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[00:00:23] about the response, like a slap in the face law economic sectors without guarantees, artificial intelligence as
[00:00:26] a nuclear weapon and efforts to communicate with millionaires, that's it.
[00:00:30] week, good evening, in Lithuania this week for the first time
[00:00:33] a drone that crossed the airspace was shot down with explosives. Experts
[00:00:37] claim that a year after the first drone flight, Lithuania sees more
[00:00:40] and can do more, but still too little. The former commander of the air force
[00:00:44] says that although politicians declare that air
[00:00:48] defense is the most important, too little is being done in reality. The head of research
[00:00:51] at the Center for Defense and Security in Tallinn calls the relations between Russia and the West
[00:00:54] an exchange of slaps, but according to him, the West receives more
[00:00:58] of them, the response again. and is without
[00:01:00] creativity.
[00:01:03] Flights of two Russian drones in Lithuania. A year ago, a Russian drone that flew
[00:01:06] into Lithuania was lost by military
[00:01:09] radars, and it crashed in the Gaižiūnai training ground after flying 200 km
[00:01:13] . This week, military
[00:01:17] radars also monitored a Russian drone and an Italian pilot shot it down after it flew about 100 km
[00:01:20] . When we know where and we know
[00:01:23] what, the result is visible. After a year, we now see
[00:01:27] a really big step forward, that
[00:01:31] change was witnessed by the residents of Kaišiadorys district
[00:01:34] .
[00:01:37] I just ran to the D and such a blow, but such a blow already shot, I say already
[00:01:41] everything, the war has begun. The drone was in Lithuania for half an hour.
[00:01:45] It is estimated that sometimes it is perhaps better not to shoot down something
[00:01:48] than to cause collateral
[00:01:52] damage. That damage was suffered by a Polish resident
[00:01:55] when a year ago, while shooting down a drone, a fighter jet missile hit the roof
[00:01:59] of a house. In peacetime, the target must be identified, and that, of course,
[00:02:03] ruled by the Second Muftiate, well, extends for kilometers and distance. Sometimes there is no time to
[00:02:06] react, last Sunday, the sound
[00:02:09] that woke up the residents of Varėna district. According to
[00:02:12] the sound, everything was immediately understood, because that buzzing, you can't mistake
[00:02:16] it for anything else than the buzzing of drones. Radars
[00:02:19] detected the object, it flew from Belarus across Lithuania in 40 minutes
[00:02:23] to the Kaliningrad region.
[00:02:26] The situation is managed, information is managed. it is
[00:02:30] clear and we will still contact the defense staff
[00:02:34] to discuss the existing algorithms, although
[00:02:37] the president thinks otherwise, the information system should have
[00:02:41] worked and also the possibilities to use
[00:02:45] certain combat measures to destroy this drone.
[00:02:49] A few days later, Poland found a Russian gerbera with explosives on
[00:02:53] the Baltic coast.
[00:02:55] It could have flown over the entire Republic of Lithuania and then
[00:02:59] Kaliningrad. territory and fly over the Baltic
[00:03:02] Sea, we must prepare for such situations, because they can
[00:03:06] repeat themselves and not once, if
[00:03:08] they did, you wouldn't want to hear my answer,
[00:03:12] you would, no, at this minute we are not
[00:03:15] prepared for citizens, if incidents, incidents were to repeat themselves
[00:03:19] and not with isolated drones, let's say
[00:03:22] they would be more massive, we would have certain
[00:03:25] challenges, according to experts, there are no easy solutions, expensive
[00:03:29] not exactly. Fighter flights, but not a cheaper ground-based air
[00:03:33] defense system. It must be a layered air
[00:03:36] defense system for cheap drones,
[00:03:39] and missiles, and fighter jets, and perhaps not such expensive
[00:03:42] flying platforms. Latvians, after a drone was shot down in the country a month ago,
[00:03:46] are considering buying turboprop
[00:03:49] aircraft. According to experts, they can fill
[00:03:53] gaps between expensive fighter jets and ground-based air
[00:03:56] defense. Talk about acquiring L39 new
[00:03:59] generation. NG is possible, talk about
[00:04:02] acquiring Italian M346
[00:04:05] that perfectly fill that gap between
[00:04:08] a fighter jet and ground-based air defense,
[00:04:11] and while Lithuania is solving the problem of Shahed-type drones,
[00:04:15] Ukraine is already fighting with much faster missile
[00:04:18] drones and conventional defense against drones is no
[00:04:21] longer enough. I'm afraid that we will rejoice after a year,
[00:04:25] that we covered some
[00:04:28] gap, but that gap will be.
