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[00:00:30] within a 5 km radius.
[00:00:55] Hello, you're watching Vesti. Oksana Kuvaeva is in the studio with the main news for this
[00:00:58] hour.
[00:01:03] Russian forces have liberated three populated
[00:01:05] areas.
[00:01:09] The Reznikovsky cauldron, where hundreds of militants are trapped,
[00:01:12] is shrinking.
[00:01:17] The FSB has liquidated the largest gang of illegal arms dealers in 43
[00:01:21] regions of Russia.
[00:01:24] By helicopters and trains. That's how people get to
[00:01:27] remote settlements west of...
[00:01:31] How is early voting proceeding in the hard-to-reach
[00:01:34] Arctic? Granted
[00:01:36] by heaven.
[00:01:40] A resident of Novy Urengoy gave birth to her third child right on board
[00:01:44] a plane. March of the World's Youth.
[00:01:47] The festival in Yekaterinburg sets
[00:01:49] records.
[00:01:55] To national rhythms from 191 countries.
[00:02:10] Russian military forces have liberated three populated areas in the zone of
[00:02:14] the special operation in the Kharkiv region. Units of the Sever group
[00:02:16] dislodged the enemy from a wide village inside
[00:02:20] the Reznikovsky cauldron, where hundreds of Ukrainian militants
[00:02:24] are completely surrounded. The capture of the village of Shevchenkovo
[00:02:27] allowed for the expansion of the buffer zone in the border area.
[00:03:00] Adjacent to the now infamous location are the giants
[00:03:03] Krivorozhstal and the foundry and mechanical plant. Near
[00:03:07] Odesa, another Nova Poshta warehouse is burning.
[00:03:09] In
[00:03:12] Kherson, there's a blackout after such a strike, likely with ballistic missiles.
[00:03:16] A little later, Ternopil, station
[00:03:18] area.
[00:03:23] Near Pryluky, Chernihiv, a warehouse and administrative buildings of the Tim
[00:03:27] TV company were destroyed. In Zvyagel, Zhytomyr, the Polish holding company
[00:03:31] Cersanit's plant was repurposed for drone parts production; repairs
[00:03:34] will take six months. In Kyiv, a gas station, the Kyivstar office, which
[00:03:38] provides communication services, including to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Near Mykolaiv,
[00:03:41] a radar station, another one in Odesa. Here too, a warehouse
[00:03:44] of the drug distributor Badm. "Yes, we are also
[00:03:47] burning." And two more dry cargo ships. In Hryhorivka
[00:03:50] nearby, a workshop for assembling drones. Locomotives, military
[00:03:54] echelons, and depots were attacked simultaneously in six
[00:03:56] regions.
[00:04:00] Russian aerial bombs have learned to fly 120 km independently.
[00:04:03] Bandroli and Geranium - writes the Wall Street Journal, 20 times cheaper
[00:04:07] than Western cruise missiles. Russia has enough resources and
[00:04:10] supply channels. It developed and put into service
[00:04:14] both types of weapons: defensive years, having refined earlier
[00:04:17] models, conducted combat tests, and quickly deployed
[00:04:21] mass production - emphasize analysts. As a result,
[00:04:24] Moscow outpaced its adversaries. This time,
[00:04:27] the west of Ukraine was attacked not by reactive drones.
[00:04:40] In August, there was a record number of 2800
[00:04:43] reactive drones, now the enemy has launched UAVs with
[00:04:47] internal combustion engines, there are still many
[00:04:50] air raid alerts. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have no fewer concerns at the front. Our troops, the Ministry of Defense reports,
[00:04:54] continue to tighten the encirclement in the Kharkiv region. The populated area
[00:04:57] of Shirokaya in the Kharkiv region
[00:05:00] has been liberated within the encirclement, and active battles are underway for the liberation
[00:05:04] of the populated area of Malaya Volchya. As a result of decisive
[00:05:07] actions to expand the external control zone, the populated area
[00:05:11] of Chenkova in the Kharkiv region has been liberated. The
[00:05:14] Russian army is advancing around the clock. Strikes on the rear are now also continuing
[00:05:18] during the day. The enemy has nothing to cover with. The reactive
[00:05:22] Geran-5 can reach speeds of up to 600 km/h.
[00:05:25] It carries a warhead weighing 90 kg. And its flight range
[00:05:29] reaches 1,000 km. It is equipped with thermal imagers and guidance
[00:05:33] systems based on artificial intelligence, with Russian
[00:05:36] jamming-resistant antennas. According to Times estimates, the intensity
[00:05:40] of reactive drone strikes since the summer has increased by
[00:05:43] 700%. Alexey Kanobko, Maxim Shchepilov,
[00:05:46] Vesti.
