the most important negotiations between vladimir putin and alexander lukashenko. the results of which determine the further development of alliance relations and the architecture of world processes, this is how belarusian diplomats described the meeting of the two leaders. the president of belarus came to russia for the fourth time since the beginning of the year; the president’s communication began in an informal setting on valaam. report by alexey golovko. vladimir putin flew to st. petersburg today and almost immediately went from here to the north, to karelia, to the valaam archipelago of ladar lake, there, where. a monastery was founded, one of the most

famous and revered in the entire orthodox world. vladimir putin came to the holy island of valaam to ring the bells. we've already been waiting for you. priests meet the head of state at the steps of the smolensk monastery of the valamsky monastery. they talk about the area around the temple and together they wait for guests from belarus. alexander lukashenko arrived in st. petersburg a little earlier in pulkovo and was met by the governor of the northern capital, alexander beglov. and very soon the belarusian leader. already on the territory of the archipelago, the smolensk monastery was not chosen by chance, even during construction it was dedicated to the fallen heroes of the first world war, since then it is in this monastery that the russian soldiers who laid down their lives defending their homeland are honored, in principle, the attitude towards this complex topic of war and peace is depicted, donskoy, equal to the apostles prince vladimir, archangel michael.

at the end of the prayer service, the presidents brought light to russia. valaam is not just the oldest monastery in the north of the country; in all centuries, this monastery has been lost. on the islands of lake ladore was a source of light and the knowledge that orthodoxy brings is now even unknown exactly when the first monks appeared here, but over the centuries, with their prayers and labor, they have made valaam a place of attraction for pilgrims. vladimir putin visits the cathedrals and monasteries of the monastery almost every year. on one of these trips, he gave an interview to andrei kandrashov for a documentary about valaam. valaam is a mirror of russia. we have many such mirrors. valaam is one of them. he has... an interesting and

partly even dramatic story: valam is essentially associated with the formation national russian state. once upon a time, the emperors of russia, members of the imperial family, came to avalan ; the richest industrialists and merchants donated money to the new construction. after the collapse of the empire , valaam went to finland, during the soviet-finnish war the monastery became practically front-line, and air defense soldiers in the finnish army are on duty on the territory of the transfiguration cathedral, after the victory of the red army. the monks decided to evacuate when soviet troops were ready to enter the islands of the archipelago, for some reason they stayed on the shore and invited clergy from the monastery, and one of them went, suddenly a soviet officer said to him: how much time do you need to pack everything to leave? they counted there, asked for a few days, collected all the most valuable things in the shrine and... they themselves left and took everything away, you

know, in this regard, this is what i thought about, of course, in these difficult days of the civil war of the atheism, then, when there were these seeds of split were laid in russian society, the seeds of unity have always remained with us, first of all, precisely thanks to russian orthodox church, this is the kind of devastation the monks found when at the end of the eighties of the last century the monastery was... restored, then the brothers numbered six people, now there are more than 200, the monastery has its own farm, cows are raised here and trout are managed to grow grapes and pineapples, even peacocks live in the territory. in many ways, the new flourishing of the monastery became possible thanks to the attention of the head of state. vladimir putin and alexander lukashenko also visited the chapel of the royal martyrs, it turned out that there is absolutely vera dmitrievna gurevich, the first teacher of the russian president, recently visited.

i was literally three weeks ago, for the first time in my 91 years, i went to confession, took communion, yes, such a strong man has arrived. here they pray for all innocent victims, including the victims of the siege of leningrad. there are also familiar names here, my three-year-old brother, thank you. from the coolness of the monastery walls , the presidents went out into nature, where the hot, albeit northern, summer is now in full swing. russia and belarus continued today without a television camera. alexey glovko, natalya

londovskaya, nikolay zakharov, alexey korpukhin, andrey sorokin, conduct st. petersburg. we watch to understand the world. educational programs and documentaries. biden was checked in the debate with trump, and then checkmate after an unsuccessful assassination attempt on trump, the democrats realized that something urgently needed to be done, but here i cannot say that the real puppeteers who ruled biden like a puppet all these years on biden was generally a laughing stock

