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[00:00:00] Worker on Friday
[00:00:03] at 9:30 PM on LRT+
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[00:00:36] So, we return to the LRT forum and continue the discussion,
[00:00:39] this time with candidates for the Association of Lithuanian
[00:00:42] Basketball presidents, that is, candidate for
[00:00:45] the association president Darius
[00:00:48] these things also Gudelis, good evening, as well as candidate for president Gediminas Kvietkauskas and
[00:00:52] candidate for association president Rolandas Kaizgirys. This
[00:00:56] is not a discussion, it is not a debate, just a discussion, so
[00:00:59] we won't follow debate rules here, but before starting
[00:01:03] the discussion, I have to say that Darius Gudelis and Rolandas
[00:01:06] Kaizgirys are my very old friends whom I have known for
[00:01:10] many years and quite well,
[00:01:13] e Gediminas Kvietkauskas
[00:01:16] of the film I produced, "To Catch a Hawk,"
[00:01:20] but I am sure that these facts
[00:01:24] will not have any impact on
[00:01:27] the quality of our discussion. Just before the show, e... the portal 15
[00:01:31] min.lt Gediminas announced that you
[00:01:34] are withdrawing your candidacy and
[00:01:36] supporting Rolandas Skaizgirys. Is that true
[00:01:40] and if so, why did you decide that way? First of all,
[00:01:43] I apologize for the information being leaked too early,
[00:01:46] so yes, that is true, I am ending my
[00:01:50] candidacy for LK president and
[00:01:54] expressing my support for Rolandas Skaizgirys. A, what
[00:01:57] led to your decision? It was an incredibly interesting two
[00:02:00] weeks and I really traveled around Lithuania meeting people. I didn't
[00:02:04] travel much, I really didn't travel much,
[00:02:07] but in my opinion,
[00:02:11] my own opinion changed many times, in the sense of whom to support
[00:02:15] and how those teams were formed.
[00:02:19] There was a really large number of events, it was incredibly
[00:02:22] interesting, e Milasius'
[00:02:24] resignation, although Rolandas was convinced that I would be the first
[00:02:28] to resign, so that was
[00:02:30] Remigijus' step, then Remigijus joining
[00:02:34] Darius Gudelis
[00:02:36] and arranging that whole picture, how
[00:02:40] were still guided by something, did you see that
[00:02:44] you didn't have opportunities, or did you think that by two
[00:02:47] of you supporting Rolandas, there would be a greater
[00:02:50] chance that, I don't know, your ideas would be implemented,
[00:02:53] what is the idea? First of all, I think I brought intrigue
[00:02:57] and more interest to the elections. It
[00:03:00] would be more intriguing if you had won, well then
[00:03:03] it would be a sensation, then it would be a real sensation.
[00:03:07] I
[00:03:10] myself declared, that is, for me these elections are my
[00:03:13] academic year, I really want to continue
[00:03:17] working for Lithuanian basketball e
[00:03:20] and as NKL president, National Basketball League
[00:03:23] president, Basketball League president and as a member
[00:03:26] of the community, as a member of the executive committee.
[00:03:30] "It is very interesting to me. I approximately
[00:03:33] imagine that I would like to participate in elections even after two years,
[00:03:36] not necessarily as a candidate, but as part of someone's
[00:03:39] team, and ultimately,
[00:03:42] Rolandas' vision, Rolandas' experience and the last
[00:03:46] debates made a great impression.
