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[00:01:00] news review in the Kremlin. Vladimir Putin listened to the report of his Deputy Prime Minister,
[00:01:03] Special Representative in the Far Eastern Federal District, Yuri Trutnev, on
[00:01:06] the development of the Far East. They discussed investments, construction, new
[00:01:10] factories, and urban master plans. Trutnev reported that, by most
[00:01:13] indicators, the region is growing faster than the national average. They also
[00:01:17] discussed preparations for the Eastern Economic Forum, the development of Russky Island,
[00:01:20] and aid to the front. Details from our correspondent Yevgeny
[00:01:23] Nepot. The Far Eastern Federal District is the largest in
[00:01:27] the country, occupying more than 40% of Russia's territory. It is one of the fastest
[00:01:30] developing regions. By 2030, investments totaling 12 trillion
[00:01:34] rubles should be attracted to the macro-region. This task was set by the Head
[00:01:37] of State. Yuri Trutnev, Deputy Chairman of the Government and Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative, reported on the progress of this
[00:01:41] instruction at a meeting in the Kremlin. This year
[00:01:45] we were supposed to reach
[00:01:48] the level of 5.8 trillion during this period. That's exactly right,
[00:01:52] now we have 6.5. Uh-huh. So we will try, in
[00:01:55] previous years we also exceeded.
[00:01:58] We tried.
[00:02:02] Thanks to
[00:02:05] your decisions, the dynamics of the main indicators
[00:02:08] of the Far East's development exceed the average Russian
[00:02:12] indicators
[00:02:14] for investments,
[00:02:16] exceeding by one and a half times, for industrial production by
[00:02:20] 20%, for manufacturing by
[00:02:23] 1.8 times, and the volume of construction
[00:02:26] work exceeds the average Russian level by one and a half times. The Eastern
[00:02:30] Economic Forum plays a huge role in attracting investment: at the tenth
[00:02:33] anniversary last year, representatives of 75 countries participated,
[00:02:37] 300 agreements were signed for a total of more than 6 trillion
[00:02:40] rubles, thanks to which large industrial projects are actively
[00:02:43] developing: the Melkansky GOK, the mineral fertilizer plant in Nakhodka, and
[00:02:47] the oil refinery. In 2026, we
[00:02:50] set the task to sign a larger number
[00:02:53] of agreements, 380 for
[00:02:55] 6.5 trillion rubles. We would like to.
[00:04:30] technologies, within the framework of your instructions,
[00:04:33] an innovative scientific and technological center
[00:04:36] is being built on Russky Island, where work has already begun.
[00:04:40] 16 residents have registered,
[00:04:43] working in the fields of biotechnology, biomedicine,
[00:04:46] pharmaceuticals. In addition, together with
[00:04:50] the Ministry of Industry, we
[00:04:52] are trying to launch two
[00:04:55] enterprises for
[00:04:57] micro-radioelectronics.
[00:06:13] in Ukrainian government echelons, ex-Ambassador of Ukraine to the USA, Olga
[00:06:16] Stefanyshyna, was chosen a preventive measure in the form of bail in the amount of
[00:06:19] 134 thousand dollars, this was reported by the Anti-Corruption Center.
[00:06:22] Various charges have been brought
[00:06:25] against her. Former Verkhovna Rada Deputy of Ukraine, member of the Council of the international
[00:06:29] public movement "Another Ukraine", Vladimir Oliynyk, is now connected with us. Vladimir
[00:06:32] Nikolaevich, hello. Tell me, how would you
[00:06:35] comment on the situation around Stefanyshyna, why was she removed from the position
[00:06:38] of ambassador and immediately had a corruption case activated?
[00:06:41] Good afternoon. You
[00:06:44] know, I have been following this situation since last year,
[00:06:47] looking at it through the eyes of a lawyer, a former judge,
[00:06:50] and was somewhat surprised. Last
[00:06:53] year, Stefanyshyna was brought to criminal
[00:06:57] responsibility for embezzling 2.5 million
[00:07:00] hryvnias of European money when she still worked
[00:07:04] at the Ministry of Justice, and the materials were already
[00:07:08] submitted to the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court.
[00:07:11] Then suddenly Zelensky, saving her,
[00:07:15] appoints her Ambassador of Ukraine to
[00:07:17] the United States of America.
