day of vladimir putin's state visit to china. in beijing, he held talks with the leader of the people's republic of china, shizemping and premier of the state council litsian. and the delegations of russia and china signed a number of bilateral documents. the busy program ended with a concert in honor of the seventy-fifth anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries. anastasia efimova has all the details. the state grand theater of china, of course, cannot be surprised by applause. but

you don’t often hear such applause even here. by the way, when vladimir putin came out to microphone, the applause sounded no less modest. together with shizen pinn, the russian president today launched the cross-year of culture between russia and china, whose relationship today is a model of cooperation between neighbors. time 75 years ago, it is often performed in ours, there is a phrase that has become popular: russian and chinese are brothers forever, i am sure, i am sure, it is in this fraternal spirit that we will continue to strengthen the harmonious russian-chinese partnership, we will continue to act in unison for the successful development of the two countries.

establishing diplomatic relations between moscow and beijing. the soviet union is the first country in the world to recognize the independence of the people's republic of china in 1949, the experience of good neighborliness accumulated over 3/4 centuries. chinese culture is traditionally perceived as a language of friendship, as a means of expressing feelings and emotions, and the musical culture of russia has a rich and ancient history, possessing enormous attractiveness; folk music of china and russia always takes its rightful place in the blooming garden of world civilization. today on this stage there are wonderful artists of the state chinese folk music orchestra. the

osipov orchestra of russia will jointly perform not only well-known chinese-russian melodies, including evenings near moscow, katyusha, but also fragments of unique chinese music with an oriental flavor. without any doubt, this gala concert will leave a bright light in the history of cultural exchanges between china and russia. and chinese folk music, and of course, katyusha, well known in beijing. vladimir putin and sidin pin are listening together in the hall, sitting next to each other. exactly.

the negotiations again demonstrated that following negotiations in beijing. our approaches of russia and china to many international and regional problems are close or coincide. both countries pursue an independent and independent foreign policy. we are working together to form a more just and democratic multipolar world order, which should be based on the central role of the united nations. and its security council, international law, cultural and civilizational diversity, a balanced balance of interests of all participants world community. we consider it necessary to work towards building a reliable and adequate security architecture in the asia-pacific region, in which there is no place for closed military-political alliances. we believe that it is very harmful and counterproductive to create such alliances. for my part, i will inform you...

of the problems. the negotiations themselves lasted about 2.5 hours today, and such a detailed dialogue is understandable, because each cooperation initiative is not just a declaration of intent, it is very specific decisions and steps to implement them. as a result, a number of documents were adopted, intergovernmental, interdepartmental, but the main one, of course, was the one signed by vladimir putin and sidin pin, thus fixing the unified approach of the two states.

china and russia perceive a political settlement as the right way to resolve the ukrainian crisis. china's position. russia and china have condemned initiatives to seize

foreign assets, in which case the state has the right to retaliate. christina kuruma will talk about economic issues in bilateral relations, which discussed at... negotiations in beijing. christina, hello, what is the investment climate between our countries? hello. investment cooperation is actively developing. russia and china are preparing 80 joint projects worth about $200 billion. china has become russia's main partner in the trade and economic sphere. vladimir putin stated this during negotiations with chinese president sidzenping. according to the president, during their joint work, moscow and beijing managed to develop a solid base of practical cooperation. let's be firm support each other in the context of the russian brics chairmanship this year and the chinese sco chairmanship from the second half of the year, to form a comprehensive, close, practical and inclusive partnership of high quality in the interests of united strengthening of the global south.

thanks to sales of russian oil and gas, as well as purchases of electronics, industrial equipment and cars, in 2023 trade turnover between the countries increased by more than... a quarter and exceeded $240 billion, this is a record figure, but over the past 2 month, china's exports to russia decreased, amid growing threats and retaliatory measures from the united states. over the past year, exports from china to russia increased by 46% and amounted to about $11 billion. russian exports to china increased by 12% compared to 2020 and reached almost $129 billion. china imported a record 107 million tons of russian crude oil, 24% more than in 2022; in value terms, that's 60.5 billion, 3.5% more than in 2022. according to the president, exports

