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[00:00:00] reliability and efficiency, steadily
[00:00:03] generates clean, safe electricity, by the way, it has already
[00:00:07] set two achievements with entry into the Guinness Book of Records
[00:00:10] of Belarus. Breeders in Belarus have developed a high-protein variety of white
[00:00:13] lupine. The new variety, which is high-yielding
[00:00:17] and disease-resistant, was named Greek. Lupine is a relatively new crop for the country,
[00:00:20] due to its high protein content, it is also
[00:00:24] called a superfood for animals. Artificial intelligence
[00:00:27] helps Belarusian farmers. New generation greenhouses
[00:00:30] for growing tomatoes were put into operation in
[00:00:34] Brest region, directly from the greenhouses, vegetables are shipped to the country's
[00:00:37] retail chains. The new modern greenhouse was created using the latest
[00:00:41] technologies, and experience was adopted from colleagues from Holland.
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[00:02:43] Sphere of interest on air, on the first information channel, we talk about
[00:02:46] significant events in the economy. With you, I am
[00:02:49] Svetlana Lukinyuk. First, the main topics of today's
[00:02:52] issue: gold and foreign exchange reserves of Belarus grew by a billion dollars
[00:02:56] in August. We will discuss the main growth factors together. With
[00:03:00] the Eurasian Development Bank, banks, with the help of anti-fraud
[00:03:03] systems, managed to stop theft of almost
[00:03:06] 5.5 million rubles, and the export of Belarusian
[00:03:09] lumber last year reached a record of more than a million
[00:03:13] cubic meters. How are foreign sales developing this year? We will find out in
[00:03:17] the relevant department. We will tell you about all this, as well as current exchange rates, in
[00:03:20] the next 15 minutes. In the structure of
[00:03:23] international reserves, the transition from the dollar to
[00:03:27] non-traditional currencies is intensifying, and the share of gold is also growing.
[00:03:41] in Belarus covers almost 3 months of imports of goods and services. This is stated in the macroeconomic review of the
[00:03:43] Eurasian Development Bank. Gold and foreign exchange reserves grew by more
[00:03:47] than a billion dollars in August and reached
[00:03:50] 15.240 million at the beginning of
[00:03:53] September. The main growth factors are the increase
[00:03:57] in the value of gold in the structure of reserves and the growth
[00:04:00] of reserve assets in foreign currency. We will learn more about this
[00:04:04] from Anton Dolgovechny, Senior Analyst at the Center
[00:04:07] for Country Analysis of the Eurasian Development Bank.
[00:04:11] Anton, we welcome you. So, the growth for the month is solid, is it
[00:04:14] all due to the growth of world gold prices? The level of
[00:04:18] gold and foreign exchange reserves is more than 3 months of imports, it turns out.
[00:04:21] Well, look, yes, that is, we will start with statistics again, that is, the
[00:04:25] growth is impressive, yes, that is more than 1 billion in August
[00:04:28] growth, but... as we said at the beginning of the year, all
[00:04:32] this, to a large extent, such a high
[00:04:35] volatility is determined by the price of gold, in general, this
[00:04:38] is the main factor that led to the growth of
[00:04:42] gold and foreign exchange reserves, more than 0.9 billion, there are 9.3
[00:04:45] billion, of course, the main factor is the increase in world
[00:04:48] prices by 13.3%, if we
[00:04:52] look at it by month, and
[00:04:54] accordingly, this is a very strong
[00:04:58] increase in the value of gold in the structure of gold and foreign exchange
[00:05:01] reserves. What is important, in my opinion, to note is that gold again
[00:05:05] returned to price growth, we see that world central banks
[00:05:09] maintain demand for gold, and now...
[00:05:12] it is already quite obvious that China has also joined
[00:05:15] this, that is, in the second quarter, when prices were falling,
[00:05:19] it was kind of quietly, it was not
[00:05:22] visible, not heard after the first sales in the first
[00:05:25] quarter, and now it has, so
[00:05:29] to speak, started buying at lower prices, which naturally
[00:05:32] also pushed gold to grow. For Belarus, I would
[00:05:36] note that the growth of reserve assets in foreign
[00:05:39] currency continues, well, this is connected.
