expert people who are well versed in the development of belarusian-russian cooperation, olesya abramenko, deputy minister of economy of belarus, igor nazaruk, deputy minister of foreign affairs of belarus, yuri zolotarev, trade representative of the russian federation in the republic of belarus. dear guests, good evening. well, i suggest starting with the simple and complex at the same time. our viewers receive a lot of information about cooperation between belarus. in russia it is very diverse, yes, this is through political cooperation, our leaders meet very often, in the area of ​​trade and economic cooperation, we know the news that trade turnover between our countries has reached record levels, in the area of ​​interregional cooperation, both humanitarian and special, our ministry, defense, special services, probably , there is not a single area left that is not covered. belarusian-russian

ties, but for the average person, who is far from the nuances of diplomacy and high politics, it is sometimes difficult to put these fragments into a single whole picture, so let's try to explain to our viewers what the belarusian-russian relations are based on, what level are they currently at? i can say that the strategic partnership, the cooperation that we now have... uh , is taking place and is developing, has a very deep and long-standing basis, few people remember that there was a self-sufficient principality of polos, novgorod and so on, yes, few people remember that there were two orthodox states on the territory of the eastern slavs, these are moscow principality, let's call it that, yeah.

then it became the russian empire, and the grand duchy of lithuania, russian and zhamoi, these were two very powerful, very independent, always complementary , mutually enriching states, in addition to the fact that we have a joint historical, cultural and spiritual heritage, we must not forget that we very strong... economic, trade and logistics other connections, that is, we are connected, we are intertwined, like neurons in the brain, as these neurons, these connections develop becomes larger, so we are working to ensure that this density is maximum. yuri vasilyevich, what do you think underlies the relations between belarus and russia? well, of course, first of all i would like to note that russia and belarus have been for decades...

the most reliable strategic partners for each other, of course, taking into account their specific work, the sector of trade and economic relations falls into the epicenter of my attention , uh-huh, so i would like to emphasize that historically the established production ties, the relatively identical level of scientific and technological development, the similarity of the regulatory framework, the proximity of mentalities largely determine this. the close nature of trade and economic relations between russia and belarus, our countries are currently not only the most active members of the five, well, countries of the eurasian economic union, but are confidently moving along the path of deepening integration processes, i would like to especially emphasize that in the relations of the two fraternal peoples, only... equality and

partnership, other ways, i believe, for the development of bilateral relations there cannot be, but assessing the level of our relations, the level of our cooperation, please tell me, igor vasilyevich, if belarus has deeper, more extensive, more serious political cooperation, here in comparison with the russian federation, deeper, broader, more comprehensive interaction with other countries, except...

for which i take pride, the most recent example, i will not talk about how we are now steadfastly withstanding this onslaught of the illegitimate.

within the framework of the union state , but also for citizens, and here there is equality in employment, in receiving education, well, alesya nikolaevna has already touched upon medical and other services, purchasing housing, receiving some services within the framework guaranteed by the state, equal conditions for doing business, i he said, and here our voting rights are also equal, yeah.

rights, which means, naturally, we add a point of attention to these rights in the form of responsibilities. yuri vasilyevich, what advantages do you think this gives to simple belarusians, russians? you know, well... firstly, i now have a special status compared to you, because i am a russian, after all, in the republic of belarus, my life for a long time was connected with being on long business trips abroad, yeah , so good teachers once taught me the following, that even if you end up in an unfriendly country and stay there for a long period, you must be 70% russian, but 30% you must absorb at least that culture, so - maybe i came with

with such an attitude more than 4 years ago , the republic of belarus now diligently retains 51% russians and 49% belarusians , but so that at least i won’t be accused of the fact that i’m already, well, one might say, belarusian, and i would like to too emphasize that being in such everyday... uh, requires digitization, i would say that this is vital, vital, but

in the end, everything that the leadership of one or another country does is, in any case , aimed at increasing the well-being of their citizens, so well, you can’t evaluate these processes, ignoring the interests of ordinary belarusians and russians, the most obvious example, moving from minsk to moscow, for example, yes, we only go through security control, yeah, and then we told everyone, goodbye to our destination , as soon as you move across the state border with certain countries, naturally, there is complete control by border customs, border customs, with all that follows from this, but it must be stated that belarusian-russian... cooperation many stages of formation have passed, more than one, yes, sometimes it was necessary to sort