[00:03:49] I deliberately, by the way, for
[00:03:52] parity, because Darius Gudelis
[00:03:55] resigned
[00:03:58] excuse me. Remigijus
[00:04:01] Milasius for his sake, then today
[00:04:04] the news that the director of the National Basketball League joined Darius'
[00:04:08] team, and we need parity, so then I join Rolandas
[00:04:11] Skaizgirys. Okay, so a
[00:04:13] yes,
[00:04:16] a we can continue the discussion, I don't know what your role here
[00:04:19] is, it's so interesting, now that you've resigned, but let's do this,
[00:04:23] I'll focus on those two, if you want, send me some kind of signal
[00:04:27] that you want to
[00:04:29] interject." So let's start with
[00:04:32] a simple discussion of the three essential
[00:04:35] priorities, looking at the current situation, which in my
[00:04:38] opinion, I don't know if you agree with it or not, but in the first part
[00:04:42] it was probably very accurately diagnosed how the current
[00:04:46] situation looks, three priorities, the most important
[00:04:49] areas of activity a
[00:04:52] from which one should start and
[00:04:55] adhere to. Darius, your three priorities, yes,
[00:04:58] so those priorities are essentially short-term,
[00:05:01] because we're talking about a term of two years and
[00:05:05] we really have big challenges that we should
[00:05:08] focus on, so first of all, we have
[00:05:11] the Eurobasket Women's Championship next year, which means
[00:05:15] in nine months we have two qualifying windows for the women's national team
[00:05:17] to prepare. Here, a big focus and attention
[00:05:21] on how to mobilize that funding, which is not yet fully
[00:05:24] confirmed, how to ensure that the best
[00:05:27] players come and prepare properly, and the men's
[00:05:31] national team, we have a game on November 26th
[00:05:35] with Serbia in Klaipėda.
[00:05:38] I am really glad that all the candidates at that time...
[00:05:42] there were four, we made that rational,
[00:05:46] unifying decision to offer Dainius
[00:05:49] Adomaitis to take the position of head coach
[00:05:52] of the national team, and we see that in those two weeks Dainius
[00:05:56] has really done a significant job, he has already formed a staff, he has already essentially
[00:05:59] spoken with the main clubs,
[00:06:02] with the main players, both for
[00:06:05] the window stage and for the summer, and
[00:06:08] the third priority, this is one priority, the second
[00:06:12] priority, which was talked about a lot in the first part of the show,
[00:06:16] is division, so this is essentially
[00:06:19] how to make it happen in the short term, so that we
[00:06:22] unite again for a common goal, as we will discuss further, and the third priority
[00:06:26] and the third priority is
[00:06:29] the pyramid's clarification,
[00:06:33] adjustment and organization from the kindergarten
[00:06:37] level, from U9-11 year
[00:06:40] championships, from the school league. league moving to the regional league,
[00:06:44] to academies, private sports schools, a sports
[00:06:48] centers in municipalities, sports gymnasiums, of which we have three
[00:06:51] e, where we can nurture
[00:06:55] our young talents and up to the top
[00:06:58] of the pyramid, that is LKL and national
[00:07:02] teams. Rolandas, your three most important things, I will remind
[00:07:06] you of the time, the federation, these elections are developing
[00:07:09] so interestingly now, because I mean. not candidates
[00:07:13] withdrawing one after another, but a, that
[00:07:17] the time is half a term, even less,
[00:07:19] e, for which the president is currently elected, right? No,
[00:07:23] Edmund, it's never too late to start, really, yes,
[00:07:27] yes, but I mean, considering that, okay, what
[00:07:30] are your three priorities? I want to
[00:07:33] say that the pyramid doesn't need to be created, it has been created a long time ago
[00:07:37] and that is the most important thing,
[00:07:40] really, children. The transition of children
[00:07:43] to regions,
[00:07:44] women, I still think
[00:07:48] it's very important,
[00:07:50] in the pyramid,
[00:07:52] not the victories themselves, in principle they
[00:07:56] come, there are disappointments, but
[00:08:00] I imagine the state's basketball influence
[00:08:03] in the world, that is one of the most important
[00:08:07] things, really, I'll explain what I wanted to say,
[00:08:10] yes, and
[00:08:12] the performances of all national teams, both women's and men's,
[00:08:16] in European championships or
[00:08:19] qualifiers, I don't consider that a priority, that is
[00:08:22] a necessity, that is, no matter who is
[00:08:25] there, it happens automatically with
[00:08:29] the work of the entire environment's cohesion and
[00:08:31] so on. You say that can't even be a priority, because it is
[00:08:35] obvious that the biggest results of professional sports are
[00:08:38] the biggest reason why we, why we, I even teach children, really.
