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[00:01:05] The Ministry of Defense reports new strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure.
[00:01:08] In Mykolaiv region, a logistics center of Nova
[00:01:12] Poshta, where dual-use goods were stored, was hit. In addition,
[00:01:15] two dry cargo ships were attacked in the Black Sea. They were carrying
[00:01:19] military cargo. Earlier, the Ministry of Defense also reported a night
[00:01:22] series of strikes on Ukrainian facilities. About the consequences,
[00:01:26] Stanislav Vasilychenko.
[00:01:31] A bright flash and a loud explosion. Geran hit
[00:01:34] its target. The video was shot in the city of Pesochn, Kharkiv
[00:01:37] region, under attack by Russian drones, the local
[00:01:40] CHPP-5.
[00:01:44] The Armed Forces of Ukraine use the civilian network of Ukraine's energy facilities for their
[00:01:47] purposes, mainly to support the production and repair
[00:01:50] of military equipment. That is why after Russian strikes, electricity
[00:01:54] disappears both at such factories and in ordinary apartment
[00:01:58] buildings.
[00:02:02] Kyiv is experiencing the most difficulties with electricity. Today, energy workers
[00:02:06] reported that all electricity generation in the Ukrainian
[00:02:09] capital has been completely destroyed by ballistic strikes. Due to emergency
[00:02:13] power outages, disruptions began in the operation of the water supply system and
[00:02:16] sewage. Many Kyiv residents were forced to leave
[00:02:20] the city. Everyone understands that the situation is currently
[00:02:23] difficult, but it will be even more difficult. What could be
[00:02:27] worse? The worst thing that could happen is...
[00:02:35] The suffering of ordinary people does not concern the Kyiv regime, it does not go for peace and
[00:02:39] even on the contrary calls for escalation, so Rada deputy
[00:02:42] Nagornyak announced the need to attack Russian schools and
[00:02:46] residential buildings, we need them to feel, we need
[00:02:49] Russians living in Moscow, Moscow region, St. Petersburg,
[00:02:53] to face the same problems that Kyiv residents are facing today,
[00:02:57] so that their streets have... in
[00:03:00] apartments there was no water, in their residential buildings and schools,
[00:03:04] drones flew in. This is a call for committing terrorist acts. In response to such
[00:03:08] criminal policy of Kyiv, the Russian army strikes. Over the past
[00:03:11] day, Nova Poshta warehouses in Mykolaiv and Epicenter
[00:03:15] shopping center in Dnipropetrovsk were destroyed. There, the Armed Forces of Ukraine
[00:03:18] stored weapons. Since the beginning of 2026, more than twenty such large
[00:03:21] facilities and civilian
[00:03:24] postal warehouses have been hit, but Ukrainian militants stubbornly continue to use
[00:03:28] the remaining ones for their own purposes.
[00:03:34] And in these frames, the defeat of four locomotives in Odesa, Kryvyi
[00:03:37] Rih Pyatykhatky Dnipropetrovsk region. They became the target
[00:03:40] of Russian geraniums because they transported fuel for
[00:03:43] the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is also reported that a Ukrainian dry cargo ship was hit
[00:03:47] in the Black Sea. Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
[00:03:51] continued to strike with unmanned aerial vehicles at
[00:03:55] port infrastructure facilities in Ukraine, as well as at merchant ships
[00:03:58] involved. Armed Forces of Ukraine. As a result of the strike,
[00:04:01] a dry cargo ship was hit while transiting the sea,
[00:04:05] delivering military cargo to the port of Odesa.
[00:04:09] There is no shortage of geraniums in the Russian army. Which cannot be said about ammunition for
[00:04:12] Ukrainian air defense. Bankova has the opportunity to
[00:04:16] prevent the complete destruction of the independent. And before it's too
[00:04:19] late, the Kyiv authorities should reconsider Russia's conditions
[00:04:22] for a ceasefire and the start of peace
[00:04:25] negotiations. Stanislav Vasilychenko, Olga Prokanova.
[00:04:28] Vesti. All electricity generation in
[00:04:32] Kyiv has been completely destroyed by ballistic strikes of the Russian
[00:04:36] military, the Ukrainian Center for Energy Research said,
[00:04:39] the city is now completely dependent on external
[00:04:42] supplies, which are irregular, in a number of areas
[00:04:45] there are emergency power outages, the metro has stopped, ground
[00:04:49] electric transport, water supply interruptions are expected.
[00:04:53] More details about the situation in Kyiv, Margarita
[00:04:55] Semenyuk.
[00:04:57] Kyiv residents joke that the world is testing the supply of Pepsi-Cola directly
[00:05:01] from the tap, but the jokes end with the water, Ukrainians
[00:05:05] are warned about water supply schedules due to electricity
[00:05:08] interruptions, water schedules will be because it
[00:05:11] will be associated with the delivery of fuel, at least with the installation of supply
[00:05:15] generators. Transformer substations cannot operate
[00:05:18] continuously. At the same time, Kyiv schools may well switch to distance learning due to
[00:05:21] the lack of water and light. Some institutions will use
[00:05:25] generators, and with dim lighting will conduct lessons only
[00:05:28] orally. And if there is no hot water in the homes and apartments of
[00:05:32] Ukrainians, one can recall the lifehack that Kyiv Mayor
[00:05:35] Vitali Klitschko shared 12 years ago.
