this is the main broadcast, hello, today we are not in our usual studio 600 m on makaenka, perhaps in the most beautiful and iconic location in our country. years of independence,

will celebrate its tenth anniversary in a few days. yes, time flew by so quickly, october 24, 2013, is considered to be the birthday, it was then that the political debut of the palace took place. and, it was on that day that a significant event took place, the palace hosted the cis summit, and we, journalists, remember that day very well, because we were leaving the new locations, from here with live broadcasts, here is a fragment of my broadcast. ten years ago. the forum took place in the building of the national library. this time, the delegation of the cis countries is receiving a new symbol of belarusian statehood, this is the palace of independence. and today another new tradition will appear here; the alley of honored guests of the independence palace will be planted here. at the same time , a new tradition was born: the alley of honored guests, started by alexander lukashenko. on october 23, on the eve of the cis summit, the president came to the palace to check the readiness for the holding important... international forum, at the same time

the head of state, together with his sons, planted the first trees and laid out an alley for the guests of honor. and here is that very first tree. a whole alley of honored guests has already grown around, planted by the heads of different states of the planet. but we'll talk about this a little later. ahead of us lies a real excursion into the history of the palace of independence. together we will remember all the important moments, reveal the secrets of the sidelines, and show what is usually hidden from television cameras. welcome to the palace. 10 years to the symbol of sovereignty and independence, behind strict the history of modern belarus throughout the world is written with facades made of glass, metal and precious stone. in minsk, negotiations between the normandy four have been going on for more than 10 hours. the most important political events, meetings of honored guests. credential. real score. i am very

pleased to be here. let's reveal the secrets of the sidelines and show what is usually hidden from television cameras. stained glass, we see it at a height of 15 m. we finally got to it. bright excursions, gifts and, of course, the alley of honored guests, let's take a ride together with alexander grigorievich hasn’t driven me in a car yet. yes, this is the most detailed excursion for all belarusians to the palace of independence. the arab world is seething. who is behind the attack on the hospital in gaza, the humanitarian catastrophe is growing every day. biden has opened access for ukrainians and israelis to the checkbooks of americans, who are now in charge of poland, which has lost its sovereignty. the ruling party enjoyed a clear advantage due to its outsized influence over the use of public resources. abuse of duda's party morovetsky are listed in the osce preliminary report. the main premiere of the year is the factor buy show. these are always exclusive facts,

active participants in the arguing jury. to all those whom we want to give a chance and see some prospect, you take it and cut it, until we meet again, thank you all. why were the contestants afraid of prigozhin in vain ? you need to be able to comment so delicately, there must be a person with individually clearly expressed not only vocal abilities, but also external ones. the country's most rated and talented show has returned to the screens. and let's start our excursion from the fireplace room, it is he who is better than others for a detailed conversation in a confidential atmosphere, so small, cozy, this is where, most often, alexander lukashenko receives his foreign colleagues, distinguished guests and diplomats. the dialogue in the hall usually takes place in the tetat format. the fireplace hall holds the record for the number of international meetings held with the participation of the first. only this week. at kamin odyssey

talked about the prospects for belarusian-iranian relations, discussed projects with the equatorial guinea, and in general the geography of the agreement and the past weeks are much more global, we are expanding our presence in africa. in the near middle east region. but let's take it in order: economic cooperation, joint efforts to counter sanctions and, most importantly, the implementation of all agreements within a strictly specified time frame. these topics became key during negotiations between alexander lukashenko and the first vice-president of iran. unprecedented sanctions challenges have opened up prospects for cooperation and the countries have pulled together. trade has intensified significantly, over 8 months of this year, it amounted to more than 62 million dollars, an increase of 126%. the situation requires coordinated efforts from us to maintain economic positions and further development. belarus and iran are opening a new page of cooperation. during my visit to iran,