[00:08:42] Why do we, what do we fight for? So that
[00:08:45] we can get into the Olympics, individually, as a team,
[00:08:48] that is the highest, highest well, I don't know, for sports, why does a person
[00:08:52] play sports? Because you can earn millions
[00:08:55] of money, but not be
[00:08:57] in the Olympics,
[00:09:00] but being in the Olympics, you will probably really secure, in principle, a certain
[00:09:03] amount, a certain financial
[00:09:06] resource, because if you
[00:09:10] saw Djokovic when he won the Olympic. Because in principle, how
[00:09:13] he cries, in principle, this is, this is, this is
[00:09:17] civics, this is what it's about, your country's flag is raised and
[00:09:21] so on, so in principle, that's where we need to
[00:09:23] start teaching civics to the younger generation, that is,
[00:09:27] that is, I think that is, those are completely
[00:09:30] different, well such priorities, in principle, for that
[00:09:33] approach, fragmentation,
[00:09:36] division, what Gintarė Petronytė says, it has never
[00:09:40] been like this from the outside, frankly. It doesn't look like
[00:09:44] what the community sees, Jonas Kazlauskas also agrees with that, others here
[00:09:47] have also, that there has never been such division
[00:09:51] in the community, okay, if that's the case, Rolandas,
[00:09:54] how to change that,
[00:09:57] I already mentioned, you can't change
[00:10:00] that, um,
[00:10:04] it's impossible to reconcile, really, you won't reconcile NKL
[00:10:07] with RKL, why e, well,
[00:10:10] everyone has their own tasks. their own, their own goals, their own
[00:10:13] aspirations, I think that here, in principle, there must be
[00:10:17] a clear hierarchy
[00:10:20] with an honest approach, communication
[00:10:23] a... open communication
[00:10:25] and
[00:10:28] and well, let anyone throw stones at me
[00:10:32] who says it's possible to reconcile. Okay,
[00:10:35] Darius, how do you see e, is there
[00:10:38] a possibility to change the situation, if so, how? Or do you also not see
[00:10:41] a possibility? I see
[00:10:44] possibilities, because it is one of the president's functions
[00:10:47] to unite the association members, the entire basketball community, in order
[00:10:51] to achieve the goals set for the association.
[00:10:55] So the first thing, how to restore that trust, is to
[00:10:58] start with a financial audit, many
[00:11:02] questions arose both in the media and among
[00:11:05] community members, and indeed, in the past couple of weeks
[00:11:08] I have communicated a lot and there is a lot of
[00:11:11] concern due to not knowing how those funds are being spent, maybe
[00:11:15] there is no crime, maybe someone gets closer,
[00:11:18] someone goes further, but
[00:11:21] but essentially, let's do it transparently.
[00:11:25] Let's conduct a financial
[00:11:27] audit, let's involve professionals, an auditing company
[00:11:31] will conduct an audit, we will look at all contracts, we will look at
[00:11:34] obligations, and finally we will evaluate our
[00:11:37] financial capabilities, how much we can invest next year,
[00:11:41] or do we essentially just need to focus on patching holes
[00:11:44] and plugging them, let's present transparently and publicly
[00:11:47] a this financial
[00:11:50] audit report, so that the entire community can see how
[00:11:53] our funds are being used. And let's start talking, the second
[00:11:57] thing that coach Jonas
[00:12:00] Kazlauskas really emphasized, is to listen to those people, involve
[00:12:04] those people who are legends e
[00:12:07] who have gained immense experience, have great authority,
[00:12:11] let's sit down, listen, hear
[00:12:14] favorable and unfavorable opinions and lay out
[00:12:18] very clearly how we will train our youth, right, until
[00:12:21] now, for example, it is not clear, not confirmed.
