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[00:01:36] Now a brief overview of the main news to this
[00:01:38] minute. New explosions in Sumy, Mykolaiv,
[00:01:42] the Kharkiv suburbs, and in Zaporizhzhia controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Large
[00:01:46] fires broke out in these locations. Information on the affected objects is still being
[00:01:49] clarified.
[00:01:52] Two years have passed since the Ukrainian Armed Forces invaded the Kursk region. In our
[00:01:55] border areas, they took hostages, those who tried
[00:01:59] to escape... More than a hundred criminal cases have been initiated, and over
[00:02:03] 400 militants have already
[00:02:04] been convicted.
[00:02:08] Donald Trump demanded that the Pentagon explain why the problem of
[00:02:11] arms shortages has not yet been resolved, as reported by the Washington
[00:02:14] Post. It became known yesterday that American arsenals
[00:02:18] were virtually empty after US operations in the Middle East. known
[00:02:20] yesterday.
[00:02:23] The historic shallowing of the Rhine threatens Germany's economy. The cost of river
[00:02:27] transportation has tripled. According to expert forecasts, the country's GDP
[00:02:31] will contract by
[00:02:33] 2% in the third quarter.
[00:02:38] Georgia is once again without electricity. All cities in the country, including Tbilisi, were plunged into darkness.
[00:02:42] Traffic lights went out on the streets, the subway was stopped, and people were
[00:02:45] brought to the surface in the dark.
[00:02:49] A large part of Abkhazia was in the outage zone. Homes have neither
[00:02:53] electricity nor water. All this is due to
[00:02:56] another failure at the Enguri HPP during an energy system check.
[00:03:00] I note that this is already the third large-scale outage in the
[00:03:03] last 2 weeks.
[00:03:06] The hottest days of this summer are beginning in Moscow. Our meteorologist,
[00:03:10] Vadim Zavodchenkov, will tell you how high the temperature will rise and what will happen
[00:03:13] when the cold front arrives, and more. Vadim
[00:03:16] Zavodchenkov. The hottest days of this summer
[00:03:19] are approaching in central Russia. How high can
[00:03:23] the thermometers rise in Moscow, when will the capital be
[00:03:27] covered by a cold front, this is relevant. on
[00:03:31] Russia-24 channel, I am Vadim Zavuchenkov, leading
[00:03:34] specialist of the Fobos center. Hello, the peak
[00:03:37] heat in the European part of the country will fall on Thursday
[00:03:41] and Friday. Perhaps the most spectacular manifestation
[00:03:44] of intense heat in the chernozem region was a dusty
[00:03:47] whirlwind that swirled near the Voronezh highway yesterday.
[00:03:51] Such vortices usually appear at the border of differently
[00:03:54] heated areas of the surface. In this
[00:03:57] case, we are talking about the ground, about asphalt. For
[00:04:00] the formation of a vertical squall vortex, a very powerful
[00:04:04] upward flow of air is needed, and it was precisely
[00:04:07] created by the heated soil. Yesterday, the temperature in the
[00:04:10] Voronezh region reached almost
[00:04:14] +34.
[00:04:15] +34.
[00:04:21] It's hot now in Kuban, in the shade thermometers
[00:04:25] rise to +36, well
[00:04:28] in the sun it's completely un... bearable. However,
[00:04:32] the epicenter of the anomalous August heat is
[00:04:34] still located in Europe, in the Czech Republic and
[00:04:38] Austria, absolute heat records were broken this week.
[00:04:42] In one of the districts of Vienna, the air warmed up to
[00:04:45] +41 for the first time in history. Meanwhile,
[00:04:49] wildfires reached the Netherlands.