for the whole world, everyone saw that he was absolutely an incompetent person, and this person, he runs the country. a powerful nuclear power, by the way, it is very dangerous that this gentleman will be at the helm for another six months; it would be correct if he not only refused to participate in the presidential race, but resigned his powers, even if the vice president is in charge, as for mrs. kamila haris , but her rating is already higher than biden’s, but i... still think that the democrats will not cope in 3 months, and trump will gain, but in any case, we have seen what it is, in essence american democracy, they are very proud of their democracy, but this is not democracy, it is simply

terrible, and what we see is, of course, the complete degradation of the entire political system of america, so we will wait for further developments. further developments, well, from my point of view, of course, trump now has a direct path to his future presidency. well, by the way, yes, it’s interesting that sources in the white house confirmed to cnn that biden is withdrawing his candidacy not at all because of mental difficulties, yes, not because of his health, you just said that that it is dangerous that this person remains at the helm and will remain for the next six months, so if we talk about

the democrats, but it is already clear that, of course , from the point of view of the new candidate from the democrats, the chances are greater than biden, and this is strictly speaking a forced decision, but it was not by chance that i said that trump, especially after the unsuccessful attempt on his life, is now gaining very well. and knowing trump, his ability to make positives even out of negatives, i am sure that right before the elections he will get into good political shape, but let’s wait until the beginning of november, there is not much time left,

let's see, this is what really happens, because while the inauguration, which usually happens in january, is still six months away, if biden does not resign, it is still very dangerous. no matter what anyone says, the whole world sees the complete physical and intellectual weakness of this gentleman, so it would be right if he still resigned early, because his presence and his presence at the head of the united states of america really brings a threat to all humanity. well, as i said press secretary of the russian president, for russia the priority is to achieve the goal of the central military district, and not the results of the elections in the united states, so let’s still return to our agenda. sergei mikhailovich, well, the other day the a just russia for truth faction introduced a bill to increase maternity capital payments for most regions. bill, tell us more about it, why such a new approach to maternal capital is being proposed by your party, and what

exactly will change? well, let me remind you that in the may decree the president set a very clear the task of solving further demographic problems. moreover, in his message to the federal assembly, he said that special attention should be paid to regions where the birth rate is low. in this regard, our initiative is completely... at least 2.1, and our average in russia is 1.4, but as i said, a quarter of the regions have

a fertility rate of even 1.3, in this regard, our proposal is that maternal capital in these regions, where the birth rate is less than 1.3, it would be doubled, for those regions where the expectancy rate below 1.75, we propose that there be an increase of one and a half times, and for those where it is above one and 75, let there also be a coefficient of at least 1.3. the fact is that we are absolutely sure that solving this problem through differentiated indicators of maternity capital is the right move, but in this regard, i cannot help but recall another initiative, which was presented by the legislator. the initiative lies in the parliament of the state duma, we are confident that progression

of maternal capital is needed to stimulate the birth of not only the first child, but second and third, because only the third child in a family increases the total population in our russia, so this is what we propose, we propose to allocate 900 thousand rubles for the second child, and 1,400,000 rubles for the third. we are absolutely convinced that these measures will really help solve the most serious demographic problem in our country, well , yes, such a progressive scale, and such support for young families will definitely be a serious financial help, but if we talk about the social situation as a whole, yes, from july 1, housing and communal services tariffs increased, which are up to this hasn’t changed for a year and a half, and your party, you personally opposed such an increase, well, if we’re talking about young families, it’s really very costly.

that the state gives with one hand, for example, by increasing the minimum wage, increasing social benefits, and with the other hand takes away, and almost all of these increases, by increasing tariffs, they will literally be eaten up, in this regard , we have already addressed in the winter after well-known accidents in many regions of russia government with a proposal: let’s still conduct a serious audit. total housing and communal services, i remind you that 99% of all resources of supplying companies,

all management companies are all private companies, the entire structure of housing and communal services is in private hands, and the main thing for them is to get money, they are interested in increasing tariffs, but let's ask ourselves, and how often do we see how rusty pipes, water supply, sewer pipes are changed? how often do we see ... there is no need for them? all this is for the state, only the state can calmly regulate it in a planned manner, and here i am absolutely convinced that with the help of the federal budget, regional budgets will not cope, so

