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[00:00:44] The Yabloko party is facing removal from the elections in Russia; the Supreme Court will hear the lawsuit
[00:00:47] on Monday. The party is campaigning under the slogan "For Peace." This
[00:00:51] is a live broadcast from the Present Time TV channel. Today is Friday, August 7th. My name is
[00:00:55] Evgenia Daganovich.
[00:00:56] Hello.
[00:00:59] And so... Ukrainian drones attacked. The strike hit a Wildberries warehouse in
[00:01:03] Yekaterinburg. 800 people were evacuated from there. A lack
[00:01:07] of shelters during shelling: in Kyiv, for a three-million population, 400
[00:01:10] shelters have been equipped, but not all are operational. Military
[00:01:14] cooperation between North Korea and Russia. A new bridge is being built on the border. A missile
[00:01:17] unit from North Korea
[00:01:21] may appear near Voronezh.
[00:01:26] The Yabloko party may be removed from the elections in Russia as early as Monday.
[00:02:30] The website zamir.Live, which appeared recently and is currently accessible
[00:02:33] in Russia even without technical tricks, reports on a
[00:02:36] campaign supporting Yabloko. Here, there are photos of the participants of this campaign,
[00:02:40] Russians who are outside the country and openly oppose
[00:02:43] the war. Yulia Navalnaya, on behalf of the Anti-Corruption Foundation,
[00:02:47] which Russian authorities consider terrorists
[00:02:51] and extremists, called for voting for Yabloko on party lists.
[00:02:55] Let's not discuss that Yabloko is somehow not right and
[00:02:58] recall past sins.
[00:03:33] Yabloko categorically has no foreign sources of funding, does not
[00:03:37] maintain any relations with organizations recognized as
[00:03:40] undesirable in the Russian Federation, and does not consider statements,
[00:03:43] appeals, or events conducted by anyone abroad
[00:03:47] as part of its election campaign. The fact that Yabloko
[00:03:50] distances itself from us is absolutely correct, and truthfully, we have no connection with Yabloko,
[00:03:54] we support the position they have taken, but we are not
[00:03:58] structurally related to them.
[00:05:00] every one regarding the fact that a ceasefire, you all understand
[00:05:03] what the heck you are saying, the proposal to go to the front and stop sending
[00:05:06] other people there, who are there, who are dying there,
[00:05:10] while you are shouting here, just listen.
[00:06:13] Russian media and anonymous Telegram channels report on the funerals
[00:06:16] of two generals after Saturday's explosion at a restaurant in Moscow. There is
[00:06:20] evidence that they were celebrating the birthday of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace
[00:06:24] Forces, Alexander Chayko. Authorities reported the deaths of five
[00:06:27] people, including a female courier who delivered the bomb, and a security guard
[00:06:31] who detained her. But names and details were never
[00:06:35] revealed. Our colleagues from the investigative project System
[00:06:38] collected all known information about the victims of the explosion almost a week
[00:06:41] later.
[00:06:43] we know almost for sure, because it is confirmed by various sources, that Chayko's son-in-law
[00:06:47] died, his daughter's husband, Danilo
[00:06:49] Peredriy. He apparently died in
[00:06:53] the hospital, and most likely General Valery
[00:06:56] Plokhotnyuk died, that is, it's almost certain, because various sources confirm his death. But I will
[00:06:59] briefly dwell on who
[00:07:02] Plokhotnyuk was. He was the head of the Russian group
[00:07:06] in Transnistria, but before the war he was the chief of staff of the 49th
[00:07:09] army, which fought in Ukraine in the Zaporozhye
[00:07:13] and Kherson directions, if I am not mistaken. He is not a very well-known person. It is unlikely that he
[00:07:17] encountered Chayko in service, but judging by the data that we saw
[00:07:21] and which the agency confirmed, they are listed in one of the databases as relatives.
[00:07:25] In fact, this is most likely a mistake, they are connected by address, by one of the
[00:07:28] addresses in Minsk, and as the agency established
[00:07:32] from other data, most likely Plokhotnyuk is
[00:07:35] Chayko's goddaughter's godfather, that is,
[00:07:38] apparently they were family friends, their wives are subscribed to each other, and so on. This
[00:07:42] is just a family friend. Another deceased person
[00:07:46] remains unknown - there is some confusion here, because
[00:07:49] 2 days ago information appeared that
[00:07:52] another general, Igor a
[00:07:56] Yerusalimov, had died.