[00:05:43] largely with the situation on the domestic foreign exchange market, that
[00:05:46] is, while in the absence of National
[00:05:49] Bank statistics on foreign exchange market operations, I will probably not
[00:05:53] announce figures, but in general we see that due to the situation on
[00:05:57] the foreign exchange market, reserve assets in foreign currency have grown by
[00:06:00] 1.1 billion dollars, that is,
[00:06:03] why this is important, it says that the National
[00:06:06] Bank is increasing the share of less
[00:06:09] susceptible to market factors.
[00:06:12] reserves, this is important, that is, this part, if everything is
[00:06:15] completely bad, can be used there to fulfill obligations or for
[00:06:19] currency interventions, if they are suddenly needed. At the moment,
[00:06:23] the level of gold and foreign exchange reserves covers more than three months of imports
[00:06:26] - 3.2 according to calculations, this corresponds to one of the IMF criteria
[00:06:30] for the sufficiency of reserve assets, well, moreover, if
[00:06:34] we look at the situation with
[00:06:37] external debt, I
[00:06:41] think that is, well, according to our. estimate
[00:06:44] actually covers about close to
[00:06:47] 90% of external public debt,
[00:06:50] this is, well, this is great, yes, that is, this is a very
[00:06:54] serious indicator, that is, in fact, it says that
[00:06:57] without any borrowing or
[00:07:01] additional emergency
[00:07:03] operations, the Republic of
[00:07:07] Belarus can quite easily cope with
[00:07:10] debt obligations. Thank you, this is.
[00:07:13] Anton Dolgovechny, Senior Analyst at the Center for Country Analysis of the Eurasian Development
[00:07:17] Bank.
[00:07:22] The number of registered incidents involving
[00:07:25] cyber scammers and the amount of damage are decreasing. This
[00:07:29] was reported by the National Bank of Belarus. For 2 months now,
[00:07:32] new requirements for banks regarding
[00:07:35] cyber fraud have been in effect. Each one must have an anti-fraud system
[00:07:39] tailored to the requirements of the regulator. In August, after
[00:07:42] the anti-fraud system gained momentum, the amount of cash
[00:07:46] withdrawn decreased by more than 60%. At the same time, in July
[00:07:49] and August, attacks on legal
[00:07:53] entities were recorded. To deceive them, so-called
[00:07:56] fake bosses were most
[00:07:59] often used. There are few such cases, but it's about
[00:08:02] large sums. At the same time, banks, in order to somewhat
[00:08:06] secure Belarusian organizations, additionally
[00:08:09] check whether such legal entities actually exist, to which
[00:08:12] money transfers are sent. More details on
[00:08:16] the results of the anti-fraud system will be provided by the Deputy
[00:08:19] Chairman of the National Bank of Belarus, Andrey
[00:08:22] Kartun. For 2 months now,
[00:08:26] new requirements for
[00:08:29] banks regarding cyber fraud have been in effect. I remind you that every
[00:08:32] bank must now have a so-called anti-fraud
[00:08:35] system. They already had them before, but with certain
[00:08:39] requirements, tailored to our requirements, everyone
[00:08:42] noticed that it is no longer possible to access mobile
[00:08:45] banking without geolocation confirmation, yes, this causes
[00:08:49] certain difficulties, perhaps some complaints from
[00:08:52] citizens, there were at first, now everyone
[00:08:56] treats this normally, well, and we already see the first
[00:08:59] results in terms of the fact that the number
[00:09:02] of incidents has significantly decreased, if we take, for example,
[00:09:05] last year, on average, last year the number of incidents per month
[00:09:09] was about 1,500, 1,600, which were recorded.
