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00:00:01electric scooters, and this is only in 8 months, the Federation Council is working on
00:00:04making pedestrians and drivers safe, we are talking about a
00:00:08whole system of identification of means
00:00:12of individual mobility, that is, this is a whole federal standard
00:00:16related to their accounting. The draft federal budget for the next
00:00:193 years has passed its first public discussion. In the
00:00:23Federation Council, parliamentary hearings of the main financial
00:00:26document of the country took place. In them, by tradition, senators,
00:00:30heads of the Ministry of Finance, the Accounts Chamber, the Federal Tax Service, and
00:00:34of course, representatives of the regions participated. Opening
00:00:37the meeting, the speaker noted: the consideration of the budget refers to the key
00:00:40constitutional powers of parliament. Properly allocated
00:00:44money is the basis for the development of regions and for the growth of the entire
00:00:48economy. Senators began working on the document back
00:00:51in the summer, they prepared about 50 initiatives for the budget concept,
00:00:54most of them were reflected in the
00:00:58bill.
00:01:36dependence on oil is decreasing, the deficit is safe, and
00:01:40public debt is under control. Key budget priorities
00:01:43are preserved, this is the fulfillment of social obligations to
00:01:47citizens, ensuring defense and
00:01:50security needs, achieving the national
00:01:52development goals set by the president. All
00:01:56social obligations of the state will be fulfilled next year.
00:02:00Anton Siluanov noted. Insurance pensions will be increased twice from
00:02:03February 1st by 6.8%, that is,
00:02:06to the inflation level for 2026, from April 1st
00:02:09the insurance part of pensions will be additionally increased
00:02:13by more than 3%. The average amount
00:02:17after indexation will almost reach 30,000 rubles.
00:02:20The minimum wage will increase in January by the same
00:02:246.8% and will amount to almost
00:02:2729,000, the subsistence minimum will also grow, on average across
00:02:31Russia it will exceed 20,000 rubles. This will automatically
00:02:34lead to an increase in many other social payments.
00:02:38A separate minister focused on the so-called children's budget,
00:02:42these are funds for all state programs that are aimed at supporting families,
00:02:46increasing the birth rate and creating child infrastructure. For the
00:02:49next 3 years, 10 trillion rubles are allocated for this item. More than 2 million
00:02:52families will receive
00:02:55maternity capital, its amount next year will be for the first
00:02:59child. 87,500
00:03:01rubles, for the second child, if capital has not been received for the
00:03:05first 1,287,000
00:03:08rubles. The implementation of housing programs for families with children will continue, 1.6
00:03:11trillion rubles will be allocated for these purposes.
00:03:15The provision of preferential mortgage loans will change,
00:03:18the more children a family has, the lower the rate will be, and the
00:03:22larger the amount of the subsidized loan. At the same
00:03:25time, senators have questions about the content. When
00:03:29people receive money officially, and not in
00:03:37envelopes, additional taxes go to the treasury. Also, in her
00:03:41opinion, it is necessary to continue working on involving state
00:03:44property and lands that are currently idle.
00:03:48In addition, the speaker proposed to revise some
00:03:51tax preferences that raise questions. For example,
00:03:54the VAT exemption for producers of delicatessen
00:03:57products, the abolition of this exemption will lead to additional
00:04:01revenues to the federal budget of about
00:04:046 billion rubles, they tell us: well, 6 billion,
00:04:08not 6 billion, you know,
00:04:12a hen pecks grain by grain, with these funds you can build,
00:04:15for example, two new schools or a children's hospital, and
00:04:19lobster lovers, I think, will not
00:04:22suffer much from this, they simply won't notice. Summarizing
00:04:26the report, the senators noted that the Ministry of Finance manages to find the necessary points.