the president and i agreed that we would definitely develop an action plan for the foreseeable future for many years to come. so that our trade turnover, our cooperation as a whole, develops more successfully, i will not now publicly name those issues that we must decide, i will say, in general, the most important and most important thing, based on the experience of relations with iran, based on many years of cooperation with iran, i conclude that your bureaucracy needs to learn to work very quickly if we have agreed on something , this must be completed on time, develop a roadmap for cooperation for the future, alexander lukashenko proposed to venezuela, at a meeting with the head of the ministry of foreign affairs, ivan helempintu , they agreed to restart bilateral relations in the economy. the ship belarus is coming

rapprochement with equatorial guinea. the visit of the minister of foreign affairs confirmed the implementation of all planned projects that were agreed upon during the september visit to minsk of the leader of the african state. by the way, alexander lukashenko announced his first visit to equatorial guinea. and we move to the green hall for 2 days of 2015, february 11 and 12, this place without attracting became legendary for international politics. it was then that there was every chance to maintain peace and stability in the region, but something went wrong in the west. 16 the leaders of the norman four here and not only discussed the conditions for establishing peace in ukraine, from the palace of independence they scattered across the entire planet and the concept of “peace” minsk was firmly established. by the way, françois allande and angela merkel sat on this sofa, like everything else made here in belarus. on the contrary, vladimir putin and petro poroshenko are literally at arm's length from each other.

there is belarusian lard on the table. as alexander lukashenko said in one of his interviews, they ate scrambled eggs, dairy products, and drank cheese during the night several buckets of coffee. then the main thing was possible, at least for a while, to stop the bloodshed in the donbass; our president of belarus did the maximum to ensure that the conflict was resolved as soon as possible. another thing is that today western politicians, in favor of the geopolitical situation, are doing everything to turn the essence of those negotiations upside down, examples of which we have seen many times. in general, the palace of independence is a mirror of the modern history of belarus, because all the most important meetings for the country took place in these halls. only by geography of guests. the highest level, one can see how broad our country’s interests are in the world, and the leaders’ statements at the negotiations emphasize not only economic vectors, but also political support on the global stage. the history of the palace in significant meetings and faces from our political observer olesya vysotskaya. and we

are located near the palace of independence, this point will become one of the key ones. and perhaps the most key in european diplomacy. i would also like to note the great attention paid to the summit by the media; the discussion was extremely open. negotiations in minsk the norman four have been walking for more than 10 hours. they walked for all 16 hours, those emotionally incredibly difficult ones, the evening and night were remembered by everyone who was in the palace. five thousand journalists from all over the world broadcast live. luxurious halls became the backdrop for political statements. grandeur, decoration, sophistication, created by hands. belarusians are visible in reports; many appreciated the comfort of belarusian furniture and even floors at night. vladimir putin emerged as a barely alive journalist, were you sleeping, no, what were you doing, waiting, we were working, and what are you doing? did you do? this is not the best night of my

life. in fact, that day there was a world presentation of the palace, which remained the heart of the peace negotiations. it is obvious today that the implementation of the minsk agreements has become a test for european diplomacy. after all , it was the leaders of the european union states who acted as guarantors, but in many ways they pursued only their own interests, the hall of the normandy four, now a place for the obligatory photo from the palace during the tour. do you know which leader you are currently sitting in? yes, i already know, angela merkel. over the years , hundreds of thousands of guests of different ranks have passed through the halls of the palace, many significant meetings and negotiations have taken place, their essence is evidence of the interests of the belarusian state. egypt, sudan, zimbabwe, now equatorial guinea. so the foreign policy trend of recent years is africa, the future lies with the continent, belarus has many interesting projects there, and the goal goes far beyond the growth of goods. if we can help your state and

africa as a whole, you tell us, we will definitely do it. red carpet and hall during the palace negotiations, only the leaders of the countries managed to receive, according to our calculations, at least two dozen. geography as an export portfolio of belarus, and also an indicator of interest in our technologies and industry. in fact, here are new niches, new projects of our multi-vector foreign policy, the distant arc, african countries, latin america, asia, different directions, the middle east, eastern europe, for example, a historical meeting, after which relations between belarus and china began to be called nothing else as all-weather. by the way, exactly then the belarusian phrase was heard. leader that countries with similar oppositions, such as belarus, china, russia, must be together