[00:04:30] it will be a gap of 2026,
[00:04:34] not 2027. The minister says a multi-layered air defense system
[00:04:38] should be ready by the end of next year . Experts respond
[00:04:41] that so far politicians only say that air defense is a priority.
[00:04:45] Now I still don't feel that air defense is
[00:04:49] really a priority. In words, in the rhetoric
[00:04:52] of politicians, yes, we invested one billion in
[00:04:56] Mercedes-Benz trucks. Well, that's
[00:04:59] just. when air defense is strengthened, I announce this with great
[00:05:03] irony and sarcasm. The need for air defense will not disappear,
[00:05:07] in Poland this week sirens wailed at the border with Ukraine
[00:05:11] and more than once. Fighter jets
[00:05:12] were scrambled.
[00:05:15] There is a real risk that drones or missiles could fly into the territory of one or
[00:05:19] more NATO member states on the eastern flank, and even cause
[00:05:23] damage. The official narrative would be that it was an accidental
[00:05:26] incident.
[00:05:29] Lithuania says the same. I see public statements by politicians about this
[00:05:33] as part of a coordinated
[00:05:36] campaign to warn Russia not to make stupid
[00:05:40] decisions. We hit others.
[00:05:42] slaps and so far our side has received more of those slaps,
[00:05:46] so experts do not believe that Russian drones accidentally fly
[00:05:50] into eastern NATO members,
[00:05:53] it looks more like a deliberate
[00:05:56] test mission . After the drone was shot down
[00:06:00] in Lithuania, the reaction was: We will consult with
[00:06:03] allies. We still don't have any standard
[00:06:06] preparations for how we will respond or not, that
[00:06:10] we don't have a very clearly defined
[00:06:12] algorithm. The expert calls for a creative approach to the response. For each
[00:06:16] drone, a thousand additional drones for Ukraine,
[00:06:19] for each drone shot down,
[00:06:23] a bill for the Russian embassy for
[00:06:26] all sorts of, well, playful and not entirely playful things. Poland is talking
[00:06:29] about the possibility of shooting down Russian drones already in Ukraine, but
[00:06:32] the alliance fears escalation. Lithuania assures
[00:06:35] that there will be a response. Russia will not hide, only
[00:06:39] everyone needs to avoid
[00:06:43] bad consequences and that is the main message to Russia, our
[00:06:46] measures are also delayed in time, well
[00:06:49] and here it's like getting a slap in the evening
[00:06:52] and then coming back in the morning and hitting back
[00:06:56] , right? So maybe he won't even remember why all this is happening,
[00:07:00] and according to the expert, so far the West's reaction to deliberate
[00:07:03] and perhaps unintentional Russian attacks does not encourage the Kremlin
[00:07:07] to stop.
