in russia, on the second day of voting in the presidential elections in bashkiria, almost 3,500 polling stations are operating; the day before , more than a million voters made their choice there, our correspondent murat zaripov is in direct communication from ufa. murat, i greet you, tell us what the situation is like at the polling stations? yes,

tatyana, good morning, polling stations are on the second day of voting, here in the republic of baskaratstan they opened 2 hours ago, so they are already working with all their might, they are working, the work is well organized, so in principle voters now, as we see, are gradually coming to the polling stations, making their choice, everything is calm and organized, and the first day of voting in the republic of bashkartystan was just as calm and organized, according to the data. public center for monitoring the elections , no violations were recorded, how voting is taking place in the presidential elections of the russian federation, here in the republic of bashkyrstan both public observers at the polling stations are monitoring, and there is a center for monitoring how the elections are taking place from the public chamber of the republic of baskaratstan, in addition, brought a fairly impressive group of foreign observers who work here in... guatemala, austria, sri

lanka, indonesia, serbia, also kazakhstan, belarus, moldova. here are 10 people , 10 experts and specialists who were divided into two groups, since yesterday they have been visiting polling stations, here, at least for now in ufa, they are monitoring how the voting process is organized at polling stations, here among them there is how professional.

how elections work in russia, what the people i meet here talk and think about, this is how much we were able to communicate with other observers, in general they all note that the election process is organized clearly, transparently, in principle , the same as in their home countries , so for now they were all... happy, if we talk about the results of the first day of voting, then as of 20:00 local time on march 15 , more than 1 million people voted in the republic of bashkirstan, this is 36.66% of registered voters, traditionally the highest turnout was shown in rural areas, in some of them it exceeded 50%, but in principle it was also quite high. the turnout was in the cities, in the districts of ufa,

in particular, as far as we were able to talk with the chairmen of the precinct election commissions, there is no special pattern here, that is , it is still impossible to predict which of the three days the largest turnout will be, one way or another otherwise, they all expect that voters will come in large numbers to the polling stations today, saturday. tatiana. murat, thank you, our correspondent murat zaripov was in direct communication from ufa. and on the conduct of a special military operation, sergei shaigu was informed about the current situation in the special operation zone, the nature of the enemy’s actions and the tasks that our troops are performing in the main directions. the minister of defense held a meeting at the headquarters of the joint group of forces. special attention is given to the report on the effectiveness of the reconnaissance and strike contours, as well as the introduction. according to the military, the enemy has

suffered significant losses, just in a week three american patriot systems, a vampire rocket system, and 10 foreign- made artillery pieces were destroyed. as well as a fuel and ammunition storage facility for the ukrainian armed forces. in moscow , the italian performer enso ginnazia, better known as pupo, performed on the stage of the state kremlin palace. the program included the song bella chau, beloved by russians, which the artist sang together with our colleague ernest myackavichus. i note that pupa came to our country many times, after a concert in the regions of russia in an interview, he noted that he considered it a mistake

cancel syndrome of russian culture in the west and always opposed the embargo of any nation, during the concert he even performed songs in russian. i think that the most powerful propaganda against russia is now unfolding in the west, the most powerful. i may not agree with some actions, but i would never judge the choices and decisions that your people make. russia is very lucky with its people, the russian people are in love with their land, in love with their culture, in love with their country, and this is a huge advantage, and i feel the need to do my part to bring peace back. i came because my heart calls me, this is my contribution to the world. and now the weather in russia and meteorological spring, at what rate the temperature will rise in the second half of march, vadim zavodchenkov will tell you about it. the country chooses, in any weather, in which

regions the path to polling stations has turned into a real quest, and is it true that march on the russian plain will soon cease to count. in the winter month, we'll tell you about it in the next 20 minutes, here are some other topics we’ll touch on: discovered means destroyed. the russian army is burning scarce western equipment. petriots, khaimarses, abramses, what new strategy did our troops begin to use? europeans will tear each other apart over water, and the european commission itself speaks about this, when can the mediterranean be captured? desert and an ingenious solution to a pressing problem, with the help of which technology in china they made huge energy storage devices from concrete blocks. you are watching the main weather program, i'm vadim zabuchenkov, hello, in russia

voting continues in the presidential elections, in some areas nature is trying to interfere with the expression of the will of citizens, in others it’s the other way around. it is interesting that the important... event coincided in timing with the main climate process. more details immediately following our weather report. vivid footage of the violence of the elements from the island of paramushir, the northernmost of the islands of the large kuril ridge. on the first day of voting in the russian presidential elections, the wind speed here reached 27 m/second. rose on the island there was a snowstorm, visibility was almost zero. however , the blizzard did not prevent the residents of the north of kurilsk from being sent through snowdrifts and icy winds. observers noted a high turnout, despite the fact that some kuril residents had to dig out exits from their entrances in order to vote; they are accustomed to extreme weather events in the far east and treat them with humor; this funny video was posted on the official telegram channel of the city administration.