[00:04:52] The largest of them covered a nature reserve in the
[00:04:55] south of the country. Train traffic in this area
[00:04:59] had to be stopped. Emergency services
[00:05:02] are evacuating nearby
[00:05:05] campsites. Residents of the French commune of Le
[00:05:08] Porge, which also suffered from the fire, returned
[00:05:12] home to find traces of shell explosions on their facades
[00:05:16] and fences. It turned out that the ground here was literally
[00:05:20] littered with ammunition from the Second
[00:05:23] World War. Due to the high temperature, they began to
[00:05:26] detonate. By now, sappers have
[00:05:29] managed to find over 400
[00:05:32] mines.
[00:05:35] These shells still contain explosives and are still
[00:05:38] dangerous, so we have established a forbidden zone. We will collect
[00:05:42] them and destroy them in a suitable area belonging to the civil
[00:05:45] security service. Well, and of course, it's not hot
[00:05:49] everywhere on the Eurasian continent right now. In the village of Saskylakh
[00:05:52] in northern Yakutia, the first
[00:05:56] snow has already
[00:05:57] fallen.
[00:06:01] But let's return to the Russian Plain. In the satellite image, you can see
[00:06:05] the culprit of the extreme heat. This
[00:06:07] is an anticyclone stretching from Western Europe to the banks
[00:06:11] of the Volga. The overheating of the earth's surface. Yesterday,
[00:06:14] the sky in its area was covered with a whole
[00:06:17] scattering of cumulus clouds, although the main
[00:06:20] masses of clouds of frontal sections shifted to
[00:06:24] the north in a strip from the Baltic to the spurs
[00:06:27] of the Urals. Today the atmospheric situation will remain
[00:06:31] stable. During the day, only the north of
[00:06:34] European Russia will still be in the rain zone. I note
[00:06:38] that we do not expect heavy showers in this part of the region. According to
[00:06:41] model estimates, the daily intensity will not exceed
[00:06:44] 4-7 mm. In the middle and southern latitudes,
[00:06:48] sunny, dry weather will prevail for now,
[00:06:51] so the heat here will continue to intensify.
[00:06:55] Its peak will fall on the end of the working week. Thermometers
[00:06:57] will reach the 30-degree mark even on the upper Volga.
[00:07:01] Southern Russia will be at the epicenter of the heat, where at
[00:07:05] the peak of daytime warming it will reach +35-40.
[00:07:08] However, such heat will not last long. Please
[00:07:12] note that by this time, the north of the region will already be covered by cooler
[00:07:16] air, which will soon begin to spread further
[00:07:20] into the Russian Plain. The freshness will reach
[00:07:22] the south only at the beginning of next week.
[00:07:26] For example, in Lugansk, starting today, the weather will be
[00:07:30] hotter than it usually is at this time of year in Cairo.
[00:07:33] After lunch, the thermometers will rise 6-8°
[00:07:37] above normal to +36.
[00:07:40] The first thunderstorms will appear
[00:07:43] over the capital of the LPR on Sunday, and by Monday, the daytime
[00:07:47] temperature will drop to a more comfortable
[00:07:50] +28. Central Russia will leave the heat
[00:07:53] earlier. I repeat, on Thursday and Friday,
[00:07:56] the heat will start to reach its peak. In Moscow, it will be
[00:07:59] +30-32 degrees during the day, but then a cold front will approach,
[00:08:03] and to the accompaniment of showers
[00:08:07] and thunderstorms, the temperature regime will begin to return to normal
[00:08:10] for the climate. You see, the norm for these August days
[00:08:14] is for the air to warm up only to
[00:08:16] +23-24.
[00:08:19] However, the rainy period will be short, and already on Sunday,
[00:08:23] sunny weather will return to the megalopolis. That's all from
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[00:11:28] have increased somewhat, but this is temporary, the central bank
[00:11:30] assures. The Bank of Russia revised upwards
[00:11:34] the range of the average key rate. Compared
[00:11:37] to April forecasts, it changed by half a percentage point
[00:11:40] in this and 2028, and by 2.5 percentage points in the following
[00:11:43] year. A more gradual reduction in the key rate, according to
[00:11:47] the Central Bank's comments, will be necessary taking into account a number of factors. The regulator attributes
[00:11:50] direct and secondary effects from temporary
[00:11:54] changes.
