nigeria, chad: we have expressed concerns with the organizations. their activity, by the way, about this growing terrorist threat from those affiliated with the islamic state, the so-called al-qaeda, jihadists we also mentioned today, is spreading to other countries in west africa. we have a common opinion, which is that resolving conflict crises on the african continent. should be carried out on the basis of the principle of african problems, african solutions, and the international community, of course, should contribute creating conditions so that africans themselves can come to agreements, an important role in this should be given to regional organizations, in particular the african union, and as for west africa, ecovas, we expect that

the problems that have arisen ... in relations between members of the kawas can be resolved through equal , mutually respectful dialogue. for their part , they emphasized that russia is ready to continue to contribute to efforts to stabilize the situation in the sahara-sahel in other parts of the african continent, reported our colleagues about the assistance that russia provides on a bilateral basis to regional countries. law enforcement officers, providing humanitarian assistance, including free supplies of food and fertilizers in accordance with the decision of president putin, which he announced at the second russia-africa summit in july this year in st. petersburg. gambia is now leading. organization of islamic

cooperation, we, our friends , were informed about the preparations for the fifteenth summit of this organization, which should to take place in banjul in may of this year, we confirmed our readiness to send russian representatives as observers to this important international forum. of course, we talked about the state of affairs in the middle east, primarily in the context of a sharp deterioration.

for the fact that the gambian partners are sympathetic to what is happening and advocate exclusively for a fair political settlement, which so far does not find support from the kiev regime from its western sponsors, who insist on unacceptable ultimatums that have no prospects. i am very pleased with the results of the negotiations, i thank my colleague and pass it on to him.

i thank my colleague lavrov for his invitation to these very important discussions and our negotiations were very fruitful and we discussed all the points that he mentioned. our views coincide on many issues. this is an opportunity for us to express our gratitude to the russian federation. for the support they provide in the gambia in terms of capacity building.

contribute to greater peace and stability, we are also happy to be here to discuss international issues such as council reform.

this will allow us to clarify the picture of many problems and many situations in the modern world, and this will help us make the necessary decisions, and we in the gambia call for political dialogue because it is the most powerful tool of diplomacy, and today as regards the situation in our region , when countries withdraw from ikavas, we call on ikavas...

and good afternoon, ramina zeynalova, tas news agency, we have two question, a question to sergei viktorovich and the head of the ministry of gambia. sergei viktorovich, a number of countries have stopped funding bapor in recent days due to the situation with hamas. how does russia evaluate this action and can it join this step? and a question for the minister of foreign affairs of the gambia. now, as we have already noted, the fifteenth summit of the organization of islamic cooperation is planned to be held in may, what do you expect from this representative forum? thank you regarding the near east agency for relief of palestine refugees and the organization work - this is a un structure that has been carrying out its functions in the region for many decades, implementing, has implemented, at

least, very useful projects that relate to the creation of normal living conditions for palestinians in the occupied area.

israeli authorities announced that they had learned that bapor employees were involved.

what affects one country affects all countries in that region and may affect one country more than others, and we must sit at the same table as brothers and solve this problem through dialogue, and that we need to interact with our brothers and sisters burkina faso and nigeria and mali, and negotiate with them to find a solution so that we can save our large family and fight the problems. final question from the rbc agency. hello,

ekaterina postnikova, rbc. question for the russian side: sergei viktorovich, over the past six months, american experts and the british media have periodically reported that the united states is planning to return its nuclear weapons to great britain. we are talking about storing it at the airbase. and accordingly, does russia have any information about the plans of the united states to station its nuclear weapons in the uk, and if such plans actually exist,

the nuclear weapons of nato member countries, the united states, britain and france, as a single nuclear arsenal aimed at the russian federation . in our doctrinal documents we proceed from this. they can, you know, even in the united states, they keep their nuclear weapons in five european countries, and train the citizens of these countries to use nuclear.

thank you for your attention. sergei lavrov held negotiations and a joint press conference with his colleague, the minister of foreign affairs of the republic of gambia. under russia's chairmanship, the brix countries will explore a more active use of national currencies in trade, deputy foreign minister sergei rebkov said at a meeting of the sherpa and su sherpa organizations. what successes have you achieved along the way? the transition to settlements in national currencies will be one of the main topics of the russian brix presidency this year. increasing the share of this organization in the global economy opens up more and more prospects for conducting independent trade without reference to the dollar. brix has now expanded to 10 countries, whose total share of global gdp reaches 35%.

they account for more than 40% of all oil production and about a quarter of exports. according to the world bank's forecast, the trade turnover of the organization's participants this year will amount to half a trillion dollars. at the same time, it is important that as many transactions as possible be carried out in national currencies, said the deputy head of the russian foreign ministry sergey rebkov. in accordance with the decision of the brics leaders in johannesburg, we will explore ways to increase the use of national currencies, local currencies, and payment instruments in our cross-border transactions. to reduce the negative side effects of the current dollar-dominated global economic system and explore how to strengthen the role of the developing world in international finance. the share of the brics countries in russia's trade balance has doubled over the past couple of years, while in the twenty-first it was only 20%, then by the end of 2023

it had already reached forty. at the same time, payments in national currencies in the mutual trade of the brics countries have increased more than. three times to 85%, elvira nabiulina, head of the bank of russia, stated this in an interview with riyanovosti. according to her, this is a truly significant volume, and the main task now is to work on increasing the speed of payments, as well as the security and reliability of settlements, so that companies do not experience any problems during transactions. the greatest successes in the transition to russia has achieved national currency in trade with its main partner china. share of the ruble yuan pair in mutual transactions today.

