about the main strengthening of interregional cooperation and the search for new points of growth with a visit to minsk by a delegation of the nizhny novgorod region of russia in memory of the feat about a memorial plate to the pilot hero of belarus opened at the military academy this time, a

delegation of the nizhny novgorod region, headed by the governor, visited minsk today in the palace of independence , negotiations were held on partnership with the region. at we are developing quite successfully, the trade turnover has grown compared to the pandemic year. it is approaching twice a billion dollars and there are enough reserves for deepening cooperation in many areas, from food supplies to industrial cooperation and import substitution, which are now a special stake in cooperation with russia and, as alexander lukashenko announced, including these topics, he intends to do so in the near future discuss with vladimir putin we have, uh, the desire to increase trade. we have reserves and large reserves and the most important, the reserve is the sanctions, oddly enough, thank god that these sanctions still e in many ways pushed us to do our own thing hmm not look around there. e not only the view

that there is good, but also to create. it's good at home e i'm talking more and more sanctions sanctions. i think about the fact that hmm the west, without realizing it, pushed us to the most intensive development of russia and belarus, if someone is ready to join us in this regard, then they will receive this serious effect, as always, i say. we just need some time. because it is not so easy to deploy such a colossus, because russia has a lot of industry, agriculture and other huge areas. uh, it takes time to turn around on import substitution. this is question number one. you know, we had a very serious talk with the president of russia just a few days ago. we will meet again, according to our president, at the basis of effective cooperation. there are

strong economic cooperation ties with russia, and cooperation will become another topic discussions during a meeting with a russian colleague about not competing with each other, but raising the bar of products and competing together with foreign counterparts, the nizhny novgorod region is determined to replace imports of western countries with belarusian goods , the leadership of the region has prepared a catalog in which 4.000 500 necessary items from coniferous trees that were supplied from unfriendly countries to components for motor vehicles. no, the document has already been submitted to the government of our economy import substitution is very important for us from the point of view of development development for belarus if we go along with russia to this import substitution, then we will get higher competencies. and given the demand for this product. especially in our russian market. take semiconductors. we agreed with putin. no matter how much it costs. we must produce them. maybe,

it will be a little bit lower than in america or in japan, korea, but the planes will fly , the rockets will fly, the cars will move, we have these competencies. here the governments have piled together what we have not yet destroyed and what we have left and let's work in this direction, therefore. we will get out of these sanctions and get a solid effect from this. the westerners, the americans, would not have taken these sanctions against us. well, first of all, for a lot of money from oil and gas, that is, oil and gas, you would exchange the products of germany or the united states for the real sector of the economy, and so we will do it all ourselves, but once we did not lag behind america either from other countries. we provided for ourselves in all directions, therefore, we will deal with these

import substitution sanctions in the most serious way in the coming days to discuss this problem with president putin, the government already has instructions and we want to see how the government has fulfilled our instructions. now, as a result of the window of opportunity that has opened , we have created an import substitution center, that is, we are working, among other things , to increase positions for imports to russia and the goal, of course, is to change the structure of this import. this center of import substitution rules very little work already for 2 months. this, well, such a good headquarters turned out. we recruited people there from enterprises from ours from customers from those who can offer, on the contrary, import substitution and created a catalog consisting of 4,500 items specifically described, including, from the point of view of technical requirements, and from many colleagues. you see, you have a summary catalog in front of you, but if you open,

say, the tenth page, then using the qr-code , all belarusian manufacturers can access this catalog with specific requirements for products. the region is interested in belarusian tractors and combines promising cooperation in the construction sector of the nizhny novgorod region is interested in the experience of belarusian specialists and involvement in the construction of infrastructure and roads in the region. another area of ​​the sphere, information technology, the region is considered the leader of the anti-sphere in russia, much attention is paid to the development of digitalization and training , so the belarusian experience will definitely come in handy. met with the delegation of the legislative assembly of the nizhny novgorod region mikhail rusov, chairman of the permanent commission of the council of the republic for regional policy and local self-government, visited the gastelovsky farm together with the guests. this is one of the largest producers of agricultural products in the minsk region. colleagues were interested in the work done, which made it possible to achieve high indicators of vc and create export potential. the area of ​​agricultural land, gastelovsky, is about 4,000

hectares. sugar beets are grown here. potatoes, slaves on the farm more than 5.5 thousand heads of cattle, of which over 1700 cows. daily. here he receives 24 tons of fresh milk. this is 33 liters per cow plus a monthly 670 tons of meat. the country's food security program, she now sees how vital it is, what frenzied cataclysms there are. this is a crazy collective west did not set. what obstacles did not set. we are guaranteed to be provided with food guaranteed. we're guaranteed at least $6 billion . we can supply products for export, earn foreign currency and keep the belarusian market calm, this is very much appreciated and supported at all levels by the social spiritual president of the government of the republic of belarus there is something you

