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[00:00:14] The Yabloko party faces removal from elections in Russia. The Supreme Court will hear the lawsuit
[00:00:18] on Monday. The party is campaigning under the slogan "For Peace." This is
[00:00:21] live, on Current Time TV channel. Today is Friday, August 7th. My name is
[00:00:25] Evgenia Daganovich.
[00:00:26] Hello.
[00:00:30] Ukrainian drones struck a Wildberries warehouse in
[00:00:33] Yekaterinburg. 800 people were evacuated from there. A shortage
[00:00:37] of shelters during shelling: In Kyiv, for a population of three million,
[00:00:40] 400 shelters were equipped, but not all are operational. Military
[00:00:44] cooperation between North Korea and Russia: a new bridge is being built on the border. A missile
[00:00:47] unit from North Korea
[00:00:51] may appear near Voronezh.
[00:00:56] The Yabloko party may be removed from elections in Russia as early as Monday,
[00:01:00] following a lawsuit from competitors. Opposition figures who left the country have spoken out in support of Yabloko,
[00:01:04] while leaders of remaining parties are writing appeals. Yabloko itself has
[00:01:08] distanced itself from foreign support, accusing critics within
[00:01:11] the country of callousness and saying their actions will lead to
[00:01:14] great sacrifices in the war. Andrey Shilov
[00:01:16] will continue: Six weeks before elections to the Russian
[00:01:20] parliament, the most discussed topic of the campaign was not the position of the
[00:01:24] United Russia party, which undoubtedly supports the president and is
[00:01:27] first on the electoral list.
[00:02:00] The website zamir.Live, which appeared recently and is currently accessible in
[00:02:03] Russia even without technical tricks, reports on
[00:02:06] a campaign supporting Yabloko. Here are photos of the participants of this
[00:02:09] campaign—Russians who are outside the country and openly
[00:02:13] opposing the war. Yulia Navalnaya, on behalf of the Anti-Corruption
[00:02:16] Foundation, which Russian authorities consider terrorists and extremists,
[00:02:20] issued a separate call to vote for Yabloko on party lists.
[00:02:24] Let's not discuss that Yabloko is somehow not good enough
[00:02:27] and recall past sins.
[00:03:00] distanced itself from any foreign support. The Yabloko
[00:03:03] party categorically does not have foreign sources of
[00:03:06] funding, does not maintain any relations with organizations
[00:03:09] deemed undesirable in the Russian Federation, and does not consider
[00:03:13] statements, appeals, or events conducted by anyone
[00:03:16] abroad as part of its election campaign. The fact that
[00:03:20] Yabloko is distancing itself from us is absolutely correct and true. We have no connection with
[00:03:24] Yabloko. We support the position they
[00:03:27] have taken, but we are not structurally related to them.
[00:04:01] the obscene Brest-Litovsk Peace Treaty concluded
[00:04:04] by the communists 100 years ago, although
[00:04:08] Lenin, saying that peace was obscene, did
[00:04:11] conclude a peace treaty. A skirmish between the leaders of the Yabloko and Rodina parties
[00:04:15] at the Central Election Commission headquarters took place in almost the same crude terms, and
[00:04:18] after that, Rodina demanded Yabloko be removed from the elections, filing a lawsuit with the Supreme Court
[00:04:22] alleging violations related to party funding. Yabloko
[00:04:26] is preparing a countersuit for slander. What are you saying,
[00:04:29] basket? Everyone about stopping the war, do you all understand
[00:04:33] what the hell you're saying? So the suggestion to go to the front and stop
[00:04:36] putting down other people who are there, who are dying there,
[00:04:40] while you argue here, just shut his mouth, you from here
[00:04:44] at all, mother, the increased heat of the discussion
[00:04:47] clearly contributes to growing interest in the election campaign, which many
[00:04:51] considered meaningless. If
[00:04:53] we talk about whether it is possible in general to influence
[00:04:57] the war through so-called elections,
[00:05:00] no, absolutely, because, I repeat, these are not elections.