00:05:12take serious measures to increase our scientific
00:05:16potential first of all, and it is in this scientific potential and in general in
00:05:20the development of the microelectronics sector that more than
00:05:23half a trillion rubles have been invested, this is huge money, for example, machine tool building, this
00:05:27is another important goal for the development of our country, serious money has also been allocated for it, but I would not
00:05:30only talk about the economy, I would also talk about the development of regions, I
00:05:34remind you that, firstly, about 100
00:05:38billion for 2027 alone has been allocated... for
00:05:41supporting lagging regions, and what is more
00:05:45important, that a large part of our
00:05:48debt, the credit debt of regions, which was planned for payment from
00:05:512027 to 2029, is postponed to
00:05:552030 and later, therefore
00:05:58this will free up another 300 billion rubles for the regions. Accordingly,
00:06:02the main task, which is ensured by the Federation,
00:06:06is supporting regions, working in the interests of regions, it is also
00:06:10fulfilled within this budget. We have achieved that regions
00:06:13are always given key attention within parliamentary hearings, as
00:06:17Valentina Matvienko noted, without taking into account their opinion, a quality
00:06:21budget process is impossible. What
00:06:24initiatives did the heads of the subjects bring and what do they expect from the federal
00:06:26center, my colleague, Alexey Mak, found out. Parliamentary
00:06:30budget hearings are the day when the voice of each region is really
00:06:34heard in the Federation Council. Governors,
00:06:38speakers of legislative assemblies, heads of cities come here.
00:06:41Each has their own request: somewhere there is not enough
00:06:45money for a road, someone needs a subsidy for building
00:06:48a hospital, someone needs tax instruments to support
00:06:51entrepreneurs, direct dialogue with the federal center,
00:06:55without long approvals and bureaucracy - this is a rare
00:06:58opportunity to solve the problems of the territory here and now. The
00:07:01heads of regions know firsthand that such a format yields
00:07:04concrete results, many come every year and always
00:07:08bring specific proposals. Many of the issues we raise, we see
00:07:12that... after a certain time they are resolved in favor of the region. An example is
00:07:16budget alignment. We spoke 2 years ago.
00:07:19Thank you very much, Ministry of Finance of Russia, Valentina Ivanovna, we felt
00:07:23the support, we were given additional funds. A similar example in the Murmansk
00:07:26region. The issue with federal funding for military towns
00:07:30could not be resolved in different offices for a long time, but the platform
00:07:33of parliamentary hearings helped. A special program was also supported
00:07:37by the President after discussion here, a special program that allows
00:07:41us to change garrisons.
00:07:51The Omsk region proposed to develop a federal program for updating
00:07:54the ambulance fleet, the idea was supported by Valentina Matvienko. This
00:07:58is a pressing problem for all regions,
00:08:02and I would ask Anton Genovich to once again carefully consider
00:08:06the possibility of increasing funding, firstly, we support
00:08:09domestic manufacturers, secondly. high driver
00:08:13turnover, because when cars are broken and
00:08:16often need to be repaired, of course, no one wants to work there.
00:08:20Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev at the hearings proposed
00:08:23launching preferential mortgages for Sevastopol and Crimea. He
00:08:27noted that in recent years, construction has been actively developing
00:08:30on the peninsula, it has become the backbone of the economy, but this year the industry
00:08:33faced serious restrictions. Therefore, a big
00:08:36request is to create a so-called Crimean mortgage, similar to
00:08:40the one currently in effect on the mainland.
00:08:46The rate there is 2%, we ask for 6%. Of course, this will support the construction complex and prevent
00:08:49it from collapsing. A very big request is to consider starting from November 1st,
00:08:532026, because the last two months of the year will be
00:08:57critical for many enterprises in the construction industry. In budget
00:09:00planning, each region has its own specifics, what the Ministry of Finance considers
00:09:04secondary for a specific territory is a matter of survival, for example, in
00:09:08the Krasnodar Territory and other southern regions, they traditionally expect support
00:09:11for agriculture. A good harvest, more than
00:09:1511 million tons of grain in terms
00:09:18of sales and marketing, there are big problems, we
00:09:21hope with the help of federal authorities to solve
00:09:25these issues. In the north, they have their own pain, how
00:09:28to reconcile increased social obligations with budget capabilities,
00:09:32for example, an increase in the minimum wage, yes, and if in
00:09:35the central part it is an increase in the minimum wage, as they say, a fixed
00:09:38amount, then we also have northern allowances and...
00:09:42our colleagues are asking that the federal center in this
00:09:46regard consider helping. And also in regions with a harsh
00:09:49climate, logistics are more expensive and infrastructure wears out faster. All
00:09:53this is laid down in every line of the regional budget. Recently,
00:09:56we have had very pressing issues of housing and communal
00:09:59services. This reform
00:10:02of housing and communal services is those financial
00:10:05resources that will be allocated for, among other things, the write-off
00:10:09of infrastructure, budget loans for infrastructure, and so on. We
00:10:12must receive information from the first in the Magadan region, budget
00:10:16decisions are related to the improvement of the region, since preparations are underway for
00:10:20the centenary of the Kolyma capital, just the three-year
00:10:23budget, it...
