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[00:00:54] The week was marked by major politics, the President of Belarus
[00:00:58] participated in the CIS summit in Turkmenistan.
[00:01:30] and the Commonwealth of Independent States, their
[00:01:32] strengthening is facilitated by powerful factors
[00:01:35] the interest of the parties in expanding trade and economic
[00:01:39] cooperation and the need for a joint
[00:01:41] response to modern challenges in the field
[00:01:45] of security. In this context, we have an
[00:01:47] advantage. The foundation of the Commonwealth is even
[00:01:50] stronger. We are united not only by the desire
[00:01:53] to create a fair system of global
[00:01:56] governance and trade on equal terms.
[00:02:31] value, honoring the unparalleled feat of heroic ancestors,
[00:02:35] travel to relatives and friends living in other Commonwealth
[00:02:38] countries. Today's statement by the Council of Heads
[00:02:42] of State of the CIS is intended to further unite
[00:02:45] people around a common historical memory
[00:02:48] to prevent the distortion of tragic events
[00:02:51] related to the Great Patriotic War. For a family to restore
[00:02:55] cohesion, to be strong and prosperous, more attention
[00:02:59] must be paid.
[00:03:08] Young people should not just go with the flow, but act as
[00:03:12] drivers of integration, it is necessary for them to develop and
[00:03:15] implement socially significant
[00:03:18] projects that would be in demand throughout
[00:03:21] the Commonwealth. The Heads of State at the summit in Turkmenistan
[00:03:25] approved a number of documents in the field of security and law enforcement.
[00:03:28] They paid attention to cooperation in combating
[00:03:31] high-tech crimes. Yes, the CIS today is one of the few formats that
[00:03:35] unites the post-Soviet space. Member countries
[00:03:38] strive to build relations on the principles
[00:03:41] of partnership, good neighborliness, mutual benefit and consideration of each
[00:03:45] other's interests. Almost all mutual settlements are carried out in
[00:03:49] national currencies, large industrial
[00:03:52] and infrastructure projects are being implemented, new production,
[00:03:55] transport chains, and logistics corridors are being formed. But time
[00:03:58] dictates new conditions and sets new tasks. An expert from
[00:04:02] Kazakhstan joins us. In what
[00:04:05] directions is the CIS interaction most significant and
[00:04:09] relevant and how do we respond to
[00:04:12] challenges? Well, look, again, I
[00:04:16] express my purely own point of view, based
[00:04:19] on the current amount of data, so
[00:04:23] interaction is important where national
[00:04:27] efforts are not enough. In essence, this is all. Logistics,
[00:04:35] what efforts are being made there to ensure
[00:04:38] interconnectedness, but conditionally speaking, if we
[00:04:42] have an excellent road, but at the next border the cargo
[00:04:46] will wait several days for clearance, then all the advantages
[00:04:49] are devalued, so here it is certainly coordinated
[00:04:53] procedures, compatible electronic
[00:04:56] documents, development of border
[00:04:58] infrastructure. In addition, I would definitely,
[00:05:01] probably, call among important
[00:05:04] topics, this is economic stability, because this
[00:05:08] is what, predictability of food supplies, predictability
[00:05:11] of supplies.
[00:05:42] a clear mechanism that solves, that answers
[00:05:46] the idea that was set, this is industrial
[00:05:49] cooperation, because in a conditionally
[00:05:52] joint project, enterprises of one country can produce
[00:05:55] components for another, equipment, the third
[00:05:58] can provide service, programs, and at the same time each
[00:06:02] participant can receive an economically significant role,
[00:06:05] the opportunity to develop their own competencies, this is very well visible,
[00:06:09] for example, on how... how exactly jointly, it is clear that this
[00:06:12] is bilateral cooperation, Kazakh-Belarusian, but
[00:06:15] it responds precisely to interaction within
[00:06:19] the CIS, that is, we conditionally look at
[00:06:22] excellent Belarusian products, I myself am a woman, I myself go to
[00:06:26] the store, but for example, recently there appeared
[00:06:29] excellent Halal standard products, here is a question for you,
[00:06:32] an answer to how to interact, again, first of all, conditions
[00:06:36] are important, predictable access to markets.
