and polotsk, vitebsk lands are the oldest lands that we meet in the tale of bygone years and, of course, already the middle of the ninth century. this is the period when the appearance of both cities and the first e-principalities on the territory of belarus is recorded , from the point of view of history, 862, the year of the appearance of e-statehood in general in russia, this is the beginning of belarus' own small statehood, of course, the xx century. this is the time when belarusian statehood had already begun to finally crystallize, and there were attempts to create e bourgeois pro-western belarusian folk the republic that did not develop was the successful project of the belarusian soviet socialist republic from which we trace the beginning of the modern republic of belarus today. uh, belarus - it's truly independent.

a state that has an independent foreign domestic policy is a state that enjoys well-deserved authority and respect, so that some of our, uh, western opponents are not trying to speak there at the present time. but belarus, as we see it, is a country that is not just a member, but an organizer of the organization the united nations is the founding member of this international organization. belarus is actively speaking on international platforms with various initiatives, ranging from peacekeeping initiatives. this, by the way, is a distinctive feature of the belarusian people and peacekeeping, belarus is a member of a number of integration associations in the post-soviet space, so we can say that modern belarus is, uh, a real sovereign state, recognized by the countries of the world. as partners our

historical memory here are our traditions, than in general, imitation by the west is fraught, we will see by what is being done in the region. but today , what place these concepts take in the context of independence in general belarus from the point of view of tradition, a very interesting, one might say , unique place. belarus is a borderland, a borderland of two large civilizations, but we have here formed such a unique symbiosis of the west and the east belarus, of course. it cannot be attributed today to the countries of asia , since we feel ourselves to be europeans. our household culture. our everyday life very europeanized in many ways. here is the place in which we are standing, just an indicator, we can say that we are in minsk . or we can fantasize that we are now somewhere in the czech republic or in vilnius or in some kind of german town, and in principle, there will be there are a lot of parallels,

but here it is. uh, the variety of cultural codes that have merged within the belarusians allow us today to take better and from the east from the west one of the chips of belarus is just, uh, such absolute tolerance for representatives other peoples. we do not have, uh, any ethnic conflicts, unlike europe , as we see, and belarusians perceive anyone. who came to their house. eh, openly enough. at the same time, we understand and feel that we have our own national identity of the national tradition, which we are proud of, starting from uh calmness and such, uh, kind peace-loving character. uh, the differences in our cuisine, for example, are the same, famous potato pancakes, on which belarus is opposed today, uh, and ending, we can already talk about

specifics. what kind of belarusian architecture, where it is combined, including european oriental motifs, we see today that the belarusians , uh, have formed, uh, an idea of ​​themselves as a people who have the right to play an important role in general in international processes and be the master of to their land. unity and harmony are such an unshakable foundation of independence. and the head of state, in his message to the people to parliament, just defined these concepts as the main condition for the real sovereignty of the state. under current conditions these concepts take on some new meaning for us. belarus today is facing a very serious challenge to our country, it turns out. e. such a powerful pressure from the outside e, c. as a result of the fact that the belarusians decided to pursue a real independent policy of being really independent

, not agreeing at all with what they offer and impose on us, we found ourselves under the blow of sanctions that have been imposed on our country for decades. today we are under attack from criticism in various fields, ranging from the invented problem of human rights and some kind of gender intolerance that is in the west today. they are exalted, elevated to the norm and ending there with the most, uh, small little things, but in fact, of course, all these challenges are all these attempts to limit belarusians in their free right to control their own destiny. these challenges can't really give us a lot of trouble if we are united, why do you think our socially oriented economy has been and remains a target for the west from the west, in

relation to the eastern lands, there has always been such. uh, such an idea that this is their potential colonial possession today, of course, but in conditions when belarus despite all attempts, uh, turn it into a dependent colony, turn it into a country with a low standard of living, where for pennies. and the population will do any menial work, uh, it didn’t work out. uh, we have grown our own giants of engineering giants, which are actively competing in international markets. with the same western companies, belarus today, uh, holds. uh, a fifth of the entire world market potassium and potash fertilizers. uh, belarus has created engineering giants that compete in foreign markets with european companies for our products. uh, food