can do we unite love for the earth love for compulsory labor against the backdrop of our common slavic past, present and future. the delegation also got acquainted with the work of the agricultural complex, dzerzhinsky meanwhile , the trade turnover of belarus with the nizhny novgorod region may double about the enhanced work of the parties in this direction, said at a meeting of the business cooperation council, nizhny novgorod governor gleb nikitin, following the meeting, signed agreements on trade, economic, scientific, technical and humanitarian cooperation, as well as an agreement on the establishment of sister city relations between the zhabinka district and the urban district. transportation the interaction of the russian region with our country may concern investments in the exchange of goods and the creation of joint ventures. anti-sanction measures, the upcoming eaeu summit, and the prospects for the development of the eurasian union, the pressing issues of integration were discussed today at a meeting of the president with the head of the eurasian

the economic commission of mikhail myasnikovich of the eu has taken measures to compensate for losses from western sanctions pressure . in order to saturate the domestic market, a decision was also made on more preferential forms of purchasing goods from individuals. this is real support for business and the population. it is valued at two 8 billion dollars today was talking about the future. to be clear, after 2025, our president made a bold proposal to deepen integration in the eurasian space. in principle, until the year 25 we have a strategy for the development of the eurasian economic union, which the heads of state approved in december 2020. and what about the twenty-fifth year in this regard, of course, issues related to the investment cooperating creation

of joint companies of trans eurasian companies , first of all, of course, the russian belarusian companies that will feel confident enough in the domestic market and produce those goods that are in demand on world markets. and here are some very interesting constructive recommendations. were formulated, dear alexander grigorievich, relating to development institutions. this is not only our eurasian development bank, but also to the russian development stabilization fund and, of course, internal sources, so now is not the behavior of other countries and so on, but uh, uh, this is exactly the time when it is necessary to invest very seriously in the creation of new projects, primarily import-substituting ones. therefore, i have accepted all these issues for further study and, of course, there will be

a very interesting conversation at the meeting of the supreme eurasian economic council to advise current models of the settlement scheme, taking into account the current situation. alexander lukashenko shared his opinion. on this score, the proposals will take the work of a more substantive conversation between the leaders, on all topics of the eurasian agenda, a meeting of the supreme eurasian economic council, which was planned to be held in bishkek on may 27, will be in an online format, and on the eve of it, the first eurasian economic forms will be held. the participation of leaders via video link is also planned. belarus remembers its heroes of the military academy the grand opening of the memorial plaque in memory of the heroes of belarus, major andrei nechipovchik and lieutenant nikita kukanenko , was attended by the leadership of the military alma mater and cadets. recall a year ago, these heroes were sent on their last flight in the sky over baranovichi near the plane the yak-130 refused the remote control system so that the car would not crash on residential

buildings, the officers found a tiny area free from buildings and with professional precision sent the plane almost uncontrollably exactly there. a tribute to their feat, their dedication, selflessness, their attitude to the words of the oath, their attitude to their lives in the lives of people who could die during this tragedy. they accomplished a truly heroic feat, gave their lives, valued the lives of other people, above their own, of course. it worthy of respect. deepest sorrow both graduates of the military academy both were excellent students. sweden and finland's accession to nato divides the members of the alliance turkey intends to block the procedure for the admission of countries that anka will tell his firm no, said

turkish president recep taip erdogan said he had no intention of severing relations with president putin meanwhile, overseas joe biden. already hosting the leaders of two scandinavian states. helsinki is counting on a quick acceptance into the ranks of the association, the country's president said that ready to discuss the full spectrum of concerns of all nato members new hit from vovan and lexus russian pranksters spoke with ex-us president george bush, jr. video presented at the educational marathon new horizons on published footage, forty-sixth, the head of the white house thinks he is talking to vladimir zelensky touched upon the conversation with the topic from the north atlantic alliance and secretary of state baker's promise to gorbachev not to expand nato you will be younger, with all seriousness confirmed the united states the owners wanted their word and dali wanted to take away mind yes the territory, which in the early nineties was the secretary of state. beikin. i promised gorbachev not to expand, but that would be completely

wrong, and especially the threats that russia now poses. yes, that's right. that 's right. listen times are changing. baker was my father's secretary of state, and that was years ago. ah, so the united states. we must flexibly adapt to the times, and that is why you are now finding such powerful support from our country. i mean, it doesn't matter what, in fact, baker promised gorbachev in the past. we need to see what's going on right now. yes, that's right. also , the younger bush said that in the conflict , the mission of ukraine, with the support of the united states, is to destroy as many russian troops as possible, and also said the quote i wanted ukraine to join nato. meanwhile, the struggle continues in ukraine . with a history in the city of pustomyta,

lviv region, the memorial obelisk of glory was demolished from the soviets. and in kharkov , a historical figure from the distant past, alexander nevsky, was declared objectionable, a monument, stationed in the saltovka area collapsed the pedestal with a truck. at the same time, damaging the commemorative plaque in order to put the sculptures in independent ukraine in 2004 . the obelisk in memory of the soviet soldiers who died during the second world war was also being dismantled in palanga, the mayor of the city announced this, adding that again the gathering was held in accordance with the law instead of memory, the feat of the fallen in the fight against the nazis for the freedom of lithuania will lay a tile and will plant grass in april , the authorities have changed the selection criteria for determining the level of importance of the monuments, according to which the memorials were protected by the legacy law, in fact, the demolition of objectionable monuments is now legalized.