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[00:00:09] Transfer your pension to VTB offices in VTB at the post office, get cashback
[00:00:13] in rubles, an increased savings rate and 1 ruble guaranteed,
[00:00:16] and every tenth person can get 20,000
[00:00:19] rubles.
[00:00:23] VTB.
[00:00:33] Economic news time: Belgian authorities sided with Russia
[00:00:36] in one of the disputes over frozen
[00:00:39] assets. Kirill, has there really been a turnaround?
[00:00:42] Georgy, for now this is just a precedent, but it could serve as an impetus for new
[00:00:46] lawsuits.
[00:00:49] The Belgian Council of State recognized as illegal the Treasury's refusal in one of the cases
[00:00:52] to unblock Russian assets, according to local legal
[00:00:56] firms, it annulled the decision of July 15, 200.
[00:01:02] to reject the request of BCS Bank to unfreeze
[00:01:04] funds. Russian lawyers, however, say that this does not automatically mean
[00:01:08] unblocking, but now, at least, a repeated
[00:01:11] petition can be filed. Following the proceedings, an important
[00:01:14] precedent was recorded: the decree of the Minister of Finance of December
[00:01:16] 2023, on delegating powers to the Treasury
[00:01:20] is recognized as illegal and subject to cancellation in connection with the constitution
[00:01:24] of Belgium. The Bank of Russia included cryptocurrencies in
[00:01:27] the list of risks for the domestic financial system.
[00:01:38] The Central Bank reminds that cryptocurrencies are anonymous and
[00:01:41] extraterritorial, which creates risks of both loss
[00:01:44] of investments and their use for illegal
[00:01:47] purposes. The regulator also indicates that on a global
[00:01:50] scale, there is no systematic approach to reducing these
[00:01:54] risks. US President Donald Trump and the head
[00:01:58] of Open AI secretly discussed what is happening in the field of artificial
[00:02:01] intelligence, after which they publicly expressed diametrically
[00:02:05] opposite positions, as reported by the American press, the meeting was requested
[00:02:08] by Sam Altman in the hope of urging the president to be cautious on this
[00:02:12] issue, but he remained unyielding, stating on his social networks that
[00:02:15] the assertion that neural networks will take over the world is
[00:02:19] as much a scam as global warming or the scandal of
[00:02:22] Russian interference in elections. Trump believes that technology should
[00:02:26] develop without restrictions to maintain leadership in the race with...
[00:02:50] The development of artificial intelligence is crucial for
[00:02:53] the well-being of all humanity. All parties
[00:02:56] must unite efforts to promote open
[00:03:00] development of artificial intelligence for the benefit of all.
[00:03:03] Fanning fear, confrontation and unfair competition will only
[00:03:07] undermine the process of global governance in this area, which
[00:03:11] is not in anyone's
[00:03:12] interests.
[00:03:15] Gold became the most profitable asset in the Russian financial market in August. This
[00:03:19] is stated in the materials of the Central Bank. The profitability of investments in precious metals
[00:03:22] increased by more than 17%. In addition,
[00:03:25] deposits denominated in foreign currency also showed high profits. In general, over
[00:03:29] the last months, as noted
[00:03:32] in the review, gold had the highest profitability, as well as
[00:03:35] ruble money market instruments, deposits and ruble corporate
[00:03:39] bonds. Official exchange rates for today: dollar
[00:03:43] 84 rubles 33 kopecks, euro 97.76 and
[00:03:46] yuan 12 rubles 53
[00:03:49] kopecks. Georgy, that's all for the economy at this minute. Kirill, thank you, Kirill Khovrin was
[00:03:52] with us and talked about how Russian assets can be unfrozen, at least
[00:03:56] in Belgium and certainly not now, well, let's move on to other topics. News from
[00:04:00] special operations: details of the operation of Russian military personnel in the
[00:04:04] Kharkiv direction, where more than 1,500 Ukrainian
[00:04:07] militants were surrounded, became known. All details are with
[00:04:10] Anton Potkovenko.