[00:07:10] It is not a coincidence that... flights on the eastern flank are accompanied by a new
[00:07:14] wave of diversions and provocations in Western Europe. French President
[00:07:18] Emmanuel Macron stated that his country has also become a target of Russia's
[00:07:21] jo šalis, o tarnybos jau rengė planus, kaip apsaugoti ypatingos svarbos
[00:07:25] pramonės šakas ir infrastruktūrą. Šią savaitę su
[00:07:28] a provocation by a Russian warship , is responding to the pressure
[00:07:31] by promising to accelerate the delivery of aid to Ukraine. Nevertheless,
[00:07:35] Kyiv was and remains the main obstacle for the Kremlin
[00:07:39] to free its hands, but doubt leads to a lack of solidarity. We see:
[00:07:42] after the Polish Prime Minister's warning that there will surely be countries only looking
[00:07:46] for an alibi not to react to threats, the pro-Putin Slovak Prime Minister
[00:07:50] called the foundation of collective defense
[00:07:53] some fifth article, for which it is not worth
[00:07:56] becoming part of the conflict.
[00:07:59] A coast guard helicopter disembarks special
[00:08:03] forces soldiers on deck, immediately taking over an icebreaker
[00:08:07] suspiciously circling near submarine
[00:08:10] cables. After previous incidents when ships that damaged
[00:08:14] infrastructure were detained, this time it is only an exercise to demonstrate
[00:08:17] vigilance, but the exercise commander is already talking about
[00:08:20] the threat of a new incident not in the
[00:08:23] subjunctive mood. We must be prepared for the next
[00:08:26] event, the last one was less than a year ago, we can consider this a new
[00:08:30] normal. The understanding of what can happen and what is already
[00:08:34] happening is changing, not only in the expert community, but also among
[00:08:38] decision-makers. When similar arsons and
[00:08:41] attacks on the arms industry and
[00:08:44] infrastructure are organized across Europe at the same time,
[00:08:47] it is probably no longer a coincidence. And not
[00:08:51] only in countries bordering Russia. The French president, who gathered
[00:08:54] party leaders this week, named Russia as the threat,
[00:08:58] whose hybrid attack campaigns, according to him,
[00:09:01] are also targeting his country.
[00:09:04] The situation has been difficult since February 22nd, but in recent weeks
[00:09:07] the threat, especially Russia's hybrid threat, has intensified
[00:09:11] for Europeans and
[00:09:15] France. Suspicions arose a week ago when a passenger train derailed in Normandy,
[00:09:18] injuring 44 people.
[00:09:22] A 100-kilogram section of railway track was left
[00:09:25] on the line, the incident is being investigated as a malicious
[00:09:29] act, although investigators do not yet mention
[00:09:32] any links to Russia. Not identical, but similar features
[00:09:35] are shared by this week's incident in the Netherlands. Rods and wires
[00:09:39] attached to dozens of railway sections
[00:09:43] activated warning systems, causing train traffic
[00:09:46] to be stopped. Objects left on the tracks prevented
[00:09:50] trains from running and hindered people from going to schools and work. This
[00:09:54] was clearly a well-planned act.
[00:09:58] The perpetrator has not been identified yet. It is not ruled
[00:10:01] out that in this way farmers who were holding protests
[00:10:04] at that time expressed their dissatisfaction, but the organization
[00:10:08] uniting them denied it. We evaluate
[00:10:10] this case as sabotage against railway
[00:10:13] infrastructure. The motive becomes clearer when the target
[00:10:17] is the arms industry. In the warehouses of the Bulgarian manufacturer Emko,
[00:10:20] a fire broke out twice in just over
[00:10:24] a month. Investigators have not yet published their findings,
[00:10:27] but the timing of the incident and the fact that the company belongs
[00:10:31] to a well-known arms industry magnate, against whom previous
[00:10:34] assassination attempts were made, does not look like a coincidence.
[00:10:37] The first explosion in Belitsa, now this one, only a month passed between them, these events
[00:10:41] are not coincidental.
[00:10:44] Similar attacks do not require complex planning and resources.