[00:05:03] If the campaign for Yabloko's support does
[00:05:07] take the form of a campaign for peace, and goes
[00:05:10] beyond that.
[00:05:43] Russian media and anonymous Telegram channels are reporting on the funerals of two generals
[00:05:47] after Saturday's explosion at a restaurant in Moscow. There is evidence
[00:05:51] that the birthday of the commander-in-chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces,
[00:05:54] Alexander Chaiko, was being celebrated there. The authorities reported the deaths of five people, including
[00:05:58] a female courier who delivered the bomb, and a security guard who
[00:06:01] detained her. But names and details have not
[00:06:05] been disclosed. Our colleagues from the investigative project "Sistema"
[00:06:08] have collected everything known about the victims of the explosion almost a week later.
[00:06:13] We know almost for sure, because it is confirmed by various sources, that Chaiko's son-in-law,
[00:06:17] his daughter's husband, Danio
[00:06:19] Peredriy, died. He apparently died in
[00:06:23] the hospital, and most likely General Valery
[00:06:26] Plakhotnyuk died, which is also almost certain because it is confirmed by various sources.
[00:06:29] I'll talk a little about who Plakhotnyuk was. He was
[00:06:32] the head of the Russian group in Transnistria, but
[00:06:35] before the war, he was the chief of staff of the 49th Army. It fought, in particular,
[00:06:39] in Ukraine in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions, if I'm not
[00:06:43] mistaken. He is not a very well-known person. In terms of service, he and
[00:06:46] Chaiko would hardly have crossed paths, but according to the data we saw
[00:06:49] and which the agency confirmed, they are listed as relatives in one of the databases.
[00:06:53] In fact, this is most likely a mistake. They are linked by address, by one of
[00:06:56] the addresses in Minsk, and
[00:07:00] as the agency established from other data,
[00:07:04] most likely Plakhotnyuk is Chaiko's
[00:07:06] goddaughter's godfather. So it seems they were friends as families, their wives are
[00:07:10] subscribed to each other and so on. He's just a family friend.
[00:07:13] Another deceased person remains unknown -
[00:07:17] there is some confusion here, because two days
[00:07:20] ago information appeared that another
[00:07:24] general, Igor Yershalimov,
[00:07:26] had died. And
[00:07:29] then, journalists from "Verstka" called him or a person with his
[00:07:33] phone, and the person picked up the phone and
[00:07:37] answered the greeting, he said yes. So
[00:07:41] maybe he is alive. The well-known Telegram channel VChK-OGPU
[00:07:44] wrote that he was buried at the Troekurovskoye cemetery, then they said that it was not him who was buried, but
[00:07:48] Plakhotnyuk. Nevertheless, there were two graves there, and either Chaiko's
[00:07:52] son-in-law was buried in the second one, or maybe Yershalimov was buried there. Whether he is
[00:07:55] alive or not, it remains
[00:07:58] unknown. But as we established, he was indeed related
[00:08:02] to Chaiko by service, because they both worked at
[00:08:05] the headquarters of the 20th Combined Arms Army in
[00:08:08] Voronezh in 2013-2014. After that...
[00:08:12] this army was divided, and the First Tank Army, recreated, was separated from it.
[00:08:16] Chaiko headed it, and immediately after that, Yershalimov went to
[00:08:20] Moscow and then held various positions. Studying
[00:08:23] Yershalimov's biography, we discovered that his father,
[00:08:27] Felix Yershalimov, served in the group, the group
[00:08:31] of Soviet troops in Germany in the 1980s. He headed
[00:08:34] the political department of the 11th Tank Division in Dresden,
[00:08:38] and we found a curious fact on one of the military forums, a rare
[00:08:41] photograph of Vladimir Putin, which, I believe, had not been published in
[00:08:44] the press before, showing Putin visiting the headquarters of this division
[00:08:48] on May 9, 1985. I had just arrived in
[00:08:52] Dresden. Why this may also indicate a connection with Chaiko, is because it is known that Chaiko's
[00:08:55] father also served in
[00:08:59] Germany in the Soviet forces, and
[00:09:02] as one person who served with Chaiko earlier told Current Time,
[00:09:06] he could have met Gerasimov, who also served there. His career
[00:09:09] is essentially owed to these connections.