to resist what is happening in the world. these walls of the new palace of independence have seen many events, but there has never been such a queue for the signing of intergovernmental and other agreements in this hall. as for vladimir putin, he was in the palace. more often than others, one of the first to appreciate its decoration. the leaders of belarus and russia do not miss the opportunity to discuss matters during official visits to summit sites. it’s eight o’clock, and we’re sitting here working, but we’ve considered all the issues. this is a large, very serious facility, and industrial cooperation in various areas. cooperation in the field of agriculture, the supply of mutual agricultural products - these are still key things. allies and partners have many photographs from different halls of the palace, and reporters have chic stand-ups from luxurious

halls. the end of the year, time to take stock of political and economic results, and of course, we need a plan for the future. how much here over the years there have been delegations from various regions, the vastness of russia, reporters have long lost count, only this fall there are seven, and the total trade turnover with these regions alone exceeds 1.5 billion dollars, and this is by a minute more than all trade transactions between belarus and kazakhstan. businessmen, politicians, clergy, famous people, an equally wide corridor of topics that sounded within these walls, from space to the bowels of the earth with the same potassium, and from social projects, and not only in our country, to life in which there is always a place for heroic deeds, you are already standing peacefully, i salute you, well done, alesya vysotskaya, vlad lopatin, olga kozina, and the palaces. and significant meetings on the main broadcast. hall of ceremonies. it was here that

on october 25, 2013, the leaders of the cis countries lined up to take, as journalists say, a family photo. this is a shot of politicians with flags in the background. roto guard of honor, red carpet. they looked with interest at the decoration of the then new palace, but the world was different. that summit is one of the final official appearances the last legitimate president of ukraine, viktor yanukovych. the atmosphere of general well-being was then diluted by the extremely sober views of alexander lukashenko, the first to draw attention to the fact that the revival of nazism must not be allowed and called for living as a single family, otherwise they will be eaten. belarus does not think about its sovereignty and independence. without the closest cooperation within the commonwealth of independent states.

moreover, we do not see ourselves as a successful state, without cooperation with our peoples with whom we lived for almost a century, the last century, as a single family. ukraine did not listen, a couple of months after the summit the maidan happened, but we stood firm on our ground, peace and unity, the west cannot... now the cis summit in bishkek, the words of alexander lukashenko sound even louder, because many only now realized how much the president was was right then in the palace in 2013. this did not suit us and still does not suit our competitors, who to this day continue to try to shake us in different directions, weaken us and subordinate us to their interests. first came out of our unification of georgia, de facto ukraine is not with us, big questions regarding moldova,

unfortunately, armenia does not always behave like a partner. you can't do this. calmly observe from the sidelines, otherwise we will simply be torn to pieces ; first of all, ordinary people, the peoples of our countries, will suffer. over the 10 years of the palace’s life , a whole gallery of belarusian geopolitics has formed on the balcony of the left wing. there is a photo with the leader of azerbaijan, turkey and venezuela, the head of the knn and others, a special place is occupied by the sculpture let's beat swords into plowshares, donated by the president of russia, the best symbol it’s hard to come up with a creed for the belarusian creed, a peacemaker country. belarus, thanks to the efforts of alexander lukashenko, lives peacefully, here is the planet. the war in the middle east, the terrorist attack in belgium, the incompetent us president, all this is collected in a disturbing international

almanac, here in silence, safety and calm, it is important to remind people that things happen differently. about the situation in the world: evgeny belausov. in the middle east, the biggest event of the past week was the attack on the al-ahli hospital. the attack killed 471 people. effect this tragedy turned out to be colossal. the muslim world was seething with hatred and thirst for revenge. to bring down the tension, the western media launched an information salvo. a number of publications appeared in which it was reported that the number of victims did not reach three hundred. the rocket was launched by hamas. however, the answer to the question: who struck the blow, can be considered this fact. washington said it was not pushing for an investigation into the incident. meanwhile, the american president is seeking the allocation of $105 billion for foreign policy needs. 60 will go ukraine, another 14 will be transferred to israel.

