and erriyada in the political, trade, economic and energy spheres , vladimir putin discussed by telephone with the crown prince of saudi arabia , mohammed bensalman al-saud. according to the kremlin press service, the parties noted that it is important to continue close coordination within opec plus in order to ensure stability in the energy market. in addition, they highly appreciated the level of friendly relations between russia and saudi arabia, which are based on the principles of mutual respect and taking into account each other’s interests. agreed maintain contacts. various levels.

the russian aerospace forces board landed in moscow. he delivered our military personnel who were released from ukrainian captivity. the ministry of defense clarifies that these are 95 people who were returned home during the negotiation process, and it is clear that they were in mortal danger there. there is treatment and rehabilitation ahead in the capital. our correspondent, sofya sergieva, met the board at the airport. russia returned. 95 of their soldiers returned home to their homeland, some of them spent time in captivity a few weeks, some a few months, but the worst thing for them is definitely over, many have already managed to call their family, friends and relatives and tell the main cherished news that they are now at home in their native land, it is still unclear, i still can’t believe it, didn’t understand yet, didn’t understand yet, didn’t feel it yet, but how did you find out that you were coming back to me, it’s like, you know, somehow unexpectedly, just yesterday lights out and they didn’t say anything, then... just abruptly

called, shave, wash, write a statement, and wait, the exchange of prisoners of war took place in the 95 to 95 format, again through the mediation of the united arab emirates, let me remind you that this is the sixth exchange of prisoners of war this year, and the previous exchange of prisoners of war took place at the end of last month, then russia and ukraine agreed to exchange 90 of their prisoners of war, according to as of june 5 , there were 1,348 russian soldiers and officers in captivity of the ukrainian armed forces , 6,465 ukrainian soldiers in russia, you will see relatives, you will see relatives, relatives, friends, here is a nephew, nieces, to visit, of course, for the first time turn, this is to go to the church, pray for all the guys who stayed there, to put the soldiers in good health, earlier the ministry of defense published footage showing how our soldiers are leaving the transfer place of the exchange and... video emotions that cannot

be faked, and of course, thanks to everyone who contributed to their speedy return home, daughter, daughter, i’m done, i’m in russia, see you soon, they’ll give me a phone soon, i’ll call again in about an hour, keep the phone handy, glory to russia, glory to russia, hurray, na on these buses, the military personnel left for moscow a few minutes ago, they still have to undergo a medical examination, if necessary, treatment and rehabilitation in medical institutions of the ministry of defense, but as the soldiers themselves told us. the demand for the use of digital technologies in the economy today is becoming wider, in particular from business investors, the president emphasizes, also in new products that... make operations simpler and

more transparent, ordinary citizens are also interested, habitual payment schemes are changing, be it trade or services. it is important for us in russia, as they say, not to miss the moment, to set up the legal framework and regulations in a timely manner, to develop infrastructure, to create conditions for the circulation of digital assets, both within the country and in relations with foreign partners. one of the technologies that should become in the near future. accessible to everyone - this is a digital ruble, it is already being used in test mode. transfers and settlements using the ruble in the new format are carried out by 12 banks, 600 individuals and 22 legal entities. it is planned that russians will be able to pay with the new digital currency from 2025 . all digital rubles will be issued by the central bank on a special platform. this is not a replacement for regular money, but a convenient alternative form of payment. i'll start with the pilot project that was launched by the central bank in... august last

year. we are talking about a test, trial use of the digital ruble. in fact, this is another form of our national currency . its peculiarity is that citizens and businesses can use the digital ruble, regardless of which bank they have an account with. one digital ruble is equal to one cash or non-cash ruble; the new currency will be stored in digital wallets. all operations will be under the control of the central bank, and thus the use of the digital ruble will make transactions more transparent. as of july 1, the digital ruble was used more than 30 thousand times, thus more than 27 thousand transfers were made and goods and services were paid for over 700 times. among the main advantages of the digital ruble is also the opportunity carry out operations with it even without access to the internet. the bank of russia plans to expand the experiment to increase the number of participants to 20 banks, 9,000 individuals and 1,200

organizations. in general, the digital ruble platform, as the president noted, has shown its ability and functionality to work. in practice, each such ruble is a unique digital code that is used. it is also used by the creators of cryptocurrency. they also spoke at the meeting, more precisely about the problems around the extraction of these digital funds or mining. key the issue is energy consumption. according to calculations by the ministry of energy, mining in russia annually consumes 16 billion kilowatt-hours, which is almost equal to one and a half percent of the total electricity consumption in the country. the consequences can be quite significant. an uncontrolled increase in electricity consumption for cryptocurrency mining can lead to...