[00:09:13] regarding withdrawal of funds and so on, now this figure
[00:09:17] we have already updated the historical record, one might say, for the entire history of observations, in
[00:09:21] August we had about a thousand, about 1,000 incidents
[00:09:24] were recorded, even less than in July, but I
[00:09:28] hope that next month we will already break
[00:09:31] a thousand, it will be less. As for the amounts, the same
[00:09:35] thing, in fact, a decrease of almost 50% in
[00:09:38] the number of incidents, well, in terms of amounts, an even greater
[00:09:41] number. a decrease of more than almost 60%, if
[00:09:45] last year, for example, we had more than five
[00:09:49] million per month, this is the amount
[00:09:52] of damage per month, then now this figure is twice as much, about
[00:09:55] 2.5 million per month, this was
[00:09:59] recorded as unauthorized withdrawal of funds,
[00:10:02] let's say, well, traditionally, of course, the figure does not change,
[00:10:05] it even increases, 92%, or
[00:10:09] more of all violations or all related
[00:10:13] to social engineering, that is, these are exactly
[00:10:16] the things when some employees
[00:10:19] of the KGB, the National Bank, classical fraud schemes.
[00:10:23] introduce themselves to you
[00:10:25] or citizens, citizens say their PIN codes,
[00:10:29] a certain hacking of mobile banking occurs there and so on, but
[00:10:32] here we see the work of
[00:10:35] banks, that when
[00:10:37] you click on your geolocation, the bank
[00:10:41] can already track your
[00:10:44] traditional behavior, not traditional, just we see that the number of incidents
[00:10:48] in this part has decreased, but nevertheless, if the citizen
[00:10:52] himself comes to the bank and asks
[00:10:55] to transfer money there in cash, for example,
[00:10:58] somewhere abroad, then of course, this is exactly the most
[00:11:02] dangerous crime that the bank cannot always influence,
[00:11:05] well, what is interesting here,
[00:11:09] of course, if we take, for example, August, July, we already gained momentum
[00:11:13] in August, a full-fledged anti-fraud system, full-fledged
[00:11:16] new requirements, so the number of, for example, withdrawn
[00:11:20] cash has significantly decreased by almost
[00:11:22] 60%, if earlier...
[00:13:59] Belarusians have always had and continue to have a reverent attitude towards forests.
[00:14:02] No one needs to explain the importance of preserving green heritage,
[00:14:06] because it is a national treasure, at the same time an economic
[00:14:10] asset, and increasing it is not only the task of
[00:14:13] specialists. The action "Give the forest a new life" year after
[00:14:17] year gathers those who care about the loss of forest
[00:14:20] areas. As for the action, we
[00:14:23] plan to hold it in October. Depending on the weather conditions, we will
[00:14:27] see. This issue is currently being worked out. Regarding
[00:14:30] the duration of the event, I cannot
[00:14:34] say yet whether it will be a week, two weeks, or a month.
[00:14:37] We will look at the weather conditions, but the action will
[00:14:41] definitely take place. For example, I want to say that in previous
[00:14:45] years, about 60-70 thousand people
[00:14:47] participated in the action. The industry faces the task
[00:14:51] of increasing the share of forest crops that are created by selective...
[00:15:02] As for species diversity, conifers traditionally
[00:15:05] predominate in our country. The planting of
[00:15:08] hardwoods
[00:15:11] such as oak, ash, beech, and larch is increasing. In this way, we give a second
[00:15:15] life to places of mass drying of spruce, which suffer so much
[00:15:19] from the changeable weather that year after year tests
[00:15:22] the resilience of the forest fund. By this year, I want
[00:15:26] to say that about 6,000 hectares of continuous
[00:15:30] sanitary fellings, which were damaged
[00:15:32] by windfalls, are currently being
[00:15:36] worked on by forestry enterprises from other
[00:15:38] regions in the Grodno
[00:15:41] region.
[00:15:43] All Minsk forestry enterprises are working in our most affected
[00:15:46] forest-lease windfalls. Frequent surprises
[00:15:50] of nature became one of the reasons for the industry to adopt
[00:15:53] digital technologies. Today, extensive work is underway to
[00:15:57] improve the Forests of Belarus portal, which began operating
[00:16:01] this spring, created as a platform for effective
[00:16:04] management and data exchange in the field of forestry.
[00:16:07] Thanks to the system, it will be possible in the future to promptly
[00:16:10] monitor the state of the green fund in real
[00:16:14] time, this will make it possible to reduce labor costs
[00:16:18] and at the same time gain time for prompt elimination
[00:16:21] of any malfunctions. Anastasia Strelkovskaya, Roman
[00:16:24] Filyutich, sphere of
[00:16:25] interests.
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