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[00:00:07] sends a notice for the payment of property taxes for the past year,
[00:00:11] to whom, when and for what we pay, and the Union
[00:00:14] OSAGO is gaining popularity, we will summarize the statistics and remind
[00:00:17] about the nuances of registration.
[00:00:20] Passenger and cargo transportation are among the first to experience the influence
[00:00:24] of geopolitics: conflicts, sanctions, prohibitions, and
[00:00:27] passengers are forced to redraw routes, budgets. Only
[00:00:31] this year, aviation fuel has increased in price by an average of
[00:00:34] a quarter. Due to the situation in the Middle East, individual destinations
[00:00:37] have been put on hold, for others, the national
[00:00:40] airline has redesigned flight maps. At
[00:00:44] the same time, it should be noted that passenger traffic is growing. New
[00:00:47] regular routes are opening: Tel Aviv, Nichank,
[00:00:50] Ufa. For the first time, a charter program started from Minsk to
[00:00:54] Thailand, from Brest to Egyptian
[00:00:56] El Alamein. Next in line is a direct flight to Bangkok.
[00:01:00] Svetlana Lukinyuk, more about the work in current realities, cargo
[00:01:03] transportation and forced
[00:01:05] refueling.
[00:01:08] Despite all external difficulties and restrictions, the airline
[00:01:11] maintains positive dynamics. Since the beginning of the year,
[00:01:15] more than 10,500 flights, which is almost
[00:01:17] 4% more than in the same period last
[00:01:21] year. We transported almost 1,300 thousand
[00:01:24] passengers, which is 14.5%
[00:01:27] more in 7 months than it was in 2020.
[00:02:00] destinations, that is, Pattaya,
[00:02:02] Thailand, Phuket in Thailand,
[00:02:06] again, from the new year we resumed
[00:02:10] Tel Aviv, Tunisia,
[00:02:12] Enfidha, opened a flight to Ufa, started flights
[00:02:16] from Brest to El Alamein, that is, the development
[00:02:19] of the route network, namely, the opening of new
[00:02:22] destinations, just allowed us to ensure
[00:02:26] this growth of passenger traffic.
[00:02:29] Already in... The airline has three Airbuses
[00:02:32] A-330-200, and thus a new era in the
[00:02:36] history of Belarusian civil aviation has been opened. Thanks to
[00:02:39] this type of aircraft, direct long-haul
[00:02:42] flights from Minsk to South Asian
[00:02:45] countries were opened, and cargo transportation also increased. The aircraft
[00:02:49] can carry up to 20 tons of commercial cargo, a fairly
[00:02:53] significant volume. In 7 months
[00:02:56] of this year, our cargo transportation increased more than threefold.
[00:03:02] routes are popular, of course, Istanbul,
[00:03:05] Dubai, Thailand,
[00:03:08] China, these flights are full.
[00:03:11] Currently, Belavia airline has changed its flight plan due
[00:03:15] to restrictions on the use of Russian
[00:03:18] airspace. They operate in 13 Russian
[00:03:22] airports, adjustments have also been made to the schedule of
[00:03:25] some Moscow airports. Thus,
[00:03:28] Belavia aircraft fly around closed zones, on
[00:03:31] some routes, perform technical landings for
[00:03:35] refueling. Serious restrictions are being introduced in the south
[00:03:38] of Russia, in connection with which, we
[00:03:42] had to operate flights from Sochi even with technical stops, due
[00:03:45] to the long route of the flight, of course, the increase
[00:03:48] in the duration of flights affects
[00:03:52] the regularity of the schedule, there are failures, delays,
[00:03:55] but again, they are all caused by external conditions, also from
[00:03:59] July 13th... the Russian
[00:04:01] Federation introduced restrictions
[00:04:04] on transit flights
[00:04:07] in the Moscow
[00:04:10] air hub zone, in connection with
[00:04:13] which the routes of all,
[00:04:17] almost all flights
[00:04:19] of the airline began to pass significantly
[00:04:23] north of Moscow, that is, this is to bypass
[00:04:27] dangerous zones.