[00:10:47] Previous cases, where traces led
[00:10:50] to Russian secret services, show that it is enough
[00:10:54] to hire someone who does not delve
[00:10:58] into the motives of the tasks entrusted to them. These are different categories of attacks, some
[00:11:02] of which have a clear purpose, others seem random and
[00:11:05] meaningless. Russia learns from these attacks, not so much how
[00:11:09] to cause damage, but how the target country responds
[00:11:12] to it. But attacks in Europe, for which
[00:11:16] the term hybrid seems too mild to some, are increasingly
[00:11:19] accompanied by fierce provocations. This
[00:11:22] week, a Russian warship sailing in international waters in the Baltic
[00:11:26] Sea, aimed signal flares
[00:11:29] at a Danish military helicopter flying above it, which
[00:11:32] passed within a few meters .
[00:11:35] The probability of a signal flare hitting is very low, but if it really
[00:11:39] happened that a flare hit, then the probability of damage
[00:11:42] is high. If it hit the engine, it could fail, then it is self-
[00:11:46] explanatory what would happen.
[00:11:49] The helicopter photographs and observes warships near Denmark.
[00:11:52] There is nothing unusual in that. The Danish military will continue to do
[00:11:56] so, because I will speculate what caused such a Russian reaction, apart from the fact that this is a new
[00:12:00] trend, and that the Russians are increasingly willing to take risks.
[00:12:02] Denmark did not activate the fourth article of the NATO
[00:12:06] treaty, which allows allies to be called for consultation,
[00:12:09] but in response to the incident, says it will even more
[00:12:13] quickly seek to transfer aid intended
[00:12:15] for Ukraine. For four and a half years, it was
[00:12:19] this that prevented Russia from paying attention elsewhere, but in the coming
[00:12:23] weeks and months, during which the Duma elections,
[00:12:26] the mid-term elections in America, and the already
[00:12:30] held and still ongoing votes in countries supporting
[00:12:33] Ukraine, the Kremlin sees as an opportunity to test
[00:12:36] the alliance.
[00:12:39] Just to reassure itself, Europe can repeat that it is not at war
[00:12:42] with Russia, but Russia sees the situation
[00:12:44] differently.
[00:12:47] When Russia no longer fears striking Ukrainian border
[00:12:51] regions, when sirens wail in the neighboring country
[00:12:55] due to the threat of air attacks, and the army scrambles
[00:12:57] fighter jets, war on Europe's doorstep is no longer
[00:13:01] a metaphor, but the great test, political,
[00:13:04] for the defense of the eastern flank under Article Five,
[00:13:07] not all countries are prepared, some of them, according to
[00:13:11] Donald Tusk, are already looking for excuses why they are not taking
[00:13:14] action. I don't want Slovakia to become a party
[00:13:17] to a military conflict because of some fifth
[00:13:19] article.
[00:13:22] Russia is carefully preparing for this step, as political
[00:13:25] changes in certain European countries will bring to power, or at least give
[00:13:29] a voice to those who, under the guise of noble
[00:13:32] slogans of peace, pacifism, and the need to avoid unnecessary casualties,
[00:13:35] will call for peace, in other words, complete Ukrainian
[00:13:38] capitulation.
[00:13:42] After all the trials that Ukraine and the countries supporting it have had
[00:13:46] to endure, the coming ones will probably be the
[00:13:49] biggest.
[00:13:52] Donald Trump signed the sanctions law against Russia, the most significant
[00:13:56] since his return to the White House. The package's journey
[00:13:59] took a year and a half, and the senator who initiated it, Lindsey
[00:14:02] Graham, did not live to see its adoption. The core
[00:14:05] of the law is that Trump will be required to impose duties of up to 100%
[00:14:08] on the largest buyers of Russian oil and gas. However, he will not have to do
[00:14:12] so if he believes that it contradicts national
[00:14:15] interests. And the word "up to" can theoretically
[00:14:18] mean both 100 and 1%. Observers
[00:14:21] agree that the sanctions law is a signal to Moscow
[00:14:24] regarding the undiminished support for Ukraine, but at the same time, that its
[00:14:28] practical benefit will depend only on how much Trump
[00:14:31] wants to use the tools provided by the law.
