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[00:00:00] escalating, because the regime that
[00:00:03] uses migrants and tries to pressure
[00:00:07] the Baltic states Poland, to achieve its
[00:00:10] political goals, well, they can come up with various
[00:00:14] measures, which we saw this year in Lithuania, with tunnels, this is
[00:00:17] a completely new method, as I say, we had, we didn't have
[00:00:21] a physical barrier, so there were just attempts to cross our
[00:00:24] border simply on foot, we built
[00:00:27] a physical barrier, there were attempts to climb it
[00:00:30] we fought and we resisted
[00:00:34] those attempts to cross the border illegally, well, then the only
[00:00:37] way left was to dig from below, we are fighting that too, we are blocking
[00:00:40] those tunnels, well, if there are
[00:00:44] some counter-measures, there is a desire to continue
[00:00:47] those attempts to cross the border illegally, well,
[00:00:50] new methods will be considered, we are preparing for that, we are looking at what
[00:00:54] we can oppose to those attempts, well, and I believe that we are
[00:00:57] prepared, illegal migrants. In Lithuania,
[00:01:01] recently, their number has decreased, but also
[00:01:04] recently you have been talking a lot about the fact that Lithuania needs
[00:01:08] a change in migration policy in general, and you always said, meaning
[00:01:11] that policy would be tightened, perhaps you can now say more
[00:01:15] about what is planned to be done, so that policy regarding legal
[00:01:19] and illegal migration used to be very separate, mainly
[00:01:23] illegal migration was emphasized, that was the case all over Europe,
[00:01:26] now, participating in talks with interior ministers of European Union countries,
[00:01:30] when talking about migration, legal migration is also
[00:01:33] emphasized, how it can be restricted, what methods can
[00:01:37] be used for the return of illegal migrants, for migrants who have
[00:01:41] had a decision made, who had the status to be in the European
[00:01:44] Union, but it was cancelled and they have to be returned to
[00:01:48] their home countries, it is already being spoken about more strictly, that these returns must be
[00:01:51] accelerated, and speaking about Lithuania, regarding legal migration,
[00:01:55] in principle, what we have seen over the last four years, is that
[00:01:59] the number of migrants... has increased precisely due to this quota migration, when
[00:02:02] people from various countries come to our country
[00:02:05] to work, but this causes social and, well,
[00:02:08] let's say, economic tensions, because we cannot
[00:02:11] build our state's economy and development on the fact that
[00:02:15] businesses will earn profits only from cheap labor
[00:02:18] force, in this way we also eliminate our citizens from the labor market
[00:02:22] and in this way, well, we transfer
[00:02:24] costs to the state, because we see that integration and other things, well,
[00:02:28] must go to the state. Its business only takes the benefit, so I
[00:02:32] believe that these restrictions must be measured, because in the short term
[00:02:35] we really need that cheap labor force where we really don't have
[00:02:39] our own citizens, but in principle, that quota system doesn't work, because
[00:02:43] I have already received data, simply no one
[00:02:46] ever asked for such data about migrants who arrive
[00:02:50] under quotas, whether they actually all work, if they don't work and
[00:02:54] their temporary residence permit is cancelled, whether they leave, yes we
[00:02:57] have problems where we don't know if... those migrants
[00:03:00] really leave, so I say that this system doesn't work, I suggested
[00:03:04] a new system to the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister instructed to update the activities of the migration commission
[00:03:08] and within the framework of that commission, well, we hope to
[00:03:10] propose a model that would replace the current one, I hope so,
[00:03:14] since I am tasked with coordinating the work of
[00:03:17] that commission, I will present that model to the updated commission
[00:03:20] when we meet in the near future, but you
[00:03:23] talk mostly, almost
[00:03:27] exclusively about quotas, but according to the quota.