[00:04:30] because of this, the average flight
[00:04:33] time of each increased by
[00:04:36] 20-25 minutes one way, respectively,
[00:04:39] this
[00:04:42] on average gives more than
[00:04:45] 11 and a half hours of flying time every
[00:04:48] day, these are costs, these are fuel costs, these are
[00:04:51] air navigation costs, for operating
[00:04:55] flights, and
[00:04:59] significantly.
[00:05:01] work, if the situation does not stabilize and the detours do not become shorter, the
[00:05:05] airline does not exclude a revision of ticket
[00:05:08] prices, this, by the way, also happened earlier, when fuel prices
[00:05:12] due to the conflict in the Middle East sharply increased.
[00:05:15] The average cost of refueling at foreign airports
[00:05:19] for us increased by 25%.
[00:05:22] Svetlana Lukinyuk, Andrey Novgorodtsev, sphere
[00:05:24] of interests.
[00:05:30] The time for paying taxes is approaching. We are now talking about
[00:05:33] individuals in the traditional tax pool. Land,
[00:05:37] cars, houses, apartments - all that we pay for annually
[00:05:41] in autumn. For the last year, also with a single property
[00:05:44] payment. The mailing of notices for the payment of property taxes in
[00:05:48] Belarus has already begun, all tax amounts are written
[00:05:52] in one notice. Taxes must be paid by
[00:05:55] November 16, and it can be done in several stages,
[00:05:59] based on one's financial capabilities.
[00:06:02] Tax rates have not changed, amounts have been adjusted only for
[00:06:05] the amount of inflation. Everything is quite traditional, but
[00:06:08] this campaign still has its peculiarities, as...
[00:06:13] we will discuss with the Deputy Head of the Main Department of Taxation of Individuals
[00:06:17] of the Ministry of Taxes and Duties of Belarus Denis
[00:06:19] Terishkov. So, let's remember who in Belarus
[00:06:23] is the payer of that very single
[00:06:26] property tax? The single
[00:06:29] property payment is the sum of three taxes: land
[00:06:32] tax, property tax, and transport tax. That is,
[00:06:35] citizens will need to pay the single property payment if they
[00:06:39] own real estate, whether it be
[00:06:42] an apartment, a residential building, a dacha, a garage, a parking space
[00:06:45] or other property, land plots, or
[00:06:49] any transport. All
[00:06:51] these three taxes, for the sake of convenience of payment by citizens, are included in
[00:06:55] one single property payment. Annually,
[00:06:58] tax authorities calculate these amounts independently and
[00:07:02] send notices to individuals for the payment of the single property
[00:07:05] payment. As of today, more than
[00:07:08] 3.5 million notices have already been generated, which will be
[00:07:11] sent to individuals during August-September
[00:07:15] 2026. Citizens who have personal accounts
[00:07:18] of taxpayers, they have expressed a desire to receive notices
[00:07:21] electronically, that is, either to their personal account, or to their
[00:07:25] email addresses, they have already received these notices. This year, there are more
[00:07:29] than 350,000 such citizens. Citizens who
[00:07:32] receive notices on paper are regular letters that
[00:07:35] are sent by Belpochta to the taxpayer's
[00:07:38] registration address, that is, dropped into a mailbox, they are waiting for
[00:07:41] their...
[00:08:13] if a citizen has several objects, for example, two
[00:08:16] apartments, yes, then both of these apartments will be included in
[00:08:20] the notice, and the tax amount depends on
[00:08:24] the area of the apartment, as well as its location, the same
[00:08:27] applies to land plots. As for
[00:08:30] transport, the tax amount mainly depends
[00:08:33] on the maximum permissible mass of the vehicle.
[00:08:37] Are there any peculiarities in this campaign that should be emphasized?
[00:08:40] Belarusians - this year, one of the features of paying the single
[00:08:44] property payment is that from, let's say, June
[00:08:47] of last year, the procedure for registering property that is in
[00:08:51] joint ownership changed. As of
[00:08:54] today, such property is registered immediately for
[00:08:58] two owners, that is, as a rule, it is a husband and
[00:09:02] wife, and this property is registered for both of them immediately.