[00:14:35] 262 in favor, 159
[00:14:38] against. The most important law related to the war in Ukraine
[00:14:42] since Donald Trump's return
[00:14:43] has been adopted.
[00:14:47] The Lindsey Graham Sanctions Against Russia and Iran Act was named
[00:14:51] in honor of its author, who did not live to see this day.
[00:14:55] The Republican senator died the day after visiting Kyiv, where
[00:14:58] he announced a breakthrough that his initiated law
[00:15:02] had been waiting for for more than a year.
[00:15:05] I am pleased to announce that approximately half an hour ago we reached an agreement
[00:15:09] with the White House on the sanctions against Russia bill, which they
[00:15:12] will support. This means the bill will become
[00:15:15] law.
[00:15:18] Sanctions against the Russian bank, energy and defense
[00:15:21] sectors, the shadow fleet and individuals assisting
[00:15:25] the military, and the most important weapon of the law, duties
[00:15:28] on the five largest Russian oil and five
[00:15:31] largest gas importers, which
[00:15:34] Trump will be forced to impose, up to 100%.
[00:15:37] Sanctions are
[00:15:40] great, but they can be circumvented, duties
[00:15:43] cannot be circumvented, such is the power of duties, and the main violator is
[00:15:47] China.
[00:15:50] But the word "up to" is the most important here, Trump
[00:15:53] himself will be able to decide what percentage up to 100
[00:15:56] to choose, and after the word "must" there is an exception not
[00:16:00] to do so if national interests require
[00:16:02] it.
[00:16:05] Can the president theoretically impose only 1%
[00:16:09] on China for this?
[00:16:13] He could, he could, but he would have to report
[00:16:16] it to Congress, and if he revokes sanctions, he has to notify
[00:16:20] Congress. President Trump, who has already signed
[00:16:23] the law, received thanks from Volodymyr Zelensky, but
[00:16:27] between the lines there was also a concern that the sanctions would not be fully
[00:16:30] applied. The best way to honor Lindsey would be to apply
[00:16:34] the provisions of this law in their entirety and swiftly. And
[00:16:38] the best reward for everyone helping us pressure
[00:16:41] Russia to end its war would be peace. Duties,
[00:16:44] the reason why the law was supported by only a third
[00:16:48] of Democrats in the House of Representatives, they are also afraid that Trump
[00:16:51] will choose to punish
[00:16:52] allies.
[00:16:56] I am a member of Congress who supports Ukraine and fights for Ukrainians.
[00:17:00] As I understand it, Republicans in this package give a lot of power to the president
[00:17:04] to impose duties, and that makes it difficult for Democrats.
[00:17:09] Regarding duties, there are more questions, it is unclear on what data
[00:17:13] the largest Russian oil and gas clients
[00:17:16] will be determined. In July, senatorial representatives
[00:17:19] named China, India,
[00:17:22] Slovakia, Hungary, and Azerbaijan as the largest
[00:17:25] buyers of Russian oil, and China,
[00:17:28] France, Japan, Hungary, and Belgium for gas. However,
[00:17:32] the French, Japanese, Hungarians, and Belgians can expect an exception
[00:17:35] provided for in the law, if only they agree to reduce imports from Russia,
[00:17:39] observers have already missed Turkey
[00:17:43] from this list, which in the last 34 years
[00:17:46] alone imported as much Russian oil as all the European
[00:17:50] Union countries combined. Among the largest
[00:17:53] importers, Trump's ally Erdogan's Turkey was
[00:17:57] also there last month, but sanctions against it, important
[00:18:00] intermediaries with Moscow, would probably not be desired by
[00:18:03] Kyiv either, so all eyes are on two countries.