returning to the tariff increase from july 1, we believe that it would still be more correct to freeze it, conduct an audit, and sort it out with all this management, return all these companies from private, from private ownership to state ownership, and continue to plan to deal with housing and communal services. sergei mikhailovich, well, continuing the topic of rising prices, manufacturers now they are warning about a possible rise in the price of bread by 20%, in addition, fruits and seasonal vegetables have also risen in price significantly, and... now there is already a noticeable increase in gasoline prices, what in your opinion can be counteracted with such inflation of everyday goods? how to slow down this growth? yes, i’ll answer your question now, i ’m just returning to the topic of housing and communal services, we have a long-standing proposal, you know that the federal law applies that people

cannot pay more for housing and communal services than 22% of their own income, in this regard, we we propose to set the norm throughout the country at 15%, but let me remind you that in moscow, for example, the norm is 10%, and it would be right for people to pay less, and now regarding the increase in prices, but if we talk about the increase in the price of bread, recently , the price of bread has increased several times, this is just in case, with record grain harvests in our country, this is with the very... effective development of the entire agrarian and food complex in our country, and here it is quite obvious that - first of all resellers and retail chains they want to get a little extra profit, this is wrong, and there are various measures, but i will remind you that during the pandemic

there were state subsidies for food products , including bread, this would be absolutely correct. you mentioned the increase in gasoline prices, but we have such a bitter joke, regardless of whether oil in the world is becoming more expensive or cheaper, gasoline and fuels and lubricants in russia always only become more expensive, and here we are absolutely sure that the state needs to regulate food prices, and of course on gasoline, set the bar, now the price of gasoline has already risen by 4.1, and soon it will seem to hit the ceiling. tion increase, but what does it mean it will be removed, there are no regulatory standards, and prices will rise higher and higher than inflation, the introduction, for example, of price increases, of a special structure that would deal with prices, this is our further proposal, we are generally absolutely convinced

that without state participation, without price regulation, we never have anything. there will be no good, his majesty the market, which seems to be supposed to put everything in its place, it is only getting into its pocket, every time to our citizens, in this regard, we have repeatedly proposed, but let’s at least let the government establish a list of food products that people buy every day, establish a very simple rule that the trade margin in any stores, be it large retail chains, then some kind of small kiosk or stall, cannot be more than 15% of the first wholesale purchase. today , sometimes this trade margin exceeds 100-150%. and they also make money from what people buy every day. and here i am i’ll emphasize once again that only state regulation, only the introduction of a special body, let’s say there are state prices, roscens,

will help solve this problem. well, that is, you propose to install some kind of ceiling. the so-called borscht set has risen in price by 60%. in fact, everything should become cheaper, everything should be getting a new harvest, but no, everything is getting more expensive here, everyone pretends that this is how it should be. in this regard, here is our main proposal - this is state regulation, mandatory, this is the proposal that i am talking about he said about the maximum trade margin of 15%,

very much the same, well, there is another proposal, you know that we have a value added tax of 20%, for some goods the state sets 10%, so we believe that for food products, especially those that people buy every day can be set at 5%. then this will dramatically affect the price, because the manufacturer will receive a very good margin of 15%, he will not have to raise prices, but i still can’t say one thing, uh , any uh trading rules and everyone knows that the principle applies: either you trade from the price, that is, you raise the price of your goods - in the expectation that they will not go anywhere, they will buy, or you trade from the turnover, you set a not very high price, but you have a constant high turnover, so here you go ...those food products that people buy every day are just trade on the side, and the same retail chains will not go wrong, because if

the price is normal, people will buy what they need every day, they will still make a profit. sergey mikhailovich, let’s continue to talk about the work of the state duma, now the lower house of parliament is considering a number of bills to tighten migration policy, so when can we expect them to be effective? some effective steps, and which ones exactly? well, firstly, it’s very good that the state duma is really dealing with this issue, but here, if we are already involved, we need to deal with it systematically, we have several of our bills in the portfolio of the state duma, but starting from the congress of the special board, the so-called migration fee, if we need to be deported later, what does this matter to us?