[00:05:48] One of the largest gangs of illegal arms dealers was identified and
[00:05:52] liquidated by the Federal Security Service. The network of illegal
[00:05:55] suppliers and manufacturers of weapons numbered almost
[00:05:58] 120 people and operated in 43 regions of Russia. A
[00:06:02] impressive arsenal, from automatic rifles to grenade launchers, was found with the
[00:06:06] detainees. Ainur Valeakhmetov reports on who all this
[00:06:10] was intended for.
[00:06:17] He didn't make a single unnecessary move, knowing that all the
[00:06:20] evidence was in his trunk. Operatives seize
[00:06:24] an entire arsenal of illegal
[00:06:25] weapons.
[00:06:28] And here, dangerous cargo was stored in a closet in an ordinary apartment. At the sight
[00:06:31] of law enforcement officers, someone tries to throw it out the window, but everything is already
[00:06:35] being recorded on camera.
[00:06:39] This is all part of one chain. Employees of the FSB,
[00:06:43] Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Rosgvardia uncovered a large
[00:06:46] gang of underground arms dealers. They crudely modified
[00:06:50] civilian weapons to give them additional combat properties. Here, a
[00:06:53] civilian IX-799 pistol was converted into a combat weapon, and
[00:06:57] these are hunting carbines with characteristics close to
[00:07:00] a Kalashnikov assault rifle. Improvised explosive devices were also produced in underground
[00:07:04] conditions. Operational search and investigative actions were carried out at the addresses
[00:07:08] of illegal arms dealers. As a result, 297 units of firearms,
[00:07:11] both domestic and foreign-made,
[00:07:15] 11 grenade launchers, four submachine guns, six
[00:07:18] machine guns, one assault rifle, 74
[00:07:21] assault rifles, 77 pistols and revolvers,
[00:07:24] 124 rifles, carbines, and shotguns, as well as
[00:07:27] 223 grenades, were seized from illegal
[00:07:30] circulation. This weaponry would be enough to
[00:07:33] equip a small army. The large-scale operation by law enforcement
[00:07:37] covered 43 regions, from Kaliningrad to the Far
[00:07:40] East, including the DPR.
[00:07:43] In Crimea, 37 underground workshops were discovered. Here,
[00:07:46] a cache was found at an abandoned
[00:07:48] construction site.
[00:07:51] Their workshops were modest, either cellars of private homes or
[00:07:54] garages, but the work there was in full swing, no joke. For example, in this
[00:07:58] , the gang of illegal arms dealers restored weapons from the Great
[00:08:01] Patriotic War. Rare specimens were found during excavations, and
[00:08:05] from there, a combat product would emerge. This gang
[00:08:09] was often seen here. Locals say they mainly worked at...
[00:08:12] night. Were you aware that they were engaged in
[00:08:15] illegal activities? Well, illegal, I don't know about illegal, it's just that those who were there
[00:08:19] worked at night. A large group of people, not a small one.
[00:08:23] Two or three people would come.
[00:08:26] These garages are now slated for demolition. In addition,
[00:08:29] 92,000 rounds of various calibers,
[00:08:33] 223 grenades, and over 80 kg
[00:08:36] of explosives were seized. All seized items have been sent to
[00:08:39] expert forensic centers of regional
[00:08:43] units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. 111 illegal arms dealers have already
[00:08:46] been detained. Based on the results of the expertise, criminal cases will be initiated under
[00:08:50] three articles. The investigation will have to determine what
[00:08:54] exactly this arsenal was intended for. Experts do
[00:08:57] not rule out the involvement of Western special services. On the territory of the Russian
[00:09:00] Federation, there is a huge, branched
[00:09:03] network, systematically and actively
[00:09:05] operating to the detriment of our national security.
[00:09:09] The enemy today acts systematically, very actively
[00:09:13] relying on those individuals who fully
[00:09:17] do not realize and do not account for their
[00:09:20] actions. All sales channels, possible customers, and new
[00:09:24] episodes of the high-profile case are currently being established.
[00:09:27] Ainur Rakhmetov, Stanislav Petrov, Anna Lvova, Viktoriya Butova, Alexander
[00:09:30] Ivankov. Vesti.
[00:09:34] There are 2 days left until the completion of early voting for residents
[00:09:37] of hard-to-reach territories, as well as regions located in close
[00:09:41] proximity to the zone. And somewhere, the results are already being summed up,
[00:09:45] however, counting votes is often much easier than getting
[00:09:48] them. Svyatoslav Dolgachev assessed the full complexity of the work
[00:09:52] of election commission members in the Arctic.
