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[00:00:30] at meetings in the Palace of Independence, in August, the
[00:00:33] legislation was updated, in the Internet space it seems that
[00:00:37] everything is the opposite, but was everything really like that, let's compare
[00:00:40] if they really were left with nothing necessary, let's find out in
[00:00:44] a new episode of our
[00:00:45] project.
[00:00:52] Stationary stores in the village, according to the law, are located in those
[00:00:55] settlements where the population is at least 200 people,
[00:00:59] in the village of Surovni at the moment there are slightly fewer people, however,
[00:01:03] residents from nearby villages where
[00:01:06] a mobile shop operates come to the shop. Telmak does not work on Tuesdays and
[00:01:09] Thursdays, but it works on weekends. Lyubov came for
[00:01:13] groceries on Wednesday and noticed that
[00:01:16] there were no essential goods on the shelves.
[00:01:20] Are there often queues in the store? Well, there are no big queues, because
[00:01:23] we don't have that many people, but people constantly come
[00:01:27] and buy. Everything is in stock. in this.
[00:02:00] video, and a day later on Friday, on Thursday,
[00:02:03] it was a day off, on Friday everything was delivered, everything is constantly
[00:02:06] delivered, everything, everything since then nothing has changed, everything is fine, no,
[00:02:09] nothing, everything, everything is for the better, now no problems,
[00:02:13] everything, everything, everything is enough, I bought
[00:02:16] fish today, pollock, bought potatoes,
[00:02:19] I want to make mashed potatoes, butter, now I bought
[00:02:22] sour cream, cottage cheese, in general, there is dairy, there is dairy, all of it,
[00:02:26] now there are no problems with anything, that is, everything is there.
[00:02:30] Well, I'm not saying I'm a star, but people came today,
[00:02:33] bought tomatoes, want to make salad, bought peppers, everything
[00:02:36] that is there, they buy and do what they say,
[00:02:40] they saw you on social networks, they saw, they thank,
[00:02:43] that everything has changed, that everything
[00:02:44] is good,
[00:02:48] such a problem, as it turned out, had been going on for several years, people repeatedly
[00:02:52] appealed to state bodies with a request to resolve the issue,
[00:02:56] they were indeed heard, the fact is that
[00:02:59] the rural store, Urovnyak, belonged to Beshenkovichi Raipo, which at
[00:03:02] that time had financial difficulties and as a result
[00:03:06] the organization was liquidated, the owners of
[00:03:09] Silmage were changed, they began preparations, defrosted
[00:03:12] refrigerators, but they did not have time to inform
[00:03:16] people about it. I know that you only recently took, so
[00:03:19] to speak, the reins of power in this Silmage, I
[00:03:23] know that there was such a difficult transitional period, that this
[00:03:26] caused a public outcry on TikTok, which thousands of people saw.
[00:04:00] for necessary consumption, yes, that is, there was a demand for
[00:04:04] chicken, literally, if we remember, there was toilet
[00:04:07] paper, everything, all of this is available, how is this delivery
[00:04:11] of goods generally organized? Well, today there are necessary,
[00:04:14] necessary goods, that is, there is toilet paper,
[00:04:17] there are several types of chicken cuts, sausage
[00:04:21] products, bakery products are delivered
[00:04:24] daily, and pasta, flour, that is,
[00:04:28] the entire consumer set is available. In addition, a borscht set
[00:04:31] is available in the store, vegetables, fruits, everything is there
[00:04:35] so that you can just buy what you need, but
[00:04:39] at the same time, we certainly understand that in this settlement, no
[00:04:42] more than 130 people live here,
[00:04:46] and we can certainly assume that the store is not entirely
[00:04:49] profitable, as we would like, but it is still too early to talk about the financial
[00:04:53] result, because we have only just started this activity, but I can
[00:04:57] say that during the
[00:05:00] operating time, revenue has increased by almost one and a half
[00:05:03] times,
[00:05:10] when exactly was that TikTok recorded?
[00:05:17] What was there in general according to the situation, if we compare expectations, reality, how, well,
[00:05:21] actually what she shot in the video
[00:05:24] Alexandra, that's what was in the store,
[00:05:27] Peshenkovichi had difficulties, so
[00:05:31] naturally the assortment left
[00:05:33] much to be desired, that's a fact, that's a fact, so
[00:05:37] thank you that it has changed so much now, we have now
[00:05:40] gone, I know, under the regional... there was a procurement office, well,
[00:05:43] radically, thanks are coming in for the mobile shops now,
[00:05:47] I know they've already called the district executive committee,
[00:05:50] they called for an appointment, expressed gratitude
[00:05:53] for the assortment that is now available,
[00:05:56] and residents, here in Volotovka, I was there yesterday, residents said that
[00:06:00] it's incomparable, it's heaven, heaven and
[00:06:03] earth, yes, the chairman of the village council knows every family in
[00:06:07] the district, in winter she herself got behind the wheel and took products to those who could not
[00:06:11] get to the store. or to whom the mobile shop did not reach due to frosts,
[00:06:15] she perfectly understands that Selmak performs not only an economic function,
[00:06:18] but also a social one, it is considered a gathering point where there is not only fresh
[00:06:22] bread, but also fresh news, and we want them to be
[00:06:26] exclusively good, what problems were there, what was missing,
[00:06:29] well, there was nothing at all, such especially
[00:06:32] such empty refrigerators,
[00:06:36] this has been going on for a long time,
[00:06:40] well, not so long ago, at first... when it was joined to
[00:06:43] Beshenkovichi Raipo it was also good, and then
[00:06:47] something got worse and worse every day, well,
[00:06:51] and now it's back, relatives bring it, if you
[00:06:54] ask, but it's better when you look at the
[00:06:57] assortment yourself you'll take
[00:07:01] it yourself with your own hands, we have a mobile shop
[00:07:04] that runs, I can tell you that, and you're from another village, right, but you
[00:07:08] still come to this store, well, what else are you going to eat or what.
[00:07:42] Well, there was nothing, nothing, not even toilet paper,
[00:07:46] yes, yes, now, well, after as you probably know, your
[00:07:49] friend Alexandra
[00:07:53] recorded it, she called, everything
[00:07:56] is fine, by the way, regarding private traders, according to the law, anyone
[00:08:00] can open a retail outlet in any settlement,
[00:08:03] there are no prohibitions on this, but working in villages with up to 200
[00:08:06] people is unprofitable, provided that the assortment and
[00:08:10] price requirements are met, which is why the main burden is borne by state
[00:08:14] consumer cooperatives, which are under constant control
[00:08:17] of the district leadership. The chairman of the District Council of Deputies on the same
[00:08:21] day the video was released, together with the
[00:08:23] commission, went to Suravni. Ruslan Olegovich, I know that
[00:08:27] you quickly went to the site when this TikTok was published
[00:08:30] right away on August 26,
[00:08:33] what was comparable, was,
[00:08:36] became, or expectation, reality, was there a significant
[00:08:40] discrepancy? There was a discrepancy, of course,
[00:08:43] but no significant one, as we can
[00:08:46] see when watching the video, there
[00:08:49] was dairy products, there was no toilet paper, but there were
[00:08:52] napkins, there were hygienic napkins, that is, these
[00:08:56] industrial goods were available, let's say, that
[00:08:59] delivery according to the seller's applications is carried out mainly
[00:09:02] on Thursdays, therefore it was expected
[00:09:06] that food products and industrial goods should be
[00:09:10] delivered in the near future.
[00:10:19] And toilet paper, and bread, everything that the consumer
[00:10:23] needs. And this is a fundamental point. Besides the store, there is also a post office in the village. where there are always essential
[00:10:26] products, dairy products, tea, coffee, meat, poultry,
[00:10:30] fish, sugar, you can even order a specific
[00:10:33] product, we personally verified this, how
[00:10:37] often do they bring all this to you, as often as we order, they bring it, there are no
[00:10:40] problems with products at the post office, well, of course, vegetables, but
[00:10:44] you can grow vegetables in the garden, well, I also order vegetables in winter,
[00:10:47] well, I don't order anything now, what to order, we have a procurement
[00:10:50] working now, well, it's the season now, yes, what to do, it's the season
[00:10:54] and... in our village, and that's the thing,
[00:10:57] vegetables, I also order in winter, and apples, and
[00:11:00] tomatoes, and everything that, well, everything that is in demand,
[00:11:04] chicken, all of this is available, is this postal delivery,
[00:11:08] I understand, how does this process generally happen for you, well, that is, a car comes to you, you
[00:11:11] form some kind of request in advance, I understand, yes, no, well,
[00:11:15] yes, I order once a week, probably, or once a month a car comes, well, not once a
[00:11:19] week, when I order something,
[00:11:20] they will bring it.
[00:11:31] What measures are being taken by the management to
[00:11:34] effectively monitor the quality of products and their availability
[00:11:38] on store shelves in small settlements, including
[00:11:41] pricing, that is, so that prices do not bite for citizens who
[00:11:45] live in rural areas as well, the management directly
[00:11:48] regularly conducts control
[00:11:51] measures in various districts,
[00:11:56] measures are mainly carried out in the form of monitoring,
[00:11:59] if any violations are found, recommendations are
[00:12:03] issued to the business entity for prompt elimination
[00:12:06] of the identified violations, well, in
[00:12:09] case of similar violations during
[00:12:12] repeated monitoring, then administrative
[00:12:15] liability measures may be applied. In any case, all issues are always
[00:12:19] under the control of not only the main department, but also
[00:12:22] the district executive committees on a regular basis. The district executive committees exercise this
[00:12:26] control, including over pricing in facilities, you all
[00:12:30] know that today there is Resolution 713, which
[00:12:33] establishes maximum trade markups on a rather
[00:12:36] large assortment of food
[00:12:39] products. This story is instructive for both sides.
[00:12:43] First of all, it is necessary to establish a dialogue between representatives
[00:12:46] of the authorities and the people. If people knew that the stage of
[00:12:50] Syulmag was transitional, they would have bought in advance, and
[00:12:53] there would have been no unpleasant emotions. After all, the President has repeatedly said that
[00:12:56] order in the village must be monitored, personal responsibility for
[00:13:00] trade in small settlements lies personally with the chairman of the village
[00:13:04] council and the heads of retail outlets. But we should not forget
[00:13:08] that such stores largely continue their work at the expense
[00:13:11] of state subsidies, precisely so that we,
[00:13:15] Belarusians, live equally well. And there was a choice in the store
[00:13:19] in the city and even in the same Shumilino. And
[00:13:22] there should be an alternative, because there are products... a private
[00:13:25] retail outlet comes, and it's good that our people are used
[00:13:29] to the fact that the standard of living in the regions is provided by the state
[00:13:32] and they want it to be even better. By the way, Lyubov
[00:13:36] has already thanked everyone involved in the prompt resolution
[00:13:40] of the issue. On behalf of the residents of the village of Surovni,
[00:13:44] Shumilino district, I want to express my sincere
[00:13:47] gratitude to the leadership of Vitebsk Belkoopsoyuz, for
[00:13:50] the prompt response to the appeal that I
[00:13:54] published. On August 26, by August 28,
[00:13:57] we received a full supply of products,
[00:14:00] thank you for the speed, care for rural residents,
[00:14:04] this is what our assortment of goods
[00:14:07] is like now, shelves
[00:14:10] are overflowing, if only there were more
[00:14:14] such TikToks, but otherwise, as always, on
[00:14:17] Monday it will reach Lukashenko,
[00:14:20] goodbye.
[00:14:32] On air, understandable politics, waves of social protests are sweeping
[00:14:36] European countries one after another, while Macron holds on to power with batons,
[00:14:39] early parliamentary elections have already been scheduled in Spain
[00:14:43] due to the housing
[00:14:45] crisis.