[00:03:30] this year, about 25,000 foreigners arrived, but still, when
[00:03:34] it comes to some problems, it is often talked about transporters,
[00:03:38] about couriers, who often arrive not even according to that quota, but through other
[00:03:42] channels. Would the new migration policy talk
[00:03:45] more broadly, if so, about what, or only about
[00:03:48] quotas? Yes, it would talk more broadly, because indeed, what we
[00:03:52] see is that there is a considerable number, according to the available
[00:03:55] statistics, of people who come
[00:03:58] on the basis of studies, but at the same time use the opportunity to work
[00:04:02] as individual entrepreneurs, they are actually, well, the basis
[00:04:05] of studies is only a precondition for them to come to Lithuania, they actually
[00:04:09] work much more, higher education institutions don't
[00:04:12] even physically see them, and that control is insufficient, I think that, well,
[00:04:16] that path must end, when some higher
[00:04:19] education institutions, well, profit from it, but in Lithuania
[00:04:22] that image is also forming, that, well, there are more migrants than is actually
[00:04:26] declared, and when you, well, add up
[00:04:30] all those numbers, not only the flood, but also the study basis and other
[00:04:33] other bases on which there are emigrants in Lithuania, well, we get
[00:04:37] those several 100,000, which also raise questions for our society, so also
[00:04:41] on the basis of studies, you will probably propose that it be
[00:04:44] stricter, I think that it must be, well, third-country nationals
[00:04:48] arriving on the basis of studies should come to study, not
[00:04:52] to work and simply use studies as a reason
[00:04:55] for coming, in fact, it is only a reason, not
[00:04:59] the principle by which they are here, so you will not allow them, for example,
[00:05:03] to engage in individual activities, this is one of the options, because we see that if we
[00:05:07] allow 20 hours to be engaged, well, they engage in 40 and
[00:05:10] 60 and so on and there is no control that would check
[00:05:14] how much that activity is engaged in, whether those
[00:05:18] lectures are actually attended, whether exams are taken, or whether
[00:05:21] entire study programs are simply filled with migrants
[00:05:25] who do not
[00:05:25] appear in lectures.
[00:05:30] It would seem that the countries of the European Union and NATO now need the greatest focus
[00:05:34] on the growing threat from the east,
[00:05:38] although the societies of Western allies are most torn by social
[00:05:41] problems. In France, due to overcrowded classrooms, poor
[00:05:45] condition of school buildings and inequality in the education sector,
[00:05:48] protesting students managed to ignite a national
[00:05:52] movement, but France, indebted and with a large budget
[00:05:55] deficit, no longer has many ways to solve
[00:05:59] the long-standing problem without creating new ones, when
[00:06:02] unrest in the streets is fueled not only by gangs of vandals, but also by
[00:06:06] politicians of the far left who want to extract
[00:06:09] political dividends.
[00:06:11] The student movement changed history once
[00:06:14] before, when, scared that the situation was becoming unmanageable, the father of the
[00:06:18] Fifth Republic, President Charles de Gaulle, briefly
[00:06:21] fled his country.
[00:06:24] People wanted to control their lives, so they took to the streets and
[00:06:27] factories. A parallel that
[00:06:31] cannot be confused. Like
[00:06:34] in '68,
[00:06:37] so today, what started as a regular demonstration due to poor
[00:06:40] conditions in one suburban school, the protest grew
[00:06:44] into a national movement
[00:06:47] in a couple of weeks. In winter, the classrooms are cold, a third
[00:06:50] of the teachers are not replaced in our school, and it is not even among
[00:06:54] the worst, this year there are two teachers missing. We want the government
[00:06:57] to listen and take steps so that we can create
[00:07:00] a future.
[00:07:03] To express support for the students, their parents and teachers were invited,
[00:07:06] forming a critical mass in one city after another, one after
[00:07:10] another, educational institutions were blocked. At the beginning of October, there were more than
[00:07:14] 160 of them throughout France, after
[00:07:18] a series of protests by fishermen and transporters
[00:07:21] due to high fuel prices, it will be
[00:07:24] hardest for Sebastien Lecornu's government to quell the anger of
[00:07:28] the massively protesting students.
[00:07:31] They have seen wars, climate change, sometimes
[00:07:34] they have seen how difficult it is for their parents and
[00:07:37] loved ones. Nevertheless, we ask you to choose a path and look to the future
[00:07:41] resolutely, to restore confidence, that is the responsibility of the government and all political parties.