[00:09:54] This is the Tersky coast, the White
[00:09:57] Sea washes it. On the other side is
[00:10:01] Arkhangelsk. You can't get here by ordinary
[00:10:04] road transport. Communication with the world for remote villages in this
[00:10:08] area is only possible by sea or air
[00:10:11] vessels. In each of these villages, at this time of year, no more than ten
[00:10:15] people live. The majority of local residents leave to winter in
[00:10:18] the city. Those who remain will not have time to appear at the
[00:10:22] elections. Early voting is organized for them in a mobile
[00:10:25] polling station. This is what a mobile polling station looks like.
[00:10:28] Here is a screen for secret voting. This is its
[00:10:31] number. It is right in the helicopter.
[00:10:35] Enter any home, they will welcome you like family, offer food, warm you up.
[00:10:39] Volunteer Olga Kleshcheva, from these parts herself, helps organize
[00:10:43] the election process. Now we fly by helicopter, but before
[00:10:46] we used to travel by snowmobiles, by all-terrain vehicles. This is
[00:10:50] how they reach remote settlements to the west of the Kola Bay. On this
[00:10:54] terrain, a car cannot pass. But there is a
[00:10:57] railway connection. The polling station is organized
[00:11:00] right in this small
[00:11:02] carriage.
[00:11:07] Hello. Hello.
[00:11:10] Please sit down. Even fewer people live in these forests, mostly
[00:11:14] railway station workers, and there are also those who
[00:11:17] run their own farms. I am a pensioner, I live here
[00:11:21] permanently. Sometimes I leave, then come back. Everything is closed.
[00:11:25] The station is practically closed. So we live little by little,
[00:11:29] we vote. For whoever the heart tells us. The
[00:11:33] commission also reaches the remote meteorological station.
[00:11:36] It is especially important for specialists to vote without interrupting
[00:11:39] their work. Of course, it's important. The vote is important.
[00:11:43] Especially since we elect.
[00:11:45] We are interested. Everything is good, everything is great. The most
[00:11:49] important thing is the romance. The Murmansk region is vast, and there are many
[00:11:53] hard-to-reach areas here.
[00:11:55] The region, along with the incredible beauty of the Northern Hills and Lakes,
[00:11:59] remains one of the most logistically challenging in the country.
[00:12:02] Such mobile polling stations first go to places
[00:12:06] where public transport does not run, but where people live
[00:12:09] who wish to cast their vote in the upcoming elections. Svyatoslav
[00:12:13] Dolgachev, Pavel Srednyakov, Ekaterina Dolgacheva, Dmitry Kvasnyuk,
[00:12:17] Vesti Zapolyarya.
[00:12:20] Fuel prices in Europe are breaking records. In France, according to
[00:12:23] Figaro, the cost exceeded 2 euros per liter. In America, Reuters reports,
[00:12:27] a gallon already costs more than four dollars,
[00:12:29] 65% higher than before the start of the war with Iran.
[00:12:33] The US strategic oil reserve is also depleting, reaching
[00:12:37] a minimum in almost half a century. Diplomacy is stalled, negotiations on
[00:12:41] the Hormuz Strait are again postponed. Tehran put forward seven conditions
[00:12:44] to Washington, among them a cessation of hostilities,
[00:12:47] and unfreezing of assets. While these are not accepted, the Strait will be closed.
[00:12:51] The Houthis have expanded control over the Yemeni Red Sea coast
[00:12:55] with Perim Island. Even Saudi oil exports through the Red Sea are under
[00:12:58] attack, and the bypass East-West pipeline
[00:13:01] has not yet been launched after drone strikes from Iraqi
[00:13:05] territory.
[00:13:08] Vesti is following the developments, stay with us on Rossiya Channel.
[00:13:56] Save, Lord, Your people and bless Your inheritance,
[00:14:00] granting victories to Orthodox Christians over their adversaries.
[00:14:25] Guys, go with God.
[00:14:37] I'm back, I remember everything.
[00:14:40] A loud return on Russia channel. I still
[00:14:44] remember that Red one, he possessed a rare talent and a very
[00:14:48] bad temper. I feel kind of uneasy that you remember
[00:14:50] everything. You're looking at me like before. Bring
[00:14:54] back my memory.
[00:15:34] Soon on Rossiya channel!
[00:15:45] Say, there's an interesting case, but no understanding of what to
[00:15:49] do with it. They did it, but it's impossible to establish for sure now.