[00:12:25] audits are done every year they are presented and
[00:12:37] it turns out not a discussion but a monologue, I try to be polite
[00:12:41] really and I will really remain so. if
[00:12:44] about finances then a
[00:12:49] this is completely chasing the wind,
[00:12:52] really, about about everyone. "A new
[00:12:55] manager will come, do an audit and everything will be clear, really, how it is, that's not
[00:12:59] the point, the point is really this, why reconciliation
[00:13:02] is, no need to create illusions here
[00:13:05] and no need to reconcile anything, every league, every, every
[00:13:09] organization, in the association lives its own life and
[00:13:12] and let's just give them an honest and fair relationship,
[00:13:16] because you understand the situation, I still
[00:13:20] claim that the basketball federation's, more precisely
[00:13:23] the association's budget." is 2.8 million
[00:13:26] euros, do you realize that it is
[00:13:29] the smallest budget of all
[00:13:32] leagues, do you understand that if you take
[00:13:36] the LKL budget, take the Žalgiris budget, the RKL
[00:13:39] budget, the basketball association
[00:13:43] has the smallest budget and it has to
[00:13:45] manage the least amount of money, the whole
[00:13:49] system and still give to everyone, do you really understand
[00:13:52] how there can be any reconciliation? Automatically everyone
[00:13:56] will immediately say I was given too little and I was given
[00:13:59] less attention, this is the problem, the problem is
[00:14:03] finances, finances, how to earn them and how to, how to
[00:14:07] you say that not spending
[00:14:10] money, but earning
[00:14:12] money is the problem, here I am answering for you, but that
[00:14:16] is, we need to focus on how
[00:14:19] to get more money, how to increase the budget, not how
[00:14:22] to crumble crumbs, precisely and precisely. E there are
[00:14:26] only two options, in principle, how to get more money,
[00:14:29] that is, good results in terms of sports, that is,
[00:14:33] the state has really created quite good brands and business would like
[00:14:37] to associate with winners, no, no, Edmund, let's not make
[00:14:40] such, meaning, wrong things, the state has created
[00:14:44] conditions for every sport to really fight for, for achieved results,
[00:14:48] quite large sums of money. Well, if
[00:14:51] for example, 3x3 basketball in four years can reach a point
[00:14:55] where it wins almost 1.5 million euros and
[00:14:59] my goal is that it would be 2.5 after two years or
[00:15:02] not, this is state, well that means it is possible, right,
[00:15:05] by focusing on professionalism, on
[00:15:08] certain things that are necessary
[00:15:11] in sports, when there are results,
[00:15:14] automatically we know what marketing is and what
[00:15:18] sales are, right, automatically other money appears there,
[00:15:21] so I see the problem in that, not
[00:15:25] in spending money, Darius, but
[00:15:28] in the amount of money, so in other words, that
[00:15:32] association that you intend to lead, one and the other,
[00:15:36] has too little.
[00:15:41] We agree, without a doubt, because basketball, basketball
[00:15:44] is the most popular sport, in which until now
[00:15:48] e the most e professionals
[00:15:51] and students and the biggest mass participation exists, yes,
[00:15:55] football is already starting to overtake, but football is starting to overtake because
[00:15:58] it manages to attract funding, not only
[00:16:01] from UEFA
[00:16:04] from international institutions, but also from the state.
[00:16:07] For the past two years, football has received additional state
[00:16:11] funding for mass participation and involving students,
[00:16:15] basketball did not receive it because the applications were not
[00:16:19] properly prepared to receive funding from the Ministry
[00:16:22] of Education, Science and Sport, perhaps, so
[00:16:26] need to be addressed. E Gediminas, I will use you as an assistant
[00:16:30] leader, for economic matters, since you are not participating, it's awkward
[00:16:33] that you won't speak, to increase the federation's budget.
[00:16:38] E I mean to attract more money from business,
[00:16:41] what are, because they won't appear from anywhere else, well, from the state, for mass participation,
[00:16:44] for certain programs, what
[00:16:47] are the essential components for that? Currently, the federation's
[00:16:50] reputation and we have discussions here in the national basketball
[00:16:53] league, where some sponsors are hesitant
[00:16:57] to sign, until the president takes care of things, until the
[00:17:01] reputation improves, of course here
[00:17:03] in a small league, but I think that elsewhere there are exactly the same problems, because money comes.
[00:17:07] only after reputation, when reputation is restored, money
[00:17:10] will come, what was the main reputational problem until
[00:17:13] now, I'm not talking about results, lack of transparency, lack of transparency,
[00:17:17] lack of transparency, distrust, and again from a small
[00:17:20] e episode of my national
[00:17:24] basketball league, inside there there is no
[00:17:28] disunity, clubs compete, but really, and we had
[00:17:32] a common discussion, they are all united, problems arise
[00:17:35] due to e...