food supply to the chinese market increased by more than one and a half times to $7.6 billion. trade turnover of agricultural products increased by 40% to $9.7 billion and there is every reason to believe that this segment will continue to expand. russia and china agreed to increase bilateral trade and optimize its structure. as for bilateral industrial cooperation, we welcome the active expansion of the presence of chinese automakers and household appliance manufacturers on the russian market. here we know the chairman just spoke during our negotiations about the negative impact of all kinds of illegal things. shares, sanctions, restrictions, we welcome cooperation with chinese friends in the field of automobile production, where chinese friends are achieving clear, completely obvious successes and advantages in the competitive struggle. exports of passenger

cars in 2023 increased more than sevenfold to $11.5 billion, taking into account trucks, buses, about 4 billion, and auto parts, about two more, deliveries reached $22.5 billion. there are joint projects for the production of electric vehicles. we announce. our investments in the atom electric car, together with rosatom, together with kamaz, and we also plan to attract chinese partners there, we believe that the atom, as an electric car that is extremely promising, will be in great demand among russian consumers. according to the head of the direct investment fund, thanks to joint russian-chinese investment projects, more than 600,000 new jobs were created, and as vladimir putin noted in his speech, between... russia and china have developed strong partnerships. investment

cooperation is actively developing, and the total volume of reciprocal investments is growing. more than 80 priority projects worth about $200 billion are being implemented or are being prepared for implementation by the relevant intergovernmental commission. the deepening of trade and investment ties was significantly facilitated by timely coordinated steps taken on translation. settlements between our countries in national currencies, the share of the ruble and yuan in russian-chinese commercial transactions already exceeds 90%. according to the president, settlements in national currencies give impetus to the expansion of trade flows between states. moscow and beijing agreed to strengthen banking ties and make wider use of national payment systems. countries will improve their financial infrastructure so that payment channels work without. separately, the president noted the cooperation between russia and china in the field of high technology, innovation, infrastructure

construction, the parties agreed to increase the level of investment cooperation and assist in the implementation of large projects. thank you, kristina, kristina kuruma spoke about the economic relations between russia and china. a large russian delegation arrived in the country, telling me about their tasks in their new post. and work out the operational formation of national projects, new federal

projects, in order to achieve the tasks that were set for me regarding technological sovereignty. and now the latest data from the special operation zone in the dpr, the russian military took more advantageous positions borders near chasov yar and antonovka. according to the ministry of defense, the enemy lost more than 500 militants, and the weapons also include four armored vehicles and two howitzers, including the american m-777. serious successes have been achieved in the kharkov region. as a result of active actions, a unit of the group of troops of the north advanced into the depths of the enemy’s defense and defeated units of the nationalist formation kraken of the foreign legion, manpower and equipment of the 125th brigade of theoretical defense fifteenth border detachment. in the areas of the settlements of dergachi, leptsy and volchansk , kharkov region. in addition, two

counterattacks were repelled in the areas of the settlements of staritsa and glubokaya, kharkov region. losses in the ssu amounted to 205 military personnel. robert fitz's condition remains serious. doctors are doing everything possible to stabilize him. this was announced following an emergency meeting of the security council and the government of slovakia by defense minister robert kaliniak. let me remind you that an attempt on the head of the cabinet of ministers was committed the day before, the criminal was detained place, he was charged with attempted premeditated murder for revenge. for this, according to slovak law, punishment ranges from 25 years in prison to life imprisonment. our european correspondent daria grigorova has details. robert fitze is now here, in the building behind me , this is the roosevelt university hospital in banska bystrica. last night. the politician underwent a difficult operation that lasted 5 hours, and now the doctors put him in an artificial coma. during

the operation, surgeons were able to stop hemorrhage in the abdominal cavity and now the main thing is that the doctors managed to stabilize the prime minister’s condition. however, the last operation was not the last; a message had just arrived that the politician was awaiting a new operation. according to information from one of the slovak portals, this is necessary, since blood thinning medications can cause problems for fitz, so he. a new operation on the hip joint is coming up; when it will take place is not reported, but it is obvious that in the near future, when he is ready. the main news for the country, of course, came this night, and robert fitz is not in danger of life. this is exactly how the country’s deputy prime minister formulated the situation, the victim’s vital arteries were not damaged, and this was the first good news since the assassination attempt; at the moment, the fitz’s condition still remains serious, albeit stable, this was reported by the director of the hospital, the prime minister he was taken to the hospital by helicopter, where he immediately received primary care, we took pictures and