called mining farms, then new enterprises, residential areas, social facilities will simply face interruptions in supplies, shortages of electricity, and promising investment and infrastructure projects will be put on pause. according to vladimir putin, it is necessary to make the necessary decisions, including at the level of federal law. questions, in particular, relate to taxation and tariffs. the us is blocking security council resolutions. un, which are aimed at an immediate complete ceasefire in the gaza strip. sergei lavrov stated this at a ministerial meeting of the un security council. according to the head of the russian foreign ministry, washington, covering israel at the diplomatic level by supplying him a weapon, becomes a direct participant

in the conflict. with details, our special new york correspondent, alexey golovko. the main topic of today's meeting of the un security council is the situation in the middle east. the israeli conflict has existed as long as the united nations itself, all these almost 80 years, first the soviet union and then russia are trying to untie the knot of contradiction, and the current meeting was appointed on the initiative of sergei lavrov. the russian minister's motorcade appeared at the un building a few minutes before the beginning of the meeting. an unprecedented number of countries have been invited to this sabbest. the most important topic is that almost the whole world is interested in a ceasefire, but israeli activists tried to disrupt lavrov’s speech, they somehow...

experiments of the west, we are convinced that the countries of the region should themselves, without outside interference, determine their path to strengthening sovereignty and independence, socio-economic development for the benefit of their peoples. over the past 10 months, this is the fourth meeting on the topic of war in the gas sector. russia immediately condemned terrorist attack by militants on israeli settlements on october 7 last year. but what is happening now is not selective and collective punishment of the entire peaceful people of palestine. the military cleansing of the sector, the most densely populated place on the planet, which has been called an open -air prison for many years, has been ongoing for almost 300 days. the result of the large-scale military

operation that israel is waging together with its american allies has been a terrifying statistics of victims of destruction. in 10 months almost 40 thousand dead and 90 thousand wounded palestinian civilians, most of whom are children and women, that's two. times more than the number of civilian casualties on both sides during the 10-year conflict in southeastern ukraine. today gaza lies in ruins, all infrastructure, schools, hospitals, residential buildings have been destroyed. 2 million people under complete siege are dying of hunger and thirst, although food and water are only a few kilometers away. what is happening in gaza will go down in history as the most documented genocide in history. but israel, carrying out a clean-up operation and closing all humanitarian corridors, continues build illegal settlements. in his

speech, the representative of this country at the un tried to shift all responsibility for the conflict onto iran. he showed a photograph of a clock from one of the streets of tehran, where the countdown to the destruction of israel is underway. iran supplies weapons to hezbola, supplies weapons used to fight in ukraine. iran supplies weapons to the houthis. the islamic republic of iran is the main security threat in the region and the main key to security on... points during the election campaign. today's discussion showed that the united states in fact, they refused to discuss

plans for a peaceful settlement in advance. in this regard , the russian minister reminded american permanent representative thomas grimfield of her yesterday’s phrase to the security council. she didn't like the russian side's arguments so much that at some point she said, apparently she - quote - went into the wrong room. israel does not need any plan with a hint of peace. today we were convinced of this again. by the way, i wanted to ask. dear representatives of the united states, listening today to the speech of the representatives of israel, you have no there was a feeling that you were in the wrong room and came to the wrong discussion that was announced. i hope it's clear what we're talking about. russia advocates an immediate ceasefire in the region and the exchange of prisoners; the creation of a unified palestinian state is necessary. sergei lavrov discussed these conditions yesterday and today with regional leaders from.

