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00:00:54The week was marked by major politics, the President of Belarus
00:00:58participated in the CIS summit in Turkmenistan.
00:01:30and the Commonwealth of Independent States, their
00:01:32strengthening is facilitated by powerful factors
00:01:35the interest of the parties in expanding trade and economic
00:01:39cooperation and the need for a joint
00:01:41response to modern challenges in the field
00:01:45of security. In this context, we have an
00:01:47advantage. The foundation of the Commonwealth is even
00:01:50stronger. We are united not only by the desire
00:01:53to create a fair system of global
00:01:56governance and trade on equal terms.
00:02:31value, honoring the unparalleled feat of heroic ancestors,
00:02:35travel to relatives and friends living in other Commonwealth
00:02:38countries. Today's statement by the Council of Heads
00:02:42of State of the CIS is intended to further unite
00:02:45people around a common historical memory
00:02:48to prevent the distortion of tragic events
00:02:51related to the Great Patriotic War. For a family to restore
00:02:55cohesion, to be strong and prosperous, more attention
00:02:59must be paid.
00:03:08Young people should not just go with the flow, but act as
00:03:12drivers of integration, it is necessary for them to develop and
00:03:15implement socially significant
00:03:18projects that would be in demand throughout
00:03:21the Commonwealth. The Heads of State at the summit in Turkmenistan
00:03:25approved a number of documents in the field of security and law enforcement.
00:03:28They paid attention to cooperation in combating
00:03:31high-tech crimes. Yes, the CIS today is one of the few formats that
00:03:35unites the post-Soviet space. Member countries
00:03:38strive to build relations on the principles
00:03:41of partnership, good neighborliness, mutual benefit and consideration of each
00:03:45other's interests. Almost all mutual settlements are carried out in
00:03:49national currencies, large industrial
00:03:52and infrastructure projects are being implemented, new production,
00:03:55transport chains, and logistics corridors are being formed. But time
00:03:58dictates new conditions and sets new tasks. An expert from
00:04:02Kazakhstan joins us. In what
00:04:05directions is the CIS interaction most significant and
00:04:09relevant and how do we respond to
00:04:12challenges? Well, look, again, I
00:04:16express my purely own point of view, based
00:04:19on the current amount of data, so
00:04:23interaction is important where national
00:04:27efforts are not enough. In essence, this is all. Logistics,
00:04:35what efforts are being made there to ensure
00:04:38interconnectedness, but conditionally speaking, if we
00:04:42have an excellent road, but at the next border the cargo
00:04:46will wait several days for clearance, then all the advantages
00:04:49are devalued, so here it is certainly coordinated
00:04:53procedures, compatible electronic
00:04:56documents, development of border
00:04:58infrastructure. In addition, I would definitely,
00:05:01probably, call among important
00:05:04topics, this is economic stability, because this
00:05:08is what, predictability of food supplies, predictability
00:05:11of supplies.
00:05:42a clear mechanism that solves, that answers
00:05:46the idea that was set, this is industrial
00:05:49cooperation, because in a conditionally
00:05:52joint project, enterprises of one country can produce
00:05:55components for another, equipment, the third
00:05:58can provide service, programs, and at the same time each
00:06:02participant can receive an economically significant role,
00:06:05the opportunity to develop their own competencies, this is very well visible,
00:06:09for example, on how... how exactly jointly, it is clear that this
00:06:12is bilateral cooperation, Kazakh-Belarusian, but
00:06:15it responds precisely to interaction within
00:06:19the CIS, that is, we conditionally look at
00:06:22excellent Belarusian products, I myself am a woman, I myself go to
00:06:26the store, but for example, recently there appeared
00:06:29excellent Halal standard products, here is a question for you,
00:06:32an answer to how to interact, again, first of all, conditions
00:06:36are important, predictable access to markets.
00:06:39transparent product requirements, the issue
00:06:43of financing joint projects, the issue
00:06:46of benefit distribution, here I would immediately say that
00:06:49the contractual basis is developing, in
00:06:52June 2024 the CIS agreement
00:06:55on free trade, services,
00:06:58came into force, it includes institutions,
00:07:01activities, the implementation of investments, but at the same time, the
00:07:05question of the agreement not remaining just a framework, it is important
00:07:08to turn it into... so on what principles should the CIS
00:07:11interact with other international organizations
00:07:15BRICS, SCO? Well, look, I would probably
00:07:19focus on such
00:07:21principles as, first of all, sovereign
00:07:25equality and voluntariness. If we
00:07:29talk about the CIS, then it should not imply
00:07:32mandatory accession to the foreign policy positions
00:07:36and initiatives of individual participants. It is no
00:07:39coincidence that today the CIS is quite often criticized, and here it must be
00:07:42admitted that yes, the Commonwealth of Independent States became
00:07:46such an instrument of civilized divorce, when the Soviet
00:07:50Union collapsed, on the one hand, we say that it
00:07:54seems to have fulfilled its function, but on the other hand, in no case should
00:07:57it be said that the CIS needs to be... it just needs to be,
00:08:01to some extent, developed, formatted, and
00:08:04today, probably, the most promising
00:08:07model looks like this... states, 17 bodies
00:08:10of the CIS and SCO, 10
00:09:42international organizations. At the counter-terrorism forum,
00:09:45experts, representatives of competent authorities and delegates
00:09:49from different countries gathered to discuss the most pressing challenges
00:09:53of our time. We will talk about the importance of joint
00:09:56work on security issues with our guest in the studio:
00:09:59Andrey Bogadel, Candidate of Military Sciences, Deputy Head of the Faculty of the General Staff
00:10:03of the Armed Forces, Military Academy. Andrey Petrovich,
00:10:07welcome. Hello. A large-scale counter-terrorism forum.