[00:09:13] обязано.
[00:09:16] A loud explosion was heard in Moscow today,
[00:09:19] around 11 AM in various parts of the city, but the exact cause remains unknown.
[00:09:37] The Moscow branch of the Ministry of Emergency Situations told
[00:09:41] journalists that they also heard the explosion, but, quote, "where and what,
[00:09:44] it's unclear." Rescuers only added that there was no smoke
[00:09:48] or fires in the city. The Telegram channel "Baza," which is close to law enforcement, claims
[00:09:51] that Muscovites might have heard the sound of an airplane breaking the sound barrier.
[00:09:55] A similar version was put forward by an RBC source close to
[00:09:58] operational services. Ukraine did not report any strikes on Moscow
[00:10:02] today.
[00:10:06] The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked a Wildberries warehouse in Yekaterinburg. Personnel were evacuated
[00:10:09] in time. Air defense forces were unable to repel the attack.
[00:10:13] Several
[00:10:13] drones hit.
[00:10:19] They are
[00:10:19] putting it out.
[00:10:23] Oh, man.
[00:10:32] Yekaterinburg is the capital of the Ural Federal District. The Wildberries
[00:10:35] warehouse is located 2,000 km from the front
[00:10:39] line. Local authorities confirmed the attack. According to their data, 800
[00:10:43] people were evacuated during the air raid. There were no casualties. The
[00:10:46] plenipotentiary representative of the President in the Ural Federal District said nothing about
[00:10:50] damage to the warehouse
[00:10:51] itself.
[00:10:55] Sellers were offered to insure goods against drone attacks, promising to
[00:10:58] pay up to 50,000 rubles, which is 600 dollars
[00:11:02] per item, but no more than 100,000 rubles per
[00:11:05] insured event. This is about 1,200 dollars. Moreover,
[00:11:08] the insurance protects the product only while it is being delivered or stored at
[00:11:12] the pickup point. Storage in the warehouse is not mentioned at all. These
[00:11:16] became the targets of attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces this summer. Ukrainian military forces are launching
[00:11:20] systematic strikes on warehouses, explaining that Wildberries stores spare parts for drones and
[00:11:23] ammunition for the military there. Ukraine aims with long-range strikes to
[00:11:26] force Vladimir Putin to start peace negotiations.
[00:11:30] переговоры.
[00:11:34] The Russian army attacked Odesa, the Chornomorets stadium
[00:11:38] in the very center of the city was hit. This was confirmed by the head of the regional military administration,
[00:11:42] Oleg Kiper.
[00:11:55] The spectator stands were destroyed, and windows were blown out. According to preliminary
[00:11:58] data, one person was
[00:12:00] injured.
[00:12:03] Authorities in the Sumy region stated that this morning the Russian army struck
[00:12:07] a market in the Bilopillia hromada. 10 residents were injured, two of
[00:12:10] them in serious condition. The day before, in Pavlohrad,
[00:12:13] Dnipropetrovsk region, due to a Russian missile strike, two
[00:12:17] employees of Ukrposhta died. Another person was injured. In total, according
[00:12:20] to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, over the past day, Russia launched one and a half
[00:12:25] hundred drones over Ukraine. Reportedly, 114 were
[00:12:28] shot down.
[00:12:31] In Kyiv, people complain that there are not enough bomb shelter spots for everyone.