[00:05:38] Кличко.
[00:06:16] But will gasoline be needed if traffic stops on the roads in Kyiv, traffic jams
[00:06:20] towards the Paton Bridge, in the morning the passage was severely
[00:06:23] hampered.
[00:06:26] In the capital of Ukraine, electric transport completely stopped. Local media reported
[00:06:30] that the metro suspended train movement and escalator operation,
[00:06:33] trolleybuses and trams stopped. In general, something again flew into the energy sector,
[00:06:37] again three metro lines there, in short, do not work, again
[00:06:41] some problems, interruptions with... electricity, I do not want to bother you, against
[00:06:44] the background of diesel agreements between Russia and the United States, Ukrainian grain
[00:06:48] sagged, Zelensky even compared the food crisis to a watermelon,
[00:06:52] the sea is blocked and Kyiv cannot export millions of tons to
[00:06:55] the markets of the African continent, the crisis predicted by Zelensky will, according to his
[00:06:59] calculations, occur in the coming months. Firstly,
[00:07:02] of course, the blocking of grain exports from Ukraine
[00:07:06] will seriously hit the financial capabilities of
[00:07:09] the terrorist Kyiv regime, simply reduce the
[00:07:12] revenue from this type of export, secondly,
[00:07:16] of course, there is simply nowhere to put grain within
[00:07:19] Ukraine, so they will not be able to store it, nor will they be able to export it.
[00:07:23] Europe is tired of Ukraine, and Zelensky is shouting about a crisis in which
[00:07:26] he personally drowned the country. Kyiv did not receive almost 30
[00:07:30] billion dollars, because the parliament and government did not fulfill
[00:07:33] European requirements, introduce a tax on parcels, rules
[00:07:37] for taxing digital platforms and ensure the rule of law and
[00:07:40] the fight against corruption.
[00:07:44] This figure should be adjusted on the last tranche, but still the amount of funds that
[00:07:47] should arrive by the end of the year is very large, and this is now a matter of
[00:07:51] Ukraine's survival, and this is about what we all must understand how
[00:07:54] critical it is now.
[00:07:58] Meanwhile, against the background of all problems, Kyiv literally
[00:08:01] plunged into darkness. Margarita Semenyuk, Artyom Artyshov,
[00:08:05] Vesti.
[00:08:08] NATO Commander-in-Chief in Europe presented an action plan at the forum in Warsaw.
[00:08:42] The NATO Commander-in-Chief in Europe, Alexus
[00:08:46] Grinkevich, came to the security forum to share. Remarkably,
[00:08:48] first of all, of course, is the name of the document. This is not a plan
[00:08:52] for victory, nor a strategy, nor a doctrine, nor a program, nor a project,
[00:08:56] nor a concept, nor a concept. This is a theory of how to
[00:08:59] defeat Russia on the battlefield, a hypothesis that for
[00:09:03] 80 years no one has dared to test.
[00:09:05] This afternoon I will tell you how we will
[00:09:09] do it, I will outline what I call my theory of victory. We
[00:09:12] will invest in it every zloty, euro, dollar, pound or
[00:09:16] krona. If we talk about specifics, NATO plans to
[00:09:19] exhaust Russian forces in border battles and prevent them from seizing
[00:09:22] any piece of NATO land, and then seize the initiative with high-precision
[00:09:26] strikes on headquarters, control centers, communication lines, and
[00:09:29] Moscow's supply. The goal is not to march on the capital
[00:09:32] of Russia, but to limit actions at its
[00:09:35] borders. The theory of victory is rooted in
[00:09:39] military thinking many decades ago.
[00:10:55] call it the new sick man of Europe. The public debt broke a historical
[00:10:58] maximum of 119%
[00:11:00] of GDP. The streets were engulfed in protests, and he is still talking about
[00:11:04] the same thing. Emmanuel Macron declares that we must not succumb to the Russian
[00:11:07] threat.
[00:11:09] I'll tell you this, there is no Russian threat in France. But there is a threat from
[00:11:13] Macronists, and there is a threat from supporters of the European Union.
[00:11:17] The real threat is your European Empire. And American
[00:11:20] interference in France is huge, it is incomparably larger than
[00:11:23] Russian.
[00:13:16] The US, testifies only to one thing: everyone understands, in a couple
[00:13:20] of months winter will come, in winter, Ukraine will collapse.
[00:13:24] A remarkable reservation was made by
[00:13:27] Merz's colleague Gunter
[00:13:29] Krichbaum.
[00:13:35] We must not forget that this aggressive war against Russia,
[00:13:39] I apologize, against Ukraine, violates international law.
[00:13:42] Meanwhile, another Guntar, only in Latvia and not
[00:13:45] a deputy, but a farmer, complains to a local TV channel that his field was
[00:13:49] sown with concrete pyramids, dragon's teeth,
[00:13:52] which should stop the Russian.