biden has indicated that such spending is a smart investment. in response, the american media. they almost put an end to biden’s political career, they say they didn’t expect such an absurd request even from him, some turned out to be even bolder and openly ridiculed the leader of their nation. biden delivered a primetime address from the oval office asking congress to approve $100 billion in emergency funds. well, good luck, congress can’t even approve a speaker for itself. and forgotten by everyone ukraine is already calculating how much an american day is enough for. rada deputy yaroslav zheleznyak demonstrated his mathematical abilities. it turns out that it won't be enough. in his telegram, he stated that a third of the ukrainian budget next year will be covered by subsidies from the united states, but since the funds are actually designed for 13 months, $2 billion will not be enough. europe continues to surround itself with iron

curtains. border controls have been restored on the borders of croatia, slovenia, hungary, and italy. the reason for this is the recent attack illegal migrant on swedish fans in brussels. two people died. the belgian prosecutor's office does not rule out a connection between the terrorist attack and the middle east conflict; as a result, eu countries intend to tighten immigration legislation. we are talking about the expulsion of all illegal migrants, strengthening border controls and tightening surveillance of migrants within the european union. evgeny belausov, oleg romanov, on the main broadcast. war in the middle east. the conflict in ukraine, the migration crisis, but many are now looking even further side of the island of taiwan, they say, it can blaze there in moments. such is the winding architecture of the world order today, like a forged pattern on the railings of the stairs of a palace, it is all the more gratifying that belarusian zeal, both in politics and in construction, is stronger than granite. the palace of independence was created by the whole

country, and by the way , our rich cultural heritage is embodied in metal, glass and stone. what do the silhouettes tell? symbol of belarusian statehood, darya tarasova will tell. since we were creating the entire exterior, the idea came still, saturate the territory with some kind of symbolic sculpture. this sculpture is 8 m high. and belarus is pro-vital, well, in the belarusian language, in russian, this is belarus hospitable, it sounds like they are releasing doves from their palms, this is also symbolic that our entire republic, it... is hospitable to the world and creation. framed in postmodern silhouettes and ceremonial outlines. cozy national motifs, quoting the cultural dna of the country, slutsk belt ornaments, elegantly encrypting the code on facades and interiors, close

all the logistical, intellectual whims of a high platform, to solve the space of the house in which sovereignty lives, so that when referring to the vocabulary of architects , the soul does not fly out of the object. the main character of the capital. patriotic quarter, the belarusians fought from the belarusian one, the golden section of statehood was discovered in just 30 months, although all 57 were invested in the search . this object, it accumulated the forces of the entire republic, in general it is a very complex engineering object, the fact is that there are about 100 engineering systems which we are in basically we don’t see, these decorative grilles, that’s what you see, it’s all ventilation, and here... in other rooms, it’s all done specially, so uh, filigree, that’s all, it’s marble, that is, the machines worked

around the clock, i think this is for centuries, in the interiors the psychology of great diplomacy in the position of an experienced peacemaker, belarus has verified the formula for constructive dialogue on the political stage, the hall in which the international agenda is decided, the layout is round , the fireplace comfort, to the format of sophia amphitheatres.. . the extra chandeliers of the athletic cascade are addressed as an information headquarters, in a word, each has its own target, a meeting room called red, unlike its more serious older brothers, it was intended for widespread daily meetings on any republican topics, accordingly, its low ceilings, they already dictated a certain behind-the-scenes appearance is met by the clothes in the wardrobe... of the palace, granite and marble couture, painted by the belarusian art school grand pano. at the base of the lower cutter are hospitable silhouettes from the ludian belt. they are ready to dress this building in

national ornaments. statehood is an ornamental philosophical world, which includes heraldry and significant elements such as the coat of arms, these two huge panels, they seem to stand on the basis of our history, therefore, while preserving the slut train, we made the bottom through historical monuments, one the side that created this hymn in the towel, the second side that created the hymn to our fertility, teffany’s winds shone in architectural drama already as a postscript, fragile art with an area of ​​800 squares crowns the composition of the hall of ceremonies, and therefore if the obverse of cornflower glass is a stained glass window that decorates

