to end the conflict in ukraine. the us and other western countries should simply stop aiding the ssu. vladimir putin pointed this out. he noted that it is the west that is hindering the peace process. the russian leader held a meeting in st. petersburg with the heads of the world's leading news agencies. he also noted that moscow does not see any difference in who comes to power in the united states. anastasia efimova will tell you what other statements were made. this is a traditional format for the st. petersburg international economic forum. chapter.

state answers the main questions editors of the world's leading news agencies, however, perhaps never before has this meeting taken place in such a tense atmosphere of relations between russia and the global west, today it is in an obvious crisis, perhaps no one at the table has any doubt about who exactly it is confronting today russia, more precisely, who exactly is seeking the defeat of russia, so one of...

you know perfectly well what is happening there in the course of the internal political struggle, they are burning themselves from within, their state, their political system, and i must say, is it pleasant or not? no, but they are also burning their imaginary leadership in the field of democracy right on the vine, the ukrainian conflict predictably became, perhaps, the central topic of this... meeting, and vladimir putin was once again forced to remind journalists of how this conflict actually began , not at all since the russian special military operation, since the coup d'etat in ukraine in 2014, everything that moscow did strictly complied with the norms of international law, the russian president hoped to remind international journalists of this several times.

no one wanted this, when they realized that the peace agreements in minsk were not destined to be implemented, what we did, i ask everyone's attention, please, we recognized the independence of these self-proclaimed republics, we could have done it or not, from the point of view of international law, as article one says, the charter says they could, this is the nation’s right to self-determination, in the current conflict with... the united states does

not support ukraine at all, but its right to individually decide who and how to live on one big planet earth. essentially, to this thesis vladimir putin returned several times during the meeting and said that all the decisions that kiev is making today are, in one way or another, dictated from overseas. i think it's the administration.

until spring, until the beginning of at least next year, they will tolerate him, when he does everything, he will say goodbye, they will change a few things there.

and thirdly, of course, such actions will be final, they have now reached the highest degree of degradation, but they will completely destroy international relations and undermine international security, in ultimately, if we see that these countries are being drawn into a war against us, and this is their direct participation in the war against the russian federation, then we reserve the right to act on...

fighting in ukraine, stop supplying weapons, and these actions will stop within two, well, maximum 3 months. the ukrainian side and its officials publicly stated that if they had signed this agreement completely, the war would have ended at the end of 2022. we didn’t say it, the ukrainians said it officials in kyiv, publicly.

to the gas pumping station, which is located on the black sea coast, from which gas is supplied to turkey. by the way, we draw your attention to the fact that in some areas turkey is cooperating with ukraine, and at the same time ukraine is trying to strike

at gas pipelines that carry gas to turkey. this is not a joke, this is not any kind of hype, it’s just that two drones were suppressed by the forces of the rep systems, the russian army fell. next to this gas pumping station on the black sea coast, that’s me here i’m not twisting anything, i’m not inventing anything, that ’s the way it is, just please inform our friend, president erdogan , about what’s happening in reality. a reporter from japan, the head of a news agency, asked whether a peace treaty between moscow and tokyo is possible today, in other words, to put it simply, is it possible for the return of the kuril islands in the context of the rhetoric that japan adheres to regarding the ukrainian crisis, the question is straightforward , sounds somewhat absurd. japan joined calls to achieve

the strategic defeat of russia. and you think that this is a good condition for carrying out an agreement, negotiations on... do you think that my hypothetical desire to visit the islands is more serious than the statement of the japanese government that... already achieving the strategic defeat of the russian federation, we see japan's involvement today in this ukrainian crisis, and now there are no conditions for continuing the dialogue between russia and japan on a peace treaty, we do not refuse in order to resume it, but only if the necessary conditions are created and , above all... on the japanese side, we did nothing in bilateral relations that

would complicate the russian-japanese dialogue, nothing, everything that was done was done with side of japan. it is obvious that by giving permission to use long-range weapons on russian territory, the west, and above all the united states, are once again sharply raising the stakes in the current conflict, will it come to...

using all the means at our disposal, it is obvious that journalists came to this meeting with a certain established opinion, looked for symbols, signs, clues, for example, seeing three flags outside the window of the lakhta center, where this meeting took place, the russian tricolor, the soviet and the flag of the russian empire, one of the journalists asked the president which one closer to him, meaning obviously?

but it would be, it would be nonsense, yes, if there were no idea in order to fool its own population, it says: “ah, korau, soon russia will attack us, and we must urgently arm ourselves, urgently, that is, to send weapons, that is, to ukraine, in fact, what is this being done for, to maintain one’s own imperial position, greatness, that’s why this is being done, that’s what these threats and scares are for...”