things out, as is often the case with family members, but today there is no need to agitate anyone for the development of a partnership, and this thesis was especially emphasized by the head of state during the opening of the forum of regions, which at the end of june was held in ufa, and most importantly, our president outlined specific directions for the development of interaction taking into account modern realities, let's take a look. a few years ago we sometimes sorted things out, proved something to each other, in the current conditions we no longer no one needs to be agitated for the development of partnership, neither in russia nor in belarus. the responsibility of local authorities, business representatives, and our society has noticeably increased, and things have progressed. mutual trade in goods and services last year exceeded the record level of 50. yes, trade statistics are encouraging, but it

is too early to rest on our laurels. i'm sure we are capable of more. it is necessary to increase the competitiveness of the two countries through deepening industrial cooperation, to resolve issues of specialization of import substitution, first of all in microelectronics and other high-tech industries. maximize interregional trade.

well, the republic of belarus is no offense, despite its relatively modest geographical size and population in relation to the russian federation, also for decades. is one of the top five main trading partners for the russian federation, if we look at the results of the twenty-second year, then it remains the number one partner for the russian federation. china, türkiye came in second place, third place is occupied by the netherlands, fourth by germany, fifth by the republic of belarus, but what is encouraging is that this is a very trend that makes it possible to move on, including to the twenty-third year, if at the end of the twenty-first year, the republic of belarus lagged behind

the netherlands and germany by tens of billions of us dollars , it was like concluding contracts for its supplies for hydrocarbons. then, based on the results of 22 years, the backlog is a little more than a billion, both in relation to one country and another. in this regard, we can with a great degree of confidence, at least to say, to record that in the twenty -third year belarus will most likely take third place, and will enter the top three trading partners for the russian federation, and we are doing everything for this. if we go back to 22, then by the way the republic of belarus took second. line among exporting countries for the russian federation, that is , fifth in total trade turnover, second in exports, for the first time in the twenty-second year we are seeing a negative balance for russia in trade with the republic of belarus, here now the degree of balance is enough, both for exports and for imports, this is a very good overall picture, let’s say there is a picture there, and the emergence of this

negative balance does not upset the russian federation at all, why because and... railways have increased by tens, otherwise hundreds of times, this whole picture, of course, is aimed at ensuring technological sovereignty for the republic of belarus, but belarusian partners have also increased supplies hundreds of times, yes, of raw tin, hydrochloric acids and chlorosulfan, magnesite, water

steam turbines and other steam turbines, koalina wedge kaalin. microscopes , diffraction devices, i take only those positions where we note an increase of tens or even hundreds of times, but do i understand correctly that the russian federation for our country is the number one trading partner, and belarus for russia according to the results of the twenty-second fifth partner of the year, and you do not rule out that by the end of the twenty-third she may become the third partner in trade turnover, and in trade goods and services?

it is noted that, firstly, since the creation of the union state, the trade turnover of belarus with russia has increased seven times, yes, such a thesis is very positive, but it also provides interesting examples of the most popular belarusian goods on the russian market, so if you allow me to quote: for 5 months of the twenty-third year, of the cheeses imported by russia, 91% are belarusian- made cheeses, butter - 81%.

is said to be at a good pace, activities are being carried out, completed to date about 80%, 10 union programs have been fully completed, nine are at a high level of readiness,

recently we have concluded a transport agreement on international road transport, we are planning to sign an agreement in the field of government procurement to recognize the possibility of issuing bank guarantees, and regarding cooperation we have joint integration projects, there are about 16 of them. yes, eight of these joint integration projects are already being financed, microelectronics is being developed, an agreement was recently concluded with foreign industry in the field machine tool building, well, this half of the projects, it is of course open, any enterprise that wants to develop in this regard can, using the capabilities of the ministry of industry, get into this list of integration import-substituting projects and be implemented.

in cooperation with the russian side , we learned about the problem for rosselmash in connection with the treacherous departure. with the departure of western companies from the russian market, let them go, it’s to our benefit, gomsilmash and rosselmash have established

cooperation, although they seem to be direct competitors, and the product line they have similar or the same, nevertheless, we overcame these some issues related to so-called competition, found an opportunity to supply...

