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00:01:10A look from Minsk at what is happening in the world, the most notable events
00:01:14and topics being discussed,
00:01:27Results of the next round of Belarusian-American relations.
00:01:33Unity, like in the genetic code of Belarusians, we will talk with the guest
00:01:37of the studio: what Belarusians are proud of and who they trust with the results
00:01:40of a large-scale sociological study on the values and moods of Belarusian
00:01:44society? The brand "Made in Belarus" on the world map,
00:01:48how the country is perceived through its products in the program
00:01:51review. Belarusian flavor right in the heart of Tashkent
00:01:55cultural bridges Belarus
00:02:04Another round of Belarusian-American negotiations in
00:02:07Minsk. Belarus once again hosted a delegation from the USA, led by
00:02:11special envoy John Kohl. He conveyed to the Belarusian
00:02:14leader greetings from Donald Trump. According to him, the US President
00:02:17fully supports all efforts in the Belarusian-American
00:02:21negotiations. The current visit of the delegation lasted two days. On
00:02:24the first day, negotiations in the office of the Belarusian leader alone lasted for
00:02:283 hours. Alexander Lukashenko confirmed the openness
00:02:31of the Belarusian side to discuss any issues. Following
00:02:35the visit, Trump's special envoy John Kohl made a statement. He
00:02:38noted that Belarus and the USA had made great progress during the next round
00:02:42of negotiations in Minsk. It was also announced
00:02:46that the US plans to lift sanctions on two Belarusian companies - Lakokraska
00:02:49and the Bellesbumprom concern. Earlier, the US
00:02:53had already lifted sanctions on the potash industry. Belarus began shipping
00:02:56fertilizers to the states. Restrictions were also lifted from.
00:03:09On September 17, Belarus celebrated the Day of National Unity,
00:03:12this
00:03:21holiday took an honorable place in the same row as Victory Day and Independence
00:03:25Day. And throughout the entire week, the country
00:03:28recalled the pages.
00:03:50History has proven many times that no matter what happens, Belarusians cannot
00:03:54be bought, intimidated, or disunited, as stated by
00:03:57President Alexander Lukashenko on the eve of the holiday.
00:04:30high level of honoring and
00:04:33celebrating this great
00:04:36day. Maybe, perhaps, even
00:04:40we, you, sitting in this hall, do not fully
00:04:43realize what kind of holiday
00:04:47and achievement this is, what kind of
00:04:49greatness?
00:04:51Maybe I think about it so often, thank
00:04:54God, that all this
00:04:57is to truly realize,
00:05:00nations go through the most difficult
00:05:03trials,
00:05:06we don't need to be told about this, because we have
00:05:09our close relatives
00:05:12going through such trials,
00:05:15I wouldn't want this to happen, it's better to be quiet,
00:05:18calm, but as it is,
00:05:22time will pass, we will truly,
00:05:26each in our own soul, in our own heart,
00:05:29appreciate the greatness of what happened in
00:05:33the middle of the last century. Today we are a united
00:05:37nation, most importantly,
00:05:40we are here today,
00:06:12Let them call us aggressors, or whatever, we
00:06:16are peaceful people, we know the price
00:06:18of war, we know the price
00:06:21of unity, and we do not want this to happen
00:06:25to us, and that all this would repeat
00:06:28itself, as it has happened many times in our history, I remember this well,
00:06:32I will do everything so that you are not, at least,
00:06:35disappointed. On the eve of the Day
00:06:38of National Unity, key analytical centers of the country, such as the Institute...
00:06:46studies presented the results of a large-scale
00:06:49sociological study. It reflects current data on
00:06:52the values and moods of Belarusian society. This
00:06:56is how the answer to the question looks like: what achievements of modern Belarus
00:07:00are its residents proud of? More than 85%
00:07:03are proud of peaceful life, more than 62%
00:07:06of the quality of food products, 36%,
00:07:10of the social protection of the population. In addition, people
00:07:13are proud of the development of agriculture, the preservation of large
00:07:17industrial production, the achievements
00:07:19of Belarusian doctors, the education system, and the development
00:07:23of nuclear energy. Among the life priorities
00:07:26of Belarusians, care for health is in the first place, a high
00:07:30share of answers in favor of family, well, for
00:07:3345% money and material
00:07:36well-being are in the top. Sociologists also studied the opinion of Belarusians on the topic
00:07:39of the socio-political situation in the country, so. The overwhelming
00:07:43majority of Belarusians trust the president.
00:07:4690% of Belarusians highly appreciate the work of the head
00:07:49of state in ensuring security in
00:07:52the country.
