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[00:00:00] post-Chernobyl territories were used in the interests of
[00:00:03] people. The total financing volume of Chernobyl programs
[00:00:07] in Belarus since 1990 is estimated at 20
[00:00:11] billion dollars. During this time, more than
[00:00:14] 69,000 apartments have been built for the population. Around
[00:00:17] 57% of the funds allocated by the state went to protecting
[00:00:20] the population, to providing social assistance – these are benefits, health improvement for
[00:00:24] both adults and children. And today 177 settlements,
[00:00:28] including Gomel, Lunets, Letchitsy and
[00:00:31] Ivye are formally listed in the radiation control zone,
[00:00:35] however, for more than 5 years, scientists and epidemiologists have been observing
[00:00:39] contamination levels here, the verdict is
[00:00:42] healthy. We have a legislative review
[00:00:46] every 5 years of such
[00:00:49] a list, yes, of populated areas
[00:00:51] that are really subject to some
[00:00:55] additional measures of radiation protection. This work
[00:00:58] is being carried out, I have it here.
[00:01:30] The Republican Scientific and Practical Center for Radiation Medicine and Human
[00:01:34] Ecology constantly monitors the medical indicators of people
[00:01:37] living in post-Chernobyl
[00:01:41] territories. Scientists confidently say that the health
[00:01:44] of these Belarusians does not differ from the national
[00:01:47] average. Indicators of general morbidity, primary
[00:01:51] disability, mortality, are the same as throughout the country. That
[00:01:55] is, it can be said with confidence that the Chernobyl accident, 40
[00:01:59] years later, is no longer...
[00:03:00] 700 samples during this time, plus we also
[00:03:04] additionally conducted a survey of the city of Gomel last year, which
[00:03:07] showed that the city no longer qualifies as
[00:03:11] a populated
[00:03:13] area that is located, a city that is located in a zone of radioactive
[00:03:17] contamination, therefore, accordingly, this city, like
[00:03:20] Lelchitsy, was removed from this list. Infrastructure and
[00:03:24] medical projects that were started as part of the new Chernobyl
[00:03:27] program in the excluded settlements will continue until full
[00:03:31] implementation. As for benefits, until January 1,
[00:03:35] 2027, they are fully
[00:03:38] in effect. Among the main ones - is that
[00:03:42] minor children studying or living in
[00:03:45] the contaminated territory, specifically in the city of Gomel, are provided with free
[00:03:49] meals for the period of receiving general secondary education, in addition, they
[00:03:52] are given the opportunity of free
[00:03:55] sanatorium and resort treatment or health improvement, including
[00:03:59] women. living in the city
[00:04:02] of Gomel can go on maternity leave
[00:04:04] earlier, that is, from 27 weeks
[00:04:07] of pregnancy, for more contaminated settlements
[00:04:10] an increased childcare allowance is provided for children under 3
[00:04:14] years old in the amount of 150% of
[00:04:16] the allowance established by law, certain benefits
[00:04:20] for unprotected categories, large families, including,
[00:04:23] remain, therefore, to say that all benefits
[00:04:27] are excluded for residents of Gomel and other excluded...
[00:04:34] from the Chernobyl list is not true. The new list will come into force on January 1, 2027.
[00:04:37] This decision was made in agreement with the head
[00:04:39] of state. In essence, this is not just a document for the sake
[00:04:43] of a document, it is a recognition that nature and time do their
[00:04:46] work. Lands are returning to agriculture, people are ceasing to be
[00:04:50] Chernobyl residents by registration. But preferential
[00:04:53] meals for schoolchildren have been extended until the summer of 2027.
[00:04:57] The transitional period is well thought out. How these changes will affect
[00:05:00] the budget of each family and the economy of the regions, we will continue
[00:05:04] to monitor, but for now, the statement of fact: the map of Belarus
[00:05:07] is becoming cleaner. Ksenia Lebedeva and Oleg Dolgopolov,
[00:05:11] first informational. And in conclusion, some more
[00:05:15] innovations of August, on the national legal portal
[00:05:18] a unified register of digital indicators has appeared. All
[00:05:22] important state figures are collected there: tariffs, coefficients,
[00:05:25] indices. Why such a tool and how it affects the lives
[00:05:28] of Belarusians. Story by Daria Rachko.