[00:04:12] Потковенко.
[00:04:15] As if slicing enemy forces, layer by
[00:04:18] layer, the soldiers of the North troop group are taking one
[00:04:21] village after another in the Reznyakovskiy cauldron
[00:04:24] of the Kharkiv region. For example, they liberated
[00:04:28] Shirokoye, fresh footage from the
[00:04:30] defense. First, the enemy was attacked by Russian
[00:04:33] drones, which are capable of finding even the hidden
[00:04:36] AFU weapons in dugouts. It would seem that only one barrel is visible,
[00:04:40] but for an attentive drone operator, this is quite
[00:04:43] enough. Simultaneously, enemy fortifications are being destroyed by our
[00:04:47] howitzers, field artillery. The northerners
[00:04:51] are as if shredding the cauldron, or rather the AFU group of
[00:04:54] 1700 or so militants who are trapped
[00:04:58] in encirclement. Here is the village of Shirokoye, it is
[00:05:02] 1.5 kilometers from -
[00:05:05] the village of Ozernoye, the liberation of which became known on September 9,
[00:05:09] and you see, it's like such protrusions of a kind...
[00:05:12] such notches are formed, in this way
[00:05:15] our troops are gradually reducing the area of the cauldron,
[00:05:18] accurately, methodically, increasing pressure on
[00:05:22] different sections, in the center is the village of
[00:05:25] Reznikovo, not much is left until it, if
[00:05:28] you look at the map, the situation in the cauldron really resembles
[00:05:32] cutting a cake: the northerners are liberating one
[00:05:35] settlement after another, thereby as if cutting the AFU group into
[00:05:39] small pockets of resistance inside the encirclement. Active
[00:05:43] participation in this is taken by aviation, strike drones and
[00:05:45] artillery. Well, this was still gathered during World War II,
[00:05:49] the cauldron is divided into parts, segments, destroyed in
[00:05:52] parts, until it is completely destroyed. The encircled
[00:05:56] AFU personnel have equipment, but ammunition and food, as
[00:05:59] you understand, no one delivers to them, so the enemy's situation is worsening with
[00:06:02] each day. And if someone tries to break through, like, for example,
[00:06:06] this pickup truck with militants, then they have zero chances. The car
[00:06:10] will remain on the forest road, a heap of molten
[00:06:13] metal. Separate groups try to escape, contrary to
[00:06:17] the orders of the AFU command, but all of them
[00:06:20] usually blow up on mines, or are destroyed by the FPV crews
[00:06:23] of the northerners. It's not summer now, soon there will be no foliage,
[00:06:27] and you won't be able to hide under the trees from the ubiquitous drones. With
[00:06:30] the onset of autumn, the enemy will practically lose the ability to
[00:06:34] infiltrate through forest belts.
[00:06:36] Ukrainian commanders inside the cauldron understand this and are looking for ways
[00:06:40] out, however, in this situation. there is one way: surrender,
[00:06:43] saving their lives and the lives of their subordinates, and they
[00:06:47] actively use FABs with planning and correction modules,
[00:06:51] of various weights from 250 to
[00:06:54] 1500 kg, very
[00:06:57] qualitatively, very effectively, tankers work as
[00:07:01] mobile artillery and
[00:07:04] naturally, regular systemic drone launches
[00:07:07] help. Another success of the Northerners in the Kharkiv direction
[00:07:11] indirectly.
[00:08:19] And what will happen after the liquidation of militants in the encirclement in the Kharkiv
[00:08:23] region? The tactical situation may change significantly,
[00:08:27] because a path opens up, if not immediately to Kharkiv, then at least
[00:08:30] to Chuhuiv, this is an industrial center, there is energy there,
[00:08:34] there is the enemy's defense industry, it's currently being hit very hard,
[00:08:37] but the main thing is that the AFU is being shredded in the cauldron
[00:08:41] around the cauldron. In the Kharkiv region, our soldiers are expanding
[00:08:45] that very buffer zone, which will not allow Kyiv
[00:08:48] terrorists to reach our border area. Those who
[00:08:51] are currently surrounded, it's definitely not about that right now.
