target 4%. in addition, the key rate may be increased in july. in the regions of russia , more than 300 natural fires are now being extinguished; almost 80 were extinguished in a day. the most difficult situation is in the east of the country, where there is currently abnormally hot weather and thunderstorms. the number of area fires is growing in the irkutsk region, buryat in the north of the khabarovsk territory. the south of yakutia is shrouded in smoke from fires in the omur region and transbaikalia. so, vladimir putin in kazakhstan takes part in a meeting of the council of leaders of the sco countries. before the beginning at the meeting, documents were signed on the admission of belarus to the organization. i would like to greet the president of the republic of belarus, dear alexander grigoryevich lukashenko. in a short period of time, your country has completed all the necessary procedures on the way to full membership.

ladies and gentlemen, the ceremony of signing decisions on granting the republic of belarus full membership in the shanghai cooperation organization begins. heads of state of the shanghai cooperation organization members sign. council decision heads of state of the members of the shanghai cooperation organization on the completion of the procedure for admitting the republic of belarus to membership in the shanghai cooperation organization and granting it the status of a state member of the shanghai cooperation organization.

interaction within the sco, we are pleased to note that this interaction continues to progressively develop on the principles of equality, consideration of each other’s interests, respect for cultural and civilizational diversity, and the search for collegial solutions to pressing issues in the field of security. government approved the launch of the third stage of a large project to modernize the railway infrastructure.

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the work is contractual, it is unique, in the third stage, we have a contract that has already been concluded with the company that is building a bridge on the four largest artificial structures on the bama, which are precisely the so-called

bottlenecks that need to be opened first of all so that the rest of the network can pick up the volume of transportation, but this is the largest northeast. tunnel, kadar tunnel, kuznetsovsky tunnel, bridge over the amur river, and accordingly, we must synchronize the scope of work, since these are the heaviest artificial structures, we we have already concluded a contract for the work , now they will eventually connect with the final capacities, well, we plan to deliver the longest tunnel in 2032 and it will be right away. a significant increase in overall capacity, for the remaining areas we are designing, we are finishing the second stage of work now, 2024 is 180 million tons of cargo, we must

achieve construction this year, which we are doing, so work on construction, transportation goes, well, if i may say so, from the wheels constantly or under movement, apparently exactly on schedule, absolutely clearly on schedule, while now in twenty years we have completed... the second stage, we take for ourselves the stage of the decade, when we compare this year the fiftieth anniversary of bama, the main stage of construction from 1974 to 1984 , just when more than 3,000 km were built, when bam started working, and there were still some improvements, more... the tunnel and a number of elements needed to be completed, but bam started

working, so we are taking the next stage for ourselves from the moment of its adoption by president vladimir putin decision in 2013, well you can draw an analogy, the same 10 years and also more than 300 km, that is, we now... at the eastern training ground we have built almost the second boom in length, but there is a significant difference: technologies, capabilities have changed, and now, based on the results of construction, we are in total we will transport three times more than what was done in the original version, the third stage is exactly the same for almost 10 years again , more than 3 kilometers, but there is a nuance here, since

it is quite difficult to build an increase in capacity in the first stage, and then there is an increase in capacity, we select first of all the most efficient areas, the cheap ones, where the most cargo can be transported, the heaviest ones are usually left at the end in order to make the next step again, here is the third stage, which... was launched this year under the leadership of the president uh our country, this is another breakthrough, and maybe i’ll draw this interesting analogy: uh , the entire soviet union built it in the first decade, this is the largest investment project of the soviet union, in its entire history, and all the republics built it, now the decision adopted by the president of russia and implemented. russian railways and is implemented by russia, at our facilities we achieve

such results, these are the parallels, you have already answered and noted that this is the largest investment project, what amount is allocated for the third stage, i understand correctly that this is not only federal funds budget, the third stage is really interesting because there are no federal budget funds there at all, but the mechanism... it is new, the total figure is 3.700 billion rubles. well there will be a number to be clarified within the framework of design and adoption of specific technical solutions, but inside there are not only funds from russian railways, including, as i already said, for the four largest projects there is bank financing through a contractor.

numbers, numbers are growing, as i already said, each next stage is more expensive,

because there is a larger amount of work, but it gives a better result. if we talk about throughput capacity in general, now the eastern direction for russia and for export, and for import, is also huge potential. and here you have already named the mark for this year as 180 million tons, and over time these numbers should increase until the thirty-second year. in general, today what directions are a priority, is it just china or are there some other countries, maybe someone is transiting there.

and komsomolsk on omor along the railway lines along the bam along the trans-siberian railway, here is the cargo that crosses from west to east, it gets into the reporting, these are these numbers, but the eastern range starts from taishet, this is part of the krasnoyarsk road, there is a volume of transportation there is much more inside, this is 290 million tons, while the cargo moves towards the east and... west, accordingly, part of the cargo from the west ends up in the east, but if the cargo arrives to khabarovsk, it will not be included in the reporting of millions of tons for export , but in the reporting of the eastern test site it will be, taking into account the growth, growth of the economy of the far east, this movement is, of course, increasing, and it is no

less important for our country, since it is developing uh... internally, this includes metallurgy, other areas, which provide an opportunity develop. regarding china, a separate area, in 2023 we considered that the optimistic growth volume would be plus 10%, the increase was plus 40%, 161 million tons, in general we did last year. transported to china, these are record figures, including in terms of freight turnover, in terms of mutual, and very good, close relationships with our chinese colleagues, we built new cross-border crossings, which also make it possible to increase the volume of freight turnover, well, this is

the nizhne-leninskaya tundzyan, we built a bridge , approaches to the bridge, just last year we transported about two or three party trains, now we have reached 4 and 6, with colleagues, and recently there was a visit of the russian president to china. before the general discussions, i held negotiations with my chinese colleague, we discussed equipment and technology and agreed to increase it according to instructions.