00:10:10In Minsk, the CIS and SCO are uniting efforts, so why is it in the Belarusian
00:10:14capital that such common approaches to countering
00:10:17global threats are being developed? Well, if we talk about
00:10:21the Commonwealth countries. arriving in this state, you
00:11:25feel that you are arriving at a platform where
00:11:28all the events that
00:11:30will be discussed are quite
00:11:34verified, that is, even within
00:11:37this state, those conditions have been created
00:11:41that will only be discussed today, because what is Belarus? Belarus
00:11:45itself, it is at a crossroads, at the crossroads of all
00:11:49roads, roads going from north to south, roads going from east to
00:11:52west. And most importantly, today we are in the center
00:11:56of instability, in the southern directions there is a
00:11:59war, a real one, in the west
00:12:02whole projects are being built, militarization is taking place on
00:12:05the scale of whole, not just states, but
00:12:08alliances, I mean the North Atlantic
00:12:12alliance, because why not create conditions for
00:12:14instability on this small island of the Belarusian
00:12:18balcony and create it, of course, no problem
00:12:21at all. But today, by and large,
00:14:59nine remain, and not all nine, for example, are full-fledged
00:15:03members, not all nine fully fulfill all the requirements
00:15:06that are imposed on the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent
00:15:10States, we see how Ukraine has split off, we see what
00:15:13is happening in Moldova, the events in Armenia also
00:15:16today somehow alarm us quite a bit
00:15:19about all the events in Georgia.
00:15:23of states, what is its role, but
00:15:37we cannot name such a role, because there are colossal problems within this
00:15:41commonwealth, and today the main goal is perhaps
00:15:45just to preserve it as part of our civilizational
00:15:48space, so for the viewers, probably in all
00:15:52CIS countries, it is important today to understand what will happen to collective
00:15:55security, how to guarantee it, these very issues of collective security
00:15:59already go beyond the scope of the CIS, we are already talking about
00:16:03the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
00:16:06after this system was
00:17:07violated, it's interesting, who benefited from this at that moment,
00:17:10well, it wasn't us who closed the border, we still have visa-free
00:17:14travel with all countries, come, see, we are
00:17:17safe, we are stable, everything is predictable here,
00:17:21excuse me, but we cannot get to you just like that, and
00:17:25we cannot get there by bus, by train, because under the
00:17:28pretext of, again, migration or something else, they close
00:17:32us off, they restrict our rights, but you?
00:17:36the continuation of this Baltic defense line
00:18:07or the beginning, whoever likes it more, a whole
00:18:10military operation "Safe Podlasie" is being carried out
00:18:14on the territory of Poland, 25,000 military personnel are there
00:18:17and endless exercises along the borders, well, the red lines
00:18:21are designated by our joint maneuvers with allies, again
00:18:25returning to the topic of the forum, it is very important, well, to find
00:18:28opportunities that we can interact jointly,
00:18:31how much do you understand the value of these
00:18:34joint - marked time
00:21:00Belarus.
00:21:01President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko
00:21:07held a meeting with the Chairman of the Board of Promsvyazbank, Pyotr
00:21:11Frodtkov. The Russian bank serves more than 6 million
00:21:14individuals and 350 thousand companies. It is among
00:21:17the top 10 banks in Russia by scale. It already cooperates
00:21:20with Belarus. The discussion was about expanding its presence. The Head
00:21:24of State during the meeting mentioned individual projects that will
00:21:27be implemented in the Union State. One of them is
00:21:30the construction of a high-speed railway line
00:21:33Minsk-Moscow.