[00:14:25] tons of diesel fuel per month, this was stated by Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak in
[00:14:29] an exclusive interview with our TV channel, he clarified that
[00:14:32] the country is fully supplied with fuel, the capacities of our refineries are much higher
[00:14:36] than domestic needs, especially since in some countries diesel prices
[00:14:40] have almost doubled since the beginning of the year.
[00:14:43] раза.
[00:14:46] The government promptly issued an order to
[00:14:49] partially lift the ban on the export
[00:14:52] of diesel fuel to world
[00:14:55] markets, including the markets of the United States of America. Previously,
[00:14:59] sanctions were in effect, they were lifted
[00:15:02] by American colleagues for 6
[00:15:05] months. And today negotiations are already underway
[00:15:08] between our companies, buyers of Russian raw materials, and
[00:15:12] also between the Ministry of Energy of Russia and the Ministry of Energy of the United States
[00:15:15] of America.
[00:15:18] Yemeni Houthis claim to have hit Riyadh
[00:15:21] airport with a ballistic missile. Footage of
[00:15:25] air defense operation is coming from the scene. In addition, the Ansar Allah movement claims a strike on
[00:15:28] an airbase in southwestern Saudi Arabia. Confirmation from
[00:15:32] Riyadh has not yet been received. However, earlier the Wall Street Journal
[00:15:35] reported that Saudi Arabia is looking for more air defense systems
[00:15:39] for protection. Elizaveta Khramtsova is following
[00:15:42] the situation.
[00:15:44] The atmosphere at the anniversary 25th World Energy Congress
[00:15:48] in Riyadh sharply contrasts with what has been happening in
[00:15:52] the capital's airports in the kingdom as a whole in recent days. The Saudi
[00:15:55] Arabian authorities are trying not to change their plans, especially when it comes to
[00:15:59] investments, but the Yemeni Houthis manage to put pressure
[00:16:02] on Riyadh that has not been seen for many
[00:16:04] years.
[00:16:07] City
[00:16:42] for city, if Saudi Arabia continues to increase
[00:16:45] the intensity of its actions against our country, our military
[00:16:49] options, which are very diverse, it will not be able to
[00:16:52] withstand even for a month. Saudi Arabia has been fighting
[00:16:55] its southern neighbors since 2015. The Ansar
[00:16:59] Allah movement, consisting of Zaidi Shiites, controls
[00:17:02] the capital of Yemen and a significant part of the territory in the east
[00:17:05] of the republic. It is believed that some support is provided to the group by
[00:17:09] Iran, the Houthis are opposed by an international coalition led by
[00:17:12] Saudi Arabia, the war, which has been going on with varying degrees of
[00:17:15] intensity, entered a new stage this summer, when
[00:17:18] the Houthis occupied the entire western coast of the Red Sea and cities near
[00:17:22] the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait.
[00:17:25] The Houthis still hold, although surrounded, the strategically important island
[00:17:29] of Perim, located between Yemen and Djibouti, but at the same time the Houthis
[00:17:33] have managed to achieve significant success, the city of Taiz is again under siege.
[00:17:37] And it's not just about military aspects, it's about a city with a population of more than
[00:17:41] a million people, it's tempting to believe that rapid changes
[00:17:44] await us, but in reality on the ground we still observe
[00:17:48] an exhausting war of attrition. The internationally recognized
[00:17:51] authorities of the republic, who are effectively in exile, announced last
[00:17:55] week the launch of Operation Yemen Dawn, its key
[00:17:58] goal is the liberation of Sana'a from the Houthis. The head of the ruling
[00:18:02] Presidential Council of Yemen, Rashad al- Alimi, expressed condolences regarding
[00:18:05] the attacks on the airport.
[00:19:08] Also, the newspaper's sources assure that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud
[00:19:12] has significantly increased his security
[00:19:14] in recent days.
[00:19:18] They have learned to use missiles and projectiles that do not create a radar
[00:19:21] signature in flight, and therefore do not activate Patriot system sensors. For
[00:19:25] Saudi Arabia, this is a catastrophic situation. The country has spent billions
[00:19:29] of dollars on the most modern defense systems, but is unable
[00:19:32] to counter cheap drones and mass-produced
[00:19:35] missiles. In this regard.
[00:19:45] Due to the escalation in the region, a number of states have issued warnings to their citizens,
[00:19:48] so the US State Department informed its diplomats
[00:19:52] accredited in Saudi Arabia about restrictions on the use of airports
[00:19:56] and recommended traveling by land. Elizaveta Khramtsova, Evgenia
[00:19:59] Zentsova, Vesti.
[00:20:02] Nine Russians who were stranded in the mountains of
[00:20:05] Nepal did not buy tours from companies belonging to the Association
[00:20:09] of Tour Operators of Russia, the organization itself reported.
[00:20:13] Let me remind you, a group of compatriots was stuck in the Himalayas after a powerful
[00:20:16] flood on Sunday. Our embassy reported that there is no immediate
[00:20:20] threat to their lives now, but a helicopter is needed
[00:20:24] for evacuation. Our correspondent Evgeny Davidov is following
[00:20:27] the situation.