[00:17:40] "such an episode, we talked as shareholders, identifying ourselves as the National
[00:17:44] Basketball League share, and before I
[00:17:48] came, the administration was appointed from above
[00:17:51] and they were used to not solving, because they couldn't do anything,
[00:17:55] so now they appointed their own administration by common
[00:17:57] agreement, and so, for now, they haven't appointed anyone, now our
[00:18:01] administrator can speak well, but what resonated
[00:18:04] is transparency, which are slightly different. things, what
[00:18:08] Gediminas talks about, this is a professional league and so on,
[00:18:11] the main money comes into a certain
[00:18:14] situation e, that is, precisely in that
[00:18:18] pyramid, it must be collected, precisely for those children, precisely for those
[00:18:21] coaches, because the teacher is the most important,
[00:18:25] it seems,
[00:18:27] well, at least everything starts from them, from parents and from the teacher, and
[00:18:31] with money, I will give a very good example in principle of Kibirkštis'
[00:18:35] rise to the Euroleague in two years. Looking
[00:18:38] at
[00:18:46] the women's team, he responsibly fulfills his
[00:18:49] duty, what was decided
[00:18:53] to give, we, like others, like
[00:18:56] shareholders, really united and created
[00:18:59] a budget of a million, 1.1 million
[00:19:03] and in terms of sports, meaning,
[00:19:06] knowing that with such money, one can already be in the Euroleague, we
[00:19:10] entered a certain, certain new stage
[00:19:13] of the Euroleague, so I also think, for example, about girls' and
[00:19:16] women's basketball, let's say, a completely different situation, 3x3
[00:19:20] basketball, women's, women's, if the women's national team 3x3
[00:19:24] would make it to the LA Olympics, that
[00:19:27] would be an additional, the federation would receive about 1.5
[00:19:31] million euros, money that could be entirely
[00:19:34] directed over four years, 1.5 million. directed to women's
[00:19:38] basketball, to children's basketball, that would fill all, all gaps,
[00:19:42] but to achieve that
[00:19:44] Olympics, we need to agree with
[00:19:47] the leagues, with professional teams, to get, to get
[00:19:51] players, a, that there would be, there would be conditions
[00:19:54] to train and so on and so forth, which I, for example,
[00:19:57] five years ago, when doing men's basketball, didn't have, because I
[00:20:01] always, in principle, well,
[00:20:04] didn't have conditions, neither from LKL, nor from Mr.
[00:20:07] Milasius, really, for help, I, I
[00:20:11] just struggled, really, in this case, now everything has really changed,
[00:20:14] please, Darius, yes, so if we are still talking about income, one
[00:20:18] aspect is commercial commercial federation income,
[00:20:21] the federation itself organizes national team
[00:20:24] games, both windows
[00:20:28] selling tickets and friendly
[00:20:31] games selling and television rights and selling
[00:20:35] tickets, until now well... the example of last summer
[00:20:38] clearly shows that, as far as I know, the federation did not collect about
[00:20:42] 2000 euros in revenue from tickets, because
[00:20:45] the wrong opponents were chosen for friendly
[00:20:49] games. and they didn't attract
[00:20:52] the attention of spectators, so let's talk about national teams
[00:20:56] like Spain, Germany, let's talk about
[00:20:59] the biggest halls, they didn't bring
[00:21:03] them, the federation is not an event organizing firm, so understand that, yes, yes, yes,
[00:21:06] but it is responsible for certain events, Edmund, you yourself organize events and
[00:21:10] you know that every event, to generate income, requires
[00:21:14] expenses, so of course, but I'm talking about
[00:21:18] 2.8 million, where there are no. expenses, there is only
[00:21:21] the pyramid construction, there are, really, all other money
[00:21:24] comes with risk, that you won't collect
[00:21:28] tickets, you won't sell them and automatically, well, here again
[00:21:31] everything is out of poverty, okay, we talk a little too much about money,
[00:21:35] although of course everything usually comes down to people
[00:21:39] and money, most likely even
[00:21:42] first to money, that pyramid, is
[00:21:45] it a pyramid, that is, preparing children
[00:21:49] no? Their ascent in young age
[00:21:53] seeing some kind of
[00:21:55] structure, right? In the pyramid there must be a vision, what is with
[00:21:59] the children, where are you going, let's say if, if the vision is that,
[00:22:02] today, what I also talked about, influence in world
[00:22:06] basketball, I wanted 3x3 to be the most influential
[00:22:09] in Lithuania, I didn't succeed, we are second, third, fourth, but we
[00:22:13] are extremely influential, if
[00:22:15] you take with children up to 15 years old, I can guarantee that we...