[00:13:04] In the Kharkiv region, where approximately 1,500 Ukrainian
[00:13:08] militants remain surrounded, our military is systematically striking at AFU fortifications. Assault detachments
[00:13:12] and tanks of the Northern Group of Forces are working
[00:13:15] on the enemy.
[00:13:18] Europe is shocked by Kyiv's new demands, writes the Washington Post.
[00:13:22] Ukraine requested another 27 from the EU. The publication
[00:13:25] notes that European officials naively believed that by sending
[00:13:29] 100 billion euros earlier, they had covered all the needs of the Ukrainian budget
[00:13:32] for at least 2 years.
[00:13:35] An oil tanker was blown up by mines in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran reports.
[00:13:39] The US does not confirm this information. The IRGC once again
[00:13:43] reminded that there will be no negotiations until Washington fulfills Tehran's
[00:13:46] conditions and announced a new attack by American drones on
[00:13:50] fishing vessels off the coast of the Islamic
[00:13:52] Republic.
[00:13:55] Hainan is flooded after a powerful downpour, more than
[00:13:58] 40,000 people have been urgently evacuated, transport is not running in the island's
[00:14:02] cities, enterprises have stopped,
[00:14:04] schools are closed.
[00:14:09] New explosions in Kyiv and the Kharkiv region, this is information from Ukrainian
[00:14:13] media, what targets were hit is not specified, the alarm was announced
[00:14:16] several times. The signal sounded in the Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Sumy and
[00:14:20] other regions. Well, it is worth noting that our military precisely
[00:14:24] removes from... only targets related to the AFU. The
[00:14:27] Ministry of Defense has repeatedly stated earlier that this is a response to Kyiv's terrorist attacks
[00:14:31] on civilian targets in Russian
[00:14:33] territory.
[00:14:36] In the special operation zone on the approaches to Dobropolye, our drones
[00:14:39] destroyed the transport logistics of Ukrainian formations. They systematically
[00:14:43] hit enemy equipment, along roads and forest paths
[00:14:47] are manned by crews of strike drones of the
[00:14:50] Center group. Meanwhile, high-power devices, Lightning 2,
[00:14:53] destroy.
[00:15:16] Units of the Southern Grouping are actively advancing in the direction
[00:15:19] of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. Our drones are attacking AFU equipment
[00:15:23] and destroying enemy logistics chains, disrupting
[00:15:27] the delivery of ammunition to enemy positions. Igor Pikhanov on combat
[00:15:31] work.
[00:15:33] Soldiers of the Southern Grouping of Forces are preparing a reconnaissance
[00:15:36] drone for operation. The UAV crew is observing the front
[00:15:39] line, there are many more birds, reconnaissance practically
[00:15:43] never leaves the field, one bird whistles, it
[00:15:46] arrives, another replaces it, we always have eyes there. The footage shows
[00:15:50] the suburbs of Druzhkivka, along this road AFU militants are trying to deliver
[00:15:53] reinforcements and ammunition to the front, but the enemy will not
[00:15:56] break through. The road is under the fire control of our
[00:15:59] UAVs. We know the routes how they move. We have a constant
[00:16:03] broadcast. We see how infantry or equipment moves. If there is
[00:16:06] still movement there, we destroy them, everything, with birds,
[00:16:10] long-range artillery, on the approaches here, we try to destroy, respectively, we
[00:16:13] quietly creep into Novosyolovka. Scouts found a new target for our
[00:16:17] UAVs, the militants themselves gave themselves away, saboteurs
[00:16:20] dug in the private sector, disguised as civilians,
[00:16:24] often from such points there are shellings of settlements,
[00:16:27] for the destruction of the target, strike wings of lightning
[00:16:31] were launched into the air, mainly the enemy hides in
[00:16:34] houses, in cellars, basements, reconnaissance is carried out.