the largest hall of the palace, but we see it from the floor at a height of 15 m, that is, we cannot get close to it, but now we have finally reached it on the third level, which means we can see some kind of beauty , belarus, caressed by state awards, sets its tone for the daylight hours , the sun cannot reach here, but sports, cultural and scientific stars shine here, dark green marble v 302 columns, behind proud titles, counting under the accompaniment of a guard of honor, i took up the concept of amphiladial halls , 500-600 m each, this is a large meeting hall, the belarus hall, a different format was used there, swatched, this really decorated it, made it very different from other halls. in general , up to 3,000 people worked at the facility;

an incredible moment in life occurs when, when the interior comes to life. in the realities of any state, the key is a strong frame. the palace of independence stands confidently on 9. tons of metal structures. titanic work without visual distortion. the glass literally melts the ice between the receiving party and the palace guests. for self-sufficiency in each mise-en-scène, thousands of variations and architectural ones, we did it together. about the architectural dna of the palace of independence in the main broadcast of daria torasova, ilya puchko, andrey grodboev and vladislav lopatin. a synonym for the word holiday is the largest and most spacious hall of ceremonies in the palace of independence. significant events with the participation of the head of state take place here. including the presidential inauguration. the ceremonial procedure for taking office traditionally brings together the best representatives of belarusian society, those who have made a significant contribution to the development of the country and achieved outstanding results in one

area or another. the ceremony of signing the decision of the republican referendum of the year 22 took place here. the approved changes to the constitution for the years to come determine an improved model of state development. this hall also congratulates the best graduates, those whose journey is just beginning. and in all cases this the very place where the most important and brightest events of belarus are displayed, without which it is impossible to imagine our history. what the hall has seen in 10 years, the main thing is domestic political events. i swear to the republic of belarus. the first historical presidential inauguration in the palace of independence: 2015, hundreds of guests in the ceremony hall, including from all over the world, from the cis and china to france and sweden. the moment when belarusian statehood took shape and became stronger, and this is clearly visible.

from the side, the surroundings of the independence palace perfectly frames the historical moment. the head of state speaks about the values ​​of the young state, about the goals that he sets for the benefit of the people. we want a calm and peaceful life. and most importantly, for the one whom the belarusian people chose as their leader, let them kill you on the battlefield, shoot you, but you must not retreat, you must not betray your people, this has not happened for 20 years, how long have i served you and our people state, this will never happen; instead, time and personality are the most important combination for state building, especially in a world where the destruction of other countries is one of the ways to obtain a resource for life. very little time will pass and the head of state will fully confirm these words of his and prove that it was not in vain that he was given a high rating of popular trust.

difficult august 2020. the moment when they wanted to push the country into chaos and a lot of resources were spent on this, including on information fakes that the president left belarus, left the palace of independence, a street crowd of people was sent there to storm, as they called it. meanwhile, in there was a situation center in the palace, it was there that the president had been in the morning, and when he came out to these same protesters, they had neither arguments nor spirit, they simply ran. the head of state thanked the defenders... thank you, thank you, these are the same historical footage that has flown around the world, and historical arguments in favor of a true leader who did not abandon his people, who did not run away anywhere, is ready with arms in hand to defend the country, its

sovereignty, to serve the people of the republic of belarus faithfully and faithfully it didn’t take long to remove the high harnesses that had been placed on me; the supporters of the coup d’état had already realized how much they had miscalculated, how strong the legitimate government in belarus was. in september 1920, the newly elected president was inaugurated, and the hall of ceremonies was filled again. in his speech, the president formulates meanings for belarusians who are ready to engage in creation rather than destruction; these are guidelines for a strong government and the people who support it. the basis of our development is the will of the people, which manifests itself here, here in their country, and we ourselves, without any external participation , will understand our problems, come to agreement, and ensure cooperation of all layers

of society while maintaining the rule of law and mutual respect. march 2022, hall of ceremonies, live broadcast, more than a thousand guests, the president signed the decision of the republican referendum, another historical moment. at such moments, the horizons of the future that the country aspires to are outlined. on the eve of february 27, belarusians decided how the state would live and develop for years to come. forward, amendments and additions to the constitution were adopted, 3 years of great work on the basic law of the country, and as a result - a people's constitution. most importantly, we together strengthened the most important ideas, principles, and goals for the further development of the country. together with you