[00:15:53] And a reasonable person orders at a price of over one and a half
[00:15:56] million. Why do people
[00:16:00] get married? A road to
[00:16:02] nowhere. Working. Got it.
[00:16:05] Working. So... everything
[00:19:33] This flight, Krasnoyarsk, Novy Urengoy, will be remembered by all
[00:19:36] passengers, flight attendants, pilots, emergency doctors, and
[00:19:40] the main hero of the event, a thirty-year-old resident of Imalo, and her
[00:19:43] newborn son, who was born right on board the plane.
[00:19:47] A report by Zulya Osmanova about those who found themselves at altitude in an emergency situation.
[00:19:51] Baby Assot, 51 cm
[00:19:56] tall, weighing almost 3 kg, loudly announces himself on board
[00:20:00] the Superjet 100.
[00:20:03] The thirty-year-old...
[00:20:05] She started screaming: "Take me
[00:20:39] to labor as soon as possible, I want to give birth!" She was already
[00:20:42] in her thirty-sixth week of pregnancy, her water had already broken. The doctors decided
[00:20:46] to deliver the baby right on board the plane. At 12:28 PM,
[00:20:50] one minute after the passengers disembarked, the boy was
[00:20:53] born. Happy moments for the mom, the baby, the doctors, the entire crew.
[00:20:57] Of course, I started crying.
[00:21:01] Beautiful, alive, pink. Someone cried,
[00:21:05] someone clapped, someone shouted with joy. I had to give birth
[00:21:08] on a plane, but thanks to
[00:21:12] the medical staff, everything went well. Thank you
[00:21:15] very much to them. They did not just perform
[00:21:19] their duties, they were there,
[00:21:22] cared, calmed,
[00:21:25] and thanks to them, the birth was not a stress
[00:21:28] of some kind, but an important, bright moment. That's how everything remained
[00:21:32] in memory. Directly from the airport, the mother and baby were taken
[00:21:36] to the perinatal center. Little impatient Asad is already the third in
[00:21:39] the family. She and her husband already have two sons. She did not expect
[00:21:43] it to happen this way. We talked afterwards, she thought
[00:21:46] she would fly there and give birth. Well, it happened
[00:21:50] as it happened. She was scared too. The happy ending to this
[00:21:53] story became the beginning of a new life. The parents of little Asad
[00:21:57] are confident that this unusual entry into the world will bring their son
[00:22:00] good luck. Some are found in cabbage, some are brought by a stork.
[00:22:04] Another newborn was literally brought to Novy Urengoy
[00:22:08] by the heavens. Now the mom and her baby are feeling
[00:22:11] great and preparing for discharge. Zulya Osmanova, Daniil
[00:22:15] Zhidelev, Vesti Yamal.
[00:22:18] In Siberia, forest fires are intensifying. In Krasnoyarsk Krai, the
[00:22:22] Shushinsky Nature Reserve has been burning for a week now. The situation is very difficult,
[00:22:26] with hotspots in inaccessible places where it's impossible to transfer equipment,
[00:22:29] so water for firefighters is delivered to the site
[00:22:32] by helicopter, and paratroopers extinguish the
[00:22:35] fire manually. In Buryatia, with the onset of autumn cold, a real
[00:22:39] bear boom began. Predators are massively coming out to
[00:22:42] settlements, with three times more calls to hunters than in
[00:22:46] previous years. Due to the increased danger, schools in one of the settlements
[00:22:50] have switched to distance learning. In Yakutia, the first frosts have already begun,
[00:22:53] and the region is starting to be covered with snow, including the republic's capital.
[00:22:57] Local drivers have already been warned that roads may be
[00:23:00] slippery. And in Chelyabinsk, after a heavy downpour, the
[00:23:03] tigress's enclosure in the zoo was flooded. For a while,
[00:23:07] the predator diligently avoided the huge puddle. The big cat only managed
[00:23:11] to overcome herself when her favorite toy ended up in the
[00:23:15] water.
[00:23:18] A record number of participants. Over 10,000 people gathered for
[00:23:22] the March of World Youth in Yekaterinburg. The parade,
[00:23:24] which united representatives from various countries, became one of the most significant
[00:23:28] events of the International Youth Festival. It will continue in the city
[00:23:32] for two more days. During this time, delegates from 191
[00:23:36] countries will exchange experiences, share impressions, and
[00:23:39] learn even more about Russia. The festival report by
[00:23:42] Anna
[00:23:43] Simanova.