another remarkable episode with smoking: newlyweds maxim and marina shlykov from the north kurilskaya began their life together by demonstrating an active civic position, from aksa they immediately went to... the polling station. the weather in russia during the voting was very contrasting. the struggle between spring and winter unfolded in the primorye region. there were heavy snowfalls in the northern part of the region. at the same time, it was dry and windy in the south. the gusts raised dust in some areas and fanned wildfires in others. the most favorable weather conditions during the elections were found in the south of the country. in sevastopol, on malakhov kurgan, the famous centennial almonds, a natural monument of sevastopol. this is one of the few trees that survived the great patriotic war. and in simferopol, residents and guests of the city took photographs of blooming magnolias as souvenirs. to blossom and the black sea coast of the caucasus. sakura blossomed in sochi. swimming season is getting closer. the water in the black sea has already warmed up to 12°. last year, such temperatures were recorded only in april. in the coming days, the weather in russia will be

quite contrasting ; several centers will be observed at once on the territory of the country. cyclonic activity. so on the russian plain there is a solar center of high pressure. two cloud vortices attack at once, so here the highest probability of precipitation is in the northern and southern latitudes; siberia, with the exception of the extreme south, will be in the region. a stormy cyclone carrying with it air masses warmed by the gulf stream, in the far east waves of frontal sections stretching from the shores of kamchatka to the spurs of the sikhote alinia will restrain the advance towards the pacific ocean, the crest of the asian anticyclone, for example, in vladivostok the weekend is cloudy with clearings, in the afternoon + 3:5, on sunday - short-term snow with rain, at the beginning of the new week a chance of precipitation is expected. small, but it will become cooler, in the afternoon +2-3,

a thaw will come to southern siberia along with clouds and precipitation, in novosibirsk starting sunday the daytime temperature will rise from saturday -3 to zero +2. on monday-tuesday, the weather in the megalopolis will improve for a short time, and residents of central russia will generally experience truly april weather. in slightly cloudy conditions , the air in moscow will warm up. up to +7-8 only on tuesday-wednesday scattered masses of rain clouds may appear over the capital and the influx of solar heat to the earth's surface will be slightly reduced. it must be said that such powerful warming will finally bury winter, at least in the west of the russian plain. look, last friday the meteorological spring was able to capture only the south and extreme north-west of russia, and by the middle of the next. tver,

someone will say too early, but no, this is only in the last century, the change of seasons, for example, in moscow usually occurred in in the middle of the third ten days of march, now, thanks to climate change, winter is leaving the capital almost a decade earlier, so the day is not far off when march in the center of the country will cease to be winter. on other topics, the russian army, in conveyor belt mode , is destroying scarce examples of nato equipment. the other day, the ministry of defense reported that another patriot installation had been knocked out; highmars, abrams, strykers and bradleys were being systematically disabled, along with nato instructors. what is the reason for this dynamics of ukrainian armed forces’ losses, let’s ask evenius. evgeniy, are ukrainian militants burning their reserves? vadim, it’s absolutely true that after the surrender of avdiivka

, ukrainian fighters are trying to hold back the advance of our fighters, so they are forced to transfer expensive western equipment closer to the line of combat contact. in a report dated march 13, the russian ministry of defense announced the destruction of another patriot anti-aircraft missile system. the installation was disabled at a firing position in the kharkov region. a few days earlier, the military department published footage of the destruction of a column of military equipment iskander complex near the village of pokrovsk. according to media reports , two patriot vehicles and one zerka s-300 were destroyed by a missile strike. prior to this, at the end of february , russian missile forces hit several elements of another patriot with a high-precision strike. according to the ministry of defense , the launcher, tractor, and transport-loading ammunition were destroyed. sam machine. the liquidation of the patriots caused a strong reaction in the western media. forbes published

an article claiming that an american air defense system had been discovered near pokrovsk by a russian drone, which transmitted the coordinates to iskander. the journalist was indignant that the installation was very close to the line of combat contact and was not covered by other air defense systems. german journalist julian röbke painted a similar picture on social network x. he also reports that. security measures were neglected, the systems were poorly disguised and crowded. after foreign publications, the kiev regime also admitted the losses. the enemy confirmed the death of nine trained operators of the american complex and the destruction of two patriot launchers. the enemy realized that he was crumbling. they began to panic and suffered huge losses. our military equipment and aircraft deal powerful blows to personnel every day . the army is struck by their equipment; their losses are catastrophic. as a result, in order