[00:05:32] In the unified register of digital indicators, now all the data
[00:05:35] that people need, utility tariffs, indices, coefficients, prices for
[00:05:39] socially significant goods or services for accountants and...
[00:06:18] search for necessary legislative acts, both representatives of the business community and
[00:06:22] ordinary citizens of our country, during this revision, a proposal was developed
[00:06:25] which was supported by the head of state and
[00:06:28] implemented in the April law, which provided for
[00:06:31] adjustments to the law on regulatory legal acts. When creating this resource,
[00:06:35] attention was paid to ensuring that this information reached
[00:06:38] the end consumer as quickly as possible, especially when it comes to...
[00:07:12] in this section you can find a brief general information about the data bank, so that people
[00:07:16] understand what this resource is, and
[00:07:19] a search system for necessary information on specific
[00:07:23] digital indicators has been implemented, information
[00:07:26] is reflected by indicators in the form
[00:07:29] of a card of the corresponding document, which indicates
[00:07:32] the name of the corresponding indicator, it indicates
[00:07:35] the size of the indicator,
[00:07:37] the territory where the indicator is valid and the date of introduction
[00:07:41] of this indicator. and accordingly the circle of persons
[00:07:44] to whom this indicator applies, either to citizens, or to
[00:07:48] legal entities, or to all. In addition, there is a link
[00:07:51] to a specific document by which this indicator was approved, well, and for
[00:07:55] those who are used to working with primary sources and reading the texts
[00:07:58] of relevant documents, there is an opportunity to use
[00:08:01] a hyperlink to go and read the text of the document
[00:08:04] that approved this indicator. The search system
[00:08:07] provides the ability to quickly obtain information on
[00:08:11] documents that... came to us within a day, within a week or
[00:08:15] within a month. More than 1,100 indicators have already been uploaded
[00:08:18] to the unified register. No more need to spend a lot of time searching
[00:08:21] for information, the register is updated automatically. New
[00:08:24] tariffs, prices, standards appear in the section as quickly
[00:08:28] as possible. Daria and Dmitry Golovach, first
[00:08:31] informational. And such is the information picture of Friday,
[00:08:34] August 7. In a few minutes, the broadcast on our channel will continue with a discussion in the editors' club.
[00:08:38] More news on our website newsby and multimedia portal.
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[00:21:17] A view from Minsk on what is happening
[00:21:20] in the world, the most notable events and topics being discussed: our
[00:21:24] activity, it's north, south, west, east, far arc,
[00:21:28] Asia, Africa, well, a very motley picture, everywhere we
[00:21:31] are looking for exactly that component where our capabilities coincide with
[00:21:35] interests, interest from the side of our
[00:21:38] partners. They want to cooperate with us because we are good, easily
[00:21:41] predictable, we are consistent, we are honest in
[00:21:44] dialogue. Visits of the Arab parliament are very important for our country,
[00:21:47] they want to cooperate with Belarus. an additional
[00:24:52] point of arrival is Minsk. 16 settlements, four
[00:24:56] eparchies and 20 one temple. On the
[00:24:59] way from the shrine, the Icon of the Mother of God
[00:25:02] Zyrovicy, to the icon of the Mother of God of Minsk,
[00:25:06] the cross-bearers will overcome more than
[00:25:09] 250 kilometers on foot, and will also
[00:25:12] try to endure with dignity the
[00:25:15] difficulties of Spartan life, to conquer their
[00:25:18] natural... acquaintance
[00:25:22] with unique spiritual places of the Belarusian
[00:25:26] land and the opportunity to get acquainted and
[00:25:29] make friends with brothers and sisters in
[00:25:32] faith, which also gives participation
[00:25:35] in this spiritual project, which is seen
[00:25:39] as number five this year and how to
[00:25:43] join it, answers and a lot of interesting impressive
[00:25:46] information in the
[00:25:50] program "The Power of Faith" from the head
[00:25:53] of the All-Belarusian procession, Sergey
[00:25:56] Meleshka.
[00:26:02] agreed to reveal to us some features of
[00:26:06] this year's All-Belarusian procession, well, and generally let's talk about
[00:26:10] the procession, I think that the history is probably very deep,
[00:26:12] ancient, when this manifestation of
[00:26:16] faith arose and how it developed in Orthodoxy,
[00:26:19] well, you know, the procession, it
[00:26:23] itself, probably, originated in the most difficult
[00:26:27] times for people, right, that is, when it was.
