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[00:00:00] the cost of one day of war has increased from approximately
[00:00:03] $140
[00:00:04] million
[00:00:13] in 2024 to $190 million
[00:00:17] now. The reasons are clear, as payments have increased,
[00:00:21] troop numbers, ammunition consumption, and prices have
[00:00:24] jumped on almost everything. But the most
[00:00:26] unpleasant thing for Kyiv is that simultaneously with... the main
[00:00:37] assets
[00:00:38] from
[00:00:41] Russian strikes in the current year reached approximately $10
[00:00:45] billion, a broader economic damage
[00:00:48] is estimated at 1.5% of GDP, and due to problems with
[00:00:52] Black Sea ports, export
[00:00:55] revenues are at risk, which is up to $40 billion, classic scabbards were created.
[00:00:58] Zelensky accelerated war spending
[00:01:02] precisely when the independent economy's ability to pay for this war
[00:01:05] began to rapidly decline. The old
[00:01:09] Ukrainian way of closing such holes remained, that is, going
[00:01:13] to the Europeans again. Only this time, a quite reasonable
[00:01:16] question arises in the EU: what happened to the previous
[00:01:20] billions? And, as if on purpose, the New York Times publishes
[00:01:23] a large investigation regarding Kyiv's military procurements.
[00:01:27] Journalists received closed reports. and
[00:01:30] from the State Audit Service of Ukraine for
[00:01:33] 2024 year. The picture turned out
[00:01:36] remarkable, in just one year Ukraine lost about
[00:01:39] $1.2 billion due to fraud, overpayments,
[00:01:42] failed contracts, and dubious arms purchases, and this is what
[00:01:45] they were able to find. In wartime conditions, when Kyiv was begging Western
[00:01:49] taxpayers for money for every shell, a billion dollars within
[00:01:53] the system itself could simply disappear between
[00:01:56] the contract and the delivery.
[00:02:00] Mikhail, you are quoting different figures, I also have some
[00:02:03] figures here, we accumulated all indicators
[00:02:06] starting from twenty-two, friends, the European Union sent and approved for
[00:02:10] allocation 220 billion euros, even with
[00:02:13] a little extra, and this includes macro-financial loans, grants,
[00:02:17] humanitarian programs, and almost 4 billion euros
[00:02:21] from the income of our frozen assets, which is legally
[00:02:24] considered both theft and robbery officially, but
[00:02:28] still, where do these go?
[00:03:00] a sharp increase in the number began, well, I am being ironic, when no, well, in this
[00:03:04] case it is already like an innuendo, indeed forty days,
[00:03:07] and already from May it is approximately, without
[00:03:11] taking into account related expenses, logistics, everything
[00:03:14] else, only on drones, according to our official
[00:03:17] formulations of our general staff, the number of drones, only on
[00:03:21] drones, they spent about 2 billion dollars a month,
[00:03:25] this is without related expenses, apart from all other expenses, this
[00:03:29] is absolutely not accidental. Deputy Kitsa from the Servants of the People talks about
[00:03:32] a trillion, perhaps it is a rounding, perhaps it is an exaggeration,
[00:03:36] but my friends, this is about 25, 22-23 billion
[00:03:40] dollars, it's quite possible, it's quite possible, how is it in Ukrainian? 3
[00:03:43] billion on rounding, yes,
[00:03:46] back and forth, and regarding where all this
[00:03:49] disappears in principle, listen, but again,
[00:03:53] the auditors who have been working since last year, both from the Ministry of Finance and
[00:03:56] the FBI, for twenty-four according to documents. this is
[00:04:47] about 200 kg, 10 kg is a million
[00:04:51] dollars, and maybe deputies from the Servant of the People
[00:04:54] will start weighing in kilograms, like we still
[00:04:57] need 10 tons of dollars. 10 kg of European
[00:05:01] aid, 10 tons of deputies, 10 tons of dollars, I
[00:05:04] want to highlight our journalistic kitchen, literally, we are live, 5
[00:05:08] seconds before the start of the block, Mikhail was yelling at me in the editor.
[00:05:42] this is not a fight against corruption, this is not a fight for justice and
[00:05:45] legality, this is all a political struggle, all this is very
[00:05:49] interestingly unfolding around uh
[00:05:52] the Prosecutor General's Office, around
[00:05:55] the fugitive, still Prosecutor General, although he will be dismissed
[00:05:58] without a doubt, around this
[00:06:01] strange mystification, let's have a small preamble, for those who missed it,
[00:06:05] in case last week was spent on vacation, in general,
[00:06:08] the Prosecutor General, Kravchenko, that's his name, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General, he has
[00:06:11] a subordinate.