not to completely collapse, they began to tighten the lines of combat contact with the equipment that they had previously treasured as the apple of their eye. after the liberation of avdeevka, the ukrainian front began to rapidly crumble. the afdf command is forced to plug holes in the defense with scarce western equipment, which under the blows of the russian military it turns into scrap metal. these shots show vivid combat episodes. here's our drone for. notes a vampire installation camouflaged among the trees. the detection is soon followed by a successful arrival. the following video shows three ukrainian armed forces helicopters preparing for takeoff. first they are covered with cassettes. and then a rocket flies into each helicopter and finally the destruction of the rszzo hymers, which unsuccessfully tried to hide in the forest belt. in terms of the use of precision-guided weapons, colossal strides have been made over the past year forward, first of all, the time between detecting, fixing a target

and striking it has been reduced, now all this is done many times faster, accordingly we see an increase in the quality of destruction. standing enemy equipment, including deep behind enemy lines. only between berdychi and orlovka there are already four planted. there is information that five american abrams tanks. according to statistics, since the appearance of these armored vehicles on the front line, ukrainian militants have lost one abrams every 4 days. and this, if not consider the destruction of other equipment, the same bradley and stryker. all this is now burning along the west avdeevka line. effective demilitarization of the kiev regime. the result of the painstaking work of our military, all the forces of the reconnaissance and strike circuit of the russian army were turned on at full capacity, the mechanism functions like a clock, detection followed by destruction. meanwhile , brussels is scaring europe with a new conflict;

the european commission fears that a war may break out between eu countries in the coming years. plant resources for several years in a row the mediterranean region is suffering from record droughts, surface and underground water supplies are depleted, at what rate is the south of the european continent turning into a desert? let's ask tatyana belova. tanya, what conflicts does the european commission have in mind? vadim, european officials are talking primarily about economic wars, although already within some eu states, financial contradictions are developing into direct ones. in france last year, farmers and environmentalists protested against government plans to create a reservoir system. in their opinion the hydraulic structure could destroy agriculture in the region. the rally soon turned into riots. the authorities sent more than 3,000 gendarmes to disperse the action. the crowd greeted them with molotov cocktails . law enforcement officers responded

by firing rubber bullets and trace gas grenades. another internal conflict broke out in spain. catalonia, which suffers from droughts, cannot reach an agreement with the country's authorities and neighboring aragon on the use of water resources of the ebra river, growing there are also tensions between neighboring states, for example, berlin and warsaw are arguing over plans to expand the oder river, which divides the two countries. such disagreements are only the beginning of larger conflicts, experts say. in those regions where there is not enough water, various efforts will be made to... acquire it, that is, these could be dams, these could be some kind of water reservoirs, as a result of this, in other regions there will be less and less of this resource, well , this will inevitably lead, of course to conflict. in fact, the european commission came to the same conclusion. in the near future , the executive body of the european union intends to publish a communiqué pointing out the risks

associated with the growing shortage of water resources. in particular, potential conflicts. within and between eu member states regarding transboundary water resources. one of the main reasons for the european water crisis is record drought. in 2022, the shortage of residues became the worst in the last 500 years. canadian geologists, having studied satellite data, came to the conclusion that the reserves groundwater in europe is rapidly depleting. against the backdrop of drought , the volume of groundwater pumping increases, but almost no moisture returns. most of it evaporates and falls as precipitation over the ocean. desertification of the mediterranean is also contributed to by global climate change on the planet. according to a new study conducted by a team of scientists from the university of wyoming, warming in the arctic is reducing the temperature difference between the tropics and the poles, that is, reducing the latitudinal temperature gradient. as a result, it happens

weakening of atmospheric circulation, which in turn leads to a decrease in the flow of moist air from the arctic to... latitudes and intensity of cyclones, which results in a serious precipitation deficit. according to the ee's estimates, approximately 17% of countries, territories, countries, here it is better to talk about territories, they, in general, are already in the zone of such critical water supply, and this concerns 11% of the population of europe, that is, this is enough, this is critical. and it is expected that in the near future this problem will only grow. long-term forecasts do not inspire optimism among europeans. the trend is, the further you go, the drier the current.