sent robert fitz to the operating room, the operation lasted 5 hours, it was carried out by two teams of doctors, surgeons and a trauma specialist. the police are investigating an attempted murder, and new details are emerging. the new videos show that the attacker opened fire at very close range using a 9 mm pistol. the shooter, who was detained on the spot, turned out to be seventy-one years old. slovak poet and writer, but in addition to his main activities, chintula is also an activist of the liberal party progressive slovakia, which adheres to the euro-atlantic course. the motive for the crime was precisely political; chintula confirmed this in the first interrogation, which was caught on video. in addition, it became known that the person who shot the prime minister less than a month ago, at the end of april, participated in an anti-government

protest in another city, where, just as yesterday, a visiting meeting of the cabinet of ministers was held. perhaps that's when he... planned his attack. interestingly, during interrogation, chintula also stated that he did not want to kill fitz, he only planned to harm him. at the same time, now it’s time for security action the prime minister has more and more questions. security experts commenting on the incident speak of a complete fiasco of the prime minister's security. they believe that the politician could have remained unharmed, received one injury, or several, if the security had acted on time and acted professionally. it is known that inspector. slovakia's service has already begun checking the actions of the prime minister's security. against the backdrop of the assassination attempt on robert fitz , threats began to be made against other european politicians, and mainly those who adhere to a course that runs counter to brussels and nato. for example, today serbian authorities detained a man in the north-west of the country who, according to police, posed a threat to the safety

of president aleksandar vucic. a meeting of the country's security council will be held today in slovakia, the minister asked about it. one of the most likely contenders is the closest adviser, closest associate of the head of government and minister of defense kolenyak. the reasons for the assassination attempts are now

said to be the political situation and the polarization of slovak society. just a month back robert fitz himself. warned that the opposition's rhetoric could lead to an attempt on the life of one of the government members, it turns out that the prime minister was right. daria grigorova, vladislav chernov, news from banska bystrica, slovakia. robert fitza is one of those european politicians who has never been afraid to tell the truth about the conflict in ukraine and the policies of the european union and nato, and has always stated that the main thing for him is the interests of his country. anti-russian sanctions do not work, but this topic cannot be discussed at fields of the european union, as this is considered to harm the european union, including slovakia. western military assistance to ukraine only leads to an increase in the number of victims of the conflict. we can send there all the weapons in the world, all the money, but russia will never be defeated militarily. the point is that russia was deceived that nato would not expand further to the east, and today it goes

so far that ukraine should already become a nato member. i will vote against membership. usa. vladimir putin sent greetings participants of the strategic vision group russia-islamic world. its meeting was held in kazan as part of the forum of the same name. the president noted that... he is determined to expand mutually beneficial cooperation in all areas from trade and investment to sports and tourism. he expressed confidence that the work of the forum will be meaningful and constructive. with details from kazan inna danilova. the key event of the russian economic forum, which is taking place these days in kazan in

the capital of tatarstan, has recently ended plenary meeting of the strategic vision group russia-islamic world. it takes place in the it park named after bashir rameev. among the participants are prominent public and political russian and foreign people. including representatives of the clergy, the president of the country vladimir putin sent a greeting to the forum participants, and it was read by deputy prime minister of the russian government marad khusnulin. the head of state noted that russia traditionally maintains relations with muslim countries and appreciates their desire to pursue an independent policy and participate in international affairs, including the formation of a multipolar world, which is based on law, free from any form of dictate and discrimination. developing cooperation with muslim countries is one of the priorities of our foreign policy. today, this cooperation has acquired the character of a strategic partnership; it

is developing dynamically, including thanks to the active work of the strategic vision group. for more than 15 years, it has been working to establish close, comprehensive contacts between russia and muslim countries, and contributes an invaluable contribution to the further strengthening of our ties. it is just multipolar. and the islamic world, as the leading poles of many polarities, how can russia and muslim

countries today work together for the benefit of creation, strengthening peace and security, friendship and cooperation. the national leader of the turkmen people, head of the people's council of turkmenistan, khametov, who also takes part in the meeting, proposed developing. islamic initiative in the name of peace, mutual understanding and trust. it will be a coordinated set of approaches and proposals that will be put forward at one of the sessions of the un general assembly. all participants of today's meeting, tomorrow at kazan expo will become participants in the final plenary meeting of the fifteenth anniversary international economic forum of russia - islamic world, where all the proposals that were made during the business program these days will be summarized. and will become the basis for further fruitful cooperation between russia and the states of the islamic world. inna danilova rinareev, leading tatarstan. at first