[00:12:25] noted mixed dynamics for individual and multi-apartment
[00:12:28] sectors, but overall noted that the process does not stop, despite
[00:12:32] any difficulties.
[00:12:35] Since 2020, more than 600 million square meters of housing have already been built in the
[00:12:39] country. In 2025, almost 14,000 residential buildings were put into operation. 2026
[00:12:42] is showing a certain downward trend in
[00:12:46] individual housing, but I think that by the end of the year, we will get the result
[00:12:50] that we planned, and multi-apartment
[00:12:54] housing is growing. Currently, 200 million square meters are under construction
[00:12:58] across all regions, and
[00:13:00] 19.8 million kilometers of construction permits
[00:13:03] for housing were obtained since January 2026.
[00:13:07] Site preparation, also the head of the Ministry of Construction spoke about
[00:13:11] the share of domestic building materials that are used in the construction of facilities, and
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[00:13:18] Faizullin on our air today after 11 a.m. Moscow
[00:13:21] time. The dynamics are certainly positive, the only thing is.
[00:13:25] The nuclear power plant in Slovenia is reducing its power generation capacity to
[00:13:29] 80% and warns that due to the heat in Europe
[00:13:32] and environmental requirements, further similar
[00:13:35] steps are possible. The water temperature in the Sava River at the control point should not
[00:13:39] exceed 28°.
[00:13:42] If cooling of nuclear reactors operating at full capacity continues,
[00:13:45] the limit will be violated. This in turn threatens shallowing, due to
[00:13:49] which generation at hydroelectric power plants will drop. Due to
[00:13:53] the anomalous heat in Europe already...
[00:14:14] and hydrologists predict its further decline, against this background, the cost of
[00:14:17] river transportation in Germany has already soared more than three times,
[00:14:21] to 150 euros per ton, as barges can now
[00:14:25] be loaded a maximum of one third. Many shipowners limit themselves
[00:14:28] to a threshold of 20%. Local analysts
[00:14:31] believe that this situation will add an additional half a percentage point to Germany's
[00:14:35] inflation. And already in the third quarter, experts from the Kiel Institute
[00:14:39] for the World Economy stated, the shallowing of the Rhine will subtract from Germany's
[00:14:42] GDP up to 2%
[00:14:45] points. And the official exchange rates for today are: dollar
[00:14:48] 80 rubles 92 kopecks, euro 93.19, and yuan
[00:14:52] 11 rubles 6 kopecks. That's all about the economy for this minute. Thank you, we'll be waiting for you in
[00:14:56] the next hour. Russian railway troops
[00:14:59] are 175 years old. During the special operation, the soldiers
[00:15:02] demine and restore damaged tracks in strategically important
[00:15:06] directions. One of the main tasks is the construction of pontoon railway
[00:15:10] bridges. This technology is used only in Russia and
[00:15:13] allows for quick passage of trains even in
[00:15:16] hard-to-reach places.
[00:15:19] places.
[00:15:22] In the Donetsk People's Republic, Russian military personnel are destroying
[00:15:25] fortifications of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as arsenals and temporary
[00:15:28] enemy force deployment points. For each target, our soldiers choose
[00:15:32] their own type of drone or ammunition. Igor Pikhanov reports
[00:15:35] from the front line.