than the fact that it is not just implemented by russian railways, but it is implemented by a concessionaire, this is a whole pool of participants, this is sberbank, and i am grateful to my colleagues germanuskarovich gref, sergei semyonovich sobyanin, this is moscow, these are the leaders regions through which the high speed ​​rail will pass, for their involvement in this project, but also financially. passion, of course, we, for our part, are one of the participants, according to the decision of the president and the government, we are now designing the route, the route itself , 60% of the route has already been designed, we are now discussing how it should

be done in detail, what elements should be incorporated , how far, close from populated areas, but many nuances are now being clarified, regarding rolling stock, we, within the framework of our engineering center, together with senari and ural locomotives, we are conducting research, developing design documentation, well, at the moment , about 40 systems have already been fully approved, 27 systems, we are currently finalizing them, they must be discussed at our working group, we must approve them and transfer them further into production, in terms of volume this is about 92%, what has already been agreed upon, we understand how it will be, within the framework of the rolling stock, well, the rolling stock itself, we assume, will be eight cars, four classes of service,

at the same time, the train must have the ability to double, so that it has 16 cars, this is also a unique technology; at the moment, in our country only high-speed trains were running double during the forum, probably to st. petersburg. well, including, yes, we know these technologies, so we are now confidently moving in the implementation of both construction and design and rolling stock, although of course the rolling stock itself, the approach itself is already the next level in high-speed traffic, now the cruising speed is about 330 km/h, in the whole world, we have set a task for ourselves... to reach 360, the maximum is 400 km/h, accordingly, we set the task as

always to be in the lead, we know for sure that we can provide this, we we’re talking to you in the summer, so i can’t help but ask about the holiday season, what are your forecasts for passenger traffic, what are the most popular destinations today and whether there may be any special programs that are offered in order... summer is special for us season, because we always tune in together with our colleagues, this is exactly that time when, well, traditionally a year passes, usually our beloved, wonderful passengers go on vacation, and we want that at the very beginning we try to create... already within the framework of transportation the best comfortable impressions, we prepare and want passengers saw how much we

have changed over this year, we assume that from may to september we will have to transfer about 61 million people, our main concerns, of course, are... we provide seats for the transportation of passengers, separately these are children's groups specialized, because these are special requirements, special trains, we are preparing all trains with air conditioning, with dry closets, we have prepared a tourist train separately this year. part - 56 inter-subject tourist routes we have developed and prepared more than thirty

intra-subject routes, which are also tourist routes, a new direction, very interesting, popular, there is a pearl golden ring, in my opinion there was one of them, the pearl of the caucasus, they have updated this.. . year train we consider such a cruise train - if you look at it on the other hand, this is, of course , a train hotel where all services are provided, a number of themed trains also have specialized rolling stock, these are observation cars, there are cars where general events can be held, that is, there is a large space. maybe there’s a lecture hall car somewhere - there are also specialized cars just to make it convenient to watch, well,

we’re constantly updating it. rolling stock, next year we want to make a big, big transparent car so that we can just to look at the carriage, but it’s december 2025, we have very beautiful nature and everyone asked us a question, but when will you do it, we want to make just such an unusual document in this part in a year , i’ll definitely write it down, by the way, you say 61 million, this is more than the previous year, approximately the same amount, with, let’s say, a slight increase, although in long-distance transportation, in general, in terms of transportation we are experiencing a very serious increase, we have already exceeded the volume of transportation during the pandemic, we usually compared ourselves with pre-matbiyny period - already exceeded, this year we expect to set a record, another record for the transportation of long-distance passengers and in the suburbs in general by russian railways

. well, in conclusion, i have a question that, in fact, it seems to me, worries everyone now, both companies and the government, this is a personnel issue, how do you solve it , interaction with universities, maybe with schools, from the very beginning you somehow choose for those who will work for the company in the future, this is a very serious question; it’s very good that the railways have never lost traditions, and schools and children's institutions, colleges, educational institutions have historically always been in the russian railway system, there has been some division, now the ministry of transport houses higher educational institutions, with which we maintain very close ties, we have separate agreements with all investment, development of the material base, material and technical, and at the same time we have the opportunity to jointly develop

technical ones. program, that is , so that graduates come already understanding this, what needs to be done on the railway, but you said correctly, uh, when a person can feel like a railway worker, we believe from childhood, we have kindergartens, and one of the most important historical areas is our children's railways, 26 children's railways where there are quantoriums. where there is special training, you can take it on the railway, and already feel like a railway worker, but practically at school, we have training centers where there are more than forty professions, we train people directly for ourselves. thank you very much, oleg vantinovich, for the interview, as usual i wish you success in all those endeavors and tasks that we

discussed with you, of course, new projects that are interesting to you, thank you. thank you very much, alexander.