00:10:25crowns or determines
00:10:27the preparation for this event itself, but also
00:10:31the event itself, well, and here are the programs for
00:10:35development, increasing
00:10:37real incomes of the population. By the end of autumn, all subjects must
00:10:41adopt their own regional budgets, laying in them those subsidies that
00:10:45the federal center allocates to them. Now regions understand more precisely what
00:10:49federal support they can count on, while some
00:10:52requests, voiced from the tribune of parliamentary hearings. May still be
00:10:55taken into account. Work on the main financial document of the country will continue
00:10:59for the next month and a half. Alexey Mak, Natalya
00:11:01Kalysheva.
00:11:06Turkmenistan became the point of attraction for the entire post-Soviet space last week. International
00:11:09events were held in the National Tourist Zone of Avaza as part of
00:11:13the country's chairmanship in the Commonwealth of Independent States, including
00:11:16high-level talks. But even before the heads
00:11:20of state sat down at the negotiating table, their work began on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Parliamentarians play a big
00:11:23работу на берегах Каспии.
00:12:05role in developing relations between countries, Valentina Matvienko said this at
00:12:08a meeting with her colleague, the chairman of the Mejlis
00:12:12of Turkmenistan Dunya Gazel Gulmanova. The speaker of the Federation Council
00:12:15proposed drawing up a roadmap for inter-parliamentary cooperation,
00:12:19concrete measures, exchanges, joint work of friendship
00:12:22groups, also. thanked the Turkmen colleagues for
00:12:25the invitation to hold an away session of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly
00:12:29in the republic this autumn. This is already
00:12:32a good tradition, we
00:12:35try to preserve it, and this emphasizes the respect of the heads
00:12:38of state, as we say, for the parliamentary angle
00:12:42of the CIS, for the work that the CIS Interparliamentary
00:12:45Assembly carries out, and you have seen for yourself
00:12:49how much work we do to strengthen.
00:12:53culture and traditions of the national
00:13:25trade union center in the republic are the works of local craftswomen, jewelry, national clothes and
00:13:29of course carpets, bright with unique ornaments, true
00:13:32works of art. Our carpets
00:13:35are of two types: there are wool carpets, there are
00:13:39silk carpets, there are double-sided carpets,
00:13:42our historical carpets. But behind the bright exhibition, national colors and
00:13:46traditions, there is a serious agenda, the international forum on the role of women
00:13:49gathered in Avaza delegations from dozens of countries. Turkmenistan is not by chance.
00:13:535 years ago that the national
00:13:56action plan for gender equality was launched, since then the country has been actively
00:14:00working to ensure that women have real opportunities, launching
00:14:04educational programs, expanding access to modern medicine,
00:14:07supporting business initiatives, this year
00:14:10the authorities took a new course on increasing the role of women in politics
00:14:13and public life. It is along this path that Russia has been going for many years,
00:14:17Valentina Matvienko noted. Her speech was dedicated to the role
00:14:21of women in our country and in the world. There is a demand for
00:14:25humanization, I would say,
00:14:29humanization of international politics and
00:14:31economy, for creation,
00:14:34for the search for a new, more just and
00:14:38equitable model of development
00:14:42and security throughout the world, and we,
00:14:45women, I believe, are called to play a significant
00:14:48role in all these historical events,
00:14:52perhaps... women's movement, similar laws are being developed in the sphere of demography,
00:15:25education, healthcare, most likely this is due to the fact that we
00:15:28are all from the USSR, and
00:15:32that is where gender
00:15:34equality was born, and we
00:15:38understand that
00:15:41this allowed for the harmonious
00:15:44development of personality. Uzbekistan is also banking on women, they are actively entering
00:15:48politics and already occupy every third seat in the republic's Senate. In
00:15:51Belarus, 2026 has been declared the Year of Women, there the focus
00:15:55is on strengthening family values and promoting
00:15:58traditions. In Russia, until 2030, a national
00:16:01strategy of action in the interests of women has been approved. Also, at the President's
00:16:04instruction, a Council on Demography has been created, which she heads.
00:16:15we will still step by step manage to make it so
00:16:19that a family, a large family, becomes
00:16:23the norm, becomes such a fashionable phenomenon, so that
00:16:26society stops perceiving that many children mean
00:16:30many problems. The conversation on these and other important topics will continue in
00:16:34a year in St. Petersburg, where the fifth Eurasian Women's Forum will be held, which...