[00:09:04] This year, notices will contain the addresses of apartments for
[00:09:08] two taxpayers, for the same apartment, but... the tax for each will be
[00:09:11] calculated with a coefficient of 0.5, that is, in a situation where spouses
[00:09:15] have one apartment, it is registered in joint
[00:09:18] ownership, then each of them will pay tax for it in,
[00:09:21] let's say, half the amount, that is, each taxpayer will receive
[00:09:25] a notice, and the notice will have a corresponding mark indicating
[00:09:29] that the tax is calculated with the application of a coefficient of 0.5. And
[00:09:33] finally, let's remind when
[00:09:37] the single property tax must be paid and how it can
[00:09:41] be done. The single property payment
[00:09:44] this year must be paid no later than November
[00:09:47] 16. For citizens who have already
[00:09:51] received a notice, they can do it by scanning
[00:09:54] the QR code in the notice or by contacting Erip. For
[00:09:58] citizens who have not yet received a notice, but, so to speak, wish
[00:10:01] to make a payment, they can simply contact Erip, enter their taxpayer
[00:10:05] account number, and make the payment. There
[00:10:07] is also an option to pay the single property payment in installments, but
[00:10:11] the main thing is to meet the deadline of November
[00:10:13] 16. Well, thank you, Deputy Head
[00:10:17] of the Main Department of the Ministry of Taxes and Duties of Belarus Denis
[00:10:20] Terezhkov. We talked about the deadlines, and the peculiarities of paying property
[00:10:24] taxes for the past
[00:10:25] year.
[00:10:30] This is the sphere of interests, and we continue, now with the exchange
[00:10:33] rates. Following the results of trading on the currency stock exchange, the Belarusian ruble
[00:10:36] weakened against the dollar and yuan, strengthened against the Russian ruble.
[00:10:40] So, the dollar costs 2.96, the euro according to the
[00:10:43] National Bank today is 3 rubles 41 kopecks. For
[00:10:47] 10 Yuan, it asks 4.42, for 100 Russian
[00:10:50] rubles, they give 3.61
[00:10:51] Belarusian rubles.
[00:10:57] Union auto-civil liability insurance, also called the white card,
[00:11:01] is in demand among drivers, but it is more often issued by
[00:11:04] Belarusians, not Russians. A little over a year after the launch of the unified
[00:11:08] auto insurance policy of the Union State,
[00:11:11] insurers are summing up the results. So,
[00:11:15] about 9,000 such contracts are concluded monthly,
[00:11:18] in total, over a little more than a year of operation, about
[00:11:21] 150,000. Here is an example of great union work.
[00:11:25] in action, you can drive your personal car throughout the entire
[00:11:28] Union State under the protection of insurance companies, the risks
[00:11:32] of civil liability are covered simultaneously here and in
[00:11:35] Russia. Why is a single policy beneficial for those
[00:11:39] who often travel to a neighboring country, what nuances are important to consider
[00:11:42] when issuing it in Anastasia
[00:11:45] Strelkovskaya's report. For Belarusians, a vacation in picturesque
[00:11:49] Karelia or in St. Petersburg with its royal splendor is
[00:11:53] a common thing, and for residents.
[00:12:25] A Belarusian policyholder, when concluding such an insurance
[00:12:28] contract, does not need to additionally conclude an
[00:12:31] internal insurance contract, which operates exclusively on the territory
[00:12:35] of the Republic of Belarus, and does not need to conclude
[00:12:38] a separate international insurance contract, the so-called
[00:12:42] "blue card" in common parlance, for a trip to the Russian
[00:12:45] Federation. One is enough. But who benefits most
[00:12:48] from concluding a single auto civil liability insurance policy? If
[00:12:52] compared with the blue card, it turns out that the policy...