[00:07:20] By classic standards, it should have been the other way around: you go through
[00:07:23] court, if you are not guilty, in this
[00:07:26] case, you have the right to some perspective. But he gives
[00:07:30] her immunity, she leaves, and
[00:07:34] the consideration of these materials in court
[00:07:36] is suspended. Then suddenly arrives.
[00:07:40] this year, Zelensky's last visit.
[00:07:43] There were already talks about him
[00:07:46] changing the ambassador. Sviridenko,
[00:07:50] Prime Minister of Ukraine. After
[00:07:52] he left for Ukraine, Stefanyshyna made a statement
[00:07:56] that she had spoken with Zelensky, everything was fine, he
[00:07:59] was happy with her work and so on. A few days later, she
[00:08:03] announces: I'm leaving of my own accord.
[00:08:06] What happened? When I looked at the materials of yesterday's
[00:08:10] court session, I was also
[00:08:13] surprised. They made claims
[00:08:16] against her that were pennies, if you consider her position,
[00:08:19] previous one and so on. This is that she did not declare two one-room apartments,
[00:08:25] carried out repairs in them, and did not indicate the money in
[00:08:28] the declaration. She allocated money for her mother's treatment,
[00:08:32] flights and so on. There's a total of
[00:08:35] about three or four million. They indicated that the amount she
[00:08:39] did not confirm there, and the car and so on. But at
[00:08:43] the level of corruption of Mintich, yes,
[00:08:47] Yermak - these are pennies. But they
[00:08:49] made claims against her. Then I understood,
[00:08:53] one of the versions that deserves to be considered,
[00:08:56] why Stefanyshyna was so valuable to Zelensky,
[00:08:59] that he hid her, today,
[00:09:03] they are still trying to prosecute
[00:09:06] her, I mean the anti-corruption
[00:09:08] bodies. The thing is, she, as a future
[00:09:11] minister.
[00:09:26] property, there are yachts, houses,
[00:09:29] factories, and ships. According to my information,
[00:09:33] she rendered a colossal
[00:09:35] service so that Zelensky's partners,
[00:09:39] and they act in Zelensky's interests,
[00:09:43] acquired this property for a pittance.
[00:09:46] Of course, if she cooperates,
[00:09:49] makes a deal with the investigation, she can tell a lot
[00:09:53] about Zelensky. Therefore, she is, as it were, persecuted,
[00:09:57] pushed to tell
[00:10:00] what instructions Zelensky gave regarding this
[00:10:04] property. And how do you think events will develop, will she cooperate,
[00:10:07] will this case proceed?
[00:10:10] This
[00:10:13] will depend on the partners from outside, because NABU
[00:10:16] is controlled. So, you see, while we
[00:10:19] were sorting out various scandals,
[00:10:22] what happened. and to consider the case in
[00:10:55] court. And where is Umerov, who, in essence,
[00:10:57] acquired defective bulletproof vests and
[00:11:01] all this is recorded and so on. So I think they
[00:11:04] will drag out the time as much as possible, try
[00:11:08] to prevent her from making a deal.
[00:11:12] Well, the amount itself also raised my
[00:11:15] suspicion of such a development of events. The bail
[00:11:19] offered was 13 million hryvnias,
[00:11:22] but they settled on 6
[00:11:26] million. I think 6 million will be found.
[00:11:28] Sobchak, if we speak generally about the work of NABU and
[00:11:32] the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, SAP, how independent
[00:11:36] are these bodies? You said that they are still controlled, and if controlled, then by whom?
[00:11:40] There are different versions,
[00:11:41] as they say.