now to the technology news, high in every sense of the word: in china , the first gravitational storage device was connected to the power grid, the project is very interesting, because scientists from the middle kingdom have found a way. store excess generated energy without causing any harm to the environment. an innovative energy storage facility was built in rudong county , jiangsu province. the storage device has already been put into operation and connected to the energy supply local hydroelectric power network. looking at this energy storage facility, i just want to say that everything is ingenious, simple: a simple cubic structure, which consists of cranes that... remove and lower concrete blocks, is installed next to the hydroelectric power station. storage capacity - 25 mw, productivity 100 mw. the essence

of the technology is to use gravity, in order to store the energy generated at the hydroelectric power station, it is spent on lifting heavy blocks, but if the energy needs to be extracted, then the blocks are simply lowered from a height, falling they start the engine. potential energy is converted into electricity , according to the developers of the system, its efficiency is 75%, that is , the drive returns a quarter less of the amount of energy spent on lifting the blocks, but for a battery of this type the result is excellent, this technology has many advantages, it is simple, reliable and most importantly , without any special restrictions, it can work in any climatic... conditions, even in the sahara, even in the arctic. today, gravitational storage devices are gaining popularity. there are to for example, a project that generally involves

a minimum of construction of an energy storage facility on the basis of old coal mines. all you need is a lift and a cargo system in the form of trolleys. another important point here is the efficiency factor. what is the amount of energy actually spent on lifting this conventional trolley? the mountain will be developed during its descent, if it is 75-90% there, this is generally excellent, this is a very important, very good experiment that gives you a certain background, some understanding, an industrial experiment that allows us to say, if this technology really works, it works in one place, then it can be quite easily scaled up by modifying it; if some shortcomings are revealed during operation, then it can be scaled up... to countries around the world. let us dwell on one more project; although it is not gravitational, it is also very interesting, and already functioning. the first sand battery was launched in finland,

containing 100 tons of low-grade construction sand in a huge steel cylinder. using electricity generated from solar panels and windmills, the sand is heated up to 500-600°. in winter the battery gives up. heat, heating water for the heating system. in the future, such storage devices should solve the problem of storing green energy. it is no secret that alternative energy sources are unstable and highly dependent on the weather. if there is no wind or sun, the generation may stop or, on the contrary, under certain conditions it may go off scale. initially, cast materials were considered as a storage device for excess energy. batteries, however they are expensive and quite dirty, both in terms of production and in terms of recycling, in addition, the reserves of lithium on

earth are not endless, so the chinese experience is now being carefully studied in many countries, it is possible that in the near future high-rise buildings in megacities will be built not only for housing, but also for energy storage; ganske opened a weather station with the most modern equipment. the old weather observation point was destroyed by shelling by ukrainian militants back in 2014. now the station has not only been restored, but also equipped with the latest technology. instruments with sensors were installed at the luhansk weather site temperature, including soil temperature, air humidity sensors, atmospheric pressure, wind speed, precipitation. new computers with updated software appeared in the forecasters' offices . it is also worth noting that the weather station in lugansk is one of the oldest in

russia. her story begins. 1837 re-equipment of the meteorological complex will increase the speed and accuracy of forecasts, in which many departments are interested, primarily the ministry of emergency situations, as well as the agricultural sector of the region. the fact is that the data from the lpr is extremely important. the routes of southern cyclones run through the territory of the republic. these eddies are saturated with sea moisture and therefore, as a rule, they bring with them large amounts of precipitation. either in the form of heavy rains or heavy snowfalls. according to statistics, approximately every fifth cyclone that spoils the weather on the russian plain comes to us from the south, and in recent years there have been more and more such whirlwinds. at the end of november last year, a cyclone from the balkans caused a black blizzard in moscow. this is an extraordinary event; almost every day in the capital fell half the monthly norm of snow, the snowdrifts

have grown. up to january figures. the lugansk weather station will become part of russia's global observation network. now our country is actively updating and creating new mecemonitoring points, including automatic ones. the logic here is simple: the more weather stations, the better the forecasts. a special role is given to the development of the satellite constellation. for example, at the end of february a new one was launched into orbit. according to roshydromet, by the end of this year our country will completely abandon data received western weather satellites. and finally, the united states is waiting for a season of destructive thunderstorms and tornadoes, such forecasts are made by american meteorologists. number of hazardous

weather events. may exceed historical levels. disasters are already plaguing some states. the strongest tornado hit agaya, indiana and kentucky. the width of the crater was 800 m. dozens of victims were reported dead, houses were destroyed and accidents on power lines were reported. the disaster destroyed a trailer park, restaurants and important infrastructure. long term specialists. forecasts believe that the increase in the number of disasters in 2024 will be associated with several factors, the contrast in temperatures in the great lakes and the gulf of mexico, as well as the return of the laninha. that's all, enjoy the weather, whatever it may be, goodbye! voting at home.

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