00:07:57Today we are talking with our studio guest about how the genetic code
00:08:01of Belarusians works, aimed at a careful attitude to history, peacefulness
00:08:05and unification. This is a well-known political and public figure,
00:08:08former Deputy Prime Minister, diplomat, Vladimir Drazhin. Vladimir,
00:08:12hello. Hello. In the modern
00:08:15world, it is necessary to keep pace with progress, but while preserving
00:08:19traditional values, our historical memory, a careful
00:08:22attitude towards family, children, how to find and build a balance in the development
00:08:26of Belarusian society today? I look
00:08:29at the periods when we were formed in our
00:08:33society, starting from childhood,
00:08:35youth, and then
00:08:39adulthood, we had an example, the example of our parents.
00:09:12not to lose this experience, but to continue
00:09:15it. We have wonderful youth, we have wonderful
00:09:19children forming, but we need to pass on that unique
00:09:22experience that has been accumulated over decades,
00:09:26and Belarus has always differed from
00:09:28other, you know, countries, in that we wisely
00:09:32passed on this experience to subsequent generations.
00:09:35I believe that at this crucial stage, when
00:09:39the world is, you know, in a zone of turbulence, when... many
00:09:43processes are happening that, perhaps, we did not expect to happen
00:09:47in Europe, in the global space, you know,
00:09:50it is very important to consolidate our society, our
00:09:54state, and I believe that for this there is
00:09:58an example, the head of our state, who creates all
00:10:01conditions for us to be united, for us to
00:10:05be independent and sovereign, and this is what we
00:10:08are achieving at this stage, I believe. It worked.
00:10:25You know, I received a lot of questions regarding
00:10:29the release of my book "Belarus at the Turn of the
00:10:3220th-21st Centuries," because my colleagues, people's
00:10:35deputies of the Supreme Council of the 14th convocation, I
00:10:38believe that this was a historically significant
00:10:41convocation, raised the question of what
00:10:44we remember about those events
00:10:47that we experienced from ninetieth to ninety-fifth
00:10:51years, it was a period of great difficulty,
00:10:55but the collective mind, which was concentrated in
00:10:59the Supreme Council, that is 363 people's
00:11:01deputies, gradually, step by step,
00:11:05working on, you know, the restoration of the economy
00:11:08of an already destroyed country,
00:11:11working on today's main
00:11:13components: what kind of state
00:11:16power there will be, you know, the adoption of the Constitution
00:11:20of the Republic of Belarus during this period, as well as the creation
00:11:23of conditions for normal...
00:12:25It's nice to note that this gift of foresight allowed
00:12:29us to be most mobilized,
00:12:32preserving our economy and social
00:12:35policy, to move to the next stages of our country's
00:12:52the implementation of joint projects between universities.
00:13:13Minsk has prepared a draft memorandum of cooperation in the field of
00:13:16national security with Naypyidaw. These are the results
00:13:19of the meeting of the State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus with the National Security
00:13:23Advisor.
00:14:55Here, the one-stop shop principle is implemented when patients apply,
00:14:58digital technologies are widely used.
00:15:01Belarus participated in the third
00:15:05forum of women's entrepreneurship of BRICS countries. It took place on
00:15:09the platform of the international youth festival in
00:15:11Yekaterinburg. The large-scale event brought together more than
00:15:15500 representatives from twenty countries to discuss
00:15:18the future of women's entrepreneurship in the context of the bloc's expansion.
00:15:21The program included discussions, master classes.
00:15:37Minsk celebrated the Independence Day of Tajikistan and the thirtieth anniversary
00:15:41of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the countries. The event
00:15:45brought together representatives of the diplomatic corps, government agencies,
00:15:48the public, as well as the Tajik diaspora. Over three
00:15:51decades, friendly relations and strategic
00:15:55partnership have developed between Minsk and Dushanbe. According to the results
00:15:58of 2025, trade turnover between the countries
00:16:01reached a historical maximum and exceeded 222
00:16:05million dollars. In August of this year
00:16:18In the international broadcast, it's Belarus time. In our studio is
00:16:21Belarusian political and public figure Vladimir Drazhin. What do you think
00:16:25can be the basis for restoring constructive dialogue
00:16:29in the region today? You know, I constantly follow
00:16:33all the events that are happening on our bilateral
00:16:36front, you know. With our neighbors,
00:16:39it seems to me today that if we give
00:16:43our neighbors, the people, the right to free
00:16:47expression of will, they will make
00:16:50a fateful decision related to being in good, sincere
00:16:54relations with the Republic of Belarus,
00:16:57but it so happens that by electing their
00:17:00bodies, you know, and
00:17:03presidential, you know, government, and,
00:17:06you know,
00:18:37I remember that every year we
00:18:41held days of culture of the Republic of Belarus in
00:18:44the territory of the Republic of Lithuania, they lasted for a month
00:18:48or even two, and more than
00:18:51a thousand of our artists or
00:18:55participants of creative collectives visited Belarus, we
00:18:58presented all types of art from amateur
00:19:02to high academic
00:19:37academic art, which pleased
00:19:41everyone, and then it was easy for me to enter
00:19:44the offices, you know, of the president,
00:19:47prime minister, and solve issues related to
00:19:51economic and humanitarian issues, and this
00:19:54example of soft
00:19:56diplomacy allowed us to solve many issues, the same applies to
00:20:00sports, you know that thanks to the active work
00:20:03of the National Olympic Committee, the Ministry
00:20:07of Sports, we do a lot on the international arena
00:20:10and our example is always for
00:20:14our neighbors, I mean the Lithuanian Republic and Finland, where
00:20:17I worked, it was, you know, an example to follow, they
00:20:21always envied, you have so many medals at the Olympic Games,
00:20:25and we haven't won any yet, I
00:20:29understood how much they understood the importance
00:20:32of state policy to support
00:20:35the...