in addition to the ruble and the yuan, other currencies are increasingly being used in mutual settlements between the brics countries, in particular the indian rupee, the brazilian real and the derham of the united arab emirates, but often such settlements are associated with financial difficulties that have yet to be resolved. the transition, of course, is taking place across all currencies, but it is clear that the yuan dominates, and dominates as additional emirati derham, which. in fact , there is a strict peg to the dollar, the real and the rupee, they are also actively used, but still , each country has its own quite serious currency restrictions, therefore, for international trade. rather poorly adapted. under the chairmanship of russia , brix participants this year will discuss other tasks on the economic agenda, in particular, we are talking about building a financial

infrastructure that is not tied to swift. coupled with the transition to settlements in national currencies, this will allow free and independent settlements. from the us financial system. the governor of the moscow region checked the progress of construction of the yuzhnodkarinskaya highway. the length of this section is almost fifty kilometers. in the future it will be part of the expressway. and according to andrei vorobyov, several dozen similar facilities are now being built in the region, we, with the support of the federal authorities, our president, are building about 40 facilities, all of them are important, each interchange above the skid in the carriageway in ofryanovo on dmitrovskoye highway is of fundamental importance, huge transit, large warehouses complexes, enterprises are being built, neighborhoods are growing, just have time to build roads, we see this request, we... in constant communication with residents, we understand how important this is, we understand that this is our responsibility. another updated power unit was launched at the kostroma press. it has become more

fuel efficient and even more environmentally friendly and is capable of meeting all of kostroma’s electricity needs. maria golovkina has details. gres employees call this power unit a real hard worker. over the 55 years of his life, he worked more than 300,000 hours, seven days a week. and holidays. today , the updated kostromskaya gres power unit began life from scratch. the launch command from moscow from the russia exhibition at vdnkh is given by the minister of energy nikolai shulginov. the symbolic button is pressed by the director of the kostroma aggression branch of interrao-electric power generation andrey nikolaev and the governor sergey sitnikov. this is the largest generation in the central federal district. a station that steadily supplies all nearby areas with electrical energy, and in the twentieth year we signed the centaroo investment agreement

an agreement that provided for investing 80 billion rubles in the development of modernization, deep modernization, er kostam gres. kostroma power engineers very clearly fulfill the tasks that were set. president of the russian federation, vladimir vladimirovich putin. dozens of specialists worked in three shifts for a year replacing the equipment. from the very beginning , the power unit, which is almost the height of a five-story building, was dismantled to its very foundation, concrete structures were strengthened, and new equipment, entirely domestic, was installed production. more than 500 tons of parts and mechanisms for the kostroma power unit were manufactured at factories in st. petersburg and taganrog. more have been installed to control all systems. cables, we tested the updated power unit almost like astronauts , with maximum loads, we accelerated the turbine, reached the operating speed,

300 revolutions per minute or 50 revolutions per second of the turbine rotors, after which the unit is connected to the network, picks up full load, in our case this 330 mw, and it must work for 72 hours at this load, tests the unit has survived successfully, this is already... the third unit of the stations has undergone a complete modernization, each of them can more than cover the electricity needs of half of our region, there are eight such power units at the station in total, according to the presidential program, all of them must be updated by 2028, but one thing has remained unchanged, this is a seagull circling over the volga, at one time this sign was drawn by the first builders of the kostroma grest, the current employees have updated the bird, now economic news in brief: the profits of russian banks this year will exceed 2.5 trillion rubles, said

alexander danilov, director of the banking regulation department of the central bank. earlier , the central bank stated that at the end of the twenty- third year, the net profit of banks in russia became a record and amounted to 3.300 billion rubles. danilov also noted that banks have sufficient reserves.

from china, vietnam and india, the case group told interfax. they noted that due to problems with navigation through the suetsky canal, container shipments through the far east were increased. let me remind you, in december last year , shelling of international ships by the houthis in the red sea became more frequent, although they promise not to touch russian ships. the st. petersburg exchange denied information about the suspension of trading; it will continue as normal, the press service of the site said. information about the termination of operations with russians. that current balances of securities will be transferred to the moscow exchange circuit. on this news, shares of the st. petersburg exchange fell by almost 14%. and at the former nissan plant in st. petersburg they started production of cars of the new russian brand xxit. already collected several thousand cars. the st. petersburg automobile plant reports this. now the manufacturer is preparing a sufficient stock of cars to ensure the start of sales.

it is planned for the spring. let me remind you that the assets of the st. petersburg plant in the past belonged to nissan, after the company left russia, the enterprises were transferred to the ministry of industry and trade for a symbolic price. it was economic news, briefly. does she really read minds or not? premiere. anna ostrovskaya, investigative committee. she has special gifts. who are you all looking at? there you go, girl. maybe this dream of mine is somehow connected with this matter. and do you know who the killer is? yes. look only without amateur performances, look in place, don’t move, for some reason i believe you, anna is a medium, we look before everyone else, in the application or on the website, the signal is like, the signal is normal, stable, in combat use it’s actually much easier to control a drone it’s easier, you just need to raise it sharply and after that just fly towards the enemy, we

have a sapper, anyone? is watching and there are pilots, we again hid one of the points control, we fly a little closer and see that they have a nest there, i had a good background, in civilian life i played a lot on the computer, i am very proud of them, super fighters, i was very lucky with them.

this is russia 24, right now the main facts of this day. the russian academy of sciences expressed support for vladimir putin in connection with his decision to participate in the upcoming elections. the president today met with the head of the russian academy of sciences, gennady krasnikov. we also discussed the main directions of the academy’s international work, which, by the way, this year preparing to celebrate its three hundredth anniversary. anastasia efimova talks about the main topics of this meeting.