00:16:37is held with the support of the Federation Council, Valentina Matvienko reminded. It is important
00:16:41to emphasize that this is not just a major international
00:16:44event that takes place every 3
00:16:48years. Between forums, a Council
00:16:51of the Eurasian Women's Forum, created under our
00:16:55chamber, operates on a permanent basis. As of today,
00:16:59its portfolio includes 37 projects
00:17:01aimed at increasing women's participation in all
00:17:05spheres of life. The general goal of the forum
00:17:07is to make women's voices heard louder, Russia and CIS partners
00:17:11are united in their vision of the future, with strong families, accessible
00:17:14medicine and equal opportunities. Oksana Podturkina, Andrey
00:17:17Belyakov, Anastasia Chukhil, Senate program. In
00:17:20Turkmenistan, the global agenda was also touched upon. Speaking to
00:17:24journalists, Valentina Matvienko drew a clear line between
00:17:27real neutrality, which Ashgabat strictly observes, and
00:17:31ostentatious neutrality, like in Switzerland, where this
00:17:34status remained just a beautiful facade.
00:18:09Valentina Matvienko paid special attention to the situation in the
00:18:12European Union, where people took to the streets in mass protests. This, in the
00:18:16opinion of the speaker, is a natural reaction to the policies of their
00:18:19governments. The association, which was conceived as an economic
00:18:23union, is increasingly sliding towards a military bloc.
00:18:26Now publicly, well, Mr. Merz
00:18:30said that he doesn't care what the German
00:18:33people think, he believes that it is necessary to continue to support.
00:19:10The dangers of military-political blocs were discussed last week at
00:19:14the largest international parliamentary platform. In Tanzania,
00:19:17the 153rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
00:19:21was held, the oldest and most authoritative association of world
00:19:24legislators. The Federation Council delegation was led by Vice-Speaker
00:19:28Konstantin Kosachev. Speaking at the plenary session, he stressed that
00:19:32the unification of states into closed blocs, such as NATO, and now
00:19:35the European Union, creates a dangerous global imbalance. Their
00:19:38activities are not regulated by international law, which allows them to impose
00:19:41their own rules on the world. In contrast to this, the senator
00:19:45recalled Vladimir Putin's initiative to form
00:19:48an indivisible security system in Eurasia, open to all countries
00:19:52of the region without exception. We will ask Konstantin Kosachev about
00:19:55how the global agenda is changing. He joins us from
00:19:59Tanzania. Konstantin Iosifovich, in your speech on the sidelines
00:20:02of the assembly, you proposed creating a new geopolitical group, BRICS Plus, within
00:20:06the IPU. Why is this necessary right now, and what support
00:20:09has this initiative already received from your
00:20:12colleagues? We are convinced that such
00:20:15an initiative is needed by us,
00:20:18the initiators, those who will work in this group,
00:20:21but no less by the Inter-Parliamentary Union itself, here
00:20:24there are now six, so-called geopolitical
00:20:28groups, five of them are depoliticized, they
00:20:31are created on a geographical principle, but only
00:20:34one group. Group 12 plus
00:20:38is organized on an ideological principle, it
00:20:41constantly imposes its political program and its
00:20:44interests on all other participants
00:20:47of the Inter-Parliamentary. their own Group 12+,
00:22:20rather than in the interests of the entire Union. For the past 3 years, we
00:22:23have had the pleasure of working with Tulia
00:22:26Ackson, who represents Tanzania, who
00:22:30represents the African group, but who has built
00:22:33her work brilliantly in the interests of the entire
00:22:37Inter-Parliamentary Union. Mr. Milton Dick
00:22:41simultaneously with his country, Australia, works
00:22:45in the Asia-Pacific Group, in the same
00:22:48geopolitical Group 12+,
00:22:52let's see how he organizes his work, but for now
00:22:55we are concerned that he will rather
00:22:58repeat the experience of his predecessor from Group
00:23:0112+ instead of his predecessor from
00:23:05the African groups. Russia consistently advocates for fair rotation
00:23:09of geopolitical groups in the IPU leadership. How realistic is it to achieve
00:23:12a fair balance of interests? The principle of rotation,
00:23:15of course, is the most fair of all.