[00:22:20] "we are absolutely the best in Europe, not
[00:22:23] Spaniards, not French, not Italians, no, we are, we
[00:22:27] absolutely serve all of Europe with our
[00:22:30] basketball, there are problems that occur
[00:22:33] after 15 years old, so if we have,
[00:22:36] we have such an influence,
[00:22:40] I can really get cooperation with
[00:22:43] the American company Hoops through through, let's say,
[00:22:46] well, through these Buzeliai" in
[00:22:50] principle, relationships come, then
[00:22:53] we can further increase our influence, expand our
[00:22:57] influence, through this, funds for children come again in a completely
[00:23:00] different way, in principle, a pyramid, yes, Darius,
[00:23:04] yours, but the foundation of the pyramid is essentially
[00:23:08] coaches, teachers, who
[00:23:11] essentially, as Tomas Purlys said in the first part, essentially rely on
[00:23:15] enthusiasm, travel around
[00:23:18] two or three halls in one day. they have two or three groups per
[00:23:21] day, to earn their salary, and realistically, that
[00:23:25] salary, communicating with, with
[00:23:28] coaches, essentially a coach doesn't even have
[00:23:32] the status of a teacher, they don't even have it, if we talk about their
[00:23:35] qualification improvement matters, then
[00:23:38] e a teacher gets the status of a methodologist
[00:23:42] for life, a coach who has prepared
[00:23:45] a talent, who has raised
[00:23:48] e... a good generation, achieved certain
[00:23:52] results in Lithuania, after two years he
[00:23:55] loses that category and goes back down, in
[00:23:58] principle, well here these are already lobbying issues
[00:24:02] and they take a lot of time, maybe
[00:24:05] a year or two, not three, these things are the Minister of Education's
[00:24:09] order, to solve these issues
[00:24:13] it's not enough to be only basketball and
[00:24:16] and you have to be a leader in sports in Lithuania.
[00:24:20] "And basketball can have that exactly, and then solve all
[00:24:23] the problems of sports, what what is there, well
[00:24:27] imagine, the CIS basket increases by five euros in 10 years,
[00:24:31] inflation increased more, what is this, and
[00:24:34] we are, we, whether it's Aleknas or someone
[00:24:38] else, medals come and so on and no one gathers that
[00:24:42] community and and and we don't even fight for
[00:24:45] certain details that are needed."
[00:24:51] They are just athletes getting money, one minister
[00:24:54] told me, we give you that money,
[00:24:58] no, you don't give money to the state, we fight,
[00:25:01] athletes fight by glorifying the state, that is
[00:25:05] money earned in principle, and
[00:25:08] until that works, everyone thinks, oh, we'll give it, oh then, no, that's not how it works.
[00:25:11] isn't there, and because of that, we can't
[00:25:15] say, no, it won't be like that, there will be categories of coaches
[00:25:18] and coaches will not train 24 children, but will train
[00:25:22] 15 children and there will be such and such
[00:25:25] rules, you can only do that by having influence, yes,
[00:25:29] and you, when you are a leader, when you are a leader in all
[00:25:32] sports, coaching Rolandas, one more very
[00:25:35] piquant detail, football and basketball, again
[00:25:38] e young footballers e
[00:25:42] are counted from the age of 12, basketball players from
[00:25:46] the age of 16 and the Ministry of Education.
[00:25:50] The basketball money basket for basketball
[00:25:53] is given from 16, and for football from 12 years old,
[00:25:56] now, as far as I know, there is a legal dispute between the federation and
[00:26:00] the Ministry of Education, that basketball.
[00:26:02] manage something, but you will definitely manage this, what I did,
[00:26:09] Our time is almost up, let's imagine a situation
[00:26:13] where you are elected president, maybe you will manage
[00:26:15] one thing, you won't
[00:26:19] we started with you, what you will definitely, definitely manage
[00:26:22] to do, first of all, to seat the authorities at one
[00:26:25] table, to hear opinions that are
[00:26:28] uncomfortable, to seek common solutions and...