[00:07:45] The usual solution would be to increase
[00:07:48] spending on education after
[00:07:52] cutting it in other areas, but the reality
[00:07:55] is that there is nothing left to cut without major consequences,
[00:07:58] saving on pensions, healthcare and services
[00:08:01] would probably cause even greater anger from other
[00:08:05] groups in society, the government can
[00:08:08] borrow more, but servicing the national debt is becoming
[00:08:11] more expensive.
[00:08:16] gross domestic product is approaching the level of Greece and Italy.
[00:08:20] Observers fear that such
[00:08:24] a vicious circle will eventually deter investors and
[00:08:28] this will cause even greater problems in the future, although
[00:08:32] the French Minister of Finance reassures.
[00:08:35] Let me emphasize that France remains a very reliable
[00:08:38] borrower, our account is balanced, our strengths
[00:08:42] in energy, technology and finance
[00:08:45] are widely recognized, so for now, the government is only trying to solve
[00:08:49] the situation with short-term solutions, saying it has found
[00:08:53] specialists who can at least partially fill the missing
[00:08:56] teacher positions in schools. I asked
[00:08:59] to find, as we call it in jargon, a teacher reserve, so
[00:09:02] teachers who so far have not been assigned student
[00:09:05] classes, but the problem also has another side:
[00:09:08] clashes with the police in some places became extremely violent, with...
[00:09:12] hundreds of students and officers injured, in a couple of weeks,
[00:09:16] 7,000 young people were detained, most of them
[00:09:19] minors.
[00:09:21] During one clash, a police flash grenade picked up from the ground
[00:09:25] tore off a student's hand. Some of the
[00:09:28] protesters accuse law enforcement agencies of using excessive
[00:09:32] force, but others claim to have seen with their own eyes
[00:09:35] that the chaos is fueled by gangs of vandals joining
[00:09:39] the rallies. Here are young people.
[00:09:42] Our schools and even from our district, coming with fireworks and
[00:09:46] explosions. We don't want that, we want to protest for our rights and
[00:09:49] future. Accusations of inciting unrest were leveled at politicians
[00:09:53] from the far-left party "Unsubmissive
[00:09:56] France", its representatives filmed
[00:09:59] gathering near schools, confronting
[00:10:02] the police. At one of the rallies, their leader
[00:10:06] Jean-Luc Mélenchon also appeared, putting himself forward as a candidate
[00:10:09] in next year's presidential elections. "This is
[00:10:13] the most powerful youth movement we have seen in 50
[00:10:16] years and no one can tell you that you are wrong, because you are
[00:10:20] right," so the ruling party accuses the far
[00:10:24] left of opportunism. Hiding behind concern for students,
[00:10:27] the national crisis is being exploited for narrow
[00:10:30] political interests and radical gangs are being
[00:10:34] incited. This is an obvious campaign to destroy
[00:10:38] the public education sector. But
[00:10:40] with the unrest continuing and the conflict growing ahead of the upcoming
[00:10:44] elections, of all politicians, the most important, Emmanuel
[00:10:48] Macron, is silent for now.
[00:10:51] As his last term ends and such a situation arises,
[00:10:55] he probably has few political calculations, but one way
[00:10:59] or another, unpopular decisions will have to be taken by someone sooner or
[00:11:03] later.
[00:11:07] Meanwhile, the accumulated social problems in Spain could
[00:11:11] lead to serious political changes. If it happens
[00:11:14] that after the early elections in November, Pedro Sánchez's progressive
[00:11:18] minority coalition is replaced by center-right and far-right
[00:11:21] forces. This is exactly the probability predicted by polls.
[00:11:25] However, the prime minister hopes that the upcoming elections will turn into
[00:11:28] a referendum on who will solve the most important housing
[00:11:31] problem, and the anger of the residents over housing prices into support
[00:11:35] for his socialist party. A risky gamble reminiscent
[00:11:38] of last summer, when even French President Emmanuel
[00:11:42] Macron decided to go all in, called early
[00:11:45] elections, but did not win them and further deepened the division
[00:11:49] in the country. What will happen in Spain is still
[00:11:52] unclear. What is clear is that the housing crisis
[00:11:56] continues to leave no one indifferent, protests in Madrid,
[00:12:00] Valencia, Barcelona and elsewhere are not dispersing, and the disappointment
[00:12:03] of their participants is deepened by the news that 87-year-old
[00:12:06] Marikarmen Abascal, who became a symbol of the protests after being
[00:12:09] forcibly evicted from her home in Madrid for failing to pay rent,
[00:12:13] died this
[00:12:14] week.