[00:06:39] transparent product requirements, the issue
[00:06:43] of financing joint projects, the issue
[00:06:46] of benefit distribution, here I would immediately say that
[00:06:49] the contractual basis is developing, in
[00:06:52] June 2024 the CIS agreement
[00:06:55] on free trade, services,
[00:06:58] came into force, it includes institutions,
[00:07:01] activities, the implementation of investments, but at the same time, the
[00:07:05] question of the agreement not remaining just a framework, it is important
[00:07:08] to turn it into... so on what principles should the CIS
[00:07:11] interact with other international organizations
[00:07:15] BRICS, SCO? Well, look, I would probably
[00:07:19] focus on such
[00:07:21] principles as, first of all, sovereign
[00:07:25] equality and voluntariness. If we
[00:07:29] talk about the CIS, then it should not imply
[00:07:32] mandatory accession to the foreign policy positions
[00:07:36] and initiatives of individual participants. It is no
[00:07:39] coincidence that today the CIS is quite often criticized, and here it must be
[00:07:42] admitted that yes, the Commonwealth of Independent States became
[00:07:46] such an instrument of civilized divorce, when the Soviet
[00:07:50] Union collapsed, on the one hand, we say that it
[00:07:54] seems to have fulfilled its function, but on the other hand, in no case should
[00:07:57] it be said that the CIS needs to be... it just needs to be,
[00:08:01] to some extent, developed, formatted, and
[00:08:04] today, probably, the most promising
[00:08:07] model looks like this... states, 17 bodies
[00:08:10] of the CIS and SCO, 10
[00:09:42] international organizations. At the counter-terrorism forum,
[00:09:45] experts, representatives of competent authorities and delegates
[00:09:49] from different countries gathered to discuss the most pressing challenges
[00:09:53] of our time. We will talk about the importance of joint
[00:09:56] work on security issues with our guest in the studio:
[00:09:59] Andrey Bogadel, Candidate of Military Sciences, Deputy Head of the Faculty of the General Staff
[00:10:03] of the Armed Forces, Military Academy. Andrey Petrovich,
[00:10:07] welcome. Hello. A large-scale counter-terrorism forum.
[00:10:10] In Minsk, the CIS and SCO are uniting efforts, so why is it in the Belarusian
[00:10:14] capital that such common approaches to countering
[00:10:17] global threats are being developed? Well, if we talk about
[00:10:21] the Commonwealth countries. arriving in this state, you
[00:11:25] feel that you are arriving at a platform where
[00:11:28] all the events that
[00:11:30] will be discussed are quite
[00:11:34] verified, that is, even within
[00:11:37] this state, those conditions have been created
[00:11:41] that will only be discussed today, because what is Belarus? Belarus
[00:11:45] itself, it is at a crossroads, at the crossroads of all
[00:11:49] roads, roads going from north to south, roads going from east to
[00:11:52] west. And most importantly, today we are in the center
[00:11:56] of instability, in the southern directions there is a
[00:11:59] war, a real one, in the west
[00:12:02] whole projects are being built, militarization is taking place on
[00:12:05] the scale of whole, not just states, but
[00:12:08] alliances, I mean the North Atlantic
[00:12:12] alliance, because why not create conditions for
[00:12:14] instability on this small island of the Belarusian
[00:12:18] balcony and create it, of course, no problem
[00:12:21] at all. But today, by and large,
[00:14:59] nine remain, and not all nine, for example, are full-fledged
[00:15:03] members, not all nine fully fulfill all the requirements
[00:15:06] that are imposed on the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent
[00:15:10] States, we see how Ukraine has split off, we see what
[00:15:13] is happening in Moldova, the events in Armenia also
[00:15:16] today somehow alarm us quite a bit
[00:15:19] about all the events in Georgia.