00:23:18rotation to the position
00:23:50of chairman, representatives of various geopolitical groups
00:23:53has become mandatory. Following the assembly,
00:23:56parliamentarians prepare a final declaration. We know that, as a rule,
00:23:59this document and its wording become the subject of serious
00:24:03discussions and even disputes. What proposals were adopted this
00:24:06time? Indeed, resolutions are adopted
00:24:10at assemblies, which are prepared carefully during the year.
00:24:13At the autumn one, like the current one - there is one resolution, at the spring one, there are
00:24:17two. The resolution
00:24:20of the 153rd Assembly was dedicated
00:24:23to issues of inclusive social policy for
00:24:26everyone, well, in other words, how
00:24:29to protect and support people with
00:24:33disabilities. This is a very important
00:24:35topic for any country, including ours, and we
00:24:39took the most active part in preparing amendments to this
00:24:43resolution, almost all our amendments were
00:24:46adopted, and
00:24:49our colleagues were very
00:24:52interested in understanding the
00:24:55Russian experience in more depth with this Russian
00:24:58experience and then returning to their parliaments
00:25:02to implement some new ideas, and we, of course,
00:25:05will return to our parliament with new additional
00:25:09ideas that we heard from colleagues and which
00:25:12are laid down in this resolution. All
00:25:15materials of our program can be found on the Senate channel in Max, now
00:25:18an advertisement, and then. about how playing chess helps in the rehabilitation
00:25:22of special operation participants.
00:27:54This is the Senate, this is what we will talk about next. The rights and obligations
00:27:57of those who decided to work for themselves. Senators are fine-tuning
00:28:01the self-employed institution. electric scooters,
00:28:34and this is only for 8 months, the Federation Council is working on
00:28:37making pedestrians and drivers safe, we are talking about a whole system
00:28:40of identification of means
00:28:43of individual mobility, that is, this is a whole
00:28:47federal standard related to their accounting. On October 1,
00:28:50the law on the platform economy came into force, for the first time
00:28:54regulating relations at the legislative level between digital platforms,
00:28:58marketplaces, taxi aggregators and other services, everyone who works
00:29:01with them. The main priority is consumer
00:29:05protection. Now, product cards will necessarily include
00:29:08certificates and permits. The platform operator
00:29:11himself is responsible for inaccurate information. He is obliged
00:29:15to compensate the buyer for losses. The law also prohibits
00:29:18manipulating search results. Marketplaces will not be able to
00:29:21promote products against your settings. No
00:29:25less attention is paid to protecting businesses. The agreement between the platform and
00:29:28the seller will become more transparent. It must specify commissions and
00:29:31penalties. Ranking principles. Account blocking
00:29:35is only possible after a reasoned notification 3
00:29:38days in advance. Participation of goods in promotions and discounts is allowed only
00:29:42with the seller's consent. Millions of
00:29:44platform workers, couriers, taxi drivers,
00:29:48freelancers, are also subject to the new rules. Often these are
00:29:50the most vulnerable market participants. Often platforms,
00:29:54instead of formal employment, force a person to register
00:29:57as self-employed, which violates their rights. Now
00:30:00a self-employed person can work for one client for no more than 60
00:30:04hours a month. If the limit is systematically violated,
00:30:08the tax authorities have the right to reclassify the relationship
00:30:11as labor relations. Instead of public offers, platforms
00:30:14are obliged to conclude full-fledged electronic contracts, and it is no longer
00:30:18possible to change commissions or introduce penalties retroactively.
00:30:21However, there are still many loopholes in the law, they were discussed
00:30:25at a round table in the Federation Council. How to protect the rights
00:30:28of the self-employed and at the same time not increase the tax burden.
00:30:32Let's talk to the moderator of the discussion, Senator Ivan
00:30:35Evsefeev. Ivan Alexandrovich, at the round table in the Federation Council, measures
00:30:38were discussed to prevent the substitution of labor relations with
00:30:42self-employment, which do not require global changes in the labor
00:30:46and tax codes. Which proposals do you consider the most
00:30:49effective and ready for implementation right now?