[00:24:50] The pavilion, where everything is dedicated to science, technology, and the opportunities
[00:24:53] our scientists have, becomes a platform where new
[00:24:57] scientific, international projects
[00:24:59] are concluded and initiated. One of the goals of the festival
[00:25:02] is to remind that Russia is open to the world. By 2030, our
[00:25:06] universities will educate 500,000 talented
[00:25:09] students from abroad. Many foreign delegates approach and
[00:25:13] ask to increase the quota for state-funded places for
[00:25:16] admission. We know that in addition to the
[00:25:20] free benefits we provide, quite a few students study
[00:25:23] on a paid basis, because Russian education is highly
[00:25:26] valued abroad and
[00:25:29] its prestige is increasing. Will the quota increase or not?
[00:25:32] Well, at least
[00:25:36] we will increase it to 500,000, and then we'll see.
[00:25:39] Starting with Bernoulli, Euler, and Struve, Russia hospitably
[00:25:43] welcomed foreign scientists and
[00:25:44] musicians.
[00:25:48] When I was young in Chicago, I... I already had a dream
[00:25:51] to work and study here, because if we
[00:25:55] think about all the greatest musicians of the 20th century,
[00:25:59] Russian, Russian, Russian. The main song of the festival, at one point it...
[00:26:02] exploded on social media, Mother Earth. It's no surprise that the meeting
[00:26:06] with Tatyana Kortukova was a complete sellout. Yesterday I met
[00:26:10] an amazing young man who came from the United Arab Emirates.
[00:26:13] A year and a half ago, he began to study Russian because he
[00:26:17] heard the song "Motherland." Mohammed Ismail from Syria began to dream of
[00:26:21] moving to Russia when he was still at home reading
[00:26:24] Dostoevsky and Pushkin in Arabic. I wanted
[00:26:28] to live here until the end of the world, because
[00:26:30] I feel that this is my
[00:26:34] second home. Everything happening at the festival can be seen online;
[00:26:38] the organizers are uploading hundreds of videos. The atmosphere in Yekaterinburg
[00:26:41] is such that one of the participants decided to say the main
[00:26:45] words to his beloved without waiting for a personal meeting. Dashka,
[00:26:48] my dear beloved, I love you very much. I ask for your
[00:26:52] hand and heart. Marry
[00:26:55] me.
[00:27:01] Wedding with...
[00:27:32] provide official housing. Schools in Uptary and Sokol, urban-type settlements
[00:27:36] of Magadan city district, participated in this program for the first time this year. They
[00:27:39] joined the Zemstvo Teacher program this year. It was the first
[00:27:43] time it touched our settlements of Sokol and
[00:27:46] Uptar. Fortunately, it turned
[00:27:49] out to be a successful experience. In total, 11 teachers were selected
[00:27:53] this year for work in the settlements of Magadan Oblast as part of the Zemstvo Teacher
[00:27:56] program. All of them are from different regions of Russia and have
[00:28:00] significant experience.
[00:28:02] In Sokol, one Zemstvo math teacher has arrived, and they are now
[00:28:06] awaiting a Russian language and literature teacher who should arrive within the same
[00:28:10] program. This will not completely solve the school's staffing problem, but it
[00:28:14] will significantly ease the situation. Galina
[00:28:16] Sokolnikova, a math teacher from Irkutsk, now works in
[00:28:20] the village of Sokol. Her adult children are at home, and she plans to
[00:28:24] pay off part of her mortgage with the 2 million rubles
[00:28:27] received through the program. She's not afraid of the local frosts, Galina says.
[00:28:31] Overall, she feels quite comfortable in her new
[00:28:35] place. She looked around, Sokol
[00:28:38] is located on the territory of Magadan
[00:28:42] city, and you don't even need to travel to the city. You just
[00:28:45] flew in, and here's the village. More than 300 children
[00:28:49] currently study at Sokol school, which is quite a lot by village standards.
[00:28:52] Teachers are still needed here, and they are currently looking
[00:28:56] for a few more teachers. We really need two more
[00:28:59] teachers for Russian language and literature
[00:29:02] and mathematics, and we really hope someone might respond,
[00:29:06] we are looking for a vacancy. Teachers participating in the Zemstvo
[00:29:10] Teacher program in the villages must work for 5 years, but the
[00:29:13] schools, of course, hope they will stay for a longer
[00:29:17] period. Lyudmila Shcherbakova, Alexey Gilev, Vesti
[00:29:20] Magadan.
[00:29:22] We are receiving new reports from our correspondents about the most important
[00:29:26] news in the country and the world. Vesti will tell you the latest
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