[00:16:38] Thorough reconnaissance has already been carried out, making sure
[00:16:42] that it is the enemy, not civilians, by external
[00:16:46] signs, weapons, ammunition,
[00:16:49] communication nodes, radio stations are subjected to
[00:16:52] fire damage. The drone's speed is more than 100
[00:16:55] km/h, each is equipped with an anti-tank mine, this is how
[00:16:59] all attempts by the enemy to stop the advance
[00:17:02] of our units end. they are already trying with all their might
[00:17:06] to hold it, but... the outcome is already clear
[00:17:09] to everyone, the enemy pushed back,
[00:17:12] back, already
[00:17:15] accordingly, the flight points moved back,
[00:17:19] the artillery moved back, thereby
[00:17:23] it became easier for our people in the
[00:17:26] rear. Under the cover of unmanned systems, storm
[00:17:30] units advanced and took advantageous positions.
[00:17:33] The fighters say that in this sector of the front without rotation and reinforcement, the enemy
[00:17:37] found itself in a difficult situation and their
[00:17:41] group was defeated, roughly speaking, that's
[00:17:44] why from the defeated group one
[00:17:48] surrendered, you see what kind of fighters they have there,
[00:17:51] they grabbed them from the street there, such
[00:17:54] a mood is not very good, well, naturally, the morale
[00:17:57] is the same, every day our mobile fire groups and interceptor drones
[00:18:01] shoot down hundreds of enemy drones, this kamikaze
[00:18:05] from America...
[00:18:26] Units of the Southern Group of Forces are increasing pressure on the enemy,
[00:18:29] destroying AFU forces both at the front and deep in its
[00:18:33] rear, gradually advancing towards the Sloviansk-Kramatorsk
[00:18:36] agglomeration.
[00:18:44] The office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine stated that they were not preparing to bring
[00:18:47] corruption charges against the head of NABU, now former
[00:18:51] Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko claims that the charges were
[00:18:54] filed and were allegedly withdrawn under pressure. Allegedly,
[00:18:58] intermediaries from NABU demanded not to process the documents. As
[00:19:01] evidence, he posted photos of tracking details. According to
[00:19:04] him, the notification was issued and sent to the address.
[00:19:46] New installations have been put into operation at Russian oil refineries, which has already allowed
[00:19:49] to increase the volume of petroleum product output. This was discussed
[00:19:53] at a meeting on the situation in the fuel market, which was held by Deputy Prime Minister
[00:19:57] Alexander Novak. Gasoline and diesel, as stated in the Cabinet of
[00:20:00] Ministers' message, are delivered to the regions within the established
[00:20:02] timeframe. The authorities continue to manually adjust
[00:20:06] supplies where local disruptions occur. It was instructed
[00:20:09] to intensify efforts to control pricing in the small wholesale
[00:20:13] segment of the fuel market.
[00:20:16] The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve is already at its lowest since November
[00:20:19] 1982. In a week, the indicator dropped to
[00:20:23] 285 million barrels. Such data is provided by
[00:20:26] the US Department of Energy. Donald Trump promised to fill the
[00:20:30] oil storage, but as a result, brought the reserves to a
[00:20:33] lower point than Joe Biden, whom he criticized.
[00:20:37] The task is complicated by the situation in the global hydrocarbon
[00:20:40] market. According to Saudi officials,
[00:20:43] the restoration of the key East-West oil pipeline, destroyed
[00:20:47] by pro-Iranian drones, successful repair
[00:20:50] does not guarantee the restoration of exports, the pipeline leads to the export terminal of the port
[00:20:54] of Yanbu on the Red Sea, the entrance to which is now controlled by the Houthis.