sergei lavrov summed up the results of his two-day work as chairman of the ministerial meetings of the un security council, as well as the results of bilateral meetings with the foreign ministers of six states. press conferences. most of the questions, of course, concerned the ukrainian crisis. the russian diplomat recalled that his first reason is the expansion of nato to the east, despite numerous warnings from moscow. our country has repeatedly shown goodwill in trying to resolve the conflict, but any attempts to reach an agreement.

on european security will be achieved, in this context

the ukrainian crisis will be resolved, we will, of course , look very carefully at the wording and will include in this document safeguards against repeated, unscrupulous, non-negotiable interpretations, in ukraine they will no longer hand out summonses on the street, such a statement was made in the verkhovna rada, but... this is not at all good news for ukrainians who may fall under this call, since a new one comes into effect from today the law on mobilization and the call to the military registration and enlistment office will be carried out by registered mail. however, this does not mean that tcc will suddenly evaporate somewhere. on the contrary, now they have the right to demand documents and a military id, but from absolutely all men, without any analysis, violators will face arrest. with details anastasia ponko. a queue is forming outside the tck building in kiev. the men are trying to update their military records in order to

get a military id. according to the new rules, ukrainians from 18 to 60 years old, going out into the street, are required to take... an appointment with them, but if there is no such entry, then accordingly, they can also be refused, even if he is, for example, a father of many children, but the military registration documents do not indicate a deferment from conscription. as of today, information about yourself has been updated about 4 million people, less than half of those liable for military service. the new rules have driven ukrainian men into a trap: either they

go to the military registration and enlistment office themselves, or they pay the state. so, why are you fighting? tempos. mobilizations in ukraine have doubled in recent months , going out on the street has become even more dangerous, military registration and enlistment office workers are diligently hunting for conscripts, the mobilization age in ukraine has been lowered to 25 years, but teenagers are also running away from shopping malls in fear, a minor guy says that for now he was in the store, people in uniform came to his house, now he’s thinking about where to run, i can’t stand my legs, my legs are just shaking, i don’t know why the military registration and enlistment office came, i’m too old for my years... what will happen now? i’ll spend the night on the street and call my friends. live on a ukrainian tv channel, a local deputy spoke about the scheme under which tsk operates in order to mobilize as many men as possible. a citizen is invited on the street to the shopping center to clarify the data, and if he does not have documents and is unfit, he is sent to the vlk, where he can be recognized as fit with

reservations. it is then sent to a landfill with an offer to complete paperwork or obtain participant status. and fighting, and then quit. it seems they are ready to mobilize almost any person; they tried to take this guy from the hospital by force, despite the attack that had happened. according to the new rules, if the results of a medical examination on a military id are overdue, now it must be retaken once a year, then a summons can be issued right on the street, but poor health is not a reason to sit out in civilian life, according to the tsk. according to the verkhovna rada deputy. yuri kamelchuk because of the formal when approaching a medical examination , a large number of people with illnesses end up in the army, some of whom have to be sent to military hospitals for treatment. it takes about 5-7 minutes for one person to go through the commission. do you think it is possible to conduct a normal medical examination during this time? and for these men, the medical examination did not even take 5 minutes,

they had just updated their data, having read the issued document more carefully, they are surprised, it says supposedly... the us department of defense was forced to officially admit, it does not know where it could use part of the money allocated for military assistance to ukraine. the pentagon inspector general reported on the results of an audit for the first half of last year; auditors were unable to confirm more than 50 invoices for contracts for the repair of armored vehicles, the purchase of equipment and business trips of specialists. this work was carried out at a polish military base

through which much of the western aid for the kiev regime passes. there is a concern that... that the contractors simply embezzled a total of $20 million in whole or in part, in addition, the auditors discovered so-called improper payments, that is, misappropriation of funds, and now the pentagon is looking for those responsible for negligence. and some very urgent news from the usa. joe biden minutes ago canceled his appearance at another campaign event because he tested positive for coronavirus. and as he reports. white house press service the american leader feels fine, but he has gone into self-isolation. well, even before the news that the president had contracted covid, an influential congressman, democrat, adam schiff. joe biden withdraws from the election race. schiff became the 20th highest -ranking democratic official to publicly suggest biden should retire. the current