[00:15:38] In an underground shelter, soldiers of the 75th Separate Drone Systems Regiment
[00:15:41] of the Southern Military District prepare
[00:15:44] for a mission, equipping FPV drones with powerful
[00:15:48] ammunition. The crew's goal is to destroy Ukrainian Armed Forces strongholds
[00:15:52] on the Druzhkovka front, where a powerful fortified area
[00:15:55] of Ukrainian militants is located. I fly on fiber optics, primarily
[00:15:59] KVN, Prince Vladimir
[00:16:02] Novgorodsky, personally, for me, this is the best
[00:16:05] way to get into any point, any
[00:16:08] corner right now. One of the latest targets
[00:16:12] was a living force in
[00:16:15] a shelter in
[00:16:18] Druzhkovka. The Tigr armored vehicle delivered
[00:16:22] the soldiers to the control point, then the drone crew walked
[00:16:26] through the forest belts, needing to secretly approach the enemy.
[00:16:29] The range of the FPV drone is several tens of kilometers,
[00:16:33] control is carried out via fiber optics, thanks to which
[00:16:36] enemy jamming stations could not interfere with the drone, the operator
[00:16:40] sees the picture in 4K format. We
[00:16:44] hang different shells, cumulative, high-explosive fragmentation. If there is enemy
[00:16:47] infantry, we hang fragmentation shells. If
[00:16:51] it flies somewhere, then we need high-explosive or thermobaric. The drone took
[00:16:55] to the sky and a few minutes later struck the enemy's location.
[00:16:58] The enemy was holed up in the basement of a house. Disorganized
[00:17:01] groups of militants are trying to gain a foothold in this settlement.
[00:17:04] The southern group of troops immediately
[00:17:07] destroys the militants. Drones are also used
[00:17:10] for reconnaissance. Through closed communication channels, images from the drones arrive
[00:17:14] at the drone control center. Specialists continuously
[00:17:18] monitor the operational situation. Drones strike
[00:17:21] the enemy both at the front line and deep behind enemy lines. The soldiers
[00:17:25] carry out a massive launch of aircraft-type drones, each equipped with
[00:17:29] a large munition, destroying deployment points
[00:17:32] and weapons depots, blocking the delivery of reinforcements to the
[00:17:35] front line. Modern combat.
[00:18:07] more embittered, to inflict more damage, to probably engage.
[00:18:10] Soldiers of the seventy-fifth separate regiment of unmanned systems identify and
[00:18:14] burn out drone launch points, control centers, and also
[00:18:18] shoot down attack UAVs. Each destroyed aerial target means
[00:18:21] saved lives. Igor Pikhanov, Vladislav Mirzayants, Khali
[00:18:25] Tankiev, Vesti Donetsk People's
[00:18:27] Republic. In liberated Konstantinovka, the
[00:18:30] evacuation of civilians continues. They are being led along safe routes.
[00:18:34] The enemy does not cease attempts to attack.
[00:18:55] In the city, Ukrainians just burn, just burn houses, they just
[00:18:58] throw all these drones, houses
[00:19:01] are broken, houses are burning,
[00:19:04] and that's not even counting houses, in peaceful inhabitants.
[00:19:08] One of us wanted to put out his neighbor's house, but he was torn to
[00:19:11] pieces by a drone.
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[00:22:30] If you urgently need money, and banks do not approve a loan, people often
[00:22:34] turn to microfinance organizations. The criteria there
[00:22:38] are softer, but the interest rates are higher. To prevent citizens from falling into
[00:22:41] a debt spiral, the government is tightening the rules for issuing
[00:22:44] microloans. This is being done in stages. What
[00:22:48] exactly is changing, how will it be?
[00:23:20] on salary accounts, documents from the Federal Tax Service
[00:23:24] or from the Social Fund of the Russian
[00:23:26] Federation. If there are no such documents,
[00:23:30] MFOs can use a mechanism where Rosstat data
[00:23:33] plays an indirect role. The mechanism is as follows:
[00:23:37] the borrower indicates their income in the questionnaire when
[00:23:40] applying to a microfinance organization, then the
[00:23:43] MFO compares the amount with
[00:23:46] the average per capita income in the region where the borrower
[00:23:49] is registered. This data is taken from the Rosstat
[00:23:52] website. And to calculate the debt
[00:23:55] burden, MFOs are obliged to take
[00:23:58] the smallest of the specified
[00:24:00] amounts. From October 1,
[00:24:03] 2026, for an objective assessment of the debt burden,
[00:24:07] MFOs will be required to request borrower data from all credit
[00:24:11] bureaus. stories.