[00:20:34] Houses, bridges, roads, the river overflows its banks, sweeping away everything
[00:20:37] in its path in the Nepalese district of Gorkha, a powerful mudslide hit
[00:20:41] the valley of the Budhi-
[00:20:42] Gandaki River.
[00:20:50] Nine Russian tourists were in distress, they were heading for a trek
[00:20:53] around Mount Manaslu, according to the Russian embassy in Nepal, there is no threat
[00:20:57] to their life and health, they climbed higher and are waiting for
[00:21:00] a helicopter evacuation. The conditions for overnight stay are bad, the main option
[00:21:04] to resolve the situation is to hire a helicopter at their own expense, the trackers' insurance
[00:21:07] does not imply payment for helicopter evacuation as a result of the flood,
[00:21:11] the tourists do not have their own funds, the embassy appealed to the local
[00:21:14] authorities with a request to consider the possibility of evacuating compatriots. According
[00:21:18] to local authorities, dozens of houses have been destroyed, the flood damaged bridges
[00:21:22] and hydropower facilities, along the river, uprooted
[00:21:26] trees, where roads and tourist trails recently passed, now
[00:21:29] impassable blockages.
[00:21:33] In the morning we heard a very loud sound, similar to an earthquake. Later we
[00:21:37] learned what happened ahead, right in our path. We were
[00:21:41] blocked, then my friend and I were evacuated by military
[00:21:44] helicopter, we were rescued and brought here. Military helicopters
[00:21:48] evacuate people from hard-to-reach areas and deliver humanitarian aid, on
[00:21:52] the ground, tents, bedding, generators,
[00:21:55] and emergency lighting equipment are being prepared.
[00:21:59] Today, military helicopters rescued more than 200 people, during the day
[00:22:03] flights were temporarily suspended due to strong winds, but they will resume as
[00:22:07] soon as weather conditions improve. According to preliminary information, one of the tourists
[00:22:09] stranded in the Himalayas was Russian Maria
[00:22:13] Yerokhina. On her social media page, she was looking for
[00:22:16] like-minded people to hike to Buddhist monasteries in the Nepalese
[00:22:19] valley. Moreover, the tour description says that you can even go on the route with
[00:22:23] children. However, experienced travelers warn that such
[00:22:26] hikes require serious preparation, studying the route in advance, assessing
[00:22:30] physical capabilities, checking insurance, and providing for a backup
[00:22:34] plan in case of bad weather. It is very important when going on such a trip to have
[00:22:38] insurance that will cover mountain trekking, because
[00:22:41] the height there reaches 5106 m at the pass. This trek is
[00:22:45] not connected by automobile roads, and an injured person
[00:22:48] can only be evacuated from there by air.
[00:22:52] In emergency situations, many trekking routes in Nepal are restricted access zones, the trip
[00:22:56] is necessarily organized through a licensed Nepalese agency, so
[00:23:00] the organizer must have a Nepalese partner who knows the exact
[00:23:03] location of the group. It is unknown whether the Russians had such
[00:23:07] assistants. Descending at night from the mountains along destroyed paths
[00:23:10] is extremely dangerous, the stranded tourists are now waiting for aerial
[00:23:14] evacuation, when this becomes possible depends largely on the
[00:23:18] weather. Evgeny Davidov.
[00:24:33] technologies, saving lives in extreme conditions. The 17th
[00:24:37] Congress of Russian Surgeons began its work in the capital's
[00:24:40] World Trade Center. The large-scale forum gathered thousands
[00:24:43] of delegates. The focus is on introducing the latest
[00:24:47] scientific achievements into daily hospital practice and new
[00:24:50] standards of military field medicine. Alena
[00:24:53] Ragozina, on why surgery is officially
[00:24:56] equated to
[00:24:57] space today.
[00:25:01] Alexey Ivanovich Popov, as he himself admits, tried to avoid doctors for
[00:25:05] years, but life forced him. I had an operation
[00:25:08] from about 9 to 11,
[00:25:11] it took 2 hours. The first hours, I certainly did not feel very
[00:25:15] comfortable, it was after the operation the anesthesia wore off,
[00:25:18] it hurt. He... the night passed, today you see, I am ready to go to work,
[00:25:22] everything is fine, the surgeon has a volumetric image of internal
[00:25:26] organs with multiple magnification in front of his eyes, fingers in manipulators, feet on
[00:25:29] pedals, the robotic arm
[00:25:32] rotates in all
[00:25:35] directions, the ability to manipulate in the most
[00:25:39] difficult to reach areas
[00:25:42] as much as possible, breakthrough technologies, operations through
[00:25:46] vessels, organ transplants, patient safety and training...
[00:25:50] personnel are discussed at the 17th Congress of Russian Surgeons
[00:25:53] and the 11th Congress of Moscow Surgeons, which are held
[00:25:57] in the capital, under the general motto surgery is space, and we
[00:26:00] operate, uh. more than
[00:26:03] 10 million
[00:26:06] patients, about
[00:26:08] 50% are performed with minimally
[00:26:11] traumatic technological
[00:26:14] accesses. Today we actively use surgical
[00:26:18] rhythmology, only domestic technologies, they are not inferior to
[00:26:21] Western ones, of course, today we invented a special
[00:26:25] device for clipping, we
[00:26:28] actively use new threads that are made in...