[00:07:59] And then - journalists from Vyortska
[00:08:03] called him or a person with his phone, and the person answered
[00:08:07] the phone and responded to the greeting, he said yes,
[00:08:11] so maybe he is alive. The well-known Telegram channel VChKO GPU
[00:08:14] wrote that he was buried at Trikurtovsky cemetery, then they said that not he was buried, but
[00:08:18] Plokhotnyuk was buried. Nevertheless, there were two graves, and either
[00:08:22] Chayko's son-in-law was buried in the second, or maybe Yerusalimov was buried there after all.
[00:08:25] Whether he is alive or not is still unknown,
[00:08:29] but as we established, he was indeed linked by service
[00:08:32] to Chayko, because they both worked at the headquarters
[00:08:36] of the Twentieth Combined Arms Army in Voronezh in
[00:08:39] 2013-2014. After that... this army
[00:08:43] was divided, the first tank army was allocated from it, recreated. Chayko
[00:08:46] led it, and immediately after that Yerusalimov went to
[00:08:50] Moscow, then held various positions. Studying
[00:08:53] Yerusalimov's biography, we found that
[00:08:56] his father, Felix Yerusalimov, served in
[00:08:59] the group of Soviet troops in Germany in the 1980s.
[00:09:03] He headed the political department of the Eleventh Tank
[00:09:06] Division in Dresden, and we found a curious fact in one
[00:09:10] of the military forums - a rare photograph
[00:09:15] in the press, where Putin visits the headquarters of this division
[00:09:19] on May 9, 1985, having just arrived in Dresden.
[00:09:22] Why this could also point to Chayko's involvement, because it is known that Chayko's father
[00:09:26] also served in
[00:09:28] Germany in the Soviet forces, and
[00:09:32] as one person who served with Chayko earlier told Current Time,
[00:09:36] he could have met Gerasimov there, who also
[00:09:39] served there, and his career is indebted to these
[00:09:43] acquaintances.
[00:09:46] A loud explosion was heard in Moscow today. It was heard around 11
[00:09:49] AM in different areas of the city, but it is still unknown what exactly caused it.
[00:10:07] The Moscow Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations told
[00:10:11] journalists that they also heard the explosion, but, citation: "where and what,"
[00:10:14] "it's unclear." Rescuers only added that there was no smoke
[00:10:18] or fires in the city. The Telegram channel Baza, close to security forces, claims
[00:10:21] that Muscovites might have heard the sound of an aircraft breaking the sound
[00:10:25] barrier. The same version was put forward by an RBC source close to
[00:10:28] emergency services. Ukraine did not report any attacks on Moscow today.
[00:10:32] The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked a Wildberries warehouse in
[00:10:35] Yekaterinburg. Personnel were successfully
[00:10:39] evacuated. Air defense forces could not repel the attack. Several
[00:10:43] drones
[00:10:43] hit the building.
[00:11:02] Yekaterinburg is the capital of the Ural Federal District. The Wildberries
[00:11:05] warehouse is located 200 km from the front
[00:11:09] line. Local authorities acknowledged the attack. According to their data, 800
[00:11:13] people were evacuated during the air raid. There are no casualties. The authorized
[00:11:16] representative of the President in the Ural Federal District said nothing about
[00:11:20] damage to the warehouse
[00:11:21] itself.
[00:11:25] Sellers were offered to insure goods against drone attacks, promising to
[00:11:28] pay up to 50,000 rubles, which is 600 dollars,
[00:11:32] per item, but no more than 100,000 rubles per insured
[00:11:35] event, which is about 1,200 dollars. Moreover,
[00:11:38] the insurance protects the product only while it is being delivered or stored at
[00:11:42] a pick-up point. There is no mention of storage at the warehouse. It was precisely
[00:11:46] these warehouses that became the target of Ukrainian Armed Forces attacks this summer. Ukrainian military forces are conducting
[00:11:49] systematic attacks on warehouses, explaining that Wildberries stores drone parts
[00:11:53] and ammunition for the military there. Ukraine's goal
[00:11:57] with long-range strikes is to force Vladimir Putin to start peace
[00:12:00] negotiations.
[00:12:04] The Russian army attacked Odesa. The Chornomorets stadium in the very center of the city
[00:12:08] was hit. This was confirmed by the head of the regional military
[00:12:11] administration, Oleg Kiper.
[00:12:25] The spectator stands were destroyed and windows were blown out. According to preliminary
[00:12:28] data, one person
[00:12:30] was injured.
[00:12:33] Authorities in Sumy Oblast stated that this morning the Russian army attacked a
[00:12:37] market in the Bilopillya hromada. 10 residents were injured, two
[00:12:41] of them in serious condition. The day before in Pavlohrad, in Dnipropetrovsk
[00:12:44] Oblast, two Ukrposhta employees died due to a Russian missile
[00:12:47] strike, and another person was wounded. In total, according to the Ukrainian Armed Forces,
[00:12:51] over the past day, Russia launched one and a half thousand drones
[00:12:56] at Ukraine. 114 were
[00:12:58] shot down.