statistics show that approximately 4/5 of all incoming migrants do not come to work here, they do not work, they are not going to work,

that’s the problem, well, i can’t say anything about the initiative that is already making its way in the regions, just the other day once again, the chelyabinsk and chelyabinsk regions, the krasnodar territory have adopted laws limiting the ability to work as a migrant in certain areas, there is a very large list, and approximately a quarter of the regions russia has adopted such a law, i always appeal to my colleagues in the state duma from united russia, if a regional law is adopted, because the majority in any legislative body of power in the constituent entities, the majority is for united russia, then your local colleagues understand this threat and accept such decisions, why don’t we adopt such a law at the federal level, including, i’m now talking about our next initiative. moreover, we propose that - we are talking, for example, about gun ownership, russian citizens who have received citizenship for less than 5 years, do not have the right

to obtain permits to own weapons, and we see that they are arming themselves, why they are arming themselves, why do they need these weapons, in this regard, to establish serious order here, this is simply the call of the time, and i very much i’m glad that the state duma understands the danger. it’s such an unregulated situation with migrants that i took up this issue. i hope, among other things, that we remember the very correct initiative of alexander ivanovich bastrykin, who, also having full information about the number and composition of crimes, is already striking also ring the alarm. and here, of course, it is necessary to take serious government measures. we must ensure national security for ourselves, and most importantly, the security of our citizens. this is true, sergei mikhailovich, thank you, the head of the just russia for truth party, sergei mironov, was in touch with us.

berlin plans to increase annual defense spending to 80 billion euros from 2028. this was stated by german chancellor olaf scholz at the traditional summer press conference. so. the chancellor recalled that before his entry into position in 2017, spending on defense amounted to 37 billion euros, today it is twice as much, 76 billion per year. scholz called this increase in funding an outstanding achievement. firstly, this is the desire by all means to maintain the united states of america as germany’s nato ally, and this requires an increase in defense spending, since now, without any doubt , the new trump administration will demand.

an increase in defense spending by european allies, and secondly, the desire to support the german economy through new injections into the military-industrial complex. the german economy is the largest in europe. last year it turned out to be the weakest among other developed neighbors in the eurozone. high energy costs due to the refusal of russian fuel, weak global orders and record high interest rates had an impact. experts emphasize that berlin is facing a crisis.

at the same time, berlin continues to purchase expensive american indirectly russian lng, notes rainer rodfus, a member of the german bundenstag from the alternative for germany party. why is this happening, he asks the government, recalling that there is an intact nord stream pipe. when the german government is asked this question, including an alternative for germany, the official answer is usually that russia was the first to refuse to supply gas through

pipelines, even before the explosions in the northern ones. flows, of course, germany cannot now, and that is, not that it cannot, now i would in no way expect that the german government would enter into any negotiations on the supply of russian gas via pipeline, all the reasons, but there is not a single economic reason for such a decision politically. they are trying to save the energy situation in germany, including with the help of alternative energy sources; berlin plans to develop a hydrogen pipeline system; they intend to allocate 20 billion euros for its development. the first pipelines should be converted to hydrogen as early as next year. will this help restore industry? the question is controversial. and another indicator of economic decline, a decline in banking profits. largest in germany deutsche bank suffered a quarterly loss for the first time in 4 years, notes cnbc. it amounted to 143 million euros due to deductions for possible legal costs associated with the postbank purchased in the tenth year. representatives of the financial organization noted that against this background they would most likely

refrain from holding the second one. share repurchase this year. the decline in industry is best illustrated by the fall in the automobile industry; the production of new cars, amid rising energy costs, fell by a third. high competition adds fuel to the fire chinese manufacturers. the largest automakers flocked to the united states, tired of waiting for financial proposals from the leadership of the european union. the states offer them subsidies, tax breaks, and, on top of everything else , low energy prices. industrial decline, damage to energy-intensive industry from anti-russian sanctions. put the german economy on the brink of the abyss, el pais wrote about this earlier. moreover, the german crisis is always a european crisis. germany's neighbors in central and eastern europe are largely integrated into german supply chain. the european union also depends on the country's contributions to the community budget and on german government bonds to support the eurozone.