[00:26:34] Of course, a surgical robot is still an expensive pleasure, both the
[00:26:37] systems themselves, and maintenance, and consumables. materials, therefore, Russian doctors are
[00:26:40] particularly interested in the appearance of domestic robotic
[00:26:43] complexes that will be able to expand access to such
[00:26:46] operations. The robot that is presented today is unique, it is
[00:26:50] better than American and Chinese analogues, it has
[00:26:53] more degrees of freedom, expanded functionality, so I am sure that
[00:26:57] it will be in demand not only by Russian surgeons, but
[00:27:00] will also be able to take a significant niche in the
[00:27:03] international market, a special place in military field
[00:27:06] surgery: participants analyze the evolution of tactical medicine,
[00:27:10] compare approaches of different countries and highlight best practices
[00:27:14] suitable for use in emergency situations. Our
[00:27:17] task is to bring medicine and highly qualified
[00:27:20] medical care as close as possible to the line of
[00:27:23] combat contact, where our heroes
[00:27:27] get wounded, this is also genetic
[00:27:30] engineering. specialists from many countries,
[00:27:35] representing
[00:27:36] представляющих
[00:27:44] different medical schools. The technologies that are coming today are
[00:27:48] minimally invasive, they, of course, already use
[00:27:51] software, artificial intelligence, and specialist
[00:27:55] training, of course, requires a broader
[00:27:58] outlook. The organizer of the congress. the hospital, one of
[00:28:01] the largest multidisciplinary scientific and clinical centers
[00:28:05] of the country, a support platform where advanced
[00:28:08] assistance protocols are developed and scaled. Artificial intelligence,
[00:28:11] robots, high-precision diagnostic systems, all for the sake of patients
[00:28:14] returning to their families, work, to normal life faster, this is what
[00:28:18] domestic medicine is reaching new orbits for.
[00:28:21] Alena Ragozina, Alexander Fil, Margarita Yunusova,
[00:28:25] Vesti Moscow.
[00:28:27] Москва.
[00:28:30] In the Russian consciousness
[00:28:33] there is uncertainty, how to be, what to say to people, how to
[00:28:36] explain the meaning of the existence of today's
[00:28:39] Russia, you will understand why such
[00:28:43] misfortunes and calamities fall upon Rus, why it again emerges from these misfortunes
[00:28:46] renewed, holy, ascending to its
[00:28:49] highest ideal, with its victories, with its
[00:28:53] great insights, Russia is a hero,
[00:28:56] Russia is conceived with the universe as a hero,
[00:28:59] Russia, in which we live, Russia is immortal. This feeling will settle
[00:29:03] in the soul of every modern Russian person,
[00:29:31] in the Russian consciousness. uncertainty is building up,
[00:29:34] how to be, what to say to people, how to explain the meaning
[00:29:38] of the existence of today's Russia, you will understand
[00:29:41] why such misfortunes and calamities fall upon Rus, why it
[00:29:45] again emerges from these misfortunes renewed, holy,
[00:29:48] ascending to its highest ideal, with its
[00:29:52] victories, with its great insights,
[00:29:55] Russia is a hero, Russia is conceived with
[00:29:58] the universe as a hero, Russia, in which we live, Russia
[00:30:01] is immortal. This feeling will settle in the soul of every
[00:30:05] modern Russian person.
[00:31:45] What this day was remembered for in history, we will tell you right now.
[00:31:48] Hello. On October 13,
[00:31:52] 1768, Catherine II
[00:31:55] sent a decree to the Senate for approval, which determined the
[00:31:59] punishment for Darya Saltykova. People called her Saltychikha. This
[00:32:02] noblewoman was distinguished and wealthy,
[00:32:06] she owned mansions in Moscow, estates in various provinces,
[00:32:10] having become a widow at 26, she began to torture her serfs,
[00:32:13] she had many of them.
[00:32:45] It is an exceptional case that the criminal was punished,
[00:32:48] many landowners in Russia committed atrocities in their
[00:32:52] possessions and it was extremely rare to find justice against them.