00:30:53A number of proposals discussed today at the round table
00:30:56really deserve a lot of attention. The topic
00:31:00that has already formed, for example, their pension,
00:31:04was discussed very acutely. They cannot and
00:31:08most importantly, do not want to make any additional contributions to the pension
00:31:12fund, because their pension has already been formed. A very important
00:31:15point is, of course, the very clear classifier, the very concept
00:31:18of self-employed, because there is a lot of substitution
00:31:22of labor relations due to the lack of a clear criterion, here it is necessary
00:31:25to understand, if a self-employed person is in
00:31:28constant relations with the same enterprise, if we
00:31:32see that during the same period, exactly with the same
00:31:36enterprise or with some
00:31:38organization, the same service is provided, it is clear that here
00:31:42there is a substitution of the concept of permanent labor relations
00:31:45and self-employment, of course, the system
00:31:48needs to be fine-tuned, because many contradictions have appeared,
00:31:52but these contradictions appeared precisely during this
00:31:55experiment, this law is precisely an experiment to
00:31:58understand and identify these facts
00:32:02that we encounter. From October 1, the law on
00:32:06platform employment came into force, which, among other things, introduces restrictions on
00:32:09hiring self-employed people. How does the Federation Council assess these measures? In this
00:32:13matter, a lot depends on the client himself, as well as
00:32:17on the performer himself, if
00:32:20certain risks he is willing to take.
00:32:23a self-employed person who provides some service for more than
00:32:2760 hours, and this already becomes a permanent
00:32:30labor relationship, this risk remains with the self-employed person,
00:32:34of course, and this situation
00:32:37cannot but scare the employer himself,
00:32:41who, knowing all these laws, still.
00:33:15what needs to be paid attention to, so that later on, regulatory legal
00:33:18acts can fine-tune this
00:33:21situation. At the meeting, you mentioned that the president instructed to develop
00:33:24a concept of seamless transition from self-employment to the status of
00:33:28individual entrepreneur. What specific legislative initiatives has the
00:33:31Federation Council already formed? The first goal of the institution of
00:33:34self-employed was to bring people out of the shadows, and the ultimate goal is
00:33:38for a self-employed person to become, in the future, not only an individual
00:33:42entrepreneur, but also to become
00:33:45the head of a large organization, so that
00:33:48a person would first pay as a self-employed person, for example, 4%, yes,
00:33:52then they would switch to a simplified taxation system, which is, for example,
00:33:566%, and in the future switch to VAT -
00:33:5920-22%, well, and most importantly, so that they have
00:34:03as many people as possible on staff, so that they pay more other social
00:34:07taxes. The self-employment experiment ends in 2
00:34:10years, by then it is necessary to decide whether to maintain the tax regime in
00:34:14its current form? or to modernize it, do you already have such
00:34:18an understanding?
00:34:20My vision is that, of course, there
00:34:24should not be a large gap between a self-employed person and
00:34:27an individual entrepreneur, therefore, the
00:34:30representatives of the association
00:34:33of self-employed people say that if this experiment remains,
00:34:36the tax base for us, the tax rate, will be increased, yes, we are
00:34:40basically ready
00:34:43for this, but...
00:35:19and specific rules for all market participants, both for the self-employed themselves, and for businesses, and for
00:35:21the state.
00:35:24The Federation Council has come up with an unconventional way to rehabilitate
00:35:27veterans of special operations, instead of the usual programs,
00:35:31a chess game. The project "Chess for Our Own" was launched
00:35:34last year by senator and grandmaster Sergey Karyakin. According to his idea, a network
00:35:38of clubs for servicemen and their families should appear throughout
00:35:42the country. There, soldiers will be able to gather with like-minded people,
00:35:46distract themselves from heavy thoughts, find new friends, and rediscover
00:35:49the joy of normal life. As Sergey Karyakin said at the plenary
00:35:53session of the Federation Council, the project is currently operating in pilot mode in the Moscow
00:35:57region, where 16 chess clubs have been opened, including
00:36:01in hospitals and rehabilitation centers. And last summer, the senator
00:36:04organized an all-Russian tournament, in which 114
00:36:08amateur players took part. The tournament "Chess for Our Own" is not just a sporting
00:36:11event, but the culmination of complex work to return veterans to... Sergey Korekin
00:36:28added that next year chess clubs are planned to open in thirty regions
00:36:32of the country. My colleague Alexey Dashenko learned how the game helps veterans
00:36:36make the first move on the path to returning to peaceful
00:36:39life. You play white, you're
00:36:42first.