in 2018 , more than 100 thousand russians entered military service under contract. people of various professions are sent to the north military district zone, including civil servants. this is how the staff of the office of the presidential plenipotentiary representative in the far eastern federal district proved that they can. now these are two units, more than 30 people and 279 identified targets in 6 months. shot. my personal opinion, after eight

months spent here, the more of us there are here, the faster we will win. and civil servants, that’s why they civil servants. we must be an example for our citizens, we must protect them. professional military charger. when he was not, he was born in khabarovsk with two higher educations, an economist and a lawyer, a civil servant, when he volunteered for the northern military district, he deliberately did not indicate his position in the application form, began his service as a shooter, later headed intelligence, returned to civilian life 2 months after the end of the contract. the command made a decision to redirect us to the novomikhailovka direction, re-created firing positions, created dugouts, support points, completely created an intelligence network and... you know, i just at that time, well, i couldn’t leave the guys, we can’t uh call on people to defend their homeland and stand on

the sidelines somewhere, we need to take into... i approached my colleagues with this proposal, here is denis, with whom i spoke, he came and said: i believe that every man in our country should visit there, i generally think about the same. maxim popov is also a volunteer, he underwent combat coordination near donetsk, then he was transferred to solidar in the bakhmut direction, where it was needed additional support for unmanned aircraft i didn’t serve in the army, but... i signed up as a volunteer, one of the first, how did your wife react? at first, of course, she was worried, then she accepted, she said, i understand, for some reason she went there, after i said that i was going, after literally a week and a half there, she said, we will have a third child, but i said , that i can’t refuse already, i made a decision, i have to go, when you find some kind of artillery or some kind of missile system, you adjust it and it’s defeated, in at this moment you realize the most important thing is that

somewhere now the guys who are going... aerial reconnaissance also served together, now both are in vladivostok, here their experience is already useful to uav manufacturers. we will continue this work, of course, try in every possible way to help the manufacturers and somehow connect them with the people who are now there and performing combat missions so that they directly understand what is needed right now. now the guys are back. and another deputy plenipotentiary approached me, says: is it possible, denis has returned, and i will go there, i worked for him, let him work for me now, i said, assemble a team and come up, then we will prepare you, everyone’s jobs are saved, every decision is a voluntary choice , serve where you can currently make the country stronger. maria kudryavtseva, alexey furs, alexander malkovsky, alexey zobov,

lead the far east. new equipment was delivered to novorossiysk from china; it will be installed in the largest container terminal in the south of the country. electrohydraulic the crane, made with the latest technology, is designed for loading and unloading ships. it is capable of lifting up to 50 tons several tens of meters. now specialists are checking the unit. once launched, the new machine will significantly increase the terminal's capacity. this tap is responsible. all the most modern requirements for reloading equipment will allow us to both increase the speed and quality of service provided by our client, and the safety of work for our employees. container nout terminal is the leader in container transshipment on the black sea. today we are significantly increasing the processing capacity at the new container terminal. let me remind you that this is the largest terminal in the south of russia, one of

the largest in the country. the capacity of the terminal today will already be 800,000 twenty-foot equivalent containers, already with an increase in the warehouse area, i think by increasing the shipping front, which we will do in literally 2 years, the capacity of the terminal will exceed 1 million peus. your brother is there in the donbass in the aurora battalion, so he’s a belly, no one knows anything, alexander mikhailov, in short, you have to go there, this is war, war, vitaly kishchenko, you understand that i have neither a dry ration nor a weapon for you, get ready to blow on the moscow, we’ll list your brother as missing lack of spirit, it won’t go well, i came for him, i have to find him.

nadezhda markina, he looks a lot like him, sergei gorobchenko, tell him that he doesn’t have a brother, they killed him, alexey shevchenkov, that’s where they went on reconnaissance, there were three, then, then, i don’t know, anton shakin, that means there is still hope there is always hope, call sign passenger. the militia passenger becomes a full-fledged soldier of the aurora battalion.