[00:32:55] On October 13,
[00:32:58] 1924, Mecca fell,
[00:33:01] the capital of the kingdom of Hejaz, which was at war with
[00:33:05] the Sultanate of Nejd. The city, sacred to
[00:33:07] Muslims, was occupied by Nejd troops. Both these
[00:33:11] states were formed in Saudi Arabia after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. supported
[00:33:21] by the British, whom he helped in the fight against the Turks. Colonel
[00:33:25] Thomas Lawrence, the famous Lawrence of Arabia, decided to arm
[00:33:29] Hejaz with aviation and recruited Russian
[00:33:32] emigrant pilots. They repaired a dozen old
[00:33:35] biplanes, DH9 The Havilland, flew reconnaissance
[00:33:39] and bombed enemy positions. But the war
[00:33:42] could not be won with air strikes alone. Hussein was defeated
[00:33:46] and the British stopped helping him. As a result,
[00:33:49] a unified kingdom of Nejd
[00:33:53] and Hejaz emerged, which in the early 1930s became
[00:33:56] the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. And Russian
[00:33:59] pilots stayed there, creating modern aviation, and
[00:34:03] the Saudis highly valued their
[00:34:05] merits. On October 13,
[00:34:09] 1959, the Literary Gazette
[00:34:12] published a poem by Boris Slutsky, "Physicists and
[00:34:15] Lyricists." It became a symbol of the sharp public discussion
[00:34:19] that agitated the entire country at the time. About who
[00:34:22] was more important and useful: specialists in exact
[00:34:25] sciences or writers, poets, and artists. At
[00:34:28] enterprises and institutes, disputes were arranged, and they argued
[00:34:32] until hoarse. The Soviet Union was then undergoing a scientific and technical
[00:34:35] revolution; everyone talked about flights into space, the conquest
[00:34:39] of the atom, digital machines and robots. Films
[00:34:42] were made about scientists, "Nine Days of One Year," "I Am Going into a Thunderstorm," and
[00:34:46] it seemed that humanitarians were losing their positions and art
[00:34:49] was no longer needed, which Slutsky wrote about,
[00:34:53] "That's why physicists are honored, that's why lyricists are sidelined,
[00:34:57] this is self-evident, arguing is simply
[00:35:00] useless, so it's not even offensive, but rather
[00:35:03] interesting to observe how like foam
[00:35:06] our rhymes fall, and
[00:35:09] majesty steadily
[00:35:12] recedes into logarithms." However, already
[00:35:16] in the second half of the sixties, the discussion waned:
[00:35:19] the opposing camps embraced the simple idea that
[00:35:23] both physics and lyrics are needed, and human life
[00:35:26] will not be complete without harmony between various sides
[00:35:30] of knowledge. On October 13,
[00:35:34] 1987, a Pentagon press release
[00:35:37] announced that five bottlenose dolphins
[00:35:41] had been delivered to the Persian Gulf region (quote: "for reconnaissance
[00:35:44] and detection of various
[00:35:47] objects"). This is considered the first officially
[00:35:50] recorded case of using these intelligent marine
[00:35:53] animals for combat operations. At that time,
[00:35:56] a war was raging between Iran and Iraq. Both sides mined the Gulf, and this
[00:36:00] threatened commercial shipping. Approximately
[00:36:03] 400 transports, including American ones, were blown up or
[00:36:06] damaged. The dolphins were trained to find underwater
[00:36:10] mines, mostly Iranian, round with spikes. The details
[00:36:14] were concealed by the Americans, but it is known that one dolphin
[00:36:17] died. The program for the military use of dolphins, as well as
[00:36:21] sea lions, was carried out by the USA since the early
[00:36:23] sixties. They were also taught to find enemy divers,
[00:36:27] patrol waters, and find sunken ships
[00:36:31] on the seabed. A similar program was in
[00:36:34] the Soviet Union in the mid- seventies; combat
[00:36:37] dolphins became part of the Black Sea
[00:36:39] Fleet.
[00:36:41] This was this day in history. I wish
[00:36:45] my country wealth and prosperity. We need access to the
[00:41:25] Committee of the Russian Federation. You are involved in a case of
[00:41:29] complicity in preparing a terrorist act.
[00:41:32] The situation is serious, not a word to anyone. Real
[00:41:35] special service employees will never contact you
[00:41:39] virtually.
[00:42:55] Ceramics master Andrei Savetsky transforms shapeless
[00:42:59] pieces of clay into various products in a matter of minutes.
[00:43:02] The product is made not from clay, but in conjunction
[00:43:05] with clay. That is, there must be a dance where you don't step on your partner's
[00:43:10] feet, you understand.
[00:43:13] Here you need to feel each other. If you
[00:43:16] do it,
[00:43:19] and the clay likes it, it will return the
[00:43:22] favor, you understand.
[00:43:25] Andrei jokingly calls himself an artist by nature. Once he
[00:43:28] set himself the task of recreating the technique of creating a special
[00:43:32] type of architectural ceramic, izraztsy (tiles). An accurate
[00:43:35] reconstruction of something that didn't exist. We don't know how it was. We only have
[00:43:38] this... ready result, for which the remaining techniques
[00:43:42] from pottery were used, and
[00:43:46] we are trying to revive, uh, this
[00:43:49] result, having fantasized a little.
[00:43:52] Perhaps these are the main principles of restoration work: a creative
[00:43:55] approach, unlimited powers of imagination with an emphasis on
[00:43:58] skill, which help to bring back
[00:44:01] forgotten techniques. We
[00:44:04] got an izrazets,
[00:44:07] so this is a tile.
[00:44:10] This surface, I don't remember what it's called scientifically.
[00:44:13] We met Andrey and other restorers at
[00:44:17] the fifth Moscow International Exhibition dedicated to
[00:44:20] the preservation of cultural heritage. And
[00:44:24] how to save all the best that our
[00:44:27] generation has done? Perhaps this is one of the main questions that contemporaries
[00:44:30] should ask themselves, because otherwise our descendants will have to
[00:44:34] restore methodologies,
[00:44:36] technologies, processes, which is essentially what
[00:44:40] modern restorers are doing. They save and restore
[00:44:43] what may have been lost or forgotten many centuries ago.