[00:06:42] nettle, Muse was taken for Muse, and a little
[00:06:46] bit covered, a ransom was declared for them, so, a ransom,
[00:06:49] that's what it's called now, yes, Kravchenko first was not involved,
[00:06:53] got lost in Kyiv, then found, then he
[00:06:56] talked to Zelensky, left, and what analysts say is that Kravchenko is
[00:06:59] the only instrument, in fact, the Ukrainian
[00:07:03] prosecutor's office, pressure on NABU and SAP, as long as this
[00:07:06] was his man, he had instruments, now Kravchenko is gone, and how
[00:07:10] the situation developed further, there's a little
[00:07:12] broader story there, because the SBU was also involved, at least, what
[00:07:16] Kravchenko has prepared
[00:07:18] now, having fled, having left the country, clearly
[00:07:22] exchanging this story with Zelensky for his own, what did he prepare, he accused
[00:07:25] the head of NABU, that not
[00:07:28] only
[00:07:30] Kryvonos, the head, but also the wife of the head
[00:07:33] of SAP, that they were involved in corruption back in two thousand fourteen, there were even
[00:07:37] earlier episodes it is very difficult for political strategists to talk about
[00:07:41] the subject, yes.
[00:08:13] but, apparently, overnight some non-public
[00:08:16] events regarding Zelensky occur, Zelensky is being sent a very serious message,
[00:08:20] surely, and he unwinds this situation, he really unwinds this situation,
[00:08:24] gives a command to, don't know whom
[00:08:26] to say, it's unknown who was sitting at the keyboard and writing from the Prosecutor General's office,
[00:08:30] no one understands who deleted these
[00:08:33] data from the register, even Kravchenko, again, Zelensky
[00:08:37] surely gives Kravchenko a command to continue
[00:08:40] resisting, to continue stirring up the wave. Well, that's vaudeville, but
[00:08:43] the meaning of all this is very simple, friends, Zelensky
[00:08:47] after this counterattack had
[00:08:49] two, two key scenarios, first, to go all the way,
[00:08:53] to make the SBU arrest the head
[00:08:56] of the SBU, really arrest Kryvonos
[00:09:00] and Klymenko's wife, bring them to court, choose a preventive measure, and this
[00:09:03] is open war already, the second option is the one he apparently chose, to back down,
[00:09:07] but both options lead him to lose
[00:09:11] virtually. influence on security forces, and therefore on the entire
[00:09:14] structure, he really is slowly turning into the Queen of England,
[00:09:18] we are observing this first-hand now, no one will overthrow
[00:09:21] or remove him, but his influence will be zero very soon.
[00:09:25] Nikita, you want to say, you figured out this wedding in Malinovka, what's
[00:09:29] going on there, I'm already lost, give me the jacket, power
[00:09:31] has changed, yes, a small comment, actually in
[00:09:35] the last segment Vlad Andrica had a hero, yes
[00:09:38] a Romanian, who spoke about people who
[00:09:41] are more pleasant.
[00:10:40] After her shift at the morgue ends, she joins the fire brigade
[00:10:43] to extinguish nearby, well,
[00:10:46] forests or after the explosions, they
[00:10:50] cause fires, especially now that it's
[00:10:53] been quite a hot summer.
[00:11:25] they are trying to shake off all this, they have completely different goals on the external perimeter,
[00:11:28] plus 30% of the voting population is against
[00:11:32] the US financing Ukraine, and Ukraine in turn
[00:11:36] believes, this was in the Ukrainian media, I think back in August, that
[00:11:40] Europe did not give them 160 billion euros, they
[00:11:43] calculated, they are waiting, apparently, yes, the question, if
[00:11:46] the US distances itself, trying to at the same time a political
[00:11:50] conflict, and Europe, well, apparently, will soon end, well, by all
[00:11:53] indications, what will happen, yes?
[00:12:01] there is a real fuel crisis on the horizon, probably, and
[00:12:04] in general, inflation is gradually rising in
[00:12:08] the European Union, a serious increase is expected by the end
[00:12:11] of the year, money will be needed to extinguish this fire, so to speak, in
[00:12:15] the financial sector, so they are now starting enough of one
[00:12:18] person any, any
[00:12:22] pretexts to reduce issuance. Uh-huh,
[00:12:33] and
[00:12:38] the only way now for Zelensky
[00:12:41] to get this money is to completely surrender his positions, vote for
[00:12:45] everything they want, then they won't give money, taking
[00:12:48] into account problems in the mining and metallurgical complex and the agricultural
[00:12:51] sector, they will likely lose up to a third
[00:12:55] of GDP next year, because exports are stopped, everything
[00:12:58] is lying on its belly, logistics is completely dead,
[00:13:02] warehouse history is dead, the food sector is falling, that is,
[00:13:05] in fact, they have a complete bouquet of crisis phenomena, let's see,
[00:13:09] we will still observe how Ukraine is lying on
[00:13:18] Latvia at a crossroads. In the studio of Open Air, journalist,
[00:13:22] political scientist, research fellow at the Institute of CIS countries. Ruslan Pankratov
[00:13:26] will present his new book: for what purpose
[00:13:29] do Baltic authorities rewrite history, systematically
[00:13:32] destroy everything connected with the legacy of the USSR, with Russia and
[00:13:36] Russian people, how in Riga is any dissent suppressed
[00:13:39] and what threatens those people who dared to speak out against
[00:13:43] Russophobia? All details first hand.
