freed as a result. exchange, russians will be presented with state awards, vladimir putin said. the president met at the airport eight russian citizens and two children who were returned to their homeland. anastasia efimova has all the details. the runway, the red carpet, the presidential regiment, a plane lands in vnukov, on board of which those whom, as the president puts it, the homeland has not forgotten for a minute. the head of state personally arrived at the airfield to directly greet the russians upon his return. home on exchange, first

vadim krasikov comes down, collected, restrained, the same patriot about whom, judging by everyone, vladimir putin spoke in february in an interview with tucker carlson, and whom he shook hands with and hugged today. next, four people joined hands at once, the dultsev family, anna and artyom and their two minor children, and this, of course, is the most emotional scene of the evening. the dulcevo couple were arrested in slovenia at the end of 2022, their children were sent to foster families. if it weren’t for the current exchange with their mother and father, they might not have returned, so that anna’s tears and artyom’s smile are like their embarrassment... pavel rubtsov, by the way, is the only one who

roman seleznev, eight russians, detainees go down the stairs with their things, mikhail makushin, who were imprisoned in nato countries, will all be nominated for state awards, the president emphasized and especially thanked those involved in military service. first of all, i want to congratulate you all on the return of the people. now i want to address those of you who are directly related to military service, i want to thank you for your loyalty to the oath, to your duty and the hand that has forgotten about you for a minute, here you are, yes, all of you will be introduced.

so, a historical event took place, an exchange of prisoners from seven countries. anton potkovenko knows all the details. indeed, a large exchange of prisoners between russia and belarus and the west was coordinated by the turkish intelligence service. which of ours returned to their homeland? vadim krasikov, sentenced to life in prison by a court in berlin. according to

western investigators, he killed georgian citizen zelimkhan khandashvili. in august '19 shot him dead in tiergarton park. this character was preparing an attack on a school in beslan. he was involved in preparing a train explosion in the moscow metro in 2004, and also participated in attacks on russian soldiers. in an interview with vladimir putin and tucker carlson this winter, this was clearly discussed. during the event in the caucasus. do you know what he did? i don’t want to say it, but i’ll say it anyway, he laid out our captured soldiers on the road, and then drove a car over their heads, what kind of person and person was he? is this? well, a patriot was found who liquidated one of his european capitals. the west handed over artyom and... the dultsevs to russia, they

got off the plane in kaliningrad. the couple were sentenced in slovenia to one year and 7 months in prison for espionage; they spent approximately the same amount of time in custody and have now been released accordingly. exchanged. mikhail mikushin also returned, accused of espionage in norway. he worked at the arctic university of tramsø. a spanish journalist for the russian language, arrested in poland in 1922, has been returned. origin, pavlo gonzalez. he is pavel rubtsov. roman seleznev, kidnapped in 2014 by american intelligence services in the maldives and sentenced in the united states to 27 years in prison for cyber fraud, also returned to his homeland as part of the current exchange, as did russian it entrepreneur vladislav klyushin, detained 3 years ago in switzerland at the request of washington on suspicion of cyber attacks on american companies. vadim konoshchenok, accused of illegally purchasing electronics for the russian defense sector, was also returned. that's how they are

boarded a plane in turkey. vadim krasikov was brought to the plane wearing a motorcycle helmet, these are special measures, as if for dangerous criminals. the first to board the plane were artyom and anna dultsev with their children, who were still a little older. and would have been sent to a shelter if the exchange had not taken place, but everyone was on board to finally fly home, and that’s who we gave back: american journalist evan gershkovich, sentenced in russia to sixteen years in prison on espionage charges. another convict in russia returned to the states for espionage, an american, former marine paul willan, according to the state prosecution, a career intelligence officer, a citizen of germany, rika krieger, who was imprisoned in belarus, was charged with six. articles from terrorism to mercenaries to participation in an extremist formation, he was sentenced to death, recently pardoned, and now released and extradited as part of the current prisoner exchange. also on the list of exchanged foreigners is patrick schobel, accused of smuggling, as well as russian and german citizen

kevin leake, who collaborated with intelligence services of nato countries. noagents and extremists of all kinds, including russian citizen and british noagent vladimir karamo, also went to the west. dimuri voronin, vadim ostanin. we exchanged, according to the fsb's formulation, a group of individuals who acted in the interests of foreign states to the detriment of russia's security. we returned our 10 compatriots to their homeland. this exchange is the largest in the history of our

