ties need to be restored, but it is important to understand that restoring broken ties is much more difficult than maintaining them, and russia and belarus are in favor of preserving these ties. in general, the meeting of the supreme council was held on the eve of major domestic political events; the election period in the two countries will pass calmly, the leaders are confident of this. in russia, presidential elections are scheduled for march 18. let us remind you that february 25th will be a single day. deputies of parliament and local councils will be elected. and today, 25 days before the elections in belarus the most active part of the election campaign, agitation, begins. it will end, as required by law, 24 hours before the single voting day, that is, february 25 - the day of silence. the law provides guarantees on the forms of implementation of campaigning activities. meetings, pickets, notice rallies, meetings with voters on the premises. determined

by executive committees, production of printed, propaganda materials, and so on. for free, candidates for deputies of the house of representatives will be able to post their election programs in print media, appear on television, radio, take part in television debates. for candidates for deputies of councils at the regional and basic levels, the law provides the opportunity to publish their programs free of charge on internet sites of local executive and administrative bodies. in addition, candidates for deputies have the right to create. own election funds and finance from these funds any campaigning activities not prohibited by law. propaganda cannot be carried out war, one cannot call for a violent change in the constitutional system, one cannot disseminate any information that denigrates the honor and dignity of officials of the republic of belarus, candidates of the republic of belarus. you cannot call for postponing elections or disrupting elections. besides . during the campaign period, candidates and their

proxies cannot give gifts to voters, for example, or hold some kind of preferential sale of goods or provide services for free. the minsk city executive committee has also determined the locations for pre-election campaigning. there are a total of 40 premises for holding meetings of parliamentary candidates with voters, their proxies, as well as for pre-election meetings. 80 places for holding public events on notification basis. 279 places for posting printed campaign materials of candidates for deputies of the house of representatives and deputies of the minsk city council. all information can be found on the executive committee website. the joint work of belarusian companies with enterprises of astrakhan, as well as the transshipment of our cargo through the ports of this russian region will be discussed. to speak today during a working visit of a delegation of the government of belarus led by the prime minister. we will talk about sending goods via. halfway along the caspian sea,

because astrakhan is located on the route of the large north-south transport corridor. negotiations are planned for today with the governor and visits to enterprises that cooperate with belarusian manufacturers. among them is a large company that produces pipes for rosneft. some of the enterprises are located in the lotus special economic zone. our regional authorities have an agreement on interaction with it ss. there is also a mtz trade and service center in astrakhan. it opened in march last year. the largest poultry farm in the united states is on fire. a powerful explosion occurred at a plant in texas. tanks and production facilities caught fire. there is no information about dead or injured yet. to ensure that nothing interferes with the work of ambulances, local authorities issued a strict warning to the population: avoid the area of ​​the emergency. fire officials predict it will take several days to fight the fire. the probable cause of the explosion is terrorist attack resignation. commander-in-chief of the armed forces

of ukraine was postponed. zaluzhny was not fired due to the leak of information about his removal from his position. the new york times writes about this. also a stumbling block was the lack of a replacement for him. according to ukrainian media, zaluzhny was offered another significant position, but international partners intervened. apparently, western directors are tired of zelensky’s acting as president. the publication notes that such a struggle for power and confusion at the top has a significant impact on morality. the spirit of ukrainian soldiers and the work of senior officers, undermining trust in the chain of command. in belarus this year they plan to build more than 5,000 apartments for large families. the construction of housing for this category of citizens is a priority task of the state. for example, in 2023 almost 8,500 apartments were built for them. more than 8,000 families were sent to improve their living conditions. in total, according to the results of last year, the country put it into operation. approximately 4,200

thousand km of housing. as for the criterion of livability, here the work will be arranged as follows: this is a significant reduction in dilapidated emergency. housing, the transition in housing construction to housing renovation, a significant increase in individual housing construction, taking into account its increase by more than 40%, directive no. 8 of the head of state was established. experts consider the construction of rental housing to be a promising direction in the construction sector, while it still accounts for 3.4% of the country’s total housing stock, but every year the pace of its construction is only growing if in... the bar is not going to be lowered this year year. the battle of the belarusian handball giants in the uruchye sports palace. sk on home court.