[00:26:30] the summer of cross
[00:27:14] processions passes, here in Belarus, yes, there are a great
[00:27:18] many of them, I observe that there are
[00:27:21] local ones, yes, all Belarusian ones are, of course, such a large-scale
[00:27:25] procession, probably, which unites people from all over
[00:27:28] Belarus,
[00:27:29] today it can be said that this
[00:27:32] is the most large-scale procession in terms of the number of days, the number
[00:27:36] of participants, the number of representatives of the eparchy, people
[00:27:39] gather from all over Belarus, from all eparchies, they come with
[00:27:43] pleasure and participate, and not only from Belarus, but also from
[00:27:46] many countries, people come from many countries,
[00:27:50] and those who came for the first time then gladly come
[00:27:53] the next year, they speak very highly of it, what countries,
[00:27:57] well, traditionally we have many pilgrims from Russia.
[00:28:01] Baltic states,
[00:28:03] Serbia, Holland, Belgium,
[00:28:06] Germany, our cross-bearers from Germany came to the first cross procession
[00:28:09] and now they come every year, last year
[00:28:13] we had an hieromonk from Romania, so the geography
[00:28:17] of the cross procession is also expanding, well,
[00:28:20] this year is a jubilee, a small jubilee,
[00:28:24] a beginning one, yes, how many years will the All-Belarusian cross procession be this year,
[00:28:27] well, it turns out to be the fifth.
[00:28:31] here in Belarus,
[00:28:48] there was no such tradition of such large cross processions as in Russia, they are held,
[00:28:52] the Velikoretsky cross procession or, for example, in Ukraine,
[00:28:55] the Pochaev cross procession, and we, the cross-bearers, went to such large
[00:28:59] cross processions somewhere. Constantly, well, when we gathered together,
[00:29:02] we discussed that it would be nice to, well, on our
[00:29:06] land, to hold something
[00:29:09] like that, so that we could gather, pray, sanctify
[00:29:12] our land with this prayer, and we talked about it
[00:29:16] for a long time, but it seems that the time had not come, and you know,
[00:29:19] it turned out so providentially interestingly, somehow the
[00:29:22] feeling came, it was the twenty-first year, the feeling came
[00:29:26] that, well, the time had come, and we somehow very quickly prepared the concept of this
[00:29:29] cross procession, gathered, how it will... on what
[00:29:33] dates it will go, how we see it, and
[00:29:37] submitted it for consideration
[00:29:39] to Father Alexander Shiritonov, who oversees the cross procession in Belarus,
[00:29:43] and then we brought this idea to the Synod, the Synod approved it, it was
[00:29:47] the twenty-first year, and then February twenty-second happened,
[00:29:51] and we realized how much we needed this prayer here at all, that is, it's all as if
[00:29:55] God had foreseen everything in advance, and we went on the cross procession for the first time in
[00:29:58] twenty-second year, it was, well, it was a very difficult cross procession.
[00:30:02] Many people went on such a large cross procession for the first time, so we
[00:30:06] thought it would be a miracle for us to just make it to Minsk, that is, it
[00:30:10] was the miracle of the cross procession, that is, it wasn't, as they say, the first pancake didn't turn
[00:30:14] out lumpy, but it was very difficult, yes, it was difficult, yes, that is, we had to clear this path, we had
[00:30:18] to, well, so many feet were worn bloody there,
[00:30:21] people endured so much, but we made it, so to speak,
[00:30:24] we cleared this path, the next year it was much
[00:30:28] easier, and of course, the grace we received on the first cross procession, well...
[00:30:33] we remember that there was probably no such thing again, simply for such a great
[00:30:36] effort, for such a great trial, God gave great help.
[00:30:40] Well, is there some kind of core of your cross procession, yes, I know, you have
[00:30:43] a chat, the All-Belarusian cross procession, there are some people who are always
[00:30:47] these enthusiasts, yes, well, you know, I want to say that
[00:30:51] it's not just some experienced cross-bearers, but people who just
[00:30:54] once got to a cross procession, their hearts just ignited, they say:
[00:30:58] сердце зажглось, они говорят: