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[00:00:00] and I will do everything in my power to continue to help fight for
[00:00:03] freedom anywhere in the world, against you, and also against
[00:00:07] Xi, Kim Jong, Ayatollah, and other disgusting
[00:00:10] bandits who dispose of people's lives all over the
[00:00:14] world. Thank you, Senator, for taking the time to share
[00:00:17] your
[00:00:18] perspective with us.
[00:00:25] In Ukraine, we have always talked about unique
[00:00:28] places, unique. but that was
[00:00:32] before, since February
[00:00:35] 2022, everything has changed.
[00:00:38] War, we are showing a new
[00:00:42] history of Ukraine, about
[00:00:44] incredible strength of spirit, about fighting despite
[00:00:48] everything.
[00:00:53] Watch the joint project of Radio Svoboda and the Current Time TV channel, what is actually
[00:00:57] happening. In Ukraine.
[00:01:36] What kind of cordon, why is there a cordon here, on what basis? Come on,
[00:01:42] come on,
[00:01:42] come on.
[00:01:50] Few people know about it, but Arabs still live in Central Asia, whose ancestors
[00:01:53] appeared here during the time of the righteous
[00:01:56] caliphs.
[00:02:03] For almost 14 centuries, they have preserved their identity,
[00:02:07] calling themselves Central Asian Arabs, or simply Arabs?
[00:02:22] In a matter of seconds, the explosion destroys the cooling towers of the nuclear power plant,
[00:02:26] an impressive sight, but
[00:02:29] the dismantling of the entire plant takes decades, this
[00:02:32] happens because many materials are radioactive, they cannot simply
[00:02:36] be disposed of as nuclear waste was disposed of
[00:02:38] before.
[00:02:42] Nuclear power is undergoing a revival all over the
[00:02:45] world. But have the operators considered decommissioning nuclear power plants, what happens when
[00:02:49] the service life of a plant comes to an
[00:02:52] end? And most importantly, how much will its
[00:02:56] decommissioning and disposal cost?
[00:03:04] save economic growth?
[00:03:07] Ayurveda - a healthy lifestyle at the intersection of traditions and modernity
[00:03:25] Germany.
[00:03:27] It was the pearl of Soviet technology. Nuclear
[00:03:31] energy - the energy of the future.
[00:03:34] It was the pride of communist East Germany. The plant
[00:03:38] operates at full capacity and is absolutely safe. Now it has
[00:03:41] become a nightmare, it beeps
[00:03:51] projects in the world for decommissioning civilian
[00:03:54] facilities. It took decades longer than
[00:03:57] planned.
[00:04:11] Here we will take a dosimeter,
[00:04:14] we are entering a contaminated
[00:04:15] zone.
[00:04:19] Kurt Radloff's parents worked here when the nuclear power plant was still
[00:04:22] functioning. Now he is responsible for public
[00:04:25] relations here. We immediately find ourselves in the center of
[00:04:29] the station.
[00:04:44] Here is the reactor shaft, where the nuclear fuel tank was also
[00:04:47] located, this is the heart of any reactor
[00:04:50] unit,
[00:04:58] everything here is contaminated.
[00:05:01] We assume that there is radiation here. If the measurement
[00:05:05] results are above the permissible minimum, further layers
[00:05:08] need to be removed. This is a standard procedure, but of course, it takes a lot of
[00:05:11] time.
[00:05:43] parts, nuclear fuel rods, all elements
[00:05:46] located next to it. The rods are left to cool in
[00:05:49] the world's most unpleasant pools, and then placed
[00:05:53] in temporary storage. This process alone can
[00:05:56] take years. In this case, it took 7 years, but that was
[00:06:00] the easy part. It remains to check for radioactivity and
[00:06:04] dismantle 330 thousand tons of materials, because
[00:06:07] the problem with radiation is that it cannot be
[00:06:10] neutralized. Nuclear fuel is high-level
[00:06:14] waste and can remain radioactive for hundreds of thousands of
[00:06:18] years, it must be stored until it no
[00:06:21] longer poses a threat. Elements
[00:06:24] closest to the fuel, such as parts of the reactor vessel,
[00:06:28] have been activated, that is, they have been exposed to radiation
[00:06:32] for a long enough time and are now
[00:06:33] radioactive themselves.
[00:06:37] They belong to intermediate-level waste and are also not subject
[00:06:40] to disposal.
[00:07:13] Then each piece of equipment must be
[00:07:16] cut to the size of these boxes. After
[00:07:19] a double check for residual radiation, the decontaminated
[00:07:22] material can finally be sent
[00:07:24] to a landfill.
[00:07:26] According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the entire
[00:07:30] decommissioning process will take 15-20
[00:07:33] years.
[00:07:37] But the problem is that in many cases, not everything goes according to
[00:07:41] plan.
[00:09:12] there is no permanent repository for nuclear waste yet,
[00:09:16] so everything is currently stored in a building that we are not allowed
[00:09:20] to film from the outside for security reasons.
[00:09:34] Low and intermediate level radioactive waste, which accounts for
[00:09:38] 95% of the total volume, is planned to be sent for
[00:09:41] permanent storage. under construction in central
[00:09:44] Germany. As for high-level waste,
[00:09:47] there are no specific plans for its storage
[00:09:49] yet.
[00:09:53] And this is not just Germany's problem. Currently,
[00:09:57] only two out of thirty-one countries producing nuclear energy
[00:10:00] are building permanent repositories for high-level
[00:10:03] waste. So the fuel rods will remain
[00:10:07] here for a very
[00:10:08] long time.
[00:10:12] This. The nuclear power plant and its legacy will be
[00:10:15] the concern of present and future
[00:10:17] generations.
[00:10:27] China continues to build new nuclear power plants, despite the high cost
[00:10:31] of decommissioning them.
[00:10:34] Nuclear power is making a comeback.
[00:10:37] Beijing wants to reduce emissions and meet growing energy
[00:10:40] demand. But energy is mainly needed to increase
[00:10:44] exports. Meanwhile, the domestic market
[00:10:47] is weakening. Are exports saving the economy
[00:10:51] or just masking structural problems?
[00:10:59] China's economy is slowing down,
[00:11:02] the housing market is collapsing and people are not
[00:11:04] buying anything. Nevertheless, the country continues
[00:11:08] to achieve growth targets of 5%, driven by
[00:11:12] massive exports, even despite rising domestic
[00:11:14] debt. Since 2015, this debt has
[00:11:18] almost doubled and is now approaching 100% of
[00:11:21] GDP, but it is financed by domestic funds.
[00:11:28] China is a dual economy, on the one hand
[00:11:31] it is slowing down, domestic demand and investment
[00:11:34] are declining, but on the other hand,
[00:11:37] exports are growing intensively,
[00:11:41] exports help, but the real estate market, once the engine of the Chinese
[00:11:45] economy, is now slowing down the country's
[00:11:47] development.
[00:11:55] have been declining since 2022, last year they
[00:11:59] fell by more than
[00:12:00] 5%.
[00:12:06] Until 2020, the real estate sector accounted for approximately a third
[00:12:09] of China's economic growth. It was huge, it was
[00:12:13] a bubble. The bursting of this bubble has far-reaching
[00:12:16] consequences for public services and consumer spending.
[00:12:20] The reason is that when the real estate market collapsed, local authorities
[00:12:23] could no longer sell land. apartments or apartment
[00:12:27] buildings. This also sharply reduced
[00:12:30] government funding and government salaries. This
[00:12:34] greatly slowed down consumption in
[00:12:35] China.
[00:12:40] This slowdown in consumption is exacerbated by China's long-term
[00:12:44] problem, demographic
[00:12:45] decline.
[00:12:51] The working-age population is shrinking.
[00:13:03] A shrinking workforce means fewer young
[00:13:06] buyers, lower demand, which becomes
[00:13:09] an obstacle to economic
[00:13:11] growth.
[00:13:15] We might think that deflation in China is the result of
[00:13:18] excess production
[00:13:20] capacity.
[00:13:22] But in reality, it is a lack of demand.
[00:13:25] China should increase domestic
[00:13:27] demand.
[00:13:30] In recent years, consumer prices have barely
[00:13:33] changed. While in factories, the cost of production often
[00:13:37] exceeded the cost of its
[00:13:39] sale.
[00:13:45] Deflation is an unusual phenomenon for a large economy. However,
[00:13:49] China has been in this state for 3 consecutive years. One
[00:13:53] of the reasons is that
[00:13:56] China has a very primitive social security system.
[00:14:00] Employees of private enterprises do not have a good benefits package, as
[00:14:04] a result, they do not want to spend much. Therefore, in
[00:14:07] China there is a large amount of savings in case of unforeseen
[00:14:10] circumstances.
[00:14:18] If growth is not possible from within, it must come
[00:14:21] from without. Exports are now more important than ever.
[00:14:25] Chinese manufacturers strive to remain competitive in the
[00:14:28] global market at almost any cost.
[00:14:31] Companies are in survival mode. They need
[00:14:34] market share, they are willing to cut prices even at a
[00:14:38] loss. And this is a little scary for Europe.
[00:14:41] Especially Germany, and indeed the entire world.
[00:14:45] And the Chinese financial system supports
[00:14:47] this. Thus, all banks stay
[00:14:51] afloat. When they issue loans, they don't care.
[00:14:56] They don't even care if they can get that
[00:14:58] money back, the financial system just keeps giving
[00:15:02] money to all these companies and as a result, a huge
[00:15:06] oversupply remains, which is why it is so difficult to compete with Chinese-made
[00:15:10] products. The consequences are felt all over the
[00:15:13] world.
[00:15:15] Countries like Germany are facing decreased demand for their
[00:15:18] products, and those who try to build factories have to struggle to
[00:15:22] compete with China's dumping prices.
[00:15:28] China thinks about China, if a company
[00:15:31] incurs losses, but can compete with another company in
[00:15:34] the US or Europe.
[00:15:39] enough, they will deal with
[00:15:41] profitability
[00:15:45] later. China is slowing growth for the opportunity to restructure its
[00:15:49] economy, but what can be done to
[00:15:53] accelerate it?
[00:15:57] If we can adopt bolder fiscal and
[00:16:00] monetary measures, China's economy can recover
[00:16:04] very quickly.
[00:16:10] I hope that the Chinese government will shift its
[00:16:13] focus from supply
[00:16:15] to demand
[00:16:18] and direct fiscal resources to social
[00:16:20] spending.
[00:16:24] At the moment, Beijing is willing to endure short-term difficulties for
[00:16:28] long-term results, such as technological self-sufficiency and
[00:16:31] financial
[00:16:32] stability.
[00:16:37] Another developing economic sector from Asia:
[00:16:40] holistic healing methods. Ayurveda, which means the science of
[00:16:44] life, has existed in India for thousands of years, it views
[00:16:48] the body, mind and soul of a person as
[00:16:52] a single whole. It is believed that the correct balance between
[00:16:56] elements enhances self-healing abilities.
[00:16:59] Currently, a fundamental modernization of Ayurveda is taking place in
[00:17:03] India.
[00:17:07] massage, oils,
[00:17:10] relaxation, that's what most people associate with Ayurveda,
[00:17:13] but that's far from all.
[00:17:17] After centuries of being in the background, Ayurveda is now
[00:17:20] becoming mainstream.
[00:17:24] Dr. Aishwarya Jayaram, a doctor who has practiced Ayurveda
[00:17:28] for 15 years, closely follows these changes. She
[00:17:31] works at Sanjeevanam Hospital, which combines traditional
[00:17:35] Ayurveda with modern healthcare.
[00:18:07] thousands of years, its foundation is the balance between
[00:18:11] mind, body and
[00:18:12] spirit,
[00:18:15] it relies on nature, medicinal plants,
[00:18:19] nutrition and lifestyle changes.
[00:18:22] Before, 14-15 years ago, people came simply
[00:18:26] for relaxation, rejuvenation retreats,
[00:18:28] but now more and more people are looking at
[00:18:32] Ayurveda as a method of treatment, they
[00:18:35] choose Ayurveda as their...
[00:19:46] Based on this, I am confident that there will be an annual growth of
[00:19:49] 15-20%.
[00:19:53] Undoubtedly, in 3-4 years it will exceed 20 billion
[00:19:56] dollars.
[00:20:02] He says that growth could accelerate even further if
[00:20:05] Ayurvedic medicines are approved.
[00:20:10] In India, approval is required from the country receiving the product,
[00:20:14] its licensing body must have a system to study this
[00:20:17] product and issue approval. Currently, this
[00:20:20] is not the case, and this is what is missing. In these countries, there is no licensing body
[00:20:24] that would approve medicines. He says that the government can help
[00:20:27] here. Over the past decade, the government has actively
[00:20:31] promoted Ayurveda, calling it "India's soft
[00:20:34] power." A special ministry was created.
[00:20:37] funds were invested in research, educational institutions and
[00:20:41] infrastructure, as well as in its international promotion.
[00:20:44] Wellness tourism is another area where Ayurveda holds
[00:20:47] a leading position. Emily Terrier. from France and her thorough
[00:20:51] research in search of a cure for endometriosis brought her
[00:20:55] here. In Western medicine, in fact, the view of the problem is very
[00:20:58] limited. I read about endometriosis, it is associated with
[00:21:02] what you eat, with your daily routine, with many things,
[00:21:05] so when I read about Ayurveda, it seemed very
[00:21:09] interesting to me, perhaps it is a solution that would help me
[00:21:12] cope with my illness, because I had a very hard time in
[00:21:16] everyday life. Aishwarya says that such cases from...
[00:21:23] represent a broader global shift towards more holistic and long-term approaches to health. This
[00:21:27] is confirmed by the fact that many Western countries now
[00:21:30] have their own Ayurvedic wellness centers. We
[00:21:34] are seeing a significant increase in awareness among the younger
[00:21:37] generation, especially regarding a balanced,
[00:21:40] healthy lifestyle. I think they are looking for balance, and
[00:21:44] this definitely leads them to Ayurveda in combination with
[00:21:47] yoga. In her opinion, the growing interest in Ayurveda.
[00:29:27] the deportation of protected persons from occupied territory
[00:29:30] to the territory of the occupying power or to the territory of
[00:29:34] any other state, regardless of whether they are
[00:29:37] occupied or not, the occupying power will not be able to
[00:29:41] deport or transfer a part of its own
[00:29:44] civilian population to the territory it has occupied.
[00:30:43] "I am Rosa Iosina, Zhilinskaya,
[00:30:46] I am 97 years old, I survived the
[00:30:50] Holocaust, and I am a participant in the Great
[00:30:53] Patriotic War, I was born in
[00:30:56] 1925, in Pachkovy."