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[00:18:08] This is an open broadcast, and we continue. The question of changing the country's
[00:18:12] constitution, which currently prohibits the deployment of nuclear
[00:18:15] weapons on its territory, has been put on
[00:18:18] the agenda in Lithuania. And the Latvian government has banned the import of books,
[00:18:21] newspapers, and any printed matter in Russian.
[00:18:24] The confiscation of Russian books from stores was called by the Foreign Minister of
[00:18:28] the country, "No-no" not an episode from science fiction, but
[00:18:32] a necessary step for a complete break in trade and economic
[00:18:35] ties with the aggressor. Journalist,
[00:18:38] human rights activist and former deputy of the Riga Duma, who
[00:18:41] for more than 30 years was at the center of political,
[00:18:44] cultural, and public life of Latvia, and then was forced
[00:18:47] to flee from one country, not just
[00:18:50] flee, but also swim, yes Ruslan, Ruslan Pankratov,
[00:18:53] applause, we invite the main hero to the editorial office, an important event, Ruslan's
[00:18:57] book entitled From Earth to
[00:19:01] Sky, Latvia at a Crossroads, has been published, let's watch a short
[00:19:04] segment and talk.
[00:19:07] This is a book about a state that decided to rewrite its history not
[00:19:11] in scientific discussions, in parliament and courts under
[00:19:14] external pressure, about a state that declared
[00:19:17] heroes to be people who served in Nazi formations
[00:19:20] persecutes the memory of those who lived and fought in Soviet
[00:19:24] times. About a state that pursues a policy of forced
[00:19:27] assimilation under the guise of integration, closes Russian
[00:19:31] schools under the pretext of reforms, suppresses any dissent
[00:19:34] from human rights activists to local historians and teachers. through repressive
[00:19:38] practices, criminal cases and deportations.
[00:19:41] Collaborationism is glorified. The Latvian
[00:19:44] Waffen SS Legion is declared freedom
[00:19:47] fighters. Marches in their honor become part of the official
[00:19:50] calendar. At the same time, Latvians who fought against Nazism as
[00:19:54] part of the Red Army are stigmatized as
[00:19:57] occupiers. The Soviet period is demonized.
[00:20:00] The time of industrial breakthrough, the development of urban culture
[00:20:04] and education, is declared total occupation and repression.
[00:20:08] seven. The contribution of the Russian-speaking population and Russian culture to the development of Latvia
[00:20:11] is systematically hushed up. The closure
[00:20:14] of Russian schools, the displacement of the Russian language from the public sphere,
[00:20:18] the distortion of names and surnames, language exams for elderly
[00:20:22] people, ideological loyalty filters, all this
[00:20:25] is presented as a natural path to social unity.
[00:20:29] In practice, it is about expelling and dissolving
[00:20:32] Russian identity. Monuments are torn down, toponymy
[00:20:36] changes, reinterpreted so as to create
[00:20:39] the illusion: Russian world allegedly never existed here, and
[00:20:43] if it did, it was only in the form of foreign
[00:20:45] occupation. Ruslan, on the one hand, a poetic
[00:20:49] title. From earth to sky, Latvia at a crossroads, but is there
[00:20:52] really a crossroads, because for many decades it has been like
[00:20:56] with a fig in the pocket and with Russophobia, and this is like
[00:20:59] the mainstream, not a crossroads, tell me, well, I completely
[00:21:02] agree with you, because, well, indeed, well,
[00:21:05] not exactly at a crossroads, if you agree, then
[00:21:08] we rename it,
[00:21:10] the publisher, this is the most diplomatic, most
[00:21:14] ethical thing that could be
[00:21:16] done regarding this split. Regarding
[00:21:20] this - this savage
[00:21:23] hatred, people are generally incapable, I mean, aggressively, this
[00:21:27] minority, this imported
[00:21:30] political elite, they can't even be called an elite, but
[00:21:34] they are so aggressive, they live
[00:21:37] with this specific hatred that, well, look, to make a political
[00:21:40] career in Latvia, you need to be an ethnic
[00:21:43] Latvian, best
[00:21:46] of all, if you came from the USA, it's already a good base.