we determined the contours of the ideology of the belarusian state, the source of which is our fundamental law. the path to constitutional change was not easy. the pandemic, then events. the information war, the ongoing attacks on our country have shaken everyone up, attempts to impose imaginary values ​​on us do not stop, like sanctions, but we must do everything to protect our belarus, the president clearly outlined what to do next, people are doing their job, their state, together we are one country. evgeny gorin on the main broadcast. we move to one of the most important halls where they are received. this is a significant decision for our state; it is within these walls that the meeting of the security council takes place. yes, we are journalists, among ourselves we call it the security council hall. it is clear that the reports of the heads of law enforcement agencies are usually classified as secret, but even

without diving into the details, we can clearly see the dynamics of growing tension. western neighbors are systematically increasing their military potential. official warsaw plans to increase the size of the army to 300,000 bayonets. at the same time, militarization is not carried out with its own money, but with loans from washington. obviously, such an attitude towards their own citizens was one of the reasons for the popular demarche during the parliamentary elections. in fact, the poles showed no confidence in the ruling party, which was unable to gain a majority. poland was split into two irreconcilable camps. but thanks also to the decision taken in this hall , belarus managed to avoid such a scenario. he will tell you how poland got to the political bottom. screenshot.

kaczynski’s team is finishing off polish statehood, the country is rapidly plunging into a political crisis, trying to retain power, they almost uprooted the lever of the administrative resource, the ruling party is playing dirty games... even the osce representatives could not turn a blind eye to the parties during the parliamentary elections, with their then very selective vision. the october 15 parliamentary elections were competitive, with voters having a wide range of political options to choose from, but the ruling party enjoyed a clear advantage due to its outsized influence over the use of government resources and public media. the participants freely carried out the election campaign, which was unfortunately characterized by a broad campaign. polish society was torn apart and turned against each other, this is clearly visible because people all over the country voted, part of the population, despite

social problems and ongoing credit militarism out of habit, peace noted in the newsletter, but the collapsed level of support, relative to previous years, clearly indicates a vote of no confidence. poles. they were really tired of the tyranny of official warsaw and wanted to be heard; their hearts demanded change. i hope the next government will be more left-wing and not as radical as the current one, so i'm very pleased with the results. even my brother wasn't that interested in elections before, but he voted at 8:00 am. everyone was interested in change. without waiting for the official announcement of the results, the leaders of the largest political parties begin to huddle. announce one’s victory in the elections shower congratulations on like-minded people, a shouting gesture demonstrated a serious determination to go to the end and defend the results in the event of too obvious falsifications, completely justified fears

given the way the votes danced as they were counted, the ruling party was continually leading by record 10% of yours opponents, for duda, who beat his opponent in the elections by 2%. these are generally unimaginable numbers. the polish dictator hastened to proclaim the elections as the height of democracy, but in the end he called all poles pigs. poland has once again shown that democracy has already taken root in our country. how much we have matured since 1989, how much we have managed to change the social approach thanks to progressive correct activities. for we all remember very well that up to 80. it is interesting that peace, who comes from the same family as duda, it was precisely the older people who supported him, that is, those same pigs, as he said, who had definitely gone to the polls before 1989, however,

duda has already said that he does not plan to run for a new term, maybe that’s why he decided to express his attitude towards poles, i doubt that after this speech representatives of the opposition parties... will want to share the glory of creating a coalition for the subsequent formation of a government. voluntarily, of course not, but there are different options, which the representatives of the alternatives themselves talk about. this is an example collapse of our time, that since monday i have been asked if any of us will allow ourselves to be corrupted, because it is corrupting, intimidating, let's intimidate or corrupt, well, these are the political instruments of a non-democratic state, mr. editor, and this is one of the proofs of that that peace is not a democratic party, will not intimidate anyone and will not buy anyone. the discord in the polish parliament is creating a situation reminiscent of... the period of the liberal government, everyone against everyone. each