00:21:21You know, I will say
00:21:24the following, we have formed
00:21:27today a society that is
00:21:31united from the leadership of the country to those who
00:21:35today create the foundations of the economy, the humanitarian
00:21:38sphere, and thanks to this unity,
00:21:42when they say the top can hear
00:21:46and listen, and the bottom supports everything
00:21:50that, you know, the leadership of the country forms, this
00:21:53unity today is the basis
00:21:56of our confident movement forward, every
00:22:00holiday that we are celebrating today
00:22:03is a confirmation of this,
00:22:05so I believe that the future,
00:22:09if we maintain this mood, is
00:22:12excellent, and we must all
00:22:15work together to do
00:22:18a unified job
00:23:04just potatoes, although foreign media periodically write about our
00:23:07Belarusian draniki. The country is in the top five global suppliers
00:23:11of dairy products. Cottage cheese, powdered milk, butter,
00:23:15condensed milk, cheeses. Our products are known in 55 countries and
00:23:19loved for their ingredients. No chemicals and strict quality control.
00:23:22Rapeseed oil, also under the brand "Made in Belarus,"
00:23:25is a strategic product and an alternative to conventional
00:23:28options. We are among the top three exporters to China and leaders
00:23:31among suppliers to Israel. The geography of meat product exports
00:23:35covers about twenty countries. Well, sweets are time-tested
00:23:38Belarusian hits, when mountains of beets turn into sugar, and
00:23:41apple puree into marshmallows. Trust and love for Belarusian
00:23:45chocolate, a line of dark chocolate without added sugar with
00:23:48a state quality mark. Linen is the brand of the light
00:23:52industry of Belarus, the largest producer of
00:23:55fabrics in the CIS, Orsha Linen Mill with a full production
00:23:58cycle, from fiber processing to finished clothing and home
00:24:02textiles. Linen is called "northern silk,"
00:24:04antibacterial, hypoallergenic, durable, and thanks to
00:24:08designers, it has become a current trend: ethnic motives and
00:24:12high fashion year after year Belarusian linen conquers world
00:24:16catwalks. And Belarus is also famous for giant BelAZ
00:24:19machines. We are among the top three world manufacturers of quarry equipment,
00:24:23operating in extreme conditions, from icy Yakutia
00:24:26to scorching African quarries. Carrying capacity from
00:24:2930 to 450 tons - this is the largest dump truck
00:24:33on the planet, a two-time Guinness World Record holder, the most
00:24:37popular dump truck is the 130-ton truck with the prestigious
00:24:39status of a product of the Union State. Today, the Belarusian
00:24:43Automobile Plant is developing environmentally friendly directions with
00:24:46an emphasis on green technologies, gas-powered vehicles, gas-diesel
00:24:50vehicles, alternative fuels and
00:24:52electric vehicles. Every tenth tractor in the world is a
00:24:56Belarus. Minsk Tractor Works is a legend of Belarusian
00:24:58industry. Its own engineering school and
00:25:02variety of modifications from small municipal machines to
00:25:05heavy, power-intensive ones. This year, the enterprise turns 80,
00:25:09a good reason to present a novelty. The most powerful tractor
00:25:12in the country is the Belarus 5425.
00:25:15The Red Bogatyr cultivates fields
00:25:56And now let's move to another point on the world map -
00:25:59Uzbekistan, Belarusian flavor right in the heart of this. The Kent TV channel
00:26:03Belarus 24 visited the representatives of the Belarusian cultural
00:26:07center Svetanok. The organization has been uniting
00:26:10the Belarusian diaspora in Tashkent for over 30 years, preserving
00:26:13and promoting Belarusian culture, language, traditions and customs.
00:26:17The Belarusian pavilion in the international quarter of the capital of Uzbekistan has become
00:26:21a place of attraction for everyone who loves Belarus and maintains
00:26:25cultural ties with our country, despite the distance of thousands
00:26:28of kilometers. Here is also a unique museum of everyday life and culture.
00:29:29sturgeon. See, it's all nibbled.
00:29:33Oh, I missed the fish.
00:29:36Watch in the "Science Nearby" project on the TV channel Belarus