[00:11:44] When they carried out a state coup, the West,
[00:11:48] Nuland said they invested 5 billion, they understood
[00:11:51] perfectly well what scum they were bringing to power, what
[00:11:55] scoundrels. That's when the idea
[00:11:57] emerged to control the entire legal system
[00:12:01] of Ukraine. Therefore, laws were created,
[00:12:03] for example, anti-corruption laws, where
[00:12:07] the supervisory board for personnel selection, this is a very important
[00:12:10] point, who proposes the personnel. These
[00:12:14] bodies came under the control of the West,
[00:12:17] that is NABU, SAP and the anti-corruption
[00:12:20] court. But today, the entire judicial system is under
[00:12:24] control. There is a law that selects judges,
[00:12:27] prosecutors, and so on with the participation of
[00:12:31] foreign citizens. Now they want to take control of the Main Investigation Bureau,
[00:12:35] SBI. That is, the external factor. You will not find
[00:12:38] any other country where personnel policy
[00:12:41] is dictated from outside. And I will tell you,
[00:12:45] it started back in 2014. My
[00:12:49] son worked in the prosecutor's office at that time,
[00:12:52] he comes to me and says, it was
[00:12:55] around November, not
[00:12:57] November, actually, August, maybe that month, 2014,
[00:13:01] he says, Dad, there was a lustration, now there is a
[00:13:05] re-certification, all prosecutors are asked who
[00:13:08] Bandera is, nationalists sit on the commission, you
[00:13:11] understand? Therefore, for example, these
[00:13:13] foreign
[00:13:16] citizens who are on the commission, and the commission is called about
[00:13:19] virtue, meaning integrity,
[00:13:23] they select, not appoint.
[00:13:45] You mentioned the West, but the West, as we see, is not homogeneous now, there are the United States, there is Europe, their interests do not always
[00:13:47] coincide. Still, if we talk about NABU and SAP, are they
[00:13:51] backed by Americans or Europeans?
[00:15:37] What would Zaluzhny do? Zaluzhny understands that people
[00:15:41] will demand from him what? Bread and circuses, but
[00:15:44] there is no bread, so he needs to give a spectacle. Then we will see
[00:15:48] that Zelensky stole 40 billion, right? That all those
[00:15:52] numbers that he named, 5000
[00:15:55] dead, right, and 500 essentially resurrected, because
[00:15:58] before that he stated
[00:16:01] 55,000, and there up to a million. Well, it's clear
[00:16:05] that Zaluzhny will do everything to ensure that all the troubles that were in
[00:16:08] Ukraine are blamed on him, although they are each
[00:16:11] other's, well, two of a kind. Well, take some
[00:16:15] respite, because people will certainly demand
[00:16:19] both bread and circuses, but there is no bread. After the end
[00:16:22] of the war, the West will refuse financial
[00:16:25] support to Ukraine. If you want to be convinced, go to Yugoslavia and
[00:16:29] see what the West is doing there to
[00:16:31] restore the destroyed, or go to Iran, and
[00:16:35] you will see nothing there. They'll use you and discard you,
[00:16:39] this is the classic approach of the West. And how do you evaluate
[00:16:42] Zaluzhny's latest statement, where he says that Kyiv
[00:16:45] has exhausted its technical capabilities in military terms
[00:16:49] and so on? Well, there are quite a lot of statements that diverge from
[00:16:52] the mainstream policy of the Kyiv authorities.
[00:16:56] Well, first of all, he sees better from London,
[00:16:59] a great deal is seen from afar. He said, first of all, the truth, that
[00:17:02] no one wants to take Ukraine into NATO, why
[00:17:06] there were two options.
[00:18:08] You mentioned Umerov's name. Zelensky decided to appoint him
[00:18:12] head of the foreign intelligence service. How do you
[00:18:15] think why such a decision and will it
[00:18:18] change anything? Well, the thing is that Umerov should go
[00:18:22] for interrogations, because we heard on Mintich's tapes
[00:18:26] his participation and so on and so forth. But Umerov
[00:18:29] is a citizen of the United States of America, many
[00:18:32] experts say this, because it's strange, his whole
[00:18:36] family, not just close relatives, family,
[00:18:39] children, right, and father, and other family members, live in
[00:18:43] Miami, they have a serious systemic
[00:18:46] business. To have it without US citizenship
[00:18:49] is kind of silly. But if they are American
[00:18:52] citizens, then he probably has a passport, but it's somewhere
[00:18:56] in his inner pocket. Therefore,
[00:18:59] the Americans still have another spy, right,
[00:19:02] because this one is spying on the territory, right, on the events
[00:19:06] that are happening inside Ukraine, there in
[00:19:10] the Security Council and so on. Well, Zelensky needs
[00:19:13] to place him somewhere. It would be very funny
[00:19:16] if the Americans refused this idea twice, if
[00:19:20] in the end everything turned out that a US
[00:19:23] citizen is the Ambassador of Ukraine to
[00:19:26] America, but that would be a scandal. So he found
[00:19:29] him another position. You know, I'll
[00:19:33] tell you, if they had put him in this position of head
[00:19:36] of foreign intelligence...