[00:12:34] To guarantee finding shelter, residents of the Ukrainian capital
[00:12:38] occupy spots on metro platforms in advance, even
[00:12:41] before the siren. Yulia Zhukova investigated
[00:12:44] the problem. With tents, sleeping mats, and chairs,
[00:12:48] Kyiv residents arrive at metro stations in advance to wait out
[00:12:51] a possible attack. The last few months, Russia.
[00:13:10] From shelling
[00:13:13] to shelling, residents of Kyiv complain about the condition and accessibility
[00:13:17] of shelters, and sometimes they cannot even get there during
[00:13:20] an attack.
[00:13:25] This is the Desnyansky district of Kyiv, the left bank of the capital. Here, the situation with shelters
[00:13:28] is the most difficult in the city. The shelters
[00:13:32] that already exist, which are mostly basements in hospitals, schools, or
[00:13:36] kindergartens, can accommodate less than half of the residents of this
[00:13:39] district. Marina, with her one-and-a-half-year-old child,
[00:13:42] waits out all the shelling at home in the corridor. There are, for example, schools
[00:13:46] where one could go, but again, for example, from my house, it's
[00:13:50] about an 8-minute walk, and with a child at night, especially during
[00:13:53] shelling, it's like this.
[00:14:25] my mother. Maxim Bakhmatov, head of the Desnyansky District Administration,
[00:14:28] shows one of the few houses in the district that has an equipped shelter
[00:14:32] in the basement. It can accommodate only two hundred
[00:14:35] people. Here it's made,
[00:14:39] repaired, ventilated,
[00:14:41] all the key
[00:14:44] communications are made. The peculiarity of the Desnyansky district
[00:14:47] is Soviet panel buildings. Many houses here do not have basements
[00:14:51] that could be converted into shelters. The most
[00:14:55] simple and quick solution, says Bakhmatov,
[00:14:58] is these mobile shelters. This is the first mobile certified
[00:15:02] shelter in Kyiv and so far the only one. It was installed in
[00:15:05] the Desnyansky district at the expense of business representatives. This
[00:15:09] concrete structure accommodates 30 people
[00:15:12] and is adapted even for people with disabilities. The shelter
[00:15:16] passed inspection at the testing ground and withstood the detonation of the warhead
[00:15:19] of a Shahed drone. It arrives like
[00:15:23] Lego from such separate modules. You see, it's made, it's
[00:15:27] assembled, bolted together, and after
[00:15:29] that, literally two or three days, and it's ready.
[00:15:33] Go into the shelter for ballistic protection. The absence of shelters is the responsibility of the district administrations.
[00:16:37] in Current Time,
[00:16:38] Ukraine.
[00:16:41] The US does not plan to supply Ukraine with additional missiles for Patriot
[00:16:45] systems because Americans themselves need them. This was stated by President
[00:16:48] Donald Trump at a White House briefing.
[00:16:50] Трамп.
[00:16:54] As for Ukraine, President Zelensky says his country
[00:16:57] desperately needs long-range missiles or Patriot
[00:16:59] missile batteries.
[00:17:03] You see, we ourselves need missiles. When Biden gave them so much,
[00:17:07] he handed over 300 billion dollars worth of ammunition. When I left,
[00:17:11] the arsenals were full, and he gave away a huge part of it. Now we are restoring our
[00:17:15] reserves. Several media outlets, citing
[00:17:18] unnamed sources, previously reported a sharp reduction in
[00:17:21] the Patriot arsenal of the US due to the war against Iran. US
[00:17:25] Defense Secretary Pete Hekset and Trump himself rejected these claims,
[00:17:29] stating that the US has enough missiles and they are produced in large
[00:17:32] quantities. Against the backdrop of uncertainty with American
[00:17:35] supplies, Kyiv turned to European countries. However,
[00:17:38] there is a shortage of interceptors in Europe. The Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands, in a comment to
[00:17:42] the Ukrainian service of Radio Svoboda, stated that they cannot yet allocate
[00:17:46] additional missiles for Patriot from their own arsenals, but are looking for
[00:17:49] alternative aid options. The defense ministries of Germany and Romania
[00:17:53] refused to comment on the availability of missiles in their warehouses, citing national
[00:17:57] security. According to Vladimir Zelensky, this year Ukraine received
[00:18:00] three times fewer missiles than in the same period last year. This
[00:18:04] week, during a massive attack on Kyiv and the region.