[00:15:23] of states, what is its role, but
[00:15:37] we cannot name such a role, because there are colossal problems within this
[00:15:41] commonwealth, and today the main goal is perhaps
[00:15:45] just to preserve it as part of our civilizational
[00:15:48] space, so for the viewers, probably in all
[00:15:52] CIS countries, it is important today to understand what will happen to collective
[00:15:55] security, how to guarantee it, these very issues of collective security
[00:15:59] already go beyond the scope of the CIS, we are already talking about
[00:16:03] the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
[00:16:06] after this system was
[00:17:07] violated, it's interesting, who benefited from this at that moment,
[00:17:10] well, it wasn't us who closed the border, we still have visa-free
[00:17:14] travel with all countries, come, see, we are
[00:17:17] safe, we are stable, everything is predictable here,
[00:17:21] excuse me, but we cannot get to you just like that, and
[00:17:25] we cannot get there by bus, by train, because under the
[00:17:28] pretext of, again, migration or something else, they close
[00:17:32] us off, they restrict our rights, but you?
[00:17:36] the continuation of this Baltic defense line
[00:18:07] or the beginning, whoever likes it more, a whole
[00:18:10] military operation "Safe Podlasie" is being carried out
[00:18:14] on the territory of Poland, 25,000 military personnel are there
[00:18:17] and endless exercises along the borders, well, the red lines
[00:18:21] are designated by our joint maneuvers with allies, again
[00:18:25] returning to the topic of the forum, it is very important, well, to find
[00:18:28] opportunities that we can interact jointly,
[00:18:31] how much do you understand the value of these
[00:18:34] joint - marked time
[00:21:00] Belarus.
[00:21:01] President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko
[00:21:07] held a meeting with the Chairman of the Board of Promsvyazbank, Pyotr
[00:21:11] Frodtkov. The Russian bank serves more than 6 million
[00:21:14] individuals and 350 thousand companies. It is among
[00:21:17] the top 10 banks in Russia by scale. It already cooperates
[00:21:20] with Belarus. The discussion was about expanding its presence. The Head
[00:21:24] of State during the meeting mentioned individual projects that will
[00:21:27] be implemented in the Union State. One of them is
[00:21:30] the construction of a high-speed railway line
[00:21:33] Minsk-Moscow.
[00:21:35] Scientists' developments to strengthen
[00:21:38] the country's defense capability was the main topic during the President's
[00:21:41] working trip to the Minsk region. The Head of State visited the test
[00:21:45] site of the Institute of Powder Metallurgy. The student
[00:21:48] reported on the prospects for strengthening technological sovereignty. In
[00:21:52] this direction, scientists are working, among other things, in the interests of the civil
[00:21:56] sector. The President thoroughly familiarized himself with unmanned
[00:21:59] aerial vehicles, as well as with means of their detection, tracking
[00:22:03] and destruction. Alexander Lukashenko collects different points of view
[00:22:06] and emphasizes: the products must be relevant and
[00:22:09] in demand. Digitalization of judicial practice
[00:22:13] is one of the main topics of the meeting of the council of chairmen of the Supreme Courts of CIS countries,
[00:22:17] which was held in Minsk. The President of Belarus sent
[00:22:21] greetings to the participants. The council was created to develop agreed principles and
[00:22:25] rules of cooperation between courts, expanding mechanisms for providing
[00:22:29] mutual legal assistance between judicial bodies. Also, at the venue,
[00:22:32] participants exchanged experience on issues
[00:22:36] of legal proceedings. Minsk hosted the third international
[00:22:39] congress "Innovative Cardiology 2026".
[00:22:42] The geography of participating countries expands every year. This year, participants gathered
[00:22:46] from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Russia,
[00:22:50] India, Turkey, China and Israel. Along with reports,
[00:22:53] discussions, educational master classes and simulation
[00:22:57] trainings were held. Among the topics are high-tech surgery,
[00:23:00] modern approaches to diagnostics and personalized
[00:23:04] cardiorehabilitation, a separate area is artificial
[00:23:07] intelligence and IT technologies in cardiology and
[00:23:10] cardiosurgery. At the congress venue, participants
[00:23:13] discussed how to turn scientific ideas into concrete help
[00:23:17] for patients. The nineteenth festival "Youth
[00:23:21] for the Union State" brought together more than 300 participants from Belarus
[00:23:24] and Russia. The main message is strengthening friendship between the youth
[00:23:28] of the two countries. According to the organizers, in the face of global challenges and attempts
[00:23:32] to divide the peoples of the post-Soviet space, it is important to convey to
[00:23:35] young people the commonality of cultures, to tell them how much unites
[00:23:39] us. For several days, young people immersed themselves in creativity, the
[00:23:42] program included master classes from famous musicians, art critics,
[00:23:46] excursions for guest participants. Belarus time on international air
[00:23:56] in our studio is Candidate of Military Sciences Andrey Bogadel, we
[00:24:00] continue our conversation, Andrey Petrovich, the President of Belarus pays special
[00:24:04] attention to the country's defense potential, the contribution of science
[00:24:07] to the sphere of security, what scientific developments, in your
[00:24:11] opinion, are now changing the balance of power in the region
[00:24:15] and what directions should
[00:24:18] be developed? Artificial
[00:24:21] intelligence and drones, well,
[00:24:24] these are superpowers, because look, when the President
[00:24:27] visits exactly the objects
[00:24:30] of the military-industrial complex, when he meets with the military, a rare
[00:24:34] week passes without such meetings, he constantly
[00:24:37] tells everyone: stop feeding me fairy tales,
[00:24:40] I know that we have a wonderful
[00:24:43] future, fairy tales about the future are also very
[00:24:46] interesting, but today reality is needed.