00:36:48Gabib Yaroliev sat down at a chess board for the first time during rehabilitation
00:36:52after a severe injury. Now he tries to play every day. It's very interesting
00:36:55to say now than to lie on... Gabib
00:37:02is one of those heroes of the special operation who walked several kilometers along a gas
00:37:06pipeline behind enemy lines in the Kursk region. The enemy then retreated, but in
00:37:10an unequal battle many of our
00:37:13captured the street and held the defense. And that's where
00:37:17I got my injury right at home,
00:37:21a grenade, my leg flew off, one
00:37:25eye was damaged, fingers. And I lay there for 7
00:37:28days, while I was lying there, I got frostbite on my fingers,
00:37:30leg, well, the guys came to pull me out, they also pulled
00:37:34me out through the pipe, after treatment Gabib stayed to work in
00:37:37the rehabilitation center in Sergiev Posad near Moscow, helping
00:37:40his comrades-in-arms recover
00:37:44tournament, over the past year they have become regular, guys,
00:37:47we declare our tournament
00:37:49open.
00:37:5330 veterans of military operations are fighting for the title of best chess player.
00:39:08I quite often hold simultaneous exhibitions
00:39:10with injured guys,
00:39:14in principle, I see that they also get positive emotions, that
00:39:17it benefits them, so I am happy, I believe that this is the right thing to do.
00:39:21Sergey Karyakin calls the first all-Russian chess tournament for participants
00:39:25of the SMO one of the main achievements of the project.
00:39:39The organizers gathered veterans of military operations from all regions of the country in a small Ural
00:39:43city, now work has begun on organizing the second such
00:39:47competition, at the same time, chess clubs of Sergey Karyakin continue to open
00:39:50throughout Russia, together with veteran organizations, the senator
00:39:54provides them with everything necessary for the game.
00:40:27This is how my match with Magnus Carlsen went, 10 years ago, it was
00:40:31a match for the world championship title in New York in sixteen, I am pleased with their
00:40:34interest, involvement in chess themes. The tournament
00:40:38in the Moscow region rehabilitation center organizers planned to hold in 2
00:40:42days, but participants of the special operation had to
00:40:45settle scores at the chess boards much longer, many veterans often
00:40:48had to interrupt games, sports are sports, but medical procedures
00:40:52are strictly on schedule. Alexey Dashenko, Mikhail Cheprasov, Senate
00:40:55program.
00:40:59To preserve the living history of the special military operation through eyewitness accounts,
00:41:02is the main task of the new book, which was presented in
00:41:06the Russia Today information center. At the presentation, Senator
00:41:09Ekaterina Altabaeva called this work a direct continuation of the traditions of Academician
00:41:13Mintz's commission, which during the Great Patriotic War recorded
00:41:16the memories of war participants. The author of the publication, director of the SVO
00:41:20History Center, Maxim Grigoriev, collected stories not only from soldiers, but also from peaceful
00:41:24residents of the reunited regions, as well as servicemen who returned.
00:41:40they talked about this, they mainly talk about what
00:41:43changed when their subjects returned to the Russian
00:41:46Federation, this is also very important, but for us, in
00:41:50order to restore objective history, which will serve for
00:41:53many, many decades, it is important
00:41:56to understand how destructive
00:41:59that ideology was that dominated these territories.
00:42:03Ekaterina Altabaeva assured that the relevant committee of the Federation Council will continue
00:42:06to provide comprehensive support in collecting and systematizing
00:42:10these unique memories. And now, briefly about other
00:42:13events. Images of large families will begin to be used in
00:42:17social advertising. The corresponding bill has already been submitted for consideration
00:42:20by parliamentarians. Its goal is to popularize large families,
00:42:23to form a positive attitude among young people towards
00:42:26having many children. The initiative was developed on behalf of the president.
00:42:29The head of state gave it based on the results of a meeting of the Council on Demography under
00:42:33the leadership of Valentina Matvienko. And this is not
00:42:36the only decision of the council that is already working in practice. Among
00:42:40other implemented measures: a reduced mortgage rate for large families,
00:42:43the opening of family rooms in student dormitories,
00:42:46the introduction of a corporate demographic standard.
00:42:50Senator from Ulyanovsk region Airat Gibadinov met with pupils of
00:42:53an orphanage and held a lesson on important topics. Its theme
00:42:57was the recruitment of minors into terrorism. The parliamentarian reminded
00:43:00the children about the all-Russian project "Exit at
00:43:0331," launched on September 1st. It teaches teenagers
00:43:06to recognize manipulation and to know where to turn for help.