[00:19:08] In the Far East, as part of the "Victory Murals" campaign, military personnel from Russia and
[00:19:12] North Korea will be painted on the support of the Golden Bridge.
[00:19:14] The project glorifies participants in the war against
[00:19:17] Ukraine. Yuri Boranyuk will tell us about the cooperation
[00:19:21] between Moscow and Pyongyang.
[00:19:21] Боранюк.
[00:19:29] On the support of the Golden Bridge in Vladivostok, two soldiers are being painted. A Russian
[00:19:32] soldier shakes hands with a North Korean one. The city's mayor commented
[00:19:35] on this news in his Telegram channel as follows: the image emphasizes
[00:19:39] the common goals of the two countries. According to Reuters,
[00:19:42] a North Korean missile unit began deploying this summer
[00:19:45] in the Voronezh region. It may be equipped with six
[00:19:49] launchers and 120 missiles. This was
[00:19:52] told to journalists by Andrey Chernyak from the Main Intelligence Directorate
[00:19:55] of Ukraine. Independent confirmation is not available at the moment.
[00:19:59] The Kremlin did not comment on the publication. According to
[00:20:02] Ukrainian intelligence, this refers to ballistic missiles. To respond to
[00:20:05] precisely such strikes now due to...
[00:20:38] my mother Lena also loved to embroider very much,
[00:20:41] she could knit with needles and crochet
[00:20:44] too. I lost
[00:20:47] my son.
[00:20:49] The first
[00:21:50] road artery between the two countries. The border runs along
[00:21:53] the Tumen River. Construction above it is already visible from space. Satellite images
[00:21:57] were published by journalists of The Guardian. In their article, they
[00:22:00] write that tracking military cargo in the back of a truck with a satellite
[00:22:03] will be much more difficult than in a train
[00:22:06] car.
[00:22:10] The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that North Korean missile
[00:22:14] launchers will be targets for the Ukrainian Armed Forces as soon as they appear in
[00:22:17] Russia. These launchers, if they are deployed,
[00:22:21] they must be destroyed,
[00:22:25] and they immediately become a target, they become
[00:22:28] a legitimate target, a military target,
[00:22:32] therefore, there will be a reaction from our
[00:22:35] military.
[00:22:37] GUR,
[00:22:39] if it shares such data, then usually it
[00:22:42] comes true. Currently, military cargo can be imported from
[00:22:46] North Korea to Russia in three ways: by air, by
[00:22:50] sea, and by rail in Primorye. The only bridge
[00:22:53] connecting the two countries is located near the future
[00:22:56] automobile bridge. It is called the Friendship Bridge. Yuri
[00:23:00] Boranyuk, Vladislav Maystruk, and Damir Yasembaev, Current
[00:23:03] Time.
[00:23:08] Russia may be planning sabotage at infrastructure facilities in the Baltic
[00:23:12] states, said Lithuanian Defense Minister Robert Skovnis. According to
[00:23:16] him, Lithuanian intelligence has recorded preparations for so-called operations.
[00:23:53] Lithuanian intelligence believes that the main goal of possible provocations is
[00:23:56] to discredit Ukraine and sow discord within NATO to reduce
[00:24:00] aid to Kyiv. Amidst new threats, Vilnius has already strengthened security for
[00:24:03] transport and energy facilities, and also plans to reinforce
[00:24:06] air defense with new radars. The Kremlin denies preparing for sabotage.
[00:24:10] Russian President's press secretary Dmitry Peskov called the statement by Lithuanian
[00:24:14] intelligence intimidation to justify the militarization of the region.