[00:18:08] China and India, we tell you, better
[00:18:11] clean up your act, buy your gas and oil somewhere
[00:18:14] else. A tariff war with China, whose leader will be received
[00:18:18] at the White House next week, Trump had already
[00:18:21] started. He raised tariffs to
[00:18:24] 145%, but was forced
[00:18:27] to retreat when China responded by restricting
[00:18:31] the export of rare earth elements, essential for most modern
[00:18:34] technologies. India is more vulnerable
[00:18:38] to tariffs, but stated that it would continue to buy
[00:18:42] fossil fuels, taking into account national interests. In any
[00:18:45] case, tariffs on India for oil could only further
[00:18:48] complicate the situation in global markets, which Trump himself
[00:18:52] had stirred up by starting a war in Iran without a clear
[00:18:54] strategy, so will there eventually be anyone
[00:18:57] to punish?
[00:18:59] This president has two years left in his term, but
[00:19:02] Congress will win, we will force the administration
[00:19:06] to apply the provisions of this new law, whether it takes
[00:19:09] a year, half a year, three years? I don't know, I only know
[00:19:13] that it is important for the world to understand, and for our
[00:19:15] allies, as well as India and China, countries with whom
[00:19:19] we have relations, do not buy Russian
[00:19:21] oil. Duties are also foreseen for Russia
[00:19:25] itself, up to 500%, but here too
[00:19:28] there is that word "up to", and bilateral trade is not
[00:19:31] the largest, as noted by the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs.
[00:19:35] Of course, the final decisions
[00:19:37] will depend on the US president and perhaps will not be implemented in their full extent
[00:19:41] and immediately, but this is a lever to soften Russia's
[00:19:45] position. In the United States, as elections approach,
[00:19:48] such a sanctions law is acceptable both to those
[00:19:52] Republican supporters who support Ukraine and to those who do not want
[00:19:56] to give Kyiv a single cent. At the same time, it is also a signal
[00:19:59] to Russia, which held parliamentary elections this
[00:20:03] weekend and where the only choice is to support Putin's
[00:20:07] war.
[00:20:10] Your choice and will will once again show that millions of people
[00:20:13] stand behind our soldiers, that we are a united nation,
[00:20:17] bound by common values, historical memory and love for
[00:20:21] the homeland. Russia shows that it does
[00:20:24] not want peace, so sanctions will not replace weapons, and the billion-dollar
[00:20:28] military aid package, initiated by Democrats and approved
[00:20:31] in the House of Representatives in June,
[00:20:34] is blocked by Republicans in Senate drawers.
[00:20:39] Minister of Interior Martynas Katelynas says that the biker
[00:20:43] attack near the Kaunas mosque is a consequence of people's dissatisfaction with migration.
[00:20:46] He promises to present new migration
[00:20:50] policy proposals soon, saying that the policy will become stricter, that changes
[00:20:53] are generally needed, representatives of all parliamentary parties agree,
[00:20:56] but say that if migrants are completely rejected, there will be no one
[00:21:00] to do some jobs in the country. Representatives of the Muslim community in Lithuania assure
[00:21:04] that they have nothing to do with migration, people come here because
[00:21:07] they get jobs and residence permits, and add that
[00:21:11] the Muslim community and Islam are part
[00:21:14] of the Republic of Lithuania.
[00:21:17] On Fridays, the dry community gathers near the Kaunas mosque. The community
[00:21:20] has grown recently, not everyone fits inside, so prayer also takes place outside, just that
[00:21:24] a lot of them gather here, I haven't noticed any other inconvenience , and this only happens
[00:21:28] on Fridays, like a festival, everyone starts
[00:21:31] gathering, the former mayor of Kaunas also lives in the mosque's
[00:21:34] neighborhood, the first question would be the traffic question, it gathers
[00:21:38] in the evenings too, this is not the safest
[00:21:41] place here, everyone needs to understand that the Muslim community is
[00:21:45] part of the Republic of Lithuania,
[00:21:48] and Islam is
[00:21:52] . From now on, the mosque's approaches will be monitored by video cameras, as the Kaunas authorities say, this
[00:21:55] will help ensure public order from all sides, this was needed after
[00:21:59] last Friday's incident.