country since the cold war. in total , 26 people were on the lists. joe biden welcomes prisoner swap moscow and washington and added that the united states will continue to work to return home the remaining americans detained abroad. our own correspondent in the states, dmitry melnikov, will tell you the details. joe biden made a special statement about an hour and a half ago, he called this deal a diplomatic breakthrough, said that today three american citizens are finally returning home, one holder of an american green card, he said that these are paul willen, evan gershkovich, alsou kurmasheva and vladimir karamurza. in his statement. also reported that in total , an agreement had been reached on the release of 16 people from russia, including five german citizens and seven russian citizens, although not in this statement separately, but before that , the biden administration reported and emphasized that this exchange was not means no change

in relations between moscow and washington, this does not mean warming. such transactions come with strict requirements and there are never any guarantees, for me there is nothing. is more important than protecting americans at home abroad, so we will continue to work for the release of all illegally detained americans around the world, this deal would not have been possible without our allies in germany, poland, slovenia, norway and turkey, all of whom stepped up and stood with us , they were with us, they made bold decisions, released prisoners who were held legally in their countries, and provided logistical support to bring americans home in what is being called the biggest deal yet. in exchange for the last period, some even claim that this may be the largest prisoner exchange since the second world war, it is called historical in the number of prisoners exchanged and in the number of countries involved in this process, it is known that the deal included the exchange of persons imprisoned in seven states, besides russia and the usa, these are

germany, poland, slovenia, norway, belarus, and of course, turkey itself, which provided the site, we saw planes landing at ankara airport today, there were seven planes in total, two from... usa one from germany, poland, slovenia, norway and russia, well, the wall street journal provides details of these negotiations, assures that cia representatives were most involved, also...

free and confirm our efforts to free the americans who are still illegally detained or held hostage. the cnn television channel, citing its sources, assures that after all, the main agency that conducted the negotiations was the cia, its director william burts. negotiations were conducted with russian intelligence, with representatives russian intelligence services in personal meetings, as well as by telephone. as unnamed sources in the intelligence services tell the tv channel, in june of this year intelligence representatives met on the territory of a certain third country. and there the united states put forward a proposal on the parameters of the exchange, which was completed a few hours ago, and

a few days later russian representatives met with burns and confirmed their ability, their desire, russia’s desire, to carry out a deal on these very terms, it is clear that now both biden and harris will use this exchange as much as possible for their election purposes, as we saw, today biden stood surrounded by the families of american citizens who will return to their homeland in the coming hours, where, by the way... it is not known for sure whether it will be washington or some other city, and it is also reported that kamala haris deliberately interrupted her election tour, now she is traveling around the states with election rallies to also meet with the liberated, collapsed americans, and of course, now this is probably the main thing foreign policy achievement of the biden harris administration, it is clear that kamala haris, as a candidate at the moment, practically a candidate from the democrats, will also use this in her election... campaign, because we must be honest, at the moment, of course, there are other great achievements,

this administration does not have anything comparable to the return of american citizens, so there is nothing else to boast about. dmitry melnikov and pavel kostrikov, news from washington. the british foreign secretary welcomed exchange, the president of the european council charles michel also wrote this on social networks. the media is monitoring the reaction of european politicians. the head of our berlin bureau, mikhail antonov. there is a lot of discussion in the german media right now about the technical details of the exchange, in particular a lot of attention to the role of the turkish special services in organizing this exchange. thomas heger, a fairly well-known political scientist in germany, spoke about this. turkey has proven that it is capable of successfully negotiating such agreements. with her the sides undoubtedly required larger ones.