00:21:35Scientists' developments to strengthen
00:21:38the country's defense capability was the main topic during the President's
00:21:41working trip to the Minsk region. The Head of State visited the test
00:21:45site of the Institute of Powder Metallurgy. The student
00:21:48reported on the prospects for strengthening technological sovereignty. In
00:21:52this direction, scientists are working, among other things, in the interests of the civil
00:21:56sector. The President thoroughly familiarized himself with unmanned
00:21:59aerial vehicles, as well as with means of their detection, tracking
00:22:03and destruction. Alexander Lukashenko collects different points of view
00:22:06and emphasizes: the products must be relevant and
00:22:09in demand. Digitalization of judicial practice
00:22:13is one of the main topics of the meeting of the council of chairmen of the Supreme Courts of CIS countries,
00:22:17which was held in Minsk. The President of Belarus sent
00:22:21greetings to the participants. The council was created to develop agreed principles and
00:22:25rules of cooperation between courts, expanding mechanisms for providing
00:22:29mutual legal assistance between judicial bodies. Also, at the venue,
00:22:32participants exchanged experience on issues
00:22:36of legal proceedings. Minsk hosted the third international
00:22:39congress "Innovative Cardiology 2026".
00:22:42The geography of participating countries expands every year. This year, participants gathered
00:22:46from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Russia,
00:22:50India, Turkey, China and Israel. Along with reports,
00:22:53discussions, educational master classes and simulation
00:22:57trainings were held. Among the topics are high-tech surgery,
00:23:00modern approaches to diagnostics and personalized
00:23:04cardiorehabilitation, a separate area is artificial
00:23:07intelligence and IT technologies in cardiology and
00:23:10cardiosurgery. At the congress venue, participants
00:23:13discussed how to turn scientific ideas into concrete help
00:23:17for patients. The nineteenth festival "Youth
00:23:21for the Union State" brought together more than 300 participants from Belarus
00:23:24and Russia. The main message is strengthening friendship between the youth
00:23:28of the two countries. According to the organizers, in the face of global challenges and attempts
00:23:32to divide the peoples of the post-Soviet space, it is important to convey to
00:23:35young people the commonality of cultures, to tell them how much unites
00:23:39us. For several days, young people immersed themselves in creativity, the
00:23:42program included master classes from famous musicians, art critics,
00:23:46excursions for guest participants. Belarus time on international air
00:23:56in our studio is Candidate of Military Sciences Andrey Bogadel, we
00:24:00continue our conversation, Andrey Petrovich, the President of Belarus pays special
00:24:04attention to the country's defense potential, the contribution of science
00:24:07to the sphere of security, what scientific developments, in your
00:24:11opinion, are now changing the balance of power in the region
00:24:15and what directions should
00:24:18be developed? Artificial
00:24:21intelligence and drones, well,
00:24:24these are superpowers, because look, when the President
00:24:27visits exactly the objects
00:24:30of the military-industrial complex, when he meets with the military, a rare
00:24:34week passes without such meetings, he constantly
00:24:37tells everyone: stop feeding me fairy tales,
00:24:40I know that we have a wonderful
00:24:43future, fairy tales about the future are also very
00:24:46interesting, but today reality is needed.
00:28:02Is our economic sovereignty still reliably protected, because we
00:28:06also included the issue of economic security in military documents and
00:28:09doctrine? Well, in general, we say that we have nine such
00:28:12spheres, I agree that economics is one of the most
00:28:16leading areas, areas ensuring national
00:28:20security, because Friedrich Engels also said in his
00:28:23Anti-Dühring, that nothing depends so much on economic conditions as
00:28:26the army and navy, because in order to
00:28:30build a reliable defense, it is necessary to obtain the appropriate
00:28:33weapon systems, when we touched upon the issues
00:28:37of the balance of power, we must first of all understand that the balance of power
00:28:41is not just to create some new automatic rifle
00:28:44or some new missile or a new
00:28:48drone, the balance of power is everything
00:28:50in aggregate, but these are issues of deterrence, when we
00:28:54move to a balance of power, we are already starting to talk
00:28:57about tactical nuclear weapons, about the deployment of our
00:29:01"walnuts", the deployment of fundamentally new systems of a regional
00:29:04grouping of troops and forces, this is simply an adequate
00:29:07response to the actions that are happening in
00:29:10the West, but only in order to preserve our
00:29:14economy, so to speak, not to let
00:29:17people starve, you understand, because today sovereignty is very
00:29:21expensive, Europe showed this by allocating the entire
00:29:25budget, today sovereignty is very expensive, and it is no coincidence that we
00:29:28see how Western Europe is struggling, what is the state today.
00:29:42in Spain
00:29:42and Great Britain,
00:29:46teachers are lacking, and it is no coincidence that these conflicts arise, which we
00:29:49are witnessing today, internal state conflicts, from
00:29:52yellow vests to children, let's talk about how
00:29:56we train specialists in the field of security, we understand
00:30:00perfectly well that this is not just shooting or...