[00:22:01] During the Muslim prayer, bikers gathered and displayed a pig's head, played
[00:22:05] music,
[00:22:05] and chanted.
[00:22:10] Perhaps they think that if someone brings
[00:22:13] that head, then they will
[00:22:16] somehow destroy that Islam or
[00:22:19] destroy that prayer. The police launched a pre-trial
[00:22:23] investigation into the incident. The Minister of Interior appealed to the State Security Department.
[00:22:27] We hope to get answers regarding the functioning
[00:22:30] Muftiate, what its leadership is, and regarding the bikers
[00:22:33] who participated there. Politicians evaluate such
[00:22:37] a step positively, but some emphasize possible threats from the Muslim
[00:22:40] community. We need to respect people who are praying, on the other
[00:22:44] hand, a certain source
[00:22:47] of tensions started much earlier,
[00:22:50] when the same Kaunas mosque
[00:22:53] quite ultimatum-like demanded from Kaunas residents that they
[00:22:57] , let's say, adhere to their rules.
[00:23:01] At the end of June, the Kaunas Mosque administration published a request
[00:23:04] on social media not to display physical intimacy too openly
[00:23:07] on the institution's territory. There can be various threats
[00:23:11] related to both external and internal
[00:23:13] security, so here it is also with the possible influences of the Islamic Brotherhood.
[00:23:17] Others argue that the security department should assess
[00:23:20] the protesters and see if the incident itself was not
[00:23:24] inspired by some strange, strange
[00:23:27] groups or similar, so I mean
[00:23:30] look, from publicly appearing
[00:23:34] comments, it was stated
[00:23:37] that the people who carried out the incident, they did not know
[00:23:41] why they were doing it. Vytautas Inica had proposed transferring the mosque
[00:23:45] to the Tatars, to whom it previously belonged. I feel that
[00:23:47] I contributed, I hope I contributed to the overall
[00:23:51] understanding that there is a threat from mass emigration and specifically from
[00:23:54] representatives of Islamic countries, we had,
[00:23:58] meaning, one Muftiate and
[00:24:01] everything was completely normal, as they say, everything
[00:24:04] was going on, but when
[00:24:08] the second Muftiate was registered, practically that
[00:24:11] second Muftiate represents
[00:24:13] that and these immigrants, our
[00:24:16] question and our community. meaning,
[00:24:20] it, yes, seems to remain
[00:24:23] outside. The Minister of Interior says the problem is broader,
[00:24:27] migration policy. Society sees both social and other changes
[00:24:31] and truly, well, perceives this very negatively.
[00:24:34] So not seeing this problem would be error. Politicians say that
[00:24:38] measures need to be taken so that ghettos do not form in Lithuania, as
[00:24:42] in some other European countries. Katelynas stated that he is in favor of tightening
[00:24:45] immigration, and promises to prepare a new model within a few months. He has also
[00:24:49] said that... Lithuania should refuse to relocate migrants from other European
[00:24:53] Union countries and pay a solidarity contribution. Almost all
[00:24:56] politicians agree that changes are needed. I cannot
[00:24:59] justify the demarches near the Kaunas mosque, but I
[00:25:03] cannot justify our migration
[00:25:06] policy either. This is not a wise policy. Only
[00:25:10] visions of what the changes should look like differ. Short-term work visas,
[00:25:13] you came, you left. No permits to live here in Lithuania
[00:25:17] for five or three years should be given. Don't forget one
[00:25:20] simple thing: a person who has received a residence permit here in Lithuania for five
[00:25:24] years acquires the right to vote in local elections. Lithuania needs
[00:25:27] about 3-4 nursing
[00:25:30] specialists, someone has to do that, and if we
[00:25:34] imagine that the youth growing in greenhouses, as they like to call
[00:25:37] them, in the suburbs of Vilnius will go to work
[00:25:40] as nurses, well, there is a bit
[00:25:43] of naivety. However, other politicians argue that not everyone
[00:25:47] should be blindly accepted for work, they formulated. Sometime, that
[00:25:50] we need immigrants from culturally
[00:25:54] close countries, what are those
[00:25:57] culturally close countries, those where people speak Russian,
[00:26:00] if we ourselves. What we don't want to do, so what
[00:26:03] do we do, do we then accept people, if
[00:26:07] we accept, from where do we accept them, under what conditions do we accept them, I am
[00:26:11] talking about legal migration, it is time for Lithuania
[00:26:14] to answer the question, after all, how many and what kind of
[00:26:17] immigrants do we need, what value should they create in the state, in what
[00:26:23] to work and what problems they actually solve.