operations must be considered not only from the position of mutual, even mutually beneficial trade, these are issues of our common security in under the conditions of the sanction pressure that is being put on us, suppliers of intermediate consumption, raw materials, materials, components of some kind must be friendly countries, what we are doing, it seems to me correct, correct direction of development for the two... allies of belarus and russia, but igor vasilievich , a special emphasis is still placed on interregional cooperation, and we

see that delegations under the leadership of russian governors regularly arrive in belarus, very often government delegations travel to the regions, this that's right, how do you assess the dynamics of our interaction at the regional level? level and which russian regions are the highest priority and most interesting for us? the dynamics are stunning, comes with a cumulative total, suffice it to say that if last year we were visited by the leaders of 23 regions of the russian federation, then in the first half of this year alone there were 17, even in august. which is traditionally considered a vacation month for everyone, yes, calm, calm, it will be different, even september.

it’s encouraging, on the other hand, it gives us hope that our interaction will strengthen, and there is every reason for this, especially considering that such visits, as a rule, do not end with just communication, as a rule, this is the signing of agreements, achievement agreements in principle, which then entail the implementation of joint projects, to your question, what?

updated, clarified, that is, if i’m not mistaken, there the prime minister, the chairman of the government is assigned to moscow and st. petersburg, yeah, the same applies to all the other vice-premiers, and ministers, and heads of leading concerns and the chairman of regional executive committees and chairman of the minsk city executive committee, so this is a unique story in general, this is a unique format, but

there are probably no analogues to it in the world, when... it is the officials who are assigned to certain russian regions, i would like to add that our russian regions are now quite actively working in the belarusian direction, and we already have a representative office here of the nizhny novgorod region, the republic of bashkirtastan, and the chelyabinsk region has opened a showroom and has here we have our own representation and this and we see quite a positive dynamic here, but i don’t want to give numbers. scroll through, but out of the eighty regions with which we cooperate with the russian federation, for the first half year of the twenty-third year, we have recorded positive dynamics in trade with 69, and for the remaining eleven, naturally, work is underway in order to ensure positive indicators for them as well. good news, this means that our interregional ties are strengthening and developing,

well, to develop the topic. interregional cooperation, we have prepared a short story about one of the most famous macro-regions of russia, siberia. our trucks and tractors can handle severe frosts and many difficult road sections. test drive successful there are also utility loaders and municipal equipment, and the dump truck has no equal in siberian quarries, but our interests in siberia do not end with equipment alone. we went. look, please go to siberia, beyond the urals to the far east, this is the strategy of many belarusian car manufacturers. the novosibirs center for the sale and service of mtz equipment has become recognizable in the region in 3 years. every second tractor in the fields came from belarus. tractors are universal, they work not only in the fields, but also in livestock farming facilities. technicians our belarusian production is not decreasing, even here, especially in the combine

fleet, there is a trend. to increase. mtz siberia may become the first multi-brand point for the sale of belarusian equipment, but the region has much broader plans to cooperate. starting from metalworking, from... large machines, building construction, ending with the production of high-precision products, microelectronics, and so on. in novosibirsk, a large program to update transport was launched 2 years ago; 200 units of buses and trolleybuses have already been replaced, among them there are also belarusians. there is an absolute advantage in the topic of trams, this is a joint venture between belkomum mash siberia and bkm siberia, and we agreed that this year our colleagues will produce a model with an updated body, and this is eastern siberia, irkutsk, it has third place in the top ten most wooded regions of the country of course, such areas need high-quality equipment for procurement and

processing; they know belarusian equipment in practice. the needs of the timber industry complex of the irkutsk region for new equipment, new spare parts, is quite serious, and we are ready to offer cooperation to our belarusian partners here. among the proposals is the creation of large logistics centers , large areas, here it is a convenient connection in the movement of goods to the east, i generally consider not only china, mongolia, we were recently in mongolia, they are also interested in exporting our products, where ours are there and your products , so we will definitely consider this option, and from irkutsk we are planning to take off into the aircraft industry, parts, components and units, in these winged machines there is a share of belarusian, then more. russia announces a multiple increase in civil aviation aircraft. subsequently, when this aircraft is already on the wing, we will recommend that we declare ourselves as a technical base for servicing these aircraft. so we