00:30:32some direction, a person who tries to know everything will most
00:30:36likely know nothing, he will learn a little bit of everything,
00:30:39in the situation with the armed forces, it is preserved in
00:30:42us, this is primarily specialties,
00:30:45specializations, that is, the direction that today allows,
00:30:48we are training a specialist to combat cyber threats, we are training
00:30:52a specialist for space communications, or we are training
00:30:55an assault trooper who must have physical strength and
00:30:58a rifle, he can shoot everywhere by ear, the success depends
00:31:02on this, but for this his own school must be created,
00:31:05and today such a school has been created in Belarus,
00:31:09such...
00:31:11well, what does it say, in principle, we don't always find this around the world, that is,
00:32:15these are very good neighborly relations, but this does not mean that only Chinese people, and we
00:32:18also go to Chinese people to study, we also adopt advanced
00:32:22experience, we also strive to keep up with
00:32:26the capabilities of modern large
00:32:30states, unique specialists, still
00:32:33when everyone defends their interests in this
00:32:36geopolitical tension, but is there some mechanism that will allow
00:32:40to reduce it? develop, how eagerly they wait for it
00:32:43может быть снизить.
00:34:15with such embraces, how softly they spread, and how
00:34:18suddenly it became hard for us to sleep after 2020, uh-huh, and
00:34:22for us to gain time, today
00:34:25we need a cautious approach, that is, as
00:34:28the president says, quid pro quo, we give you, you
00:34:32give us, then we will see how
00:34:36we can really continue and build our relationships,
00:34:39but the red lines that the
00:34:43president spoke of, they are
00:34:46unshakable, this is an alliance with Russia,
00:34:50close all-weather relations with the Chinese
00:34:53People's Republic, and most importantly, this is our
00:34:57sovereignty, with these three things Belarus will never
00:35:01trade. Andrey Petrovich,
00:35:04thank you for the conversation, our guest in the studio was the Deputy Head of the Faculty
00:35:07of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Military Academy of Belarus, Andrey
00:35:11Bogadel. Thank you very much for the invitation.
00:35:18Next, let's find out what marked the time of Belarus in the world. Elena Putus
00:35:22will continue. Vienna celebrated the anniversary of the Austro-Belarusian
00:35:25Society, the successes of the Belarusian astronomer at the Olympiad in Vietnam
00:35:29and the awards of our athletes in Spain, as well as modern
00:35:33painting of Sineoka in Russia and the Belarusian cultural spring in
00:35:36Kazakhstan. The time of Belarus in Vienna. It was here
00:35:4020 years ago that a unique space for mutual understanding
00:35:43was created.
00:35:52This is not just an anniversary date, but an important milestone in the life path of people who strive to develop friendly relations between countries. Over the past years,
00:35:55various projects have been implemented: historical seminars,
00:35:58concerts, cultural evenings, meetings with representatives of the
00:36:01academic creative environment, and common concern has brought
00:36:05the countries closer. Austrian partners have for many years organized
00:36:08summer holidays for Belarusian children affected by
00:36:12the Chernobyl accident, and that's all.
00:36:27of Grodno Lyceum graduate Yan Terekhov. For him, this victory
00:36:31is especially significant, because exactly a year ago at the same competition in
00:36:34India he was second, now he has no equal. The Olympiad
00:36:38gathered more than 300 schoolchildren from 64 countries.
00:36:42Participants had to solve very complex problems, for example, to analyze
00:36:45real astronomical data and recognize celestial
00:36:49objects. In general, it's nice that with enviable regularity we talk
00:36:52about the successes of Belarusian education in the world, and at different levels
00:36:56of education. Two Belarusian universities are in the ranking of the British publication
00:37:00Times Higher Education. It is among the top three most prestigious
00:37:03university rankings in the world and is updated annually. In
00:37:07the list for 2027 Belarusian State
00:37:10University for the first time in the history of Belarusian State
00:37:14Medical University. Among the indicators by which universities
00:37:18were assessed are teaching quality, international ties, interaction
00:37:22with industry. In total, the rating included more than 2,000
00:37:25educational institutions from 118 countries.
00:39:13the Sergiev Posad Museum-Reserve. This is a new museum project of Belarus
00:39:17and Russia. The exposition features more than 35 works from the collection
00:39:20of the National Art Museum. These are works.
00:39:24It turns out not just a set of paintings, a large portrait of the country, through
00:39:40mood and color. Belarus became closer to the residents
00:39:44of Kazakhstan in the south of the country, in the Zhambyl region, the Belarusian
00:39:48Krynica (spring) was born, a new ethnocultural association. Its
00:39:51appearance was met with a big celebration. The organizers told about the history
00:39:55of Belarusians in Kazakhstan, about national life, customs,
00:39:59which are carefully preserved and passed down from generation to
00:40:02generation, it was delicious, no tasting can be done without it, and
00:40:05spectacular, well, how could it be without folk songs and
00:40:09dances?
00:40:11snow drifts on the yard, which