[00:28:02] Is our economic sovereignty still reliably protected, because we
[00:28:06] also included the issue of economic security in military documents and
[00:28:09] doctrine? Well, in general, we say that we have nine such
[00:28:12] spheres, I agree that economics is one of the most
[00:28:16] leading areas, areas ensuring national
[00:28:20] security, because Friedrich Engels also said in his
[00:28:23] Anti-Dühring, that nothing depends so much on economic conditions as
[00:28:26] the army and navy, because in order to
[00:28:30] build a reliable defense, it is necessary to obtain the appropriate
[00:28:33] weapon systems, when we touched upon the issues
[00:28:37] of the balance of power, we must first of all understand that the balance of power
[00:28:41] is not just to create some new automatic rifle
[00:28:44] or some new missile or a new
[00:28:48] drone, the balance of power is everything
[00:28:50] in aggregate, but these are issues of deterrence, when we
[00:28:54] move to a balance of power, we are already starting to talk
[00:28:57] about tactical nuclear weapons, about the deployment of our
[00:29:01] "walnuts", the deployment of fundamentally new systems of a regional
[00:29:04] grouping of troops and forces, this is simply an adequate
[00:29:07] response to the actions that are happening in
[00:29:10] the West, but only in order to preserve our
[00:29:14] economy, so to speak, not to let
[00:29:17] people starve, you understand, because today sovereignty is very
[00:29:21] expensive, Europe showed this by allocating the entire
[00:29:25] budget, today sovereignty is very expensive, and it is no coincidence that we
[00:29:28] see how Western Europe is struggling, what is the state today.
[00:29:42] in Spain
[00:29:42] and Great Britain,
[00:29:46] teachers are lacking, and it is no coincidence that these conflicts arise, which we
[00:29:49] are witnessing today, internal state conflicts, from
[00:29:52] yellow vests to children, let's talk about how
[00:29:56] we train specialists in the field of security, we understand
[00:30:00] perfectly well that this is not just shooting or...
[00:30:32] some direction, a person who tries to know everything will most
[00:30:36] likely know nothing, he will learn a little bit of everything,
[00:30:39] in the situation with the armed forces, it is preserved in
[00:30:42] us, this is primarily specialties,
[00:30:45] specializations, that is, the direction that today allows,
[00:30:48] we are training a specialist to combat cyber threats, we are training
[00:30:52] a specialist for space communications, or we are training
[00:30:55] an assault trooper who must have physical strength and
[00:30:58] a rifle, he can shoot everywhere by ear, the success depends
[00:31:02] on this, but for this his own school must be created,
[00:31:05] and today such a school has been created in Belarus,
[00:31:09] such...
[00:31:11] well, what does it say, in principle, we don't always find this around the world, that is,
[00:32:15] these are very good neighborly relations, but this does not mean that only Chinese people, and we
[00:32:18] also go to Chinese people to study, we also adopt advanced
[00:32:22] experience, we also strive to keep up with
[00:32:26] the capabilities of modern large
[00:32:30] states, unique specialists, still
[00:32:33] when everyone defends their interests in this
[00:32:36] geopolitical tension, but is there some mechanism that will allow
[00:32:40] to reduce it? develop, how eagerly they wait for it
[00:32:43] может быть снизить.