[00:22:20] example, well, well, based on Latvian grammar,
[00:22:23] all names and surnames must be included in this Latvian grammar, even if
[00:22:27] they are not Latvian examples, well, look, in the simplest version, I am
[00:22:30] Ruslan Pankratov, in the Latvian passport they cannot write in English
[00:22:34] transcription, they write Ruslans Pankratov with a
[00:22:37] 's', as it were, but
[00:22:40] that's right, there are many of us, hello, we are Ruslan
[00:22:43] Pankratovs, but with me this is the easiest case, although I went to
[00:22:46] Strasbourg, but imagine what happens, for example, with Elena. sh, when
[00:22:50] a passport is taken, it reads as Dzhelena suka,
[00:22:54] Shishkin is Siskin, Pyshkin is Piskin, quiet, quiet,
[00:22:57] live broadcast, I apologize, I apologize, but here are the facts, what
[00:23:00] can you do, where, although you
[00:23:04] had problems with Latvia, apparently with Roskomnadzor
[00:23:07] now too, you will also have problems, but that's your responsibility, we are
[00:23:11] live, continue,
[00:23:14] here is a heroic man who tried
[00:23:17] to fight, wanted to name his son,
[00:23:50] a nuisance, this is the main word in a person's life, their name, and
[00:23:54] to mock a name, well, that's just vile, honestly, a blatant
[00:23:58] kind of, like, something on the level of the Third Reich, vileness
[00:24:01] to humiliate a person for their name, but it's a name given to him by God
[00:24:04] from his parents, his parents pronounced it out loud, I'll just tell you
[00:24:08] a very important thing, many are wondering, there is still no
[00:24:12] clear theory of how civilization arose, there are many, including
[00:24:15] religious studies, what happened to such...
[00:24:19] такой...
[00:24:39] They started to revere graves, not believe in something stronger than themselves, that is, this divine consciousness appeared earlier, specifically to revere graves, that this life is not over, and to revere someone
[00:24:43] who is no longer there, what did you need to give him, he
[00:24:46] needed to be given a written name, so that you could go to the memorial,
[00:25:20] or there, a man from the small town of Jekabpils was in the hospital,
[00:25:23] he sent a message to his friend in one of the messengers, saying: look what
[00:25:27] Vladimirovich said, maybe he's right, this is uncovered 2 years
[00:25:30] in prison, Professor Alexander, a quote from a public
[00:25:34] speech is with an addition, maybe there was something
[00:25:37] sensible, look, maybe the president is right, let's
[00:25:41] be friends, let's create, 2 years in prison, Alexander
[00:25:44] Gaponenko, professor, spoke
[00:25:48] at a round table where I organized him.
[00:25:51] he spoke about ethnocide, and
[00:25:54] the author, in fact, the definition of the word ethnocide
[00:25:58] is an American lawyer who...
[00:26:01] And
[00:27:33] it seems to me that the title of Ruslan's book is very apt, because there
[00:27:36] really is a crossroads, it seems to us from the current
[00:27:40] moment that this derussification, dehumanization, dehumanization has been going on for 30
[00:27:44] years, but in the scale of history it's nonsense,
[00:27:47] listen, this is Russian land, and it always
[00:27:51] has been, no matter what they came up with, they are now occupiers on Russian land
[00:27:55] in this particular case there, well, not for the first time,
[00:27:58] in Ukraine I also have a lot of things about this.
[00:28:01] a girl
[00:29:02] who sings and
[00:29:05] talks, yes, she does everything
[00:29:08] except her direct job, there's asphalt only
[00:29:12] around her residence, her task is to return Moldova to
[00:29:15] Romania, as soon as Moldovans were forced to stop
[00:29:18] thinking that they were connected to Russia, they thought they would become Moldovans, they were
[00:29:22] told: "No, guys, there were never any Moldovans, you are Romanians,"
[00:29:26] a Romanian woman came and said: "You are now Romanians," yes, well, in this
[00:29:30] sense, yes, the Moldovan authorities went even further. The Baltic ones, in the sense
[00:29:33] that they are trying to turn their people into a completely different ethnic group, that is,
[00:29:37] to reformat not just self-awareness,
[00:29:39] ethnic identification, including cultural,
[00:29:42] ethnocultural, well, and completely reprogram
[00:29:45] at the same time, I apologize, it was Russian culture that always said there are
[00:29:49] Moldovans, there are Lithuanians, there are Latvians, there are
[00:29:52] Estonians, therefore, by the way, in Transnistria, the Moldovan
[00:29:55] ethnic group, the Moldovan language in Cyrillic is preserved, thanks to
[00:29:58] Transnistria, there is a chance that it will still be preserved in world history.