[00:26:32] "as Rolandas says, to get that leadership, to go
[00:26:36] and talk from all sports, with the central government, with
[00:26:39] municipalities, and and and find those solutions, good,
[00:26:43] thank you, something, something similar, but only differently I
[00:26:46] would turn it around, to conduct an audit, but not only
[00:26:50] a financial one, a financial one is already happening, to conduct
[00:26:53] an audit of the entire community, that is
[00:26:56] all 162 association members, as
[00:26:59] the law says, everyone has the right to vote. That's how it
[00:27:03] is and indeed and to conduct an audit with them
[00:27:06] face to face then establish, well, that means
[00:27:10] establish, establish certain working groups
[00:27:12] united
[00:27:15] yes, absolutely yes and that and for that and for that we have exactly
[00:27:18] until Christmas time why only until Christmas
[00:27:22] new financial year there are many, many, many things
[00:27:26] sports results achievements and so on, here it's already
[00:27:29] really, well, Gediminas your such a strange one. I am today
[00:27:33] a resigned candidate, but you resigned almost during the show,
[00:27:36] so what's most important in a short time, now
[00:27:39] for basketball,
[00:27:42] what one of them really has to do I agree, I agree Rolandas, that that
[00:27:46] activity audit is something else than a financial audit
[00:27:49] and going through communities and here it could
[00:27:53] be a conference that would
[00:27:56] seek moments of cohesion, how, how, how to seek
[00:27:59] that unity, thank you, thank you for coming to... LRT
[00:28:02] forum, well, in a few days it will become clear who will become
[00:28:06] the president of the Lithuanian Basketball Association, but that is probably not
[00:28:09] the most important thing, the most important thing is that basketball should be
[00:28:13] such, about which I spoke at the beginning of the show, uniting the whole country,
[00:28:17] empowering, giving a,
[00:28:20] giving an understanding that small can overcome big and so
[00:28:24] on, as it was for many years before. Thank you
[00:28:27] for watching, see
[00:28:28] you.
[00:29:06] Hello, with you is the show "Week". United
[00:29:10] States President Donald Trump announces: Russia and
[00:29:13] Ukraine have agreed to stop striking each other's energy
[00:29:17] infrastructure. Although Volodymyr Zelenskyy says this
[00:29:21] agreement is news to him. This news comes just a couple of days after
[00:29:25] Trump allowed Russia to supply millions of tons of diesel to
[00:29:28] the global market. And according to Zelenskyy, this is a gift to Putin.
[00:29:32] Allowing him to continue the war. A war marked
[00:29:35] by increasingly brutal Russian strikes. This week,
[00:29:38] it claimed more than 100 lives. New Russian
[00:29:42] jet drones for the first time reached Lviv, which is already in the West.
[00:29:45] While Ukraine is developing new,
[00:29:48] intercepting drones to shoot down jet drones, in the country's
[00:29:52] north, air defense forces are hunting them with available
[00:29:55] weapons. Their efforts are complicated by the fact that Russia
[00:29:59] uses the Belarusian border to prepare drone attacks.
[00:30:03] The first line of air defenders was visited by LRT journalist
[00:30:06] Augustinas Šulija and operator Vaidas
[00:30:08] Greičiūnas. Long considered a quiet part of the Ukrainian
[00:30:12] front, the northern border of the country has recently been receiving more
[00:30:16] attention. This bridge connecting Belarus and Ukraine was
[00:30:20] blown up at the very beginning of the Russian invasion. However,
[00:30:23] recently Ukrainian politicians are increasingly warning
[00:30:27] that Russia may once again use Belarusian territory and launch
[00:30:31] a new offensive. Towards Kyiv. Ukrainians
[00:30:35] take these warnings seriously. The entire border with
[00:30:38] Belarus is heavily fortified. Not only against
[00:30:41] weapons that were used in 2022,
[00:30:44] but also against the growing drone threat.
[00:30:48] We plan to install nets over roads, currently they are installed
[00:30:51] above our stationary posts. Now the biggest
[00:30:54] focus is on the border with Russia. But when the
[00:30:58] work there is finished, it will move.