00:43:10Gibadinov emphasized that such conversations are especially needed for children who
00:43:13do not have the opportunity to consult with
00:43:16their parents. All controversial legal issues in the field of artificial
00:43:19intelligence will be resolved in the near future. This was stated by Senator Artyom
00:43:23Sheikin at the Digital Solutions forum. According to him, the framework in this area
00:43:27has already been created, the basic law on the use of such technologies has already
00:43:30been adopted, most of its provisions will come into force in March. Now
00:43:34the government's task is to promptly adopt by-laws
00:43:37that will distribute responsibility for errors. 50
00:43:49dead, that's the traffic accident statistics involving electric scooters. Means
00:43:52of individual mobility are turning into
00:43:56a serious threat on the roads, the Federation Council knows how to
00:44:00regulate this area. Senator Evgeny Dietrich held
00:44:03a meeting at which he proposed introducing a single digital passport for each
00:44:07scooter. In the opinion of the parliamentarian.
00:44:49How will this work and what will it give in practice? Well, yes, perhaps it can be called a digital passport in everyday life, that's probably how it sounds, but in essence, we are talking about
00:44:53a whole system of identification,
00:44:55today we understand that, unlike
00:44:59a car, means of individual mobility are
00:45:02impersonal, especially when it comes to
00:45:05private means of individual mobility, people
00:45:08feel that, well, actually. there are no special
00:45:11obstacles, they use them
00:45:14with various violations of the rules, and often do not even
00:45:17understand what rules exist in this case, of course,
00:45:21it is necessary that there be a sufficiently simple and clear
00:45:24system, in which a person has the opportunity to declare that
00:45:28he has, say, an electric scooter,
00:45:32to easily get a registration number for it and then
00:45:36use it with this very registration
00:45:38number, and so that, if any
00:45:42violations occurred or any traffic accident occurred, so that
00:45:46the system could look at it,
00:45:49see it, this is both correct statistics and correct
00:45:53regulation, everyone must understand that such responsibility
00:45:56exists, it is inevitable and general rules must be observed.
00:45:59A few years ago, traffic rules were prescribed for electric scooters,
00:46:02but they seem not to work, in my area I even
00:46:05regularly see two people riding scooters and children often on sidewalks just at
00:46:09enormous speed.
00:46:40so that the same system would operate in relation to
00:46:44private owners of scooters and their
00:46:47management of these devices on
00:46:50the street, for everyone, well, I beg your pardon.
00:47:22we will create a certain admission system, when a person in
00:47:26a fairly simple format, possibly through
00:47:29the MFC or through public services, receives some
00:47:33identifier, after reading the rules of conduct
00:47:36on the road, the rules for operating personal
00:47:39mobility devices, if we do not create infrastructure that allows
00:47:43safe operation of personal mobility devices, we
00:47:47will follow the same path, when
00:47:50the accident rate and mortality increase. Well, and we should not forget
00:47:53that there are those who drive
00:47:55heavy, heavy, say,
00:47:59electric bicycles, these are delivery services, and here, well, it
00:48:03seems to me, we need to first establish order, maybe it's easier to introduce
00:48:06driving licenses for operating a scooter, if licenses
00:48:10for private owners can
00:48:13be discussed, their necessity and formats, then
00:48:15from the point of view of delivery
00:48:18services, I am convinced and well...
00:48:52decrease. By the way, Japan approaches these formats in a similar way, there
00:48:56are also special
00:49:00separate regulations
00:49:02for heavy devices. In the Federation Council, for several years now, they have been talking about
00:49:06the need to adopt a federal law on electric scooters, will such
00:49:09a document be prepared in the end? Of course it will,
00:49:13well, of course it will, you ask the legislators whether it will or not,
00:49:16legislative regulators answer yes, moreover, I
00:49:20can tell you that we... at the meeting, and
00:49:23before and after, we have now built a system of consultations,
00:49:26we meet periodically and talk, a
00:49:29number of amendments to regulatory
00:49:32documents of the Ministry of Transport are already ready,
00:49:36we have worked out changes with the Ministry
00:49:40of Internal Affairs in traffic
00:49:43rules. You know that fellow senators
00:49:46have made a bill that
00:49:49introduces amendments to the Code of Administrative
00:49:53Offenses, in it some provisions related to
00:49:56a number of violations when using personal
00:49:59mobility devices, they are also being developed. We would very
00:50:03much like to approach our public discussion
00:50:06in such a way as to make these documents
00:50:10reasonable and balanced. That's all, that was the week in the Federation
00:50:14Council. See you on
00:50:15air.