[00:12:18] We will be back soon.
[00:12:22] A suspected case of plague in Russia made the whole world remember
[00:12:25] the recently experienced pandemic.
[00:12:28] Next year, Lithuania will allocate almost as much money to defense as this year, what will
[00:12:32] we invest in.
[00:12:35] In the United States, a dilemma over the death penalty.
[00:12:47] We are back, this week. Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius
[00:12:51] stated that next year, Lithuania will continue to allocate almost the same amount of money from the budget
[00:12:55] to defense as this year, the percentage of the gross domestic product
[00:12:58] will decrease slightly, but will remain slightly more than 5%.
[00:13:02] defense funds also continue to cover not only armaments or air defense
[00:13:06] acquisitions, but also infrastructure development.
[00:13:09] This week it became clear that Lithuania is ready if Americans
[00:13:13] want to establish a base.
[00:13:16] Lithuania invited the United States to establish a permanent American base
[00:13:20] in Lithuania. Would you consider that?
[00:13:23] Well, they are my friends, great people, so we will definitely
[00:13:26] consider it, they are great people, Lithuania, I know
[00:13:29] so many people in this country, they are great
[00:13:32] people,
[00:13:34] the proposal to provide a permanent base was submitted by the Minister of National Defense to the Pentagon
[00:13:38] a couple of weeks ago, even earlier, the same proposal from
[00:13:42] the government was also conveyed to the American envoy to Belarus, Jon
[00:13:45] Coyle. We are ready to provide the best possible
[00:13:49] conditions for the US side, I am glad
[00:13:51] that such an idea is not rejected by President
[00:13:55] Trump. I have certainly instructed the Ministry of National Defense to do
[00:13:59] their homework, with American soldiers returning this month, Lithuania continues
[00:14:03] to do everything to please the most important security and deterrence
[00:14:06] guarantor, the Americans in General Silvestras Žukauskas' polygon,
[00:14:09] new residential buildings have recently been built, all expenses for the soldiers' presence
[00:14:13] are covered by the state. I think this is a very serious
[00:14:17] political signal. Lithuania's offer to continue
[00:14:20] covering the costs of the soldiers' presence and expanding infrastructure. True,
[00:14:24] experts emphasized that the United States administration is unpredictable,
[00:14:27] we are waiting to see how the situation with the military base in Poland will unfold, but
[00:14:31] it also raises the question, if Washington decided, would it not ask
[00:14:35] to change policy regarding Belarus, this administration is very
[00:14:39] business-like, let's call it that, in international relations, it is obvious
[00:14:42] that it will use such promises as a certain
[00:14:45] means of pressure or compensation to Lithuania for the opening
[00:14:49] of that transit, that is very good news, which
[00:14:52] shows that the United States trusts
[00:14:56] Lithuania, now the most important thing is to act consistently,
[00:15:00] we have received the United States military
[00:15:03] rotation. Consistently deterrence is being strengthened with another
[00:15:06] ally. In the coming months, the first phase of the military
[00:15:10] town for the German brigade in Rūdninkai will be completed.
[00:15:13] The project is being implemented faster than planned, from the German
[00:15:16] assurance.
[00:15:19] The security of the Baltic states and the security of Germany. The security
[00:15:22] of Berlin also means the security of Vilnius. We
[00:15:25] accordingly,
[00:15:27] funds are going not only to the infrastructure of the German brigade, the expenses of American soldiers, we need to strengthen
[00:15:30] air defense, air surveillance,
[00:15:34] we also need drones. The army, in turn, announced
[00:15:38] a training space for experiments with technologies,
[00:15:41] drones and what has become an integral part of the war in Ukraine will be
[00:15:45] tested here. The Ambo unit for autonomous remote unmanned operations
[00:15:49] has been working for some time, checking what would suit the army
[00:15:52] for reconnaissance, defense, attacks, short and long
[00:15:55] range. The army has already received significantly updated combat drones
[00:15:59] Switchblade 600, which are currently being quietly
[00:16:02] used by Ukrainian special operations forces, military intelligence and
[00:16:06] SBU forces.