[00:13:01] In Kyiv, people complain that there are not enough places in bomb shelters for everyone.
[00:13:04] To guarantee finding shelter, residents of the Ukrainian capital
[00:13:08] arrive early, that is, even before the siren, to take places on
[00:13:11] metro platforms. Yulia Zhukova investigated
[00:13:14] the problem. With tents, sleeping mats and chairs,
[00:13:18] Kyiv residents come to metro stations in advance to wait out
[00:13:21] a possible attack. For the past few months, Russia.
[00:13:43] From shelling to shelling, Kyiv residents complain about the condition and accessibility
[00:13:47] of shelters, and sometimes they cannot even get there during
[00:13:50] an attack.
[00:13:55] This is the Desnyansky district of Kyiv, the left bank of the capital. Here is the most
[00:13:58] difficult situation with shelters in the city. Those shelters
[00:14:02] that already exist, and these are mostly basements in hospitals,
[00:14:05] schools, or kindergartens, are capable of accommodating less than half
[00:14:08] of the residents of this district. Marina with a one-and-a-half-year-old child
[00:14:12] waits out all shellings at home in the corridor. There are, for example, schools
[00:14:16] where one could go, but again, for example, from my house, it's
[00:14:20] about an 8-minute walk, and with a child at night, during
[00:14:23] shelling, it's... ordinary
[00:14:37] basements that are simply overflowing with people. Not only is there no
[00:14:40] place to lie down, there's no place to sit, and no place to stand. People
[00:14:44] come, and there's no
[00:14:47] space, so people are sent back. It's so
[00:14:51] scary, that sometimes I'm behind...
[00:17:47] Several media outlets, citing unnamed sources, earlier reported
[00:17:50] a sharp reduction in the Patriot arsenal in the US due to the war
[00:17:54] against Iran. US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Trump himself
[00:17:57] rejected these claims, stating that the US has enough missiles and they
[00:18:01] are produced in large quantities. Amid uncertainty about US
[00:18:05] supplies, Kyiv turned to European countries.
[00:19:08] campaign of terror against the civilian population, the EU must
[00:19:11] continue to increase pressure on Russia until Moscow
[00:19:15] stops its war.
[00:19:17] The day before, Great Britain imposed new sanctions against Russia.
[00:19:21] Six banks fell under the restrictions. The Russian Embassy in London called
[00:19:25] this economic warfare. In addition, vessels of the shadow fleet, which help
[00:19:28] circumvent restrictions, as well as a shipbuilding company, the
[00:19:32] owner of a chemical enterprise,
[00:19:35] fell under the new British sanctions.
[00:19:38] In the Far East, as part of the "Victory Murals" campaign, soldiers from
[00:19:41] Russia and North Korea will be drawn on the pier of the Golden Bridge. The project
[00:19:45] glorifies participants in the war against Ukraine. Yury
[00:19:49] Boronyuk will tell about the cooperation between
[00:19:51] Moscow and Pyongyang.
[00:19:59] Two soldiers are being painted on the pier of the Golden Bridge in Vladivostok. A Russian
[00:20:02] soldier shakes hands with a North Korean. The city head commented on this
[00:20:05] news in his Telegram channel as follows: the image emphasizes
[00:20:09] the common goals of the two countries. According to Reuters,
[00:20:12] a North Korean missile unit began to be deployed in
[00:20:15] Voronezh Oblast this summer. It may be equipped with six
[00:20:19] launchers and 120 missiles. Andrei Chernyak from
[00:20:22] the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine told journalists about
[00:20:25] this. Independent confirmation is not currently
[00:20:28] available. The Kremlin has not commented on the publication. According to
[00:20:31] Ukrainian intelligence, this refers to ballistic missiles. Responding to
[00:20:35] such strikes now due to...
[00:20:44] Even before the report about the deployment of a new
[00:20:46] unit in the region, Ukraine was actively attacked by drones.
[00:22:20] a road artery between the two countries. The border runs along
[00:22:23] the Tumen River. The construction over it is already visible from space. Satellite images
[00:22:27] were published by Guardian journalists. In their article, they
[00:22:30] write that tracking military cargo in the back of a truck with a satellite
[00:22:33] will be much more difficult than in a train
[00:22:36] car.