agriculture today. e, has authority, has the highest quality and is also in demand in many states, of course, no one likes competition. therefore, when you have a competitor on the border, who uses it. in addition, there are a number of other benefits as well. uh, thanks, for example, to our agreements with the russian federation . therefore, claims from the west are the first all aimed at ousting us as competitors from their markets and from the world market. and for this. unfortunately. they do not hesitate to use absolutely non- economic methods, speaking in the language of the president of sanctions, because this is also a time of opportunity. is it possible to say that the same sanctions, they have also become an incentive for us to strengthen our independence, we are forced to leave our former partners who refuse to work with us to look for

new markets. and oddly enough for belarus it turned out to be a great success, but we today discovered countries. the so-called distant others, we discovered a huge and very capacious asia, which today is turning into a world economic center. we have established excellent contact with the people's republic of china, which is not only today. sales, well, which today for us can act as a kind of technology donor. maybe just a donor of financial assistance, which we have lost investments. we have discovered new unexplored regions, such as africa, in which this year we started to actively enter a huge territory with huge reserves of raw materials, in need of almost all goods and e, industrial and food

, the one who first enters this market will be able to create better conditions for himself, of course, here, uh, belarusians, get new opportunities, oh which our president said integration in the context of independence now is the time to open a new page the moment that has come for integration associations. it is, of course, extremely beneficial. russia is also on a partner from whom we can obtain the necessary raw materials. this is also significantly exceeding the belarusian volume and production. sales market plus to this we act with russia, uh, as an integrated production cluster. that is, we are today, uh, creating chains of joint production of the operating chain in many goods produced in russia there is a belarusian contribution and, accordingly, this makes

us closer, this allows us, uh, to plan joint production and their expansion, but here the issue of the eurasian cooperation. we have access. uh, to a number of former post-soviet states. and we also know that belarus is entering a huge space in the shanghai cooperation organization, mutual trade is increasing, and further development of these very joint productions is taking place, one of the priorities of our foreign policy is cooperation. with the last event that took place there , millions of russians and belarusians must have been worried about how we got out of this situation. well, your expert opinion is worthy of respect. what lessons have been learned from this situation in general ? lessons will be learned for a long time to come, and these are

only the first, let's say, conclusions and a way out of the problem situation. all expert community. including representatives of the western bledgment were extremely surprised by such a prompt and effective solution that was offered to russia and belarus in this case, we were united in solving the problem. we did not distance ourselves from each other and the presidents worked in a single bundle, which is extremely difficult, not like for european countries there for the united states their allies. this is generally almost the rarest case internationally. in order for military issues to be resolved so quickly and at such a high level openly between states, as for the conclusions, probably the most important conclusion is that people with weapons should be controlled. this is probably one of

the main conclusions and the second conclusion. whatever the conditions are, no matter how difficult it is for us, any problems are solved together, the result. maybe simply synergistic, as scientists say in this in the case of a good resolution without blood, few people believed, and in general the entire west was determined that russia would drop in the next moment and this blow would be extremely painful for her, if not fatal, they were ready to use it to destroy the belarusian and russian statehood again. hours are two states of one fatherland. well , probably both presidents and alexander grigorievich and vladimir vladimirovich have already said this several times and, probably, uh, the level of interaction that exists today between our states allows us to solve

the most complex problems. and this is a vivid example, you were at this meeting. what are these emotions? what are your impressions? you know, with regard to emotions, a person spoke deeply, immersed in the problem and for whom pain is personal pain not from the side of the person looking, but those who are at the epicenter of the events that they experience. eh, every step , every decision passes it through itself, and, probably, what is the most visual. a person is rooting for the result not like some politicians today do come, they promised, they talked , they bowed their heads, they smiled, they kissed, but in the end, nothing is a real statesman, a real politician who is responsible for his words, capable of taking responsibility. and most importantly , he is able to be responsible for his country because of the