[00:16:11] The Minister of National Defense says they want to test various unmanned aerial vehicles, including
[00:16:14] Lithuanian ones, several from very specific manufacturers,
[00:16:18] to find out what would be suitable, although very logical, but not very
[00:16:21] compatible with public procurement, the government needs to be asked
[00:16:24] for exceptions. Now we have government permission to acquire
[00:16:28] 11 different types of drone interceptors,
[00:16:31] and with six, we already have
[00:16:35] that finish line, let's say. yes, regarding the signing of
[00:16:38] contracts, yes, so we are definitely not limiting ourselves to
[00:16:41] drones alone. The Ministry of National Defense intends to submit
[00:16:45] proposals regarding the public procurement law in the near future, the interest
[00:16:48] of industrialists, the possibility to test Lithuanian armaments, and even
[00:16:52] better, investments in local production.
[00:16:55] It would be fully possible to use the capabilities of Lithuanian industry,
[00:16:58] to use more the possibility of acquiring test
[00:17:02] batches and thus test new
[00:17:06] products and later. let's say, if there is
[00:17:09] positive feedback, then
[00:17:13] give the opportunity for larger batches to be acquired. After
[00:17:17] the audit by the Ministry of National Defense, the minister stated that the Defense Resource Agency
[00:17:20] responsible for procurement must change. The new
[00:17:24] head, Dovydas Palaima, who became the head of the fight, stated among the important desired
[00:17:28] changes to reduce bureaucracy. Public
[00:17:31] procurement is regulated by both Lithuanian and European Union procurement
[00:17:35] and competition law. We must ensure that these funds are
[00:17:38] used efficiently, transparently and proportionately. Procurement
[00:17:42] consists of many components, need, compatibility with Lithuanian and NATO
[00:17:46] defense plans, negotiations with manufacturers, production, delivery
[00:17:49] of capabilities, testing, training of personnel, the head of the Defense Resource
[00:17:53] Agency says that there is a shortage of people who can work with
[00:17:56] procurement, in the hands of these specialists are tens of millions
[00:18:00] worth of state money. How the agency could change will be
[00:18:03] presented in the coming months, but the changes will not be related
[00:18:07] only to personnel increase, the garage as
[00:18:10] an organization is certainly changing,
[00:18:14] both in terms of resources and competencies, we have grown,
[00:18:17] we are restructuring and indeed adapting
[00:18:20] to the challenges of the times so that we can
[00:18:23] timely and effectively respond to the army's capability
[00:18:27] needs. At the same time, we are changing the
[00:18:30] procedures themselves, both laws and internal
[00:18:32] procedures, and at the same time,
[00:18:36] procurement specialists
[00:18:38] efficiently use allocated funds. Is this
[00:18:41] an easy process? No, not easy, because the homework was not done
[00:18:45] on time. Mindaugas Sinkevičius' message is that next year's
[00:18:48] defense budget will be slightly less than five billion euros,
[00:18:52] remaining almost the same as this year. However, the percentage
[00:18:55] allocated from the gross domestic product will decrease due to economic growth
[00:18:59] and will be slightly over
[00:19:00] 5%.
[00:19:04] For those not interested in health topics, the plague at best
[00:19:07] recalls biblical stories or history
[00:19:10] lessons, perhaps Albert Camus' book. Nevertheless,
[00:19:14] in recent weeks, a suspected case of this disease in Russia
[00:19:18] forced the whole world to remember the recently experienced
[00:19:20] pandemic. There is not much clarity about a possible case of pneumonic plague in remote
[00:19:24] Irkutsk. Russian officials claim that the suspected
[00:19:27] case was not confirmed, but refuse to share information about
[00:19:31] the circumstances of the death of a young plague research institute
[00:19:34] employee. Nevertheless, scientists reassure. Even if the disease
[00:19:38] case is confirmed, the risk of spread is low and
[00:19:41] modern medicine is capable of preventing not only
[00:19:44] the spread, but also the death
[00:19:47] of those infected.