[00:14:49] In the 21st century, it sounds surprising, but many Spaniards simply have nowhere to
[00:14:53] live, dear.
[00:15:55] They just demanded my apartment and threw
[00:15:58] me out like a sack
[00:15:59] of potatoes.
[00:16:58] Spain massively took to the streets in the fall, and the last straw was
[00:17:01] the story of Maricarmen Bascal. In
[00:17:04] Spain, the image that embodied popular anger was
[00:17:07] the 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal. On
[00:17:10] September 23, a woman in a wheelchair
[00:17:14] was carried out on a stretcher from her apartment in the prestigious
[00:17:17] Madrid district of Retiro, where she had lived for 70 years.
[00:17:21] The apartment building recently changed hands to a new investment
[00:17:25] company, which raised the monthly rent by
[00:17:28] 275% at once
[00:17:30] to 2,650
[00:17:34] euros. And, of course, such a rent turned out to be
[00:17:38] unaffordable for the pensioner, for which she was eventually evicted,
[00:17:42] that's how you live, then suddenly you're out, the new
[00:17:45] owners are completely indifferent to who is in their square meters, the main thing
[00:17:49] is profit, hence those very plus
[00:17:52] 275% on monthly rent,
[00:17:55] capitalism - nothing personal, the eviction
[00:17:58] of the woman was postponed several times due to her age, disability,
[00:18:02] lack of alternative housing, but on September
[00:18:06] 23, 2020.
[00:18:18] Gas against protesting neighbors trying to protect the woman. The video of the battle for Carmen spread across social media. An elderly
[00:18:22] woman in a wheelchair, police in helmets, tear
[00:18:25] gas. Three days later, tens of thousands of people took to the streets,
[00:18:29] a week later, protests swept across
[00:18:32] Spain. It would seem that any
[00:18:35] sane person should... display
[00:18:38] some humanitarian solutions, as, for example, in the case of this eighty-
[00:18:42] seven-year-old woman, who was obviously not to blame
[00:18:45] for anything, except that she was a native
[00:18:48] citizen of Spain, lived and worked all her life in this
[00:18:51] country, and this situation very clearly
[00:18:54] demonstrated the real attitude of the Spanish
[00:18:57] authorities towards their people, and this,
[00:19:01] of course, caused public dissatisfaction, this situation
[00:19:04] is a marker of the state of
[00:19:07] Spanish society now. Maricarmen's rent was returned to its previous
[00:19:11] level, but the woman was not destined to return home. She
[00:19:15] died in the hospital. Mass protests
[00:19:18] took place in at least 50 cities in Spain.
[00:19:21] The scale ranged from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands, depending on
[00:19:25] whom you listen to. One of the main
[00:19:27] demands is to stop forced evictions, to prohibit
[00:19:31] investment funds from massively buying up housing, and to protect
[00:19:34] people from real estate speculation. According to European tradition.
[00:19:47] mass protests due to the housing crisis are taking place on Saturday
[00:19:51] in dozens of Spanish cities, only in Madrid, according to various
[00:19:55] estimates, from 70 to 500,000 people took to the streets.
[00:19:58] Trade unions announced preparations for a general strike on November
[00:20:01] 11, Pedro Sanchez's government submitted a package of
[00:20:05] housing reforms to parliament and failed. The opposition
[00:20:08] from the right and left voted against, the result:
[00:20:11] early elections were announced for the spring of 2027.
[00:20:15] года.
[00:20:19] There are plenty of typical Spanish stories on the Internet. Here's Samuel, he's been living in Barcelona
[00:20:23] since 2004, he rented the same apartment for 15 years,
[00:20:27] received a registered letter, he's being thrown
[00:20:30] out onto the street.
[00:20:34] Honestly, I'm in despair right now, they're telling me the contract is ending.
[00:20:50] I can't find anything at a price I can afford, I consider myself
[00:20:53] a lucky person, I have a normal salary, and even I might
[00:20:57] have to leave the city.