[00:20:07] what's strange, Soros Fyodorov doesn't come out to them, how can I not come out,
[00:20:11] they stand for him, meaning someone is in charge, right? Well,
[00:20:14] for example, I don't see a control center there, people are walking around with
[00:20:18] megaphones, with some cardboard signs. But where are the leaders,
[00:20:22] where are some, well, let's say, dialogue and so on?
[00:20:25] It's not there. And it is custom-made. This,
[00:20:28] remember, the statement was in the famous
[00:20:32] movie, The Meeting Place Cannot
[00:20:35] Be Changed, you fool.
[00:21:20] rather, they rob those who gave money from the West, because
[00:21:23] there is no Ukrainian budget as such. And why
[00:21:27] Zelensky, firstly, during martial
[00:21:30] law, any Maidan and any
[00:21:33] processions are strictly prohibited. Zelensky
[00:21:36] showed that others will follow this path if
[00:21:40] necessary. Secondly, he actually
[00:21:43] created a problem, started a discussion in the army
[00:21:46] regarding who to put where, who to remove.
[00:21:50] The army does not tolerate such a Maidan
[00:21:53] approach, it's discipline and
[00:21:56] unity of command. Yesterday I watched
[00:21:59] Vladimir Putin's meeting with the senior military leadership, everything
[00:22:03] is clear, an internal reshuffle, so to speak,
[00:22:06] has taken place, there is a clear salute and it works, that's how the army
[00:22:09] operates. And this, you know, is already wild fields, Makhnovshchina
[00:22:13] elements are appearing. Well, we'll see, there is no state
[00:22:17] as such. How do you think
[00:22:20] there will be any changes after all these
[00:22:23] reshuffles, and do you see them, maybe they are already
[00:22:25] happening? And I'll tell you, you know what they say
[00:22:29] among the people: "pepper is no sweeter than horseradish". If we try to taste
[00:22:33] the qualities of these changes, nothing
[00:22:36] will change. Here's an example, it's connected with
[00:22:39] the constitution. First, you can't appoint
[00:22:43] Khmara, right, as acting Minister
[00:22:46] of Defense, he became Deputy Minister of Defense and acting.
[00:22:50] duties. Please read, esteemed or
[00:22:53] unesteemed civil servants in
[00:22:56] Ukraine, Article 15 of the Law on
[00:22:59] National Security, it states that the Minister,
[00:23:03] the first deputy, and all his deputies are exclusively
[00:23:06] civilian personnel, and he is military.
[00:23:09] Secondly, undoubtedly,
[00:23:12] we will see within a month,
[00:23:15] if the new Prime Minister addresses
[00:23:18] Parliament with a program of action, and this is stipulated in the Constitution,
[00:23:22] and Parliament adopts this program, then
[00:23:25] within a year it is forbidden to dismiss
[00:23:28] the government, an immunity. But I don't think
[00:23:32] this will happen, why? Because based on the results of winter, maybe already in
[00:23:36] February, January, they will need to be changed again. But if a person
[00:23:39] came, not having worked for a year, right,
[00:23:43] leaves, another one comes, starts his
[00:23:45] team, well, to bring into this
[00:23:49] direction. It comes in, everything loses
[00:23:52] momentum, a new broom sweeps clean and so on.
[00:23:55] Therefore, this phenomenon we historically
[00:23:59] observed in 1945, when Hitler
[00:24:02] changed commands, well,
[00:24:05] every day. Why? Because he understood, maybe another
[00:24:09] conspiracy, so did Zelensky, why he removed
[00:24:12] Fyodorov, because his rating was already growing, and he
[00:24:15] doesn't like that. So just in case, he removed him along
[00:24:19] with the government.
[00:25:50] until the end of this part of the broadcast, are there any other
[00:25:53] important personnel decisions you would like to highlight?
[00:25:57] It doesn't matter, I'll give you an example, I
[00:26:01] now, when I look at...