[00:26:26] Gentvila says, first of all, long-term unemployed people need to be encouraged to work.
[00:26:30] If we say that we need labor. force, then we
[00:26:33] are doing everything so that long-term lazy
[00:26:37] Lithuanians continue to rot on the stove and receive
[00:26:41] state benefits as an incentive to continue
[00:26:44] not working. The Muslim community states that they
[00:26:48] have nothing to do with the increasing flow of foreigners. We do not
[00:26:51] invite these migrants and these migrants,
[00:26:55] Muslims, did not come here to pray
[00:26:58] in the Kaunas mosque. They came here because
[00:27:02] the Kaunas city municipality assigned them
[00:27:06] jobs, Kaunas University accepted
[00:27:09] them, they pay taxes, they pay
[00:27:12] a, pay taxes, a they live here
[00:27:15] have residence permits. The president has already
[00:27:19] submitted his proposals on migration, employers could only bring
[00:27:22] workers from abroad for a limited time, without guarantees
[00:27:26] for them to stay in the country. It is estimated that there are a total of
[00:27:29] 220, almost 8% foreigners in the country. In the
[00:27:32] last couple of years, the number of immigrants from Central Asia, where
[00:27:36] the dominant religion is Islam, has increased.
[00:27:39] The United Nations warns of the risk of a humanitarian
[00:27:43] crisis in Ukraine if Russian attacks in winter cause massive electricity
[00:27:47] and water disruptions. And the war in Iraq already today
[00:27:51] threatens oil supply disruptions, which raise fuel prices and cause great
[00:27:54] anger. Soon about it.
[00:27:58] In the Middle East, it is expanding and becoming more expensive for the entire
[00:28:01] world. The journey will be longer and shipping
[00:28:04] more expensive. Some urge to stop, others to push
[00:28:08] faster. Artificial intelligence can destroy
[00:28:10] humanity. Like nuclear weapons, artificial
[00:28:13] superintelligence poses a threat to humanity.
[00:28:17] Remigijus Milašius, Vice President of LKL, who intends to participate in the presidential
[00:28:20] elections of the Lithuanian Basketball Association, says that the situation
[00:28:23] is extraordinary. All millionaires and we need to find a
[00:28:27] common language with them.
[00:28:39] In Panorama, you will see that in Latvia, after reducing the VAT
[00:28:42] on some food products, Lithuanians are not flocking there to shop
[00:28:45] due to expensive fuel.
[00:28:47] Kremlin critics have no doubt that victory in the Duma elections will again declare Putin's
[00:28:51] party United Russia.
[00:28:54] Events taking place at the Litexpo palace in Vilnius will have to wait. Due to
[00:28:57] the presidency of the Council of the European Union, they are postponed or
[00:29:00] cancelled.
[00:29:04] Russian threats,
[00:29:08] they are crazy and don't understand that if, God forbid, something happened,
[00:29:11] Lithuania would disappear from the world map. And NATO's
[00:29:15] response.
[00:29:18] We have a crushing advantage over Russia. The Alliance
[00:29:21] is publicizing the defense plans
[00:29:24] of the Baltic States. Half an hour until