[00:44:47] So, the industry event about restoration brought together
[00:44:51] the best specialists who are right here, right now, standing on
[00:44:54] guard for nothing less than historical
[00:44:57] justice.
[00:44:59] The language of rare techniques and talents is what restorers pass on to
[00:45:02] each other, from masters to apprentices. Meeting at this
[00:45:05] venue is a special occasion for every
[00:45:08] participant. There is such an interaction of generations from the young
[00:45:12] generation to our most experienced
[00:45:16] professionals, who immediately pass on their skills
[00:45:19] and abilities to the guys. You know, restorers don't really like to share their
[00:45:23] secrets, do they, right?
[00:45:26] But if it's needed here, and it is needed here,
[00:45:30] in this regard, this exhibition is an opening
[00:45:33] of the restorers' souls, because they, each at their own
[00:45:37] stand, truly share their unique...
[00:45:42] Bogdan Lavrinenko, a hereditary artist who gained wide
[00:45:45] fame among mosaic restorers, reveals one of the secrets. Before you
[00:45:49] is a glass
[00:45:52] quartzite panel. This is a very rare technique that Zurab Tsereteli
[00:45:56] invented in the seventies of the 20th century with his team.
[00:45:59] This is neither a mosaic nor a painting, and it's kind of
[00:46:03] neither enamel; it's something in between all of that. Glass
[00:46:07] quartzite is a multi-component,
[00:46:11] baked panel. Like
[00:46:13] any craftsmanship, the techniques of the best specialists are honed in
[00:46:16] competition. Students from different educational institutions across the country came here
[00:46:20] to compete to see who is the best in
[00:46:23] restoration. Competence curators prepare
[00:46:26] tasks for them throughout the year. These tasks correspond to the best
[00:46:30] examples of sectoral restoration activities. This is,
[00:46:34] of course, some fragments of activity, well, that is,
[00:46:37] conditionally, for example, this year restorers.
[00:46:52] The preservation of heritage for Moscow is a special mission, which is why
[00:46:56] the city takes a comprehensive approach to solving restoration
[00:46:58] tasks. The most important thing is, of course, personnel.
[00:47:02] Today's restoration is a whole spectrum
[00:47:05] of activities, so in Moscow alone there are
[00:47:08] more than 10 educational institutions, both
[00:47:12] higher and secondary specialized
[00:47:15] education, training specialists. This is the Russian
[00:47:18] Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, this is Moscow State
[00:47:23] University of Civil Engineering, if we are talking
[00:47:26] about higher educational institutions,
[00:47:29] if about secondary specialized, then this is our College No. 26
[00:47:33] (kadrs). College No. 26 (kadrs), a special place
[00:47:37] where the best traditions and practices are passed on. Graduates of this educational
[00:47:40] institution are highly valued. I really wanted
[00:47:43] a creative profession, but at the same time I was very interested in architecture,
[00:47:47] so I was looking for how to combine these two professions. Then I came across
[00:47:51] the name re-engineering. This interested me, I delved deeper and
[00:47:54] found College No. 6 (kadrs). It is simply among the top five best colleges,
[00:47:58] so I decided to enroll there. For young
[00:48:02] specialists and not only, the Heritage Forum is held in Moscow. Its
[00:48:05] main goal is to disseminate knowledge about the preservation of cultural heritage and
[00:48:09] the integration of historical monuments into the life of modern
[00:48:12] cities. At the forum we have quite a large spectrum
[00:48:16] of students from different universities. And it's very
[00:48:18] good that we have a new direction for landscape designers,
[00:48:22] because, as it was presented, the object
[00:48:25] has an area that will need to be worked on.
[00:48:29] Thanks to a comprehensive approach, over the past 15 years, more than 2,500
[00:48:33] cultural heritage sites have been put in order in the city,
[00:48:36] and restorers are usually faced with the most complex
[00:48:39] tasks, for example, to bring the Ostankino estate
[00:48:43] into historical compliance. The Italian pavilion recently opened there. During
[00:48:46] the coronation celebrations, Alexander
[00:48:50] II stayed there.
[00:49:23] interior finishing techniques, including wallpaper. Wallpaper is generally uniquely
[00:49:26] preserved in Russia,
[00:49:30] authentic 16th-century wallpaper, produced in France, partially
[00:49:34] produced in England, I believe, in Russia, and
[00:49:37] executed in decoupage technique, meaning these are wallpapers cut out
[00:49:41] and glued
[00:49:44] together into unique compositions. That is, these are
[00:49:48] compositions found only in the Ostankino
[00:49:50] Estate. The large-scale restoration of Count
[00:49:54] Sheremetev's palace continues. We have begun
[00:49:58] the restoration of the central core, the theater
[00:50:02] palace itself. I hope that in the next
[00:50:05] 2 years this unique, painstaking
[00:50:08] work will be completed. I would like to thank everyone
[00:50:12] who cares about
[00:50:14] the revival of this unique place. Sheremetev
[00:50:18] demonstrated enlightened taste, with which his masterpiece is still being restored today.