[00:22:40] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine stated that North Korean missile
[00:22:44] launchers will be targets for the Ukrainian Armed Forces as soon as they appear in
[00:22:47] Russia. These launchers, if they are deployed,
[00:22:51] must be destroyed,
[00:22:53] and they immediately become a target, they become
[00:22:56] a legitimate target, a military target,
[00:23:00] therefore, there will be a response from our
[00:23:04] military. HUR,
[00:23:07] if it shares such
[00:23:09] data, it usually comes true. Currently,
[00:23:12] military cargo can be imported from North Korea to Russia
[00:23:16] in three ways: by air, by sea, or by rail
[00:23:20] to Primorye. The only bridge connecting the two countries
[00:23:23] is located next to the future automobile bridge, and it is called
[00:23:26] the Friendship Bridge. Yuri Boronyuk, Vladislav Maistruk and Damir
[00:23:30] Yasembaev, Current Time.
[00:23:33] Russia may be planning sabotage
[00:23:38] at infrastructure facilities in the Baltic states, said Lithuanian Defense Minister
[00:23:42] Roberta Skaunos. According to him, Lithuanian intelligence
[00:23:46] recorded preparations for so-called operations. In response to new threats, Vilnius has already increased security
[00:24:34] at transport and energy facilities, and also plans to strengthen air defense with new
[00:24:37] radars. The Kremlin denies preparations for sabotage. Russian
[00:24:41] President Dmitry Peskov called the statement by Lithuanian intelligence
[00:24:44] intimidation to justify the militarization of the region.
[00:24:47] Only in May of this year, in the Baltic states...
[00:24:53] Moscow claimed that Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia allowed the flight
[00:24:56] of Ukrainian drones for attacks on Russian territory. The authorities of the Baltic
[00:25:00] countries and Ukraine deny these accusations. They explain that
[00:25:03] drones from Russian territory fly into the territory of neighboring countries due to
[00:25:07] the operation of electronic warfare
[00:25:09] systems.
[00:25:12] Estonia is strengthening security measures in schools near the Russian
[00:25:16] border. Local authorities decided to use Ukraine's experience.
[00:25:27] Igor Shevchuk.
[00:25:29] Preparations for the new academic year at this school in the Estonian city
[00:25:33] of Tartu are no longer just cosmetic repairs.
[00:25:37] Workers are carefully covering the windows with special protective
[00:25:41] film.
[00:25:43] Tartu is located only 45 km from the Russian
[00:25:46] border. This year, drones have already flown into Estonian territory
[00:25:50] several times. To protect schoolchildren, the city
[00:25:52] authorities turned to Ukraine's experience, where air
[00:25:55] raid sirens sound every day.
[00:25:59] In these safe rooms we already
[00:27:02] have cabinets with first aid kits, toilet paper,
[00:27:06] gloves and everything necessary in case we have to
[00:27:10] wait there for 2-3 or 4 hours. Parents
[00:27:13] of schoolchildren support such innovations, saying that in
[00:27:16] current realities children must be ready for
[00:27:20] anything. I'm much calmer that
[00:27:23] the school is not idle, in the current situation it is very
[00:27:27] important to have some kind of protection.
[00:27:31] Igor Shevchuk, Current
[00:28:04] Time.
[00:28:06] The head of the Mormon community in Vyborg
[00:28:09] was detained for donating to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. This was reported by
[00:28:13] local police. They published a video of the detention of the 74-year-old
[00:28:17] religious figure with the participation of FSB officers. The Baza publication,
[00:28:20] close to law enforcement, claims that this concerns the leaders of the city's
[00:28:24] community of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Meduza journalists
[00:28:28] report that the church premises were also searched. Its
[00:28:31] head is Valentin Gavrilov. Russian authorities recognized
[00:28:35] the Anti-Corruption Foundation as an extremist organization 5 years ago. The Foundation was
[00:28:39] founded by opposition leader Alexei Navalny. More
[00:28:42] than 100 people have been prosecuted or convicted
[00:28:46] in cases involving money transfers.
[00:28:48] We will say goodbye now. You can find more
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[00:30:21] We constantly hear talk about the need to mobilize
[00:30:25] everything, the entire economy for war,
[00:30:29] and so on, but the modern economy is built on.
[00:30:33] Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin is against military mobilization of the
[00:30:37] economy. To kill a normal economy is to kill the whole country.
[00:30:40] Therefore, such unnecessary and worthless talks. But
[00:30:44] Russia has caught the wartime Dutch disease,
[00:30:47] writes Bloomberg. War drains resources from
[00:30:51] the civilian sector. Vladimir
[00:30:53] Putin signed a law on disclosing tax secrets to control
[00:30:57] prices. Will this stop price increases?