[00:24:14] The next measure concerns online loans. From March 1,
[00:24:17] 2026, microfinance
[00:24:20] companies will not be able to issue them without biometric data. From March 1,
[00:24:24] 2027, this requirement will extend to
[00:24:27] microcredit companies. Under the new rules, borrowers are required
[00:24:31] to confirm their identity through the unified biometric
[00:24:34] system. To obtain loans from microfinance
[00:24:37] organizations, confirmed
[00:24:39] and standard biometrics will be required. The simplest
[00:24:42] biometrics, so-called simplified, will not be sufficient.
[00:24:46] For remote access, the Gosuslugi Biometric application is required,
[00:24:49] as well as a new grant passport
[00:24:52] and a phone with an NFC
[00:24:54] module. To register biometrics
[00:24:58] in person, you need to go to a bank branch. A list
[00:25:02] of such banks is available on the Bank of
[00:25:04] Russia website.
[00:25:07] Another important innovation this year. Since April, a limit on overpayments
[00:25:10] for microloans with a term of up to a year has come into effect. The maximum
[00:25:14] overpayment, including interest, fines, and penalties, cannot
[00:25:17] exceed 100% of the debt amount. For example, for a loan
[00:25:21] of 15,000 rubles, the total debt will not exceed
[00:25:24] 30,000 rubles. Previously, the limit was
[00:25:26] 130%.
[00:25:30] Another measure is the restriction of high-interest loans. From October 1,
[00:25:34] 2026 to April 1,
[00:25:36] 2027, there will be a transitional period.
[00:25:40] Loans with a total cost of more than 200% will not be available
[00:25:43] to those who already have two such outstanding
[00:25:46] loans. And from April next year, the rule will come into effect:
[00:25:50] one loan per person, meaning a new expensive loan can only be
[00:25:54] taken after repaying the previous one, only after 3
[00:25:57] days. This is a cooling off period. The full
[00:26:00] cost of the loan will no longer be 200, but 100%
[00:26:04] annually. The full cost of a loan may look like
[00:26:08] a single figure, but in fact, its cost depends on all
[00:26:11] payments under the contract, this includes interest,
[00:26:14] mandatory commissions, and separate additional services that
[00:26:18] are related to obtaining a loan or affect its
[00:26:21] cost.
[00:26:23] Another important requirement that is already in effect
[00:26:26] is the prohibition of novation, that is, the replacement of an old obligation with a new
[00:26:30] microloan between the same parties. This is already in effect
[00:26:34] within the framework of the same law on MFOs. Previously,
[00:26:37] microfinance organizations could combine unpaid debt,
[00:26:40] interest, fines, and penalties into a new loan. At the same time, a significant
[00:26:44] part of expensive microloans were issued through repeated
[00:26:47] agreements, and new interest was accrued on the increased
[00:26:50] amount. The innovations will exclude such schemes and significantly
[00:26:54] limit the transfer of fines to the principal of the debt through additional
[00:26:57] agreements.
[00:27:00] Let's repeat the most important conditions. The issuance of microloans
[00:27:03] is becoming stricter, some measures have already come into force. Your income
[00:27:07] must now be confirmed with documents. Online microfinance
[00:27:10] companies issue loans exclusively with biometrics. In
[00:27:14] microcredit companies, this measure will be introduced on March 1
[00:27:17] of next year. The overpayment on a loan should not exceed
[00:27:21] 100% of the loan amount. From April next year,
[00:27:24] the rule of one expensive loan per person
[00:27:28] will come into effect. If you have any questions, or want to stay informed about changes in
[00:27:31] lending, watch new episodes of the Instruction program.