independence day is a very important holiday for us, as for many nations. 213 years ago we managed to free ourselves from the rule of the spanish empire. we are developing harmonious political relations with the belarusian republic. economic spheres, more specifically, this is development in the agro-industrial sector, pharmaceutical and educational sectors. we are talking about training specialists on the basis of belarusian educational institutions. a friendly country, close in approach, in ideas, in thoughts, it’s very cool that in 2007 our president's first visit to this country took place, a large-scale, grandiose exhibition was organized, we are releasing.

belarusian football, one of the leaders of the championship belas takes mozor glory. in the last round, the auto factory unexpectedly lost points on the field in soligorsk, losing minimally to the local miner. so , did dmitry mollash’s guys manage to recover from defeat? will they be able to please the fans on their home field? we’ll find out from the live broadcast on belarus 5, the starting whistle is at 9:00 pm. and then on the morning broadcast the news economy. we will tell you about the development of events at 9:00 on a successful day. how much has it grown? economic news,

veronica buta is with you. good morning. transshipment of belarusian cargo through russian ports increased by 10%. thus, rail transit of cargo exceeded 4.5 million tons in january-march, while more than 74% of belarusian cargo passed through the sea ports of the northwestern basin of russia. these are mainly fertilizers and petroleum products. in 2028, it is planned to launch the belarusian marine terminal in murmansk. cargoes from belarus are actively moving through existing power. in the bronka district near st. petersburg, by the end of 2026 it is planned to complete the construction of additional access roads to this complex. belarus and the kemerovo region reached a trade turnover of $600 million last year, which is a record figure. quarry dump trucks, drilling rigs, and spare parts for belarusian-made heavy trucks are in high demand in the region. there are plans to expand the supply of public transport to the cities of the kemerovo region. besides, another significant point. the desire of belaz and

belshina to deepen cooperation with coal mining enterprises in the kemerovo region of russia. residents of the shospo countries almost quadrupled the volume of exchange trading on butb. thus, in the first half of the year , the amount of transactions exceeded $555 million, the figures are provided by the belarusian universal commodity exchange. at the same time , the number of residents of the sco countries accredited to butb has also increased significantly. if at the beginning of the year there were 4.00, in july there were already over. 3400 residents, the structure of exchange trade was dominated by agricultural and forestry products . an enterprise for the production of powder paints was opened in the veleisky district. the owner of the plant was a company with iranian capital. by the way, iran has been one of the largest suppliers of these products to the world market for almost 30 years. $20 million was allocated for the implementation of the project in belarus. currently, the plant has created 106 jobs when switching to a two-shift system. the number

of employees will be increased to 150. payment systems mir and belkart can be synchronized by early 2025. for this it is necessary. build appropriate hosts between russian and belarusian processing centers, which in the future will make it possible to make payments with belarusian cards using russian services. in addition, in the future it is planned to make payments for russian services using belarusian cards and through erip available. let me note that last year the national bank noted the growing popularity of the belkart system. now about the exchange rates that emerged as a result of trading, the russian ruble has fallen in price, the dollar and the yuan have gone up in price. so, for the american dollar. they ask for 3 rubles 21 kopecks. euro at the national bank rate - 3 rubles 47 kopecks. 10 yuan costs 4.39. 3 rubles 64 kopecks. they ask for 100 russian rubles. belarus and russia are planning further harmonization of national classifications of economic types.