[00:19:49] At the end of 2019, the world's attention gradually focused
[00:19:53] on a Chinese city called Wuhan, which not everyone had heard of then. At the end of
[00:19:56] December, the World Health Organization received a report on
[00:20:00] cases of pneumonia of unknown origin. Almost seven
[00:20:04] years later.
[00:20:11] True, we are not talking about a new Covid, rumors are circulating about
[00:20:14] the well-known plague.
[00:20:17] The day everything happened, my mother called me and
[00:20:21] screamed that 10 people had already died, even though there were no
[00:20:24] official reports yet. I had read that it was something
[00:20:28] similar to Hong Kong syphilis, and that it was actually
[00:20:31] caused by bears. So people panicked because
[00:20:35] there were no official statements.
[00:20:38] There are not many official reports now either, it is known that a laboratory
[00:20:41] worker from the plague research laboratory, 28-year-old Dariya
[00:20:45] Shepilova, died in this hospital. Officially, it is stated that her life was claimed by
[00:20:48] pneumonia of unknown origin.
[00:20:51] Perhaps it would not be suspicious, especially since there are cases when doctors really
[00:20:54] do not know why a patient contracted pneumonia, for example,
[00:20:58] in the United Kingdom, such cases occur a quarter of the time,
[00:21:01] but contradictory information began to spread from the first reports,
[00:21:05] and the media, largely uncontrolled by the Kremlin, which announced a case of plague,
[00:21:09] very quickly retracted their statements, later deleting
[00:21:12] their posts on social networks. In Soviet
[00:21:15] times, all these cases were hidden under a thick veil of
[00:21:19] secrecy. People were not informed, then
[00:21:22] huge restriction and isolation measures were taken and it almost
[00:21:26] always worked, this applies to smallpox, plague and
[00:21:29] anthrax. The history of the Irkutsk Plague Research
[00:21:32] Institute also does not reduce suspicions, founded in 1934,
[00:21:36] the institute was supposed to control possible outbreaks in Siberia,
[00:21:40] Mongolia and China, research the plague itself, and later other
[00:21:43] dangerous diseases including cholera and anthrax. However, during the Cold
[00:21:47] War, the institution was officially included in the Soviet
[00:21:51] Union's defensive biological program. True, there is no information that biological
[00:21:54] weapons were created here, but the institute could have transmitted infections.
[00:21:58] However, it is also emphasized that the mere existence of the institute and its
[00:22:02] past prove nothing, although the plague is not widespread, but cases of it
[00:22:06] also in Siberia are recorded annually from 100 to three, therefore
[00:22:09] scientists constantly study the disease, search for better medicines and
[00:22:12] vaccines. In Madagascar, outbreaks recur almost
[00:22:16] annually, isolated cases have been recorded in Congo. Cases have
[00:22:20] also been registered in the United States, and reports are also
[00:22:23] received from some parts of the Central Asian steppes.
[00:22:27] True, of the three forms of plague, bubonic, septicemic and
[00:22:30] pneumonic, bubonic is the most widespread. It accounts
[00:22:34] for the largest number of naturally occurring cases of the disease. Meanwhile,
[00:22:37] pneumonic plague is the most dangerous, but up to
[00:22:40] ten cases are counted
[00:22:42] worldwide each year. Pneumonic plague, which we are talking about now,
[00:22:46] occurs when the pathogen is inhaled and infects the respiratory
[00:22:50] tract, the bacteria of bubonic plague, often called the Black Death,
[00:22:54] are carried by fleas infecting rats,
[00:22:57] fleas bite rats, and these, when they bite humans, transmit
[00:23:01] the bacteria. The inhalation of the pathogen would also coincide with the theory
[00:23:04] that the researcher, while conducting experiments, may have broken a test tube and thus
[00:23:08] became infected and later died. However, Shepilova's mother, who gave an interview to the local media,
[00:23:12] claims that only fools believe such allegations,
[00:23:15] saying that she knows what really happened, but does not
[00:23:18] say it publicly. The biggest concern is that pneumonic
[00:23:22] plague is the only form that can be transmitted from person
[00:23:25] to person, it progresses extremely quickly, from infection to
[00:23:29] death can pass in just a few days, and the initial symptoms
[00:23:32] resemble an ordinary flu, so it is difficult to recognize the disease immediately,
[00:23:36] the fact that Shepilova was admitted to the hospital on September 29 and died
[00:23:40] on October 1 is one piece of evidence that we are talking
[00:23:44] precisely about a possible case of pneumonic plague, nevertheless,
[00:23:47] it is emphasized that the disease is easily curable, although healthy... needs
[00:23:50] fast, small, and with a high probability of mass spread,
[00:23:54] since the infection is in the lungs, pneumonic plague can spread
[00:23:57] through close contact, but the infection does not spread very far, so
[00:24:01] direct close contact with a person suffering from pneumonic plague
[00:24:04] is necessary for infection. However, measures are said to have been taken, local
[00:24:08] media claim that about 200 people from the same plague
[00:24:12] institute and the deceased's environment have been quarantined.
