the midday news continues its sunday broadcast on belarus 1. in the studio, vladislav bunder. hello, briefly about the main thing for this hour. industrial cooperation for small medium-sized businesses of the union state. the prospects were discussed in moscow at a meeting of the belarusian-russian business council. the largest escalation of conflict in the middle east in recent years. the situation is tense. they introduced it in israel. special situation throughout the country. america does not sponsor, the west cannot compensate, chaos in the us congress threatens to undermine coalition of ukraine's allies. who creates art and brings it to the masses. it's the day of cultural workers in belarus. small medium-sized businesses of the union state should participate more actively in industrial cooperation. providing such opportunities was discussed at the joint meeting. belarusian-russian business

council in moscow. today in russia alone there are more than 6 million representatives of small medium-sized businesses, as well as 8 million self-employed people. these are the owners of cafes, restaurants, private shops, hairdressers, farms and agricultural estates. among them are private companies that provide services in the field of tourism, healthcare and car service. this is mainly retail and small wholesale trade. but in the field of industrial cooperation, small medium-sized businesses are practically not involved today. therefore, private entrepreneurs who work in the market of the union state need to be more actively involved in production chains. at inoprom we agreed with our belarusian colleagues to thoroughly study this topic and come up with government proposals for the creation of a special programs to support those smes that will work in the manufacturing sector. our task is for them to have stable orders from large companies, this is:

to improve production lines or somewhere there their existing resources and thirdly, so that we help them with working personnel, a lot of legislative initiatives have been adopted in relation to registration small businesses, in relation to the fact that there are no checks, in relation to... preferential programs, industrial mortgages, but now the most important thing is that this economic a crisis that exists, of course, throughout the world, and it could not bypass russia, the most severe sanctions, in fact, they revealed those enterprises that are not able to live, they make room for the capable, but those that have good strategies, good business ideas, good practices, today they have opportunities for further development. also

discussed at the meeting was the topic of cooperation between technology parks of the union state, this concerns industrial production, developments in the it field and their application in science, medicine, agriculture and education. belarus is actively increasing its financial sovereignty; by 25 our country will have its own digital ruble; together with russia we are getting rid of dollar dependence. so what is a digital ruble, why is it needed and what advantages does it provide, how does it differ from crypto and non-cash. and it will allow achieving key parameters of socio-economic development. alexey avdonin will explain the hidden relationships between politics and economics in his column. hello, this is a simple economics with alexey avdonin in conditions.

global confrontation, in order to ensure the stable development of sovereign states, it is necessary to have their own payment system and equivalents of value; since the end of the second world war, the united states has everywhere implanted the dollar as such an equivalent and actively disseminated its payment systems. this approach was key to washington maintaining its economic dominance over other states. now the situation is changing, more and more union countries are focusing on using cross-border settlements of their national currencies. another promising direction for getting rid of the dollar is implementation at the state level. so-called digital currency. belarus does not lag behind global trends. in september, the national bank published a concept for the development of the payment market in belarus and digitalization of the banking sector until 2025. in our country, the digital belarusian ruble will be introduced in three

stages. the result will be the introduction of a platform for making payments both within our country and abroad with non-residents, between individuals, legal entities and the state. well, what is a digital ruble? let’s explain simply: the digital ruble is an alternative form of national currency along with cash and non-cash rubles, it is a digital code stored in a special electronic wallet, it differs from cryptocurrencies in that it is issued exclusively by the state central bank, is backed by its reserves, and its difference with non-cash money is is that the digital ruble can only be stored on a specialized platform and accounted for in digital accounts, the digital ruble will be a legal means of payment, have purchasing power equal to cash and non-cash belarusian rubles, and be freely exchanged for cash and non-cash belarusian rubles. the introduction of the digital belarusian ruble provides

a number of advantages, the development of non-cash offline payments, ensuring anonymity, optimizing transaction costs during settlements, and developing competitive ones. relations in the payment services market increasing the transparency of financial services. for financial participants relations, the possibilities of using smart contract technology will be expanded. these allow us to reduce the need for trusted intermediaries, arbitration costs , and losses from fraud. but most importantly, the digital ruble will allow, without fear of blocking the loss of money, to pay for goods, services, make payments, transfer money abroad in national digital currencies, such a digital ruble system makes it possible to escape sanctions from the west and ensure the full financial sovereignty of belarus, russia and other countries eu. earlier, back in july 2023, the state duma the russian federation has adopted a law that creates

the basis for the introduction of a digital ruble in russia. digital ruble, financial sovereignty, all these are new tools for achieving growth indicators that are important to you and me. the state of the belarusian people. on october 3, president of belarus alexander lukashenko approved the most important parameters of the forecast for the country’s socio-economic development for 2024. gdp growth is projected at around 4%. inflation is no more than six. nominal accrued wages in the economy should amount to more than 2,000. in the budget sector over 1,600 rubles. as we see, belarusians know how. be in trend, develop, increase your financial sovereignty and well-being. it was simple economics with alexei avduniy.