small political force will be able to contribute chaos in making key decisions, wresting preferences for oneself. last time it all ended with three sections, about the new era of external governance of poland. andrey syich in the screenshot section. this is the same kalashnikov assault rifle with which alexander lukashenko arrived at the palace of independence in august 2020 during a difficult period. it was necessary to literally defend your people, your country, and the head of state then showed everyone his. political force and for this there is absolutely no

need to fire shots. but those who call themselves leaders in the west are all more often resort to prohibited techniques. we are talking here about missiles, bombs and poisons, which are prohibited for use by international documents, but they are still used. in clear politics, the victims of western interventions have the terrible consequences of wars not according to the rules, for whom obligations are just dust , and why the world's main criminal has always escaped punishment, look, on monday, after...

the machine gun of the first, which was said just above, is one of the most popular exhibits of the museum in the palace of independence, but there is one more thing... the place where no one will definitely

refuse to take a photo is the president’s reception room. there is even a legend in the palace of independence that once people who came on a tour took photos while alexander lukashenko was at work. it’s hard to say whether it’s truth or fiction, but one thing is for sure: the reception room of the former is inaccessible to visitors, and this is a top place for filming, where you can hold the door handle and at least rehearse the phrase “alexander” in your head. grigorievich, it’s possible, queues are forming. but of course this is not right away, what is the first thing guests see in the palace of independence, where gifts are kept and how the excursions go, katerina krutalevich knows the answer. in general, the palace of independence for those who come here on a visit or on an excursion begins with these corridors. on average, 5,000 people a year come here for this purpose to look at perhaps the main symbol of sovereign belarus. well, of course, the palace also has a working schedule, foreign guests, and a presidential reception. and yet anyone who

really wants to can enter the palace. palace for belarusians opened literally immediately, yes, the excursions were less frequent and fewer in number, but they were there. over time , the schedule gained such speed and momentum that the ceremony hall had not seen anything in just 10 years, periodically serving as a platform for guests’ creativity. here they danced, paraded, gave awards, twirled at balls in a unique way - the same hall tomorrow. became a business platform for negotiations at various levels, a point for interviews, it is passed by everyone who, in one way or another , goes to present a report or to meetings with the head states. on days of major political events, of course, there are no tours in the palace, these are all work rooms, but as soon as a window appears in the schedule, please, how to get in? also an open story, a request to the presidential administration, and of course, you will have to wait a little, but it’s worth it, there is a whole museum theory, a scientific theory, about why people want to touch an exhibit so much, and this is

not about vandalism, it’s physical contact, scientifically based the fact gives a person a feeling of involvement in the genius of the author and in general something great, we... you and i have the opportunity to spy on one excursion, and the coolest thing is that there are no prohibitions, someone can sit on the chairs if they want, someone can be behind the podium, this is actually the president’s podium , absolute freedom, this absolute freedom makes it possible to feel the palace, it is interesting to learn about it, but to feel it, believe me, it cannot be compared with anything, excursions are different and in terms of the number of people, in composition, there are no limits, it depends on the desire, if this is society. organization, for example, the belarusian women's union or employees of leading enterprises or diplomats, or veterans, of course, they want to come as a group, and that’s what happens. but farmers, students, railway workers, athletes, teachers, officers, schoolchildren, we are now naming a far from complete list; these are already excursions that are collected throughout the country.

the warm relationship with which the guys are received by the worker, a great excursion, an incredible impression, the feeling that some holy place is the heart of our homeland, what everyone sees on tv, you can touch it, everything of course, they are also trying to photograph and videotape the reception of the president, in this matter, the absolute leader. another place where you want to take a photo and touch the entire museum of gifts that were given to the president at outdoor events or brought to the palace. fund custodians are trying. in terms of relevance, but here there is also absolute democracy. the last visits of the president to the african continent, and now part of the expositions is occupied by african themes. gifts from heads of state, acting heads of state who have already left office, senior officials immediately symbols that people brought as gifts on such ordinary excursions.