president is adamant, despite the catastrophic ratings. meanwhile, republican vice presidential nominee jd vance, r-agaia, will make his first speech in the coming hours. donald trump's ally will formulate the main theses of their common program before the delegates. national republican convention. our own us correspondent, dmitry melnikov, is following the progress of the election race. for the third day in a row , delegates to the republican national convention greeted their leader with a standing ovation. he appears in the evening and continues to maintain the intrigue. trump listens to the speakers, waves to the crowd, but remains silent. obviously, a calibrated calculation, to bring the intensity of expectations to the peak in order to deliver one, but crushing blow. arizona george.

stopped the campaign, went out to the people again, shooting at the opponent for a while completely overshadowed the question of removing him from the race and the democrats decide to continue in nevada,

another decisive state for the election campaign, in the grocery market, unlike ordinary americans, biden has not been for a long time; he obviously cannot estimate the rise in prices during his presidency, if not in able to understand where he is, but when he sees a three-year-old black girl, he habitually rushes towards her. the new electoral reality forces biden to noticeably soften his anti-trump rhetoric and wants to prevent a surge in political violence, but speaking convention of the association of colored people of america, cannot bypass the opponent. democrat biden is rapidly losing the votes of non-white americans, he decides to remind them that his vice president is black kamala harris, as well as the phrase that jobs are for blacks, which was the day before at the debate... of the united states, this is the first black president in

american history , barack obama. while the leadership of the dim party is selecting a new strategy after the shooting in pennsylvania, major democratic donors are weaving their own intrigues. how the new york times reports that they are calling politicians close to biden, urging them not to give up the idea of ​​removing biden from '.

musk announced that, following tesla’s office , he was moving the headquarters of his company spacex from democratic california to republican texas. as musk said, the last straw was the new law of the california democratic governor to protect the rights of lgbt schoolchildren. as much as biden’s strange management methods, they are talking about this now at the convention. what worries me is that the current us president does not have opportunity to fully perform their duties. our adversaries do not limit their actions to the president's 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. schedule. we need a commander in chief who can lead.

trump's main opponent in the primary, nicky haley, publicly swears allegiance to her leader. if we have 4 more years of biden or one single day of kamala haris, our country will suffer greatly. to save our country, we must move forward with donald trump. trump looks pleased and confident. the day before in in an interview with bloomberg, he once again directly accused biden of incompetence, but trump is already looking far beyond the limits of the american agenda. according to him, it was biden’s policy that made increasingly closer cooperation between russia and china inevitable. in the economic struggle with china, trump promises to continue the already tested tactics: to introduce draconian tariffs on goods from the middle kingdom and a sixty percent duty, according to him , is far from the limit, so to sanctions as a means of confrontation with russia, opinion ready to reconsider. what we are doing now in terms of sanctions leads to the fact that everyone is moving away from our country, so i don’t

like sanctions. the whole world is watching the situation in america with ever-growing alarm as trump approaches washington, and now the us state department has to explain what the possible arrival of such an ardent opponent of kiev’s support as jaydie vance in the white house as vice president means for ukraine. i'll probably have a hard time in the next few months as the election campaign the campaign will make many statements that i would like to respond to... republicans, a senator from wisconsin and a member of the us congressional foreign relations committee discuss at their convention and voice a thesis that is not the most popular, but is circulating on the sidelines. we must reconsider our policy, i don’t want america to go to war with russia, we need to put an end to this, and president trump understands this too,

i think he understands and... donald trump will address the delegates tomorrow, and the situation around the convention site it's heating up every day. the day before, the police shot and killed chernokozhev, who was wandering in a mask and armed with a knife near the site of the party event. the police detained another suspicious person, and during a search they found a pistol and a full magazine on him. it is unknown what he was doing in the area of ​​the convention, as police representatives told us. currently , teams from all over the country are working in the city to ensure security. dmitry melnikov and pavel kostrikov, news from milwaukee, wisconsin.

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