the united states was interested, it was the united states that put pressure on the federal republic of germany, which held the key to organizing this exchange, did not want to put it into action for quite a long time, and there was little talk about the release of vadim krasikov, a man whom the german justice sentenced to life imprisonment for the liquidation of the chechen field commander zelimkhan khangashvili, here in berlin on august 23 , 1919... he was shot in little thurgarton park, and for quite a long time the federal republic of germany withstood

the pressure exerted from washington and did not include vadim krasikov on the exchange list. well, finally, this happened, although it required some effort on the part of the federal government, there is a corresponding statement on this matter from stefan hebbestreit, the official representative of chancellor scholz. the german government did not take this decision lightly; the state's interest was to be carried out. germany and solidarity with the united states were important motivators. we hope that all those released will recover from their physical and psychological suffering in the company of their family and friends. well, this humanitarian component of the decision to exchange is very widely discussed here in the german media and in the western media. of course, the decisive factor that tipped the scales in favor of the exchange and forced

the german authorities to somehow take a different look at this process was. mikhail antonov, anastasia barkovskaya, andrey putra, vesti berlin, germany. vladimir putin congratulated on airborne forces day, personnel and veterans of the airborne forces. a congratulatory telegram was published on the kremlin website. the president noted patriotic traditions, loyalty, oath and military brotherhood help paratroopers solve important tasks during a special

military operation. the head of state expressed confidence that the airborne forces will continue to reliably guard independence. sovereignty of our country, ensure its defense capability and national security. the russian army repulsed all attacks of the ukrainian armed forces. about 2,000 more soldiers were lost in zelensky’s formation, mercenary officers, 26 gunships, self-propelled guns and missile systems, mostly produced by nato countries, were destroyed. an armored car tank was destroyed, three launchers of the patriot anti-aircraft missile system and a control center were destroyed by missile strikes and drones. members of their families continue to travel to participants in the special military operation and cities of russia within the framework of the all-russian

project of the ministry of defense, we do not abandon ours and the program of rosmolodezh. today is the first day of the route, which is called the heart of the black earth, and it starts in yelets. our guests today in the lipetsk region visit the kudykina gora park, where everyone really has something to do, something to see, then they go to the voronezh region, where they have the nelzhe oceanarium family park, and even in fact they will visit a real production facility. dairy plant the development of medicine and the construction of new hospitals in the kaliningrad region were discussed at a meeting of the government commission, chaired by tatyana golikova. the deputy prime minister flew to the westernmost region of the country on a working visit. the system started working directions are already being formulated or formed by units that work in other

settlements of the kaliningrad region, here is the support. accessibility, so that residents do not have to travel outside the territory, but receive help here, is extremely important. vdnkh is 85 years old; in recent years the complex has been experiencing a renaissance; restoration of the pavilions and landscaping of the territory are underway. the new stage will be the construction of the vdnh expo complex, sergei sobyanin announced. how will the country's main exhibition change? maria found out valieva. a modern multifunctional complex will make vdnkh one of the largest centers of exhibition and congress activities in our country. more than 200 major events can be held here per year. the start of construction was given by moscow mayor sergei sobyanin, he laid a commemorative time capsule, an appeal to descendants.

a message for future generations is laid. vdnkhpo will unite three pavilions: the montreal seventieth, the seventy-fifth exhibition, where stands of all regions of our country were presented and the new one under construction 69. the height of the new the building will be 38 m2, the total area of ​​the entire complex that we will build will be 240,000 km2, inside there will be exhibition halls and concert halls. there will be a huge number of food courts and places for leisure for citizens and guests of the city. on august 1, vdnkh turns 85 years old. sergei sobyanin congratulated muscovites and guests of the capital on this significant date and emphasized that over the past 10 years the exhibition space has gone through a huge, difficult path of revival, it was possible not only to preserve the historical

heritage, but to build new museums and cultural centers. congratulations on the anniversary of vdnh, this is the most popular place in moscow, both for muscovites and guests of the capital. thanks to the exhibition russia, which was recently held on the territory of vdnkh. museums on the creation of cultural historical complexes after the space pavilion, the mayor visited the house of polymers, where

the production of synthetic materials for the construction of various agricultural, transport, medical and other facilities is described in detail, where you can find out a lot of useful information, for example, why over factories sometimes clouds appear, how to properly sort waste and what types of plastic exist, so far... includes four zones, but soon there will be even more. the polymer house is undergoing a large-scale reconstruction. the exhibition space is planned to be increased to 2.0 km, which will allow the installation of new interactive exhibits, laboratories for schoolchildren of various levels of training and a production simulator. there is always something to surprise visitors at vdnh; in recent years , the exhibition space has become a point of attraction for muscovites and guests of the capital. here every. will find something to do according to his interests, it’s very large-scale, very beautiful, very well-groomed, all these pavilions, everything is so colorful, we’re going to moskvari now, at vdnkh i

liked the scale of all the moods, buildings, it’s just amazing, very comfortable, beautiful , and i am also a guest of the capital, we are very impressed by the beauty that is being updated, maintained, i really like it here, the eighty-fifth anniversary is celebrated on a grand scale for visitors with a lot of surprises, concerts, thematic lectures and master classes. maria valieva, alexander dvornikov, artyom davidov, alexander cherkasov and daria leonova, lead.