[00:24:17] Only in May of this year in the Baltic states.
[00:24:23] Moscow claimed that Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia allowed Ukrainian
[00:24:26] drones to fly over their territory for attacks on Russian territory. The authorities of the Baltic
[00:24:30] countries and Ukraine reject these accusations. They explain that
[00:24:33] drones fly into the territory of neighboring countries from Russian territory due to the operation of electronic
[00:24:37] warfare systems.
[00:24:39] борьбы.
[00:24:42] Estonia is strengthening security measures in schools near the Russian
[00:24:46] border. Local authorities decided to use Ukraine's experience in...
[00:24:56] Igor Shevchuk will continue the topic.
[00:24:59] Preparations for the new school year at this school in the Estonian city of
[00:25:03] Tartu are now more than just cosmetic repairs.
[00:25:07] Workers are carefully covering windows with special protective
[00:25:11] film.
[00:25:13] Tartu is located only 45 km from the Russian
[00:25:16] border. This year, drones have flown into Estonian
[00:25:20] territory several times. To protect schoolchildren,
[00:25:22] the city authorities turned to the experience of Ukraine, where air
[00:25:25] raid sirens sound every
[00:25:29] day. We decided to cover the outer windows with special
[00:25:33] film. If an explosion occurs within a 100-meter radius, broken glass will not
[00:25:37] harm those sheltering inside. We learned from our Ukrainian
[00:25:40] colleagues that shrapnel dispersal is one of the main problems.
[00:25:44] Protective film is only part of the new security
[00:25:47] measures that are currently being implemented.
[00:27:11] Security measures in Estonian schools are being strengthened amidst
[00:27:14] statements about possible Russian provocations. The intelligence
[00:27:17] of the Baltic countries and Poland warn that Moscow may
[00:27:21] use drones to strike their territory.
[00:27:24] The military emphasizes that there is no direct threat of invasion
[00:27:28] now, but the risk of hybrid attacks remains high. The Kremlin
[00:27:32] under...
[00:27:34] Igor Shevchuk, Current
[00:27:36] Time.
[00:27:39] The head of the Mormon community in Vyborg was detained for donating to the Anti-Corruption Foundation.
[00:27:43] This was reported by local police, who published a video
[00:27:47] of the 74-year-old religious figure's detention involving
[00:27:50] FSB officers. The pro-security forces publication Baza claims
[00:27:54] that it concerns the leaders of the city community of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
[00:27:58] Saints. Meduza journalists report that the church premises
[00:28:01] have already been searched. Its leader is
[00:28:05] Valentin Gavrilov. Russian authorities recognized the FBK as an extremist organization
[00:28:09] five years ago. The foundation was founded by opposition leader
[00:28:12] Alexei Navalny. Over 100 people have been prosecuted
[00:28:16] or convicted in cases involving money transfers.
[00:28:19] человек.
[00:28:22] We will say goodbye now. You can find more on our website
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[00:29:27] The conflicting parties will try to conclude local
[00:29:31] agreements. From the besieged or encircled zone,
[00:29:35] the wounded, sick, disabled, elderly, children, and
[00:29:38] pregnant women will be allowed passage into this zone, as will religious ministers of all
[00:29:42] faiths, medical personnel, and medical supplies.
[00:30:24] We constantly hear talk about the need to mobilize
[00:30:28] the entire, entire economy for war, to
[00:30:31] unleash it, and so on. But a modern economy is built
[00:30:35] differently. Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin is against the military
[00:30:38] mobilization of the economy. To kill a normal economy is to kill
[00:30:42] the entire country, so these are unnecessary, worthless
[00:30:46] talks. But Russia has caught the Dutch
[00:30:49] disease of wartime, Bloomberg writes. War drains
[00:30:53] resources from the civilian sector. Vladimir
[00:30:56] Putin signed a law on the disclosure of tax secrets for control.