ideas that he puts forward and are implemented. along with the preservation of the historical truth , the defense capability of security, they have recently been somehow loudly sounding nuclear weapons in the current conditions. this is also an element of independence today is national security requires the availability of those types of weapons that are capable of providing it. there is such a concept as the theory of deterrence and the theory of strategic deterrence, recently developed elements, e.g., the theory of non-nuclear strategic deterrence is all new, but nuclear deterrence has been and will be for a decade that has made it possible to maintain peace on earth , the only two moments of the use of nuclear weapons, all on august 6 and 9, 1945 , which made the united states of america , they were the first and only use nuclear weapons in combat. after that , it was parity in the field of nuclear weapons that made it possible

not to destroy the world and save it. the state within the boundaries that they have is an element of strategic deterrence - this is an element of ensuring national security and think of something else on this topic. don't even need to. this is true. this is a theory tested by practice and verified by a decade of functioning and interstate relations. in this case, a helping hand is extended to us and, uh, a clear a guarantee has been given that belarus will not be left face to face with stupefied neighbors and the european union, which , by and large, would have been eaten by us for a long time if we did not have the strength and did not have the appropriate potential to ensure the military security of the state. well, time really taught us to hold on. here is the gunpowder with a dry weapon. as our president says, we

do not rattle, but if there is a real threat to us , we have been hearing this harshly lately, militants are being trained there. they are ready to directly encroach on our sovereignty. don't know overthrow our government. what do you think, what do those who say this are counting on, so to speak, political games and psychological pressure. this is an exacerbation of the situation and an attempt to show that this is literally not today. so tomorrow we solved all the problems. we will destroy- it is exactly the same now as excuse me, how ukraine says that it has already won and how the entire european union broadcasts from all radio outlets from all the media that ukraine's victory is inevitable, and it has already been realized is one from the elements information action , which is aimed at creating an atmosphere, fear to create an atmosphere, rejection of what is being done in the state and the measures that the state is taking to ensure its own

security by and large. we can talk about the element of hybrid confrontation with the information war, but to pay tribute to all this, including fakes, including all kinds of stuffing, can be nullified by the only truth of truth , which our media has been broadcasting quite professionally lately mass media and our officials, including the president of the republic of belarus, who constantly tells people almost every week, mind your own business, each in his place creates the country's cheerfulness to ensure national security in the field at the helm in the audience. well, anywhere, doing their own duty their own work in the interests of the state. there is a trend to compare it was. that's what concerns our security defense capability. here,

if you look there at the dawn of ours. it is now that we see the difference between incomparable concepts, then and today, except that we had a huge army. we couldn't provide it. today we have a compact real army provided with everything, the armed forces, a clearly balanced system for ensuring military security. the entire military security system includes all elements of the military organization. we are a self-sufficient state, which, in addition to having e, conventional troops, have the ability to provide for themselves on their own in practice all line of military equipment. lately . this is a ruler. it seems that tank technology has outgrown with means of communication and electronic warfare with missiles, if it comes to combat unmanned systems, that is, at the disposal of the modern armed forces there is everything that is necessary to solve

problems in modern combat. and today we are building up those competencies that we did not have before. we have created an excellent management system for this entire system. we have our own developments that allow us. uh , let's say confidently look at the future of this and that in these years, we have also managed to develop military science, without which it is impossible to look ahead. it exists. we and we have specialists capable of working in all areas. uh, today's armed confrontation. we are not the backyard of history. we are the foremost, so to speak, the avant-garde of our armed forces of the military region in such a beautiful place, a blooming city, flowers around peaceful sky, what is most important for you personally, as a citizen of belarus what does the concept of independence mean since i was 14 years old, i connected my life with

armed forces. and more than 50 were in their ranks, so everything that concerns defense capability, that concerns independence, it, firstly, absorbed mother's milk, since all my relatives. all two went through the crucible of the great patriotic war many of them. uh, so to speak, after the war, they ensured the improvisation of the state and most importantly. perhaps this is my land - my country is the place where my relatives lie. deceased already, where is where my children grow up, who are the country with which i connected my the future is present and hopeful. to bring more benefits to this country, not only in the field of bratty. well, in all areas that allow us to call ourselves belarusians. a nation, a real nation that

looks confidently into the future, knows what it wants and knows where social justice is going. this is also they, depending on the fact that each person is given guarantees, uh, in the field of his safety and education and medical care and receiving any additional bonuses in the form of maternity leave payments for the breadwinner. uh, guarantee for example, children left without parents are guaranteed disabled people. all this in a compartment. yes, it creates the idea that we have a state that people hear. that our state stands guard over the interests of every person? and of course, here is the presence of similar justice. uh, this is one of the most important

guarantees of our sovereignty, which is the number one question for you personally. will we be able to stop this increasingly growing conflict that is literally blazing on our borders at our doors. can we prevent some more the global conflict of the third world, because everyone is well aware that in the event of its occurrence, no one will remain alive, therefore not even the world. and life. that's what today the number one question would like us to always live under a peaceful sky and i ask myself one question, what can i do in the future for this, what can i do today and what should i pay my own attention to. to achieve this.