nikita korniev and artyom davidov to lead st. petersburg. in addition, vladimir putin visited the tsarskoye village and the tsarskoye selo lyceum. the president inspected the exhibition dedicated to the 225th anniversary of the birth of alexander pushkin. he was celebrated today by the governor of st. petersburg, alexander beglov, and his assistant . president, chairman of the russian military historical society vladimir midinsky, as well as the minister of culture. beloved. the exhibition includes more than 100 items, including pushkin’s personal belongings, lifetime

editions of his works, as well as emperors’ uniforms, rare archival documents, paintings and graphics. the amount of contracts concluded at the st. petersburg international economic forum can reach 5 trillion rubles. planned agreement signings in a wide range of industries. what accents were placed on the first day of the forum? maria filippova will tell you. presentation of new russian cars, promising domestic resorts, signing of numerous agreements. this is not the entire list of what the first day of the st. petersburg international spotlight on the development of small medium-sized businesses will be remembered for; there are more than 6.5 million such enterprises in the country today. this is a record number, as noted in the public organization support of russia. the ministry of economic development emphasizes that more and more business audiences are attracted to technology. small business is strong, strong it has become more complicated, especially over the last ten years, we see this, we are now

forming, together with our colleagues, a register of small technology companies, well, now there are 2,300 companies there, in fact. we expect that there will be about 7-8 thousand of them, different teams, they are actively being formed, young people are going into entrepreneurship, going into technological entrepreneurship, and this actually does not cancel out everything else, and shops, and then hairdressers, and hotels, and restaurants and so on and so forth. one of the forms of support for small medium-sized entrepreneurs - preferential leasing, that is , the opportunity to obtain equipment at a reduced price. existing solutions are relevant throughout the country, including... new regions, so small businesses in new regions will be able to receive preferential loans at a more favorable rate, 10%, the sme corporation emphasized. let me remind you that a preferential loan for the development of micro-businesses is given at 20.5%, the rate is half a percentage point lower for small companies, and for medium-sized companies it is 19%.

the development of exports adds optimism in the business space. russian products various industries are becoming more in demand in friendly countries. domestic business, in turn, is mutually open. 57% of russian entrepreneurs look positively at the prospects for export development. and this is a very good indicator. another trend is that last year, for example, the number of exporters increased by almost 20%. this suggests that new companies are getting involved in exporting. this is a very good sign of keen interest. to export activities as activities that provide good economic support for the company. china is actively purchasing russian food. supplies from our country to the chinese market in 2023 increased one and a half times compared to the previous year and reached $7.5 billion. almost 1.2 billion people today receive food and consume food

earned from russian non-neral fertilizers; the countries of the global south are quite seriously more so. by 15%, the main markets where our products go are certainly the markets of latin america, of course, brazil, this india, this is china, uh, development is really going on here and uh, russia is growing and companies, uh, our fertilizer companies are investing, uh, there in logistics, in port infrastructure, investing in services, therefore. in this case, they are the key consumers for us today, but of course we can’t help but talk about africa, we know how to sell, they know our products, and here the main thing is that the internal infrastructure, business, including small medium-sized drivers of the tourism industry, grow forum talked about new important industry projects in the kaluga region, by

2027, a year-round glamping resort hotel will appear on the banks of the aka river, which will include 170 rooms, recreation areas, restaurants, a spa complex, the investment volume will be almost 370 million rubles. another project is an aquathermal complex with a swimming pool and water slides. industrial robots will be produced in the moscow region, plans were also confirmed by an agreement on the site. production is expected to start at the end of this year. the line will include robots for welding, polishing, and robotic manipulators. increases volumes. and russian cosmetics in dubna will build two stages of a complex for the production of hair products. 1.4 billion rubles of investment were allocated for the development of the enterprise. the third stage is planned to be launched next year, and the fourth to be built by the end of 2026. today , more than 2 million products come off the assembly line per month. a highlight of the forum was the presentation of new

avtovaz products. according to the company's management, the new line of iskra cars is unlikely to become the most popular. required brands of the automaker, we see its positioning as an occupation a certain niche between the grant car, the best seller of our sales, the very popular car, whose production this year will exceed the 2000 car mark and the flagship of our product line , the ladavesta car, we made a giant leap with this project, realizing how much it is in demand in the present. the new economic space, as emphasized at the forum, is forming digital