[00:34:15] with such embraces, how softly they spread, and how
[00:34:18] suddenly it became hard for us to sleep after 2020, uh-huh, and
[00:34:22] for us to gain time, today
[00:34:25] we need a cautious approach, that is, as
[00:34:28] the president says, quid pro quo, we give you, you
[00:34:32] give us, then we will see how
[00:34:36] we can really continue and build our relationships,
[00:34:39] but the red lines that the
[00:34:43] president spoke of, they are
[00:34:46] unshakable, this is an alliance with Russia,
[00:34:50] close all-weather relations with the Chinese
[00:34:53] People's Republic, and most importantly, this is our
[00:34:57] sovereignty, with these three things Belarus will never
[00:35:01] trade. Andrey Petrovich,
[00:35:04] thank you for the conversation, our guest in the studio was the Deputy Head of the Faculty
[00:35:07] of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Military Academy of Belarus, Andrey
[00:35:11] Bogadel. Thank you very much for the invitation.
[00:35:18] Next, let's find out what marked the time of Belarus in the world. Elena Putus
[00:35:22] will continue. Vienna celebrated the anniversary of the Austro-Belarusian
[00:35:25] Society, the successes of the Belarusian astronomer at the Olympiad in Vietnam
[00:35:29] and the awards of our athletes in Spain, as well as modern
[00:35:33] painting of Sineoka in Russia and the Belarusian cultural spring in
[00:35:36] Kazakhstan. The time of Belarus in Vienna. It was here
[00:35:40] 20 years ago that a unique space for mutual understanding
[00:35:43] was created.
[00:35:52] This is not just an anniversary date, but an important milestone in the life path of people who strive to develop friendly relations between countries. Over the past years,
[00:35:55] various projects have been implemented: historical seminars,
[00:35:58] concerts, cultural evenings, meetings with representatives of the
[00:36:01] academic creative environment, and common concern has brought
[00:36:05] the countries closer. Austrian partners have for many years organized
[00:36:08] summer holidays for Belarusian children affected by
[00:36:12] the Chernobyl accident, and that's all.
[00:36:27] of Grodno Lyceum graduate Yan Terekhov. For him, this victory
[00:36:31] is especially significant, because exactly a year ago at the same competition in
[00:36:34] India he was second, now he has no equal. The Olympiad
[00:36:38] gathered more than 300 schoolchildren from 64 countries.
[00:36:42] Participants had to solve very complex problems, for example, to analyze
[00:36:45] real astronomical data and recognize celestial
[00:36:49] objects. In general, it's nice that with enviable regularity we talk
[00:36:52] about the successes of Belarusian education in the world, and at different levels
[00:36:56] of education. Two Belarusian universities are in the ranking of the British publication
[00:37:00] Times Higher Education. It is among the top three most prestigious
[00:37:03] university rankings in the world and is updated annually. In
[00:37:07] the list for 2027 Belarusian State
[00:37:10] University for the first time in the history of Belarusian State
[00:37:14] Medical University. Among the indicators by which universities
[00:37:18] were assessed are teaching quality, international ties, interaction
[00:37:22] with industry. In total, the rating included more than 2,000
[00:37:25] educational institutions from 118 countries.
[00:39:13] the Sergiev Posad Museum-Reserve. This is a new museum project of Belarus
[00:39:17] and Russia. The exposition features more than 35 works from the collection
[00:39:20] of the National Art Museum. These are works.
[00:39:24] It turns out not just a set of paintings, a large portrait of the country, through
[00:39:40] mood and color. Belarus became closer to the residents
[00:39:44] of Kazakhstan in the south of the country, in the Zhambyl region, the Belarusian
[00:39:48] Krynica (spring) was born, a new ethnocultural association. Its
[00:39:51] appearance was met with a big celebration. The organizers told about the history
[00:39:55] of Belarusians in Kazakhstan, about national life, customs,
[00:39:59] which are carefully preserved and passed down from generation to
[00:40:02] generation, it was delicious, no tasting can be done without it, and
[00:40:05] spectacular, well, how could it be without folk songs and
[00:40:09] dances?
[00:40:11] snow drifts on the yard, which