let’s tell you what this day is memorable for in history right now. hello. on august 2 , 1377, a battle took place on the piana river, in which russian troops lost to the horde. but in the end this led to the rise of moscow. the battle took place in the south of the modern nizhny novgorod region, near the border with mordovia. at the head of the horde army was arab shah muzafar.

after his victory, he ordered the plunder of nizhny novgorod and ryazan. inspired by the success, the ardyns decided to repeat the raid. and already next year khan mamai moved his army against the moscow prince dmitry ivanovich, but was completely defeated on the vozha river near ryazan. mamai did not calm down, took the mercenaries again and went to... moscow, and in 1380 the confrontation ended with the famous battle of kulikovo, which dmitry ivanovich won and took the name dmitry donskoy. and moscow became the spiritual, political and military center of the east slavic lands, uniting the russian principality in the fight against the ardynts. on august 2, 1918, the council of people's commissars of russia issued a decree on new admission rules universities, any were cancelled. exams, everyone over 16 years of age, and of any gender, received the right to study for free at any higher educational institution. the decree also

prohibited requiring those who wanted to study. any documents other than identity cards, the new country needed an educated population; before the revolution , only graduates of classical gymnasiums, real and commercial schools and theological seminaries could become students. now people have literally poured into universities, but the level of preparation of the majority turned out to be extremely low. therefore, in 1919 , workers' faculties, rapfaki, were created, which prepared children and peasant workers for study at universities. state policy in this area has changed, but... its main principle - maximum accessibility of higher education remained unchanged throughout the existence of the soviet union, as a result, no country in the world has ever been replenished with engineers, scientists and inventors as quickly as the ussr. on august 2, 1940 , the moldavian soviet socialist republic was formed. let us remember that on throughout the 19th century, moldova

was partially or completely under the control of the russian empire. was called the besarabia province with its center in chisinau. after the revolution in russia in 1917, the national movement intensified there and the moldavian democratic republic was proclaimed, but in the eighteenth year it was occupied by romania. the west did not object; in moscow it was considered annexation and was never recognized. and already in the thirty-ninth secret protocol to the molotov pact, ribentrop emphasized the ussr’s interest in bessarabia, which de facto meant its inclusion in the soviet sphere of influence. and in june 1940, moscow returned this territory, and at the same time annexed northern bukovina, about which, by the way, there were no soviet-german agreements. the new union republic included nine bessarabian districts and six districts on the left bank of the dniester, which had previously been part of the ukrainian ussr. with the collapse of the soviet union, moldova gained independence. today, its authorities are again trying to drag the republic into the western orbit, lobbying for entry into the eu and nato.

an association. from romania. the majority of the population , according to polls, does not support these plans. on august 2, 2019, the united states withdrew from the intermediate-range nuclear forces treaty. this was washington's next step to dismantle the global security system that emerged after the end of the cold war. the inf treaty was signed by mikhail gorbachev and ronald reagan in 1987 at a meeting in washington. the ussr and the usa pledged to destroy. all stocks of intermediate- and shorter-range missiles, and not to produce, test or deploy such missiles are in the future. in the early nineties , this was done, but then the united states violated the inf treaty and began deploying launchers of its pro system in europe, which appeared in poland and romania, and they make it possible to launch not only anti-missiles, but also attack missiles, which belongs to

the class of missiles medium-range and capable... moreover, the united states began test launches from the ground of aircraft cruise missiles with a range of 100 km, but with all this , washington for some reason accused russia of violating the inf treaty, and the united states from it came out, provoking a new arms race. this is what this day in history was like. are you hiding behind the trees somewhere in the fire? i'm in a fever, sharpened here, lighting the fire, jean ivan, i can't live without traveling soon.