platforms; wildberries, one of the leaders in russia, plans to enter the markets of oman and turkey. at the end of last year, revenue the company exceeded half a trillion rubles. the company is also considering countries in latin america and africa. this was stated by the general director of the site tatyana bakalchuk. she noted that this year from... as an executive on ours, on our platform, as executive and logistics centers, and accordingly they spend this money directly in their city, and thanks to this, beauty salons,

coffee shops, the entrepreneurial community around the platform is growing, beyond in russia, wildbury’s growth was 300%, and they intend to maintain the pace, in any case , there are all the conditions for this, and this is just one day in the life of the st. petersburg economic forum, everything awaits: the signing of agreements worth more than 600 billion rubles. the russian army successfully repelled 12 attacks by the ukrainian armed forces. the center, south and north groups improved the situation along the front line; zelensky’s formations lost another 1,600 soldiers and mercenary officers. during the day, three tanks and 14 other armored vehicles, including american ones, were destroyed. 32 howitzers and self-propelled guns were also destroyed, in mainly produced by nato countries. in a series of precision strikes, warehouses with weapons and equipment of the group in su khortitsa and militants of the foreign legion were destroyed. air defense forces shot down 55 combat drones. slovak prime minister robert

fica spoke for the first time after the assassination attempt. he emphasized that leading western countries have created an atmosphere of absolute hatred towards any other point of view that differs from their policies. thus, the principles of democracy were destroyed. i have no reason to believe the claims that this was an attack by a lone lunatic. i'm public warned of the growing threat of assassination. i have always defended the basic right to my own opinion. it was the ukrainian conflict that led to the fact that the eu and nato were literally elevated to the rank of law. the concept that there can only be one correct opinion is that the war in ukraine must continue in order to weaken russia. anyone who disagreed was immediately branded a russian agent.

from all over the world came to azerbaijan, where the baku energy week is taking place; 25 companies from russia attended the forum. what are they discussing? anna voronina will tell you. four dozen countries , over 300 companies, more than 600 delegates. this is all baku energy week, where problems and prospects for the development of the sector are discussed, from cybersecurity and the introduction of artificial intelligence to the active development of green energy policies. today we are laying the foundation for two solar and one wind power plants in azerbaijan, which will be built with the help of our partners from oha. this again demonstrates that azerbaijan is moving from fossil

energy sources to renewable ones. however, the sector does not intend to abandon oil, gas and nuclear energy. as hungarian foreign minister peter szijartha noted, the more different energy sources there are, the higher the country's energy security will be. at the same time, the purchase of energy resources should not become an issue.

in particular, we are talking about nuclear energy, which russia is actively helping to develop around the world. azerbaijan, in turn, is interested in russian experience in oil production and drilling. cooperation between the two countries in the energy sector totals more than 30 years, and not only at the federal, but at the regional level. russian regions, here, for example, the stand of the omsk region is adjacent to the stand of the orenburg region. here, at the baku energy week , pipelines for the gas and oil industries are presented. equipment for electrical substations, as well as chemicals for drilling and oil fields and much more. in addition, azerbaijan is interested in russia’s construction experience in the energy sector, because in the near future baku intends to increase the number of hydroelectric power plants and also plans to introduce about 2 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity within 5 years. anna voronina, mikhail devyatkin, alexander kutateladze, host azerbaijan, baku. one of the events

of the cultural program of the st. petersburg economic. then the forum became a big concert at the mikhailovsky theater. stars of the world stage performed for the audience and guests of the forum, including prima ballerina of the bolshoi theater svetlana zakharova and the famous stapler vadim repin. the organizers presented a new project of the defenders of the fatherland foundation. this is a whole series of events for the families of participants special operations. this project is called our family, our victory. we have already conceived it together with her for a long time and now we decided to present it today at our galloconcert, dedicated precisely to the opening of the st. petersburg economic forum, the year of the family was proclaimed by our president, we would like to show how this topic, our family, our victory, is extremely important , family is the most important thing we have, it is what warms us, what supports us, what

gives us the right... to look into the future in the form of our children, this is our already joint second a project that we are implementing throughout our entire boundless country, from the south to the far east. today st. petersburg is the first city from which we are starting. the jury of the big book literary prize announced the list of nominees. it included 14 works. the finalists will be announced in december. well, in the meantime, according to experts, readers have time to get acquainted with promising russian authors, we have summed up the results and identified the finalists of the national literary awards big book of the nineteenth season, 19 years in a row, and this prize at the beginning of summer gives such a list of recommendations to all people who are not indifferent to the fate of russian literature,

what to read, who to meet.

when we went to mariupol, we went not only to fight, we had an order to help the locals, we strictly adhered to this order, we went by storm and got off, for the first time there they found me

wounded.