[00:12:55] of union insurance is more expensive when issued for 15
[00:12:58] days, but cheaper if the term is increased to several
[00:13:02] months or a year. This means for tourists and just enthusiasts
[00:13:05] who want to literally immerse themselves in the history of one of the
[00:13:09] trans-union states for a few days, the blue card is at hand, but
[00:13:13] for those who travel by car for long periods to
[00:13:16] Russia or vice versa, from Russia to our country, the union
[00:13:20] agreement is better. The union insurance agreement is concluded
[00:13:23] exclusively in electronic form. Therefore, the policyholder
[00:13:27] has two options: either they
[00:13:30] conclude it themselves, or they can contact
[00:13:34] the insurer to conclude such an agreement. In
[00:13:37] either case, confirmation
[00:13:41] of the conclusion of the agreement is an entry in the database
[00:13:44] of the Belarusian Bureau for Transport Insurance and a visual form
[00:13:48] of the agreement is issued on paper. The insurer
[00:13:52] is obliged to issue it to the policyholder. If
[00:13:55] the policyholder concludes the agreement independently, they can print
[00:13:58] this visual form of the agreement themselves. The insurance
[00:14:02] begins to operate on the day following the day of payment. And, by the way, for
[00:14:06] traveling abroad, the policy will still need to be printed. As
[00:14:09] for the price, the amount of the contribution for union insurance
[00:14:13] depends on the term of insurance, engine volume
[00:14:16] of the car, legal status of the owner. As
[00:14:19] of today, the average annual amount of the insurance premium
[00:14:23] under the union insurance agreement for a passenger car
[00:14:27] is 143 rubles. For trucks,
[00:14:31] 416 rubles. For
[00:14:34] buses, about 500 rubles. In fact,
[00:14:37] these are insignificant contributions, the payment of which
[00:14:41] can be made in two stages: 50% upon
[00:14:45] conclusion of the insurance contract and 50% within
[00:14:48] 6 months after its conclusion. But how does
[00:14:52] union auto insurance work in practice? As a general
[00:14:55] rule, damage caused to the victim is compensated according to the law
[00:14:59] of the country where the accident occurred.
[00:15:03] And the amount and procedure for paying compensation depend on
[00:15:06] the place of the accident and the limits of liability in Belarus and
[00:15:10] Russia. Anastasia Strelkovskaya, Dmitry Chumak, sphere
[00:15:13] of interests.
[00:15:18] Sphere of interests on the first information channel from Monday to
[00:15:21] Thursday. More economic news on our website.
[00:18:07] That's 2026. Europe: +42 in
[00:18:10] Madrid, +40 in Paris, +38 in Berlin.
[00:18:13] These are not news from the desert, this is the weather forecast for the capitals of the richest
[00:18:17] continent on the planet. When the ground melts underfoot, first
[00:18:21] of all, labor productivity falls. At temperatures above
[00:18:24] 32°, the total volume of production decreases so much that
[00:18:28] one day of anomalous heat is comparable to half a day of a national
[00:18:31] strike. The European Central Bank calculated: each degree above
[00:18:35] the norm in summer costs the economy almost half a percent
[00:18:39] of GDP. Green energy has dealt a powerful blow to the economy. This
[00:18:43] summer, a hot calm came to the EU, almost complete
[00:18:46] calm. And Euro wind turbines froze, as did enterprises
[00:18:49] that took a huge amount of electricity from them. It's not just about
[00:18:53] the economy. At extreme temperatures, hundreds of thousands of people
[00:18:56] are at risk. Each heat wave brings death, especially among
[00:18:59] the elderly, children, and people with chronic illnesses. Looking
[00:19:03] at how traffic lights are melting, even rails, how people are fighting in stores for air conditioning.
[00:19:09] The media increasingly write that European architecture cannot
[00:19:12] withstand the heat. We are looking into the intricacies of global
[00:19:16] world processes in the project Understandable Politics on
[00:19:19] Belarus 24 TV channel.
[00:19:58] What does Lukashenka think about at night? Tasks and
[00:20:01] nostalgia.
[00:20:07] destroy
[00:20:45] ideas about Iran, countries continue to create new military
[00:20:49] alliances, our... brothers and closest neighbors in the territory of a single
[00:20:52] civilization kill each other, and the absurdity and falsity
[00:20:56] of this war is that it is not sacred for the inhabitants.