[00:26:32] peaceful, diplomatic, settled conflicts, the British should
[00:26:36] deal with it, otherwise Catalaria already has the seventh prime minister, I
[00:26:39] don't even want to remember his surname, such a mess
[00:26:43] is happening in Ukraine. Yes, Vladimir Nikolaevich, thank you for your comment, thank you for
[00:26:46] participating in the live broadcast, for answering the questions. I remind you, connected to the studio
[00:26:49] was former Verkhovna Rada Deputy Vladimir
[00:26:52] Oleynik. To other topics, Russian troops
[00:26:56] launched strikes on targets deep in the AFU rear. In Dnipropetrovsk region, a substation
[00:27:00] was hit, it provided movement of electric trains
[00:27:03] transporting cargo for Ukrainian troops. In the city of Zaporozhye, which is currently under enemy control, drones
[00:27:07] struck warehouses and workshops of the Zaporozhye plant. Targets were also hit
[00:27:11] in the Black Sea. Details will be told by Vladislav
[00:27:13] Kharchenko. Dnipropetrovsk region, black plumes of smoke
[00:27:17] rise above the forest massif, the Bogdanovskaya substation is burning. This
[00:27:20] energy hub powered not only residential areas, Pokrov, and enterprises
[00:27:24] of the neighboring Nikopolsky district. It supported the logistical pulse
[00:27:27] of an entire direction. Now movement on the tracks is completely paralyzed,
[00:27:31] electric trains delivering ammunition and provisions to the AFU
[00:27:34] have stopped, the energy collapse instantly turned into a logistical
[00:27:38] dead end and significantly worsened the supply of Ukrainian troops in this sector
[00:27:42] of the front. For the second time in a day,
[00:27:44] the substation was hit.
[00:27:48] Since 3 PM, no light, no
[00:27:51] water. Outside it's +38. On
[00:27:55] the map of Odessa, daily in the city's ports our drones destroy the maritime
[00:27:58] potential of the AFU. On the horizon, not far from the shore, a cargo ship
[00:28:01] is burning, which was used to deliver military aid from Europe, a little further away are
[00:28:05] other potential targets of the Geran-4
[00:28:07] drones.
[00:28:12] Reactive Geran conducted a combined attack in the airspace of several
[00:28:16] regions of Ukraine in the Black Sea area, south and east of
[00:28:19] Odessa. Two dry cargo ships with military cargo were burned by precise drone
[00:28:23] strikes. Simultaneously with this, a series of powerful strikes
[00:28:27] hit weapons depots in the AFU-controlled part of Zaporozhye. In
[00:28:30] Dnipropetrovsk region, pinpoint hits plunged key
[00:28:34] energy supply facilities into darkness, enemy logistics hubs
[00:28:37] are de-energized. From the satellite image, the industrial zone is clearly visible in one of
[00:28:41] the districts of the still AFU-controlled part of Zaporozhye region. The plant
[00:28:44] that the enemy used for the army's needs is also marked there, here it is still intact,
[00:28:48] but in the objective control footage, thick smoke is already rising above it. A precise
[00:28:52] strike in Dnipropetrovsk region, the destroyed gas station on the outskirts of Nikopol
[00:28:56] is visible in the space footage. And it
[00:29:00] is burning, the station itself. Its roof
[00:29:04] also became a target, the key transit hub Lozova
[00:29:07] in Kharkiv region, through which the AFU transferred reserves from the central
[00:29:10] regions. Footage from the scene confirms a direct hit, movement in the area
[00:29:14] of the station is blocked, the transfer of fresh enemy forces in this
[00:29:17] direction has been disrupted. Vladislav Kharchenko, Vesti.
[00:29:44] Well, did you wake up, glutton, in the village everything was
[00:29:48] calm.
[00:29:51] And who are you, scarecrow? You know, for a first acquaintance, it's a bit
[00:29:55] risky, until a new grandfather
[00:29:58] appeared. Grandfather is me, and I am Grandfather Vladika.
[00:30:33] What did John Bolton say in 2018? Exactly this, this
[00:30:37] government is doing it. Karabakh is not
[00:30:39] Armenian.
[00:30:44] Armenia has become the Bastille
[00:30:46] of democracy.
[00:30:49] Pashinyan wants to please European countries, Americans, and
[00:30:53] sell Russophobia to these
[00:30:56] countries. What is the fate of all this harvest?