already have experience with a dry superjet, this is a new russian aircraft, we have been successfully conducting it since 2022, in fact, in 6 months we received a certificate. we move further on the two banks of the yanisey, the city of krasnoyarsk, industrial the cluster is ready together with belarus. collect elevators, this will make the cabin cheaper, which means there will be more buyers. about 30% of the elevators in the elevator fleet in the krasnoyarsk territory, tuvejo kakasie and narilsk have already exhausted their service life; they already work more than they need according to the standard. who certainly cares in siberia is our heavy-duty trucks in the quarries, but sometimes they also need help. modern belos-service equipment will restore used ones to 100%. dump trucks, they are ready to go into the cuts again. we have been working for more than 12 years, covering three regions, these are the krasnoyarsk territory, the republic of khakassia and tova, we service all quarry equipment bilas, maas, we supply spare parts and service. the fleet

of such dump trucks is now at least six hundred, and it is being replenished, so we are establishing ourselves in siberia for a long time. let 's comment, but as we see, we're not just throwing it around. through the fence, but we also work with remote regions, this is also part of such a tactical move of our strategy to promote belarusian products on the russian market, you noted that assigning senior officials to regions in the russian federation, this is also such an element, here yuri vasilyevich, tell me what is the strategy for promoting russian goods in our country, and what are the plans of the head...

just like the trade mission in other foreign countries that are responsible for realizing the interests of the russian federation in the foreign economic sphere. yeah, so we work in the interests of the entire economic bloc of the government of the russian federation, but our main curator is the current one is the ministry of industry and trade. more than four years ago, when i was sent to the republic of belarus by the deputy prime minister of the russian federation, the minister of industry.

the success of trade is the effective, optimal

delivery of this product. yes, at a certain stage we used the shortest, most convenient routes, but now we see that the baltic ports are closed to us, there are practically no ukrainian ports on the black sea, and many of the goods that we previously sent from use. maritime transport, we are now reorienting it to the russian vector. russia itself is developing, russia does not stand still, it is enlarging, deepening its ports , it is entering new, some points, it is itself developing in the baltic, on the north sea, on the black sea-azov sea, on the caspian sea, it would seem, yeah.

recently, the issue of cabotage

transportation across russia was discussed, if you can shed some light on this issue, tell me, has the matter moved from such a not very active point, and if so, what are the benefits? brings or will bring to our carriers? yes, things have moved forward, literally on august 18 an agreement on international road transport was signed, and two pluses...

which is largely facilitated by the holding of large joint forums, among the highlights of the current year, the forum of the regions of belarus and russia in ufa, as well as innoprom in yekaterinburg, an important conclusion, hundreds of signed agreements that provide for the implementation of joint projects in a variety of areas, economic and technological security largely depends on them union state. let's take a look at the most striking events in the plot of ilona volynets. a platform for new business ideas, from

innovative developments to concluding large contracts. the forum of regions of belarus and russia updated records this year. in 3 days more than 100 cooperation agreements. contracts worth 110 billion russian rubles have been concluded between enterprises and organizations. we can definitely cooperate on the production of auto components. this is a big niche; today , almost many factories are moving onto new lines. we definitely have to work in the field. production of metalworking machines, we see great potential in the work and production of our agricultural machinery, so there are many economic... the main topic is import substitution. our countries have long ceased to perceive this as a test. rather, it is an opportunity to look at your own capabilities differently. the vehicles are localized up to 90%. about 5-7% are imports from

friendly countries, the remaining 3-4% are imports that we are working on today, because they are imports from unfriendly countries. interregional cooperation - a driver of integration processes between regions, districts and cities of belarus and municipal entities of russia, about 450 documents are in force. 70 russian regions have concluded intergovernmental agreements. mutual trade between the two countries has been growing over the past year by 14.3%. let's not slow down on this. they continued to strengthen bridges with their closest allies in the urals. from the international enoprom site in yekaterinburg. contracts worth 22 billion russian rubles, it is noteworthy that our country acted as a country for the first time partner, 125 enterprises presented their products, for example, zagonochny bolit, mtz was jokingly listed as a manufacturer of cars for formula 1. the movement will still go towards unmanned autonomous systems that will

facilitate the work of working in the countryside, and this requires a modern component base, and this is a connection between science and production. now, if you look at this diagram, the 3d model that we drew, only one component is purchased for us, but it comes from a country friendly to us, everything else is produced in our union state. new agreements in the machine tool industry, enterprises of the two countries offer new generation intelligent systems, automatic lines, the latest software and much more. the first plane will soon take off into the skies of the union state.