new hot spot on the map. we continue to monitor developments in the situation in the middle east. the israeli prime minister announced the end of the first phase of the operation and the destruction of most of the enemy forces in israel. at the same time. the hamas movement reports that its supporters continue to fight in israel. jerusalem has stopped supplying electricity to the gas sector, as well as the supply of fuel goods. the number of people injured and hospitalized in israel has risen to 1,864. more than 350 were killed. according to the latest data from the palestinian ministry of health, attacks on the gaza strip claimed 313 lives, and another 1,990 were injured. israel turned to egypt asking for help as mediators. captured by hamasmer wall street journal. according to the israeli embassy in washington, hamas kidnapped 100 people, including civilians and soldiers. the situation on the border between israel and lebanon has worsened. tel aviv decided to strike one of the areas of lebanon from which

the shelling was carried out. and the united states announced its intention to provide support to israel, including through the transfer of current intelligence information. weapons from... ukraine, handed over to her, could be used against israel, saying that they appeared at the country’s borders back in june, prime minister netanyahu said. let me remind you that in an interview with the jerusalem post, he emphasized that any weapons systems in iran’s possession will be used against israel. at the same time , the country's prime minister noted that this is completely not a theoretical possibility, i clarified a few months ago, this has already happened with western anti-tank weapons, which we now find at our borders. chaos in the us congress threatens to undermine the western coalition of supporters of ukraine. german newspaper zuday. he clarifies that european countries are not able to compensate for the reduction. american supplies of weapons and ammunition, on which the kiev regime completely depends.

the victory of the anti-american politician robert fitz in the elections in slovakia was bad news for the ukrainian authorities. a recent events in the united states, in particular the compromise in congress, which prevented a shutdown, but at the same time prevented the release of new aid to kiev, and the chaos that followed the resignation of speaker of the house of representatives macarthy is even worse, journalists note. orange danger level. announced in belarus: wind gusts will still reach 25 m per second in some places today. the day before, according to operational data , 240 cases of trees falling were recorded due to the passage of squalls. 32 cars were damaged. in the gorki district of the mogilev region, the roof of a residential building was damaged house and four agricultural buildings. there were no casualties. employees of the ministry of emergency situations and other organizations carried out cutting work and cleaning up fallen trees. they work around the clock and... over the past 24 hours, experts have restored power supply in 1,080

settlements; strong winds are forecast by weather forecasters for tomorrow. today words of gratitude and wishes are addressed to cultural workers, actors and directors, vocalists and musicians, artists and writers are celebrating their professional holiday. the president sent congratulations to industry representatives. by traditions in the country honor the best workers on the eve of the holiday. ceremony in minsk. took place on the stage of the youth theater. awards from the capital's mayor's office and other specialized institutions were received by representatives of various creative fields, theater, music, museums and libraries. among them are artists, musicians, painters, and organizers of cultural and tourism events, which have become a trend in minsk. in general , about 6,000 people work in the arts sector in the capital. people in their place not only preserve, but also enhance history our belarus. culture of our belarus, they create new masterpieces and we can always enjoy new

productions, our performances, new art exhibitions, i can note that this year, on the eve of the city day, we opened a new exhibition on severny lane, an exposition, it is quite interesting, dedicated to the lane north and grushevsky lane, where history was created, where the history of our city was made , well, it’s always an honor, it means that all those hours, days that you spent... at work, the warmth that you gave to visitors to our museum, one of the main leading museums of the city, the capital of belarus, this means it was not in vain, it was noticed, appreciated, so it is very important, responsible and exciting. i am very glad to receive such a high award today, the gratitude of the minsk city executive committee, since our holiday is the day of cultural workers, but it seems to me that this is a holiday for all people in the republic of belarus, because no one can do without our work. it’s very nice that the state for about 20 years now it has been recognizing those who have made the most significant

contribution to the development of the cultural sphere. a creative gift was a festive concert, which was attended by artists of the biel state circus, students of the art school, and actors of the new theater. and that’s all for this hour, then sports news, we will complement the information picture of the day at 15:00, stay on the first button. the bots suffer their second defeat in a row. in the last four meetings of the belarusian championship , the borisov team has not won. the day before, in the confrontation with islac in parisania, it was the hosts who opened the scoring. in the first. scored a penalty, but in the second half with

aleksandr makas was accurate from the penalty spot; at the very end of the match , vadim pigas brought victoria volkam 2:1. isloshch is in fifth place in the ball from the third team torpeda belas bate with a game in hand for seventh. basketball club minsk will play its second match today in the new vtb united league. let me remind you that in their opening match the dragons lost at home to nizhny novgorod, after which they went to krasnoyarsk. here. rivals of the local yenissei, which has already held two meetings , lost in both, but it was the hosts who were specialists are called the clear favorite, how right they are, we’ll find out from the live broadcast on tv channel belarus 5. starts at 12:20.