gomel region, five passenger cars were damaged. In
[00:08:25] Vitebsk, rescuers went out 15 times to saw and clear fallen
[00:08:29] trees. There were no casualties. Due to the weather,
[00:08:32] trees fell on the railway tracks
[00:08:35] at the Knyaginin-Kurenets section. Individual trains on this route
[00:08:38] are running with delays from the schedule of movement.
[00:08:42] In Belarus, the status of territories affected by the Chernobyl
[00:08:46] nuclear power plant accident has been revised. The basis was the results of many years of
[00:08:49] monitoring, which recorded a steady improvement in the radiation
[00:08:53] situation, among those excluded from the Chernobyl list is
[00:08:56] Gomel. Ksenia Lebedeva studied the situation using the example of
[00:09:00] the second most populous city
[00:09:02] in Belarus.
[00:09:06] We are in the center of Gomel, which as of January officially ceases to be
[00:09:10] a Chernobyl territory, as do others... The Chernobyl
[00:09:21] list may ask a question: what about my
[00:09:24] benefits? Spoiler: for those in need, they
[00:09:27] will remain, but on the other hand, 6,000 people from January
[00:09:31] 1 will officially live on clean
[00:09:34] lands, and this speaks of the serious systematic work of the state in this
[00:09:38] direction and that millions invested in the rehabilitation
[00:09:41] of post-Chernobyl areas. The total
[00:09:43] volume of financing for Chernobyl programs
[00:09:47] in Belarus since 1990 is estimated
[00:09:51] at 20 billion dollars, during which time
[00:09:54] more than 69 thousand apartments have been built for the population,
[00:09:58] approximately 57% of the funds
[00:10:02] allocated by the state went to protecting the population, to providing social
[00:10:06] assistance - these are benefits, health improvement, both today, 177 localities,
[00:10:10] including Gomel, Luninets, Lelchitsy,
[00:10:13] and Ivye, are formally considered to be in the radiation control zone,
[00:10:17] however, for more than 5 years, scientists and epidemiologists have been monitoring
[00:10:20] pollution levels here. The verdict
[00:10:24] is healthy. We have at the legislative
[00:10:27] level a review of such a list
[00:10:30] of populated areas
[00:10:33] that are indeed subject to some
[00:10:36] additional measures of radiation protection every 5
[00:10:40] years. This work is being carried out, I have
[00:10:43] previous years, in 2009 193 settlements had
[00:10:46] an excess dose of over one millisievert per year, in 2015
[00:10:50] 82 settlements, in 2020 34.
[00:10:54] By the fifth year, only five settlements
[00:10:57] remain with an excess
[00:11:01] of the average annual effective dose, this is across the country, that
[00:11:04] is, we see that systematically every 5 years a certain
[00:11:08] number is removed from the Chernobyl list, yes, this work is carried out constantly.
[00:11:11] The Republican Scientific Practical Center for Radiation Medicine and
[00:11:15] Human Ecology conducts continuous work to monitor
[00:11:18] the medical indicators of people living
[00:11:21] in post-Chernobyl territories. Scientists confidently
[00:11:25] say that the health of these Belarusians does not differ
[00:11:29] from the national average. Indicators of general morbidity, primary
[00:11:33] disability, mortality, are the same as in the rest of the country. That
[00:11:36] is, we can confidently say that the Chernobyl accident, after
[00:11:40] 40 years, no longer affects the health of
[00:11:43] our population, our
[00:11:45] people? Yes, according to
[00:11:48] statistics, this is not observed. Naturally,
[00:11:51] we conduct scientific research more broadly than
[00:11:54] I am telling you their
[00:11:58] results now, that is, we evaluate the health of the descendants
[00:12:01] of the affected population, as well as minor nuances.
[00:12:05] Due to the fact that the half-life of the main dose-forming elements that
[00:12:08] affect the radiation situation, Cesium
[00:12:11] 137 and Strontium 90 is about
[00:12:15] 30 years, self-purification gradually
[00:12:17] occurs, the density of contamination decreases, but
[00:12:21] the situation is kept under control. The main criteria for falling into the
[00:12:25] list of settlements by radiation contamination are dense soil
[00:12:28] contamination, the average annual effective dose of population exposure
[00:12:32] on the territory of the Republic of Belarus, including in the city of Gomel, constant monitoring
[00:12:36] of the radiation situation is carried out, only
[00:12:38] in the city of Gomel more than
[00:12:41] 700 samples have been taken during this time, plus
[00:12:45] last year we also conducted a survey of the city of Gomel,
[00:12:49] which showed that the city no longer meets the density
[00:12:52] status of a populated
[00:12:55] area that is located, a city that is located in the zone of radioactive
[00:12:58] contamination, therefore, accordingly, this city, like
[00:13:02] Lelchitsy, was removed from this list. Infrastructure and
[00:13:06] medical projects that were launched within the framework of the new Chernobyl
[00:13:09] program in the affected populated areas will continue until full
[00:13:13] implementation. As for the benefits, until January
[00:13:16] 1, 2027, they are fully
[00:13:20] in force. Among the main ones is that
[00:13:23] minor children studying or living in
[00:13:27] contaminated territory, specifically in the city of Gomel, are provided with free
[00:13:31] meals for the period of general secondary education, in addition, they
[00:13:34] are given the opportunity for free
[00:13:37] sanatorium and resort treatment or health improvement, including
[00:13:40] women living in the city
[00:13:43] of Gomel can go on maternity leave
[00:13:46] earlier, that is, from 27 weeks
[00:13:48] of pregnancy, for more contaminated settlements
[00:13:52] a higher allowance is provided for childcare...
[00:14:10] Therefore, it cannot be said that all benefits have been excluded for residents of Gomel and other areas removed from the Chernobyl list.
[00:14:14] The new list will come into effect on January 1,
[00:14:16] 2027. This decision was made
[00:14:20] in agreement with the head
[00:14:21] of state.
[00:14:25] This is a recognition that nature and time are doing their work, lands
[00:14:29] are returning to economic use, people are no longer Chernobyl residents by
[00:14:33] registration, but free meals for schoolchildren have been extended
[00:14:37] until the summer of 2027, the transitional period has been thought through,
[00:14:40] how these changes will affect the budget of each family and
[00:14:44] the economy of the regions, we will continue to monitor, and for now, a statement
[00:14:47] of fact: the map of Belarus is becoming cleaner.
[00:14:51] Ksenia Lebedeva and Oleg Dolgopolov, Perviy Informatsionny.
[00:15:57] The morning broadcast continues with the program Zone X.