[00:24:15] Reportedly, institute employees are not allowed to leave the building, they are forced to sleep
[00:24:19] in the institution's cafeteria.
[00:24:21] However, it is claimed that most have already been released, almost
[00:24:25] 500 laboratory tests have been performed and nothing was found,
[00:24:29] no pathogen was detected. It is also claimed that a special
[00:24:32] cleaning team visited where the women lived, and when residents asked what
[00:24:35] was being sprayed, they were assured that they were fighting
[00:24:39] cockroaches. My brother attends primary school, where
[00:24:43] mandatory mask-wearing has already been introduced, they are even allowed
[00:24:46] not to attend school. I have a friend in Kucka who studies
[00:24:50] at a medical college, and there too it is now strictly required
[00:24:53] to wear masks all the time. The Russian authorities
[00:24:56] reiterate that no case of plague has been identified and emphasize that
[00:24:59] Shypilova was vaccinated against the disease, but at the same time, they did not deny that the plague
[00:25:03] version was considered and investigated. However, accusations are being leveled
[00:25:06] at the media, claiming that it is causing panic. Residents
[00:25:10] are urged to believe only official sources, but they
[00:25:13] are not necessarily transparent. The World Health Organization, to which Russia
[00:25:17] belongs, claims it has not received detailed information about a possible
[00:25:20] case of plague, which would help to form a comprehensive picture.
[00:25:24] In addition, there have been reports of a possible second
[00:25:27] infection.
[00:25:29] In recent years, we have experienced many lives
[00:25:33] claimed by the pandemic. I believe that preparedness for future
[00:25:36] biological threats should be one of the most important
[00:25:40] issues for the global health community.
[00:25:43] Preparedness and transparency of information, according to experts, are as important as
[00:25:46] treatment itself in cases of dangerous diseases. However, it still remains
[00:25:50] unclear how the employee of the plague research institute became ill,
[00:25:54] and if it was simply pneumonia, why did it claim the life of a young
[00:25:57] and seemingly healthy woman so quickly?
[00:26:00] greitai.
[00:26:03] In December, the United States could surpass Iran,
[00:26:06] North Korea, and Afghanistan in public executions.
[00:26:09] The Pentagon plans to publicly broadcast the execution
[00:26:12] by firing squad of an Islamist who killed 13 soldiers 15 years ago.
[00:26:16] This comes just as America is already embroiled
[00:26:19] in debates about the death penalty. Krista
[00:26:23] Pike, convicted of a brutal murder, survived the execution and
[00:26:27] even two lethal injections. This is the first
[00:26:29] such case, potentially changing the procedure for carrying out sentences,
[00:26:33] which most Americans still
[00:26:35] approve of.
[00:26:41] Former Associated Press journalist Michael Graczyk
[00:26:44] has observed over 400 executions since 1984.
[00:26:48] Journalists are invited as witnesses to the executions of convicts
[00:26:51] in the United States.
[00:26:54] There were a couple of cases, many years ago, even before pentobarbital was
[00:26:58] used, the needle came out
[00:27:00] twice. Then the curtains of the execution chamber were drawn,
[00:27:04] so that we, the witnesses, wouldn't see how the needles were reinserted and
[00:27:08] the injection was administered. When the curtain reopened,
[00:27:11] the death penalty was completed. Journalists witnessed
[00:27:14] a different ending last week at a prison in Tennessee.
[00:27:17] valstijoje.