the discovery, without which the world today it is difficult to imagine today they are in every store in scientific laboratories and, of course, in our homes the measurement accuracy of the most innovative is up to 1.000. and once, if you believe the legends, they were used to weigh the hearts of the dead, an invention of mankind, which greatly simplifies our lives. now there are smart scales at home and the software automatically calculated not only weight, but body mass index and e, the amount of adipose tissue, in order to reveal the secret of youth and health to the chinese emperor, diwa in the second century bc turned to magicians, and

most chief from the world of science in the science project nearby, no matter how skeptical we are about it, but it is believed that e in people subject to photoaging a and their physiological age from external e-e differs by 20 years. and the first sign of this photoaging, which is associated with genetic defects, is hyperpigmentation, watch on the belarus 24 tv channel

. throwing blue to the sky early, which, according to the rules of the race, mlesse, the eyes of washing creatures take off along the narzhs. yes, the shrine will fade. the heavens have thrown a tire, lakes with charatins for fabrics

are smiling under the sun. you look, himself and nick below. but that gold sandy beer drank from their endlessly throwing the tire of the lake, i'm not a big belly, all the more, i just want from stress, so that i don't taste the mountains of the sea of ​​azer. utysh, nicole can not be forgotten, i love the heart of trusbrocco.

music applause hello everyone exactly in a minute a hero will come to us who will answer everything, but first, according to tradition, our questions of heroes alexander why do you think the children chose you to talk? but i think, for one simple reason, one of the leaders of belarus once called me the first belarusian cosmonaut. and you are ready for the fact that children sometimes ask tough questions. you promise to be honest.

alexander i want to warn you that the rules of our program. if for some reason you are unable or unwilling to respond. you have the right to refuse the question three times and be attentive to the questions at the end of the program, you have to choose the best one, but now you have one minute to tell about yourself time has gone good afternoon, dear friends. my name is alexander salatukha. i am a belarusian singer born in my dad served in the moscow region, my father was a military teacher, when i was 6 years old, my father was transferred to serve and to kazakhstan on lake balkhash military town, priozersk there i graduated from a secondary school

in parallel with a music school in piano, guitar. i owned on my own and out of the blue after graduation. enter the karaganda state medical institute three courses in karaganda fourth fifth sixth, and i finished already at our house in minsk and almost 41 years ago, i gave oath of hippocrates 5 years worked as a doctor by profession for a year and 4 years as an inspector of the fishery inspection of belarus alexander you, a very interesting life. unfortunately, the story of your whole life in 1 minute does not fit together, so march 1, 1987. i'm on the professional stage. thank you applause for six years. but now let's move on to the questions of our audience, we have 100 participants in the studio. everyone has their own question, let's see how many of them you have time to answer let's go.

so who's ready to ask the first question? hello alexander my name is fedor i know your hit. hello stranger, honey. is it true that you made $1 million with this song? what did you spend your life on? of course, i would like to know the details, but i think everything is fine ahead. then we continue, you were born in russia, but everyone considers you a belarusian artist. to whom do you attribute yourself, of course, belarusian father and mother from belarus father from under baranovichi mom from undermining. i have belarusian in my passport. we pass to the red sector of the red microphone. hello my name is anya you already a little over 60 does not allow you, when asked about your age, reminds you of it. no, of course, a man should always speak honestly about his age, 64 turned on january 18 of this 23 year.

tell me, how much do you feel at 64 or maybe less more? i always say sasha eternal malt, 33. 33 a stranger came to me, my dear megahit. it was 1992 . and what do you have left of a teenager from youth?