[00:50:23] Nikolay Petrovich Sheremetev would have been delighted
[00:50:26] with the love and tact
[00:50:29] with which one of his beloved
[00:50:33] creations is being recreated. Moscow recently, it
[00:50:36] is truly an example of how
[00:50:40] respectfully one should treat the
[00:50:42] monuments that we received from those
[00:50:46] who lived and worked, created for
[00:50:49] us. In restoration, small details
[00:50:52] matter, or rather, all grandeur rests precisely on these
[00:50:55] small details, and Moscow fully provides its masters with everything
[00:50:59] necessary. Today the restoration industry of Moscow
[00:51:03] is fully supplied with all
[00:51:06] restoration materials,
[00:51:08] domestic
[00:51:10] materials are used in Moscow's cultural heritage sites
[00:51:14] in the widest possible range, from
[00:51:17] facade work to interior work,
[00:51:20] for example, if it concerns.
[00:51:30] window and door fillings, both restoration and
[00:51:33] manufacturing, this is ceramic tiles
[00:51:37] and much, much more.
[00:51:40] For example, these restorers have been working on lighting fixtures for over
[00:51:43] 30 years. Their projects include the Bolshoi Theater, GUM,
[00:51:47] and the Historical Museum. Now they are participating in the grandiose
[00:51:50] reconstruction of VDNKh.
[00:51:52] We are now next to one of the decorative
[00:51:56] elements of
[00:51:58] the Golden Ear pavilion. These are recreated grilles,
[00:52:02] recreated from not very good
[00:52:06] surviving photographs. A lot of
[00:52:09] literature was studied in order to decide on
[00:52:13] a specific decor.
[00:52:15] In addition, in the Golden Ear pavilion, we are
[00:52:18] recreating lighting fixtures,
[00:52:21] large ones. Among them are six chandeliers with cobalt
[00:52:25] glass, many sconces, many lamps.
[00:52:29] Many elements have to be recreated literally from
[00:52:32] scratch. Of course,
[00:52:35] the mold undergoes a technological
[00:52:38] cycle. You cannot pour metal into a cold
[00:52:42] mold, it will crack. In the technological
[00:52:45] chain, there are a number of specific steps,
[00:52:49] such as annealing furnaces and so
[00:52:51] on. So, I would like to demonstrate what
[00:52:55] happens after pouring
[00:52:58] metal into this
[00:53:00] mold.
[00:53:03] You can see how different the tasks are for restorers by looking at the example
[00:53:06] of the historical buildings of the former Borets compressor plant.
[00:53:09] Here, a modern public space will be created, while
[00:53:13] trying to preserve the spirit of the late 19th century. For this,
[00:53:16] the building had to be moved. We carried out
[00:53:19] the relocation of three historical objects: a
[00:53:22] water tower, a model workshop,
[00:53:26] and an assembly shop. Then we had the idea
[00:53:29] of creating a cool public and business project
[00:53:33] where we would incorporate and combine
[00:53:37] history with modernity. At that time,
[00:53:40] we held several architectural competitions, and we really
[00:53:43] liked one of the concepts.
[00:53:47] Until 1917, they produced steam engines,
[00:53:50] pumps, steam coal-lifting machines here. During
[00:53:54] the Great Patriotic War, they cast ammunition and produced
[00:53:57] compressors for the needs of the Navy. These walls remember
[00:54:01] a lot. Here we can see two...
[00:54:35] Above them, or rather, behind them, are the historical buildings of the Badaevsky
[00:54:38] brewery, which are being restored.
[00:54:41] The historical buildings are the heart of the Badaevsky
[00:54:45] complex. The authors of the project, and indeed
[00:54:48] the developer, viewed the historical buildings as an advantage
[00:54:51] of the area. And partly, the idea
[00:54:54] of raising the new construction on thirty-five-meter columns
[00:54:58] was dictated by the desire to preserve the view of those very historical
[00:55:02] buildings of the former brewery. The restoration
[00:55:05] covers more than 35,000
[00:55:08] square meters. The most difficult in terms of
[00:55:11] restoration and adaptation is building
[00:55:14] three. This is a large building, more than
[00:55:17] 15,000 square meters, eight
[00:55:20] stories high, and there simultaneously restoration,
[00:55:23] structural, and engineering
[00:55:26] works are underway. In Moscow, in recent years, restoration
[00:55:30] has ceased to be just working with the past. Today, it is also
[00:55:33] an exact science and high art, a bold
[00:55:36] engineering challenge that preserves the city's
[00:55:39] historical appearance.
[00:56:54] Everyone understands that Russia is not a gas station country.
[00:56:57] Russian digital solutions are reaching new
[00:57:01] heights. There are prospects, even more brutal ones.
[00:57:05] More brutal, there will be more.
[00:57:08] How exactly does digital technology help? You are incomparably original in your
[00:57:12] questions, and what about production,
[00:57:16] raw materials, and...