[00:27:19] 26 minutes to 8. She said, "It feels like my arms
[00:27:23] are going to explode." She, Krista Pai, was sentenced to death three
[00:27:27] decades ago. The photo of her victim behind the journalists is
[00:27:30] a brutally murdered 19-year-old.
[00:27:34] The curtains of the execution chamber first closed at 14 minutes
[00:27:38] to 8, but at 11 minutes to 8, they
[00:27:41] reopened. And according to witnesses, the fate
[00:27:45] of the condemned is unclear.
[00:27:48] When we left seven minutes to nine, Krista
[00:27:52] Paike was still breathing. They injected pentobarbital twice. I had never seen
[00:27:55] that before.
[00:27:58] While the press conference was still ongoing, emergency medical assistance vehicles
[00:28:01] appeared near the prison. It became clear that the execution with
[00:28:05] two doses of pentobarbital, which calms the central nervous system,
[00:28:08] had failed. Krista Paik survived. A week
[00:28:11] later, her lawyers announced that the client woke up and started
[00:28:14] talking. She has a thrombus in one hand, has pneumonia,
[00:28:18] cannot swallow or eat yet, and cannot move
[00:28:22] her arms. Lawyers say Paike is angry.
[00:28:26] She was kind and polite until they pricked her arm with needles
[00:28:29] for an hour. Then she felt a sting from
[00:28:32] the barbital and woke up in the hospital, surrounded
[00:28:35] by strangers with a tube in her throat. Medics believe
[00:28:39] that the preparation likely did not enter the circulatory
[00:28:42] system. I think the reason it didn't work
[00:28:46] was the veins where the catheters were inserted. They simply ruptured,
[00:28:49] exploded, and pentobarbital began to circulate not in the blood, but
[00:28:53] concentrated at the injection site and began to burn the arm. The condemned woman's
[00:28:56] lawyers had warned the state about possible
[00:28:59] complications. The plaintiff, Paike, had previously had problems drawing
[00:29:03] blood or inserting needles.
[00:29:06] The Eighth Amendment, prohibiting cruel and unusual
[00:29:09] punishments, can now help lawyers prevent the punishment
[00:29:13] from being repeated. It would be argued that, at least in her
[00:29:16] case, the execution would be cruel, because her body does not react to the lethal
[00:29:20] injection. This was supposed to be the first execution
[00:29:24] of a woman in Tennessee in 200 years, when the Supreme Court upheld
[00:29:28] the 1996 verdict. Lawyers tried
[00:29:31] to argue that when sentencing, it was not taken into account that Paik,
[00:29:34] who brutally murdered 19-year-old Slemer with her boyfriend, had herself
[00:29:38] experienced violence growing up. The governor also disregarded
[00:29:41] the clemency request. Now the woman has been returned to prison for treatment, and
[00:29:45] executions in the state are halted.
[00:29:48] Residents of Tennessee hope that sentences will be carried out not only
[00:29:52] legally and constitutionally, but also effectively. That
[00:29:55] was not the case. Opponents of the death penalty
[00:29:58] emphasize that such cases are not uncommon. In 2022,
[00:30:02] one-third of executions failed. As scary and stunning
[00:30:05] as it may be, it is not surprising. Back in
[00:30:08] May, another execution in Tennessee
[00:30:11] failed.
[00:30:14] And most often, executions fail due to
[00:30:16] injection. Often, it is difficult to obtain medications, because
[00:30:20] manufacturers in Europe often do not want their drugs to be used for that purpose,
[00:30:23] so other ways must be sought, as well as other specialists to
[00:30:27] carry out death penalties. They are provided for in 27 out of
[00:30:31] 50 states. Although some executions were halted due to a shortage
[00:30:35] of preparations, last year South Carolina replaced execution by injection
[00:30:38] with firing squad, and then sentences increased. Last year, 47
[00:30:41] executions were carried out, the most in 15
[00:30:45] years. I think Americans can support the death penalty
[00:30:48] in theory, but when you confront it up close, it becomes
[00:30:51] uncomfortable. Krista Spike's case is already causing
[00:30:54] controversy. All attention is directed to Krista, she
[00:30:57] has become a celebrity and that is terrible, we must.