there are unique samples from doctors, pilots, builders, scientists, such as from the head of the people's republic of china, this gift from sidinpino, a traditional chinese vase, covered with power. glazed with gilding, this is a very complex technology, or a lacquer miniature from the president of russia, an exclusive item. the koran from recep erdogan as a gift for the opening of a mosque in minsk. festive robe from the kazakh leader, rock from the president of kyrgyzstan, pano from the ex-head of serbia, commemorative coins of the russian orthodox church churches from two patriarchs, kirill and alexei. the same symbol from the pope, and we have just begun listing the most interesting things. this is all the number of exhibits that are here. less than half of everything that was given to the museum, in principle, the palace of independence, i will now show you what is impossible to pass by, these are cornflowers, and the last one seems that they are alive, although they are crystal, fantastic, and another cuteness, which also says a lot about the palace of independence, imagine how many presidents have been here, the highest

officials, foreign guests, they all gave something right there among very significant gifts, no less significant is the album from the kids who just came here, here we are... they don’t give away their beloved ones to belarus and don’t get sick wishes from them, they were here on an excursion and it seems to me that this very seriously proves that the palace , as they say at the beginning of the excursion, is not a thing in itself, a palace, it is for belarusians who come here and definitely leave a little bit of their heart here, let’s move on the alley of honor guests, over the years, trees have been planted here by leaders of various countries, there is a fresh september acquisition from the president of coatary guinea, but the first spruce, of course, is from the first one, i have already planted mine, so i can only water it, you and i planted , now you will know what you have, absolutely right, what other

trees and plants decorate the territory: and the palace of independence itself. anastasia benedesyuk studied the local flora and even walked with alexander grigorievich through the green surroundings. this is such a historical part. yes, a forested part in which centuries-old trees were preserved - during the construction of the facility. that is, approximately how many years? 10 more. this is one of the biggest. yes. and let's measure? yes, let's do it. 286 cm. find ahead. much more and maybe there won’t be a limit, we’ve looked around too often. do you see how many of them are obligated here? i counted five, it’s definitely different, yes, they were just sitting in the same group, somehow , it was warm summer, they were sitting, 15 hectares,

that’s how much land there is, and 10 of them are absolutely green, or seasonally gold, every year renewal, maple, rowan, oak, birch, spruce , and you feed the young ones, of course, and various fertilizers, mineral, complex, also belarusian fertilizer, yes, yes, yes, but not only. domestic fertilizer is the key to good hair, equal to crowns, daily care work, everything here is like a haircut in a salon, or like this upgrade, these yellow needles need to be torn off so that it is beautiful, and then we collect it and make it beautiful so that there is no visible yellow, this naturally dying, but you still need to bring beauty so that it it always looked beautiful from afar. without attention, not a single plant will grow, it is like a living thing, the more warmly you treat it, the better it grows. next

week the palace will become even more beautiful, where a new alley will be laid, alexander, grigorych, will show us. alexander grigorievich, so alexander grigorievich, is your car? well, this is ours, this is our common car. alexander grigorievich, he hasn’t driven me in a car yet, come on, give me a ride. what is your favorite tree: birch, why? i really like it both in spring and summer, especially in autumn, which is here there will be apple trees or cherry trees, or maybe spruce, stay tuned for the news, roughly speaking, we divide the flora on the street into three parts, this is the forested part, the alley of guests, laid out by the president of his son in a hole, and their spruce, well, really, is the most beautiful. an orchard, we’ll leave it for dessert, while we go to the palace to bask. the fact that today the beauty and

heritage of the palace of independence is a big science, the task was to make the winter garden so that it would feel like it had been here for many years, so individual trees were brought with a decent age in the passport, these palm trees in washington, and there are two of them in the winter garden, were placed in the palace of independence, each weighing 100 kg. over the years they have grown greatly in size and today it is as if the entire space in the winter garden is formed around them. in the natural environment in washington they can reach up to 30 m in height, while here the winter garden from the floor to the top of the dome is 18 m. it creates shadow, that is, it changes the light regime. this means that under the palm tree we had to plant those plants that needed shading, and so we selected those plum plants

spaciphylium, anthurium, these colatia, in general they already require, so to speak, not such bright illumination and that’s why we generally grouped them, near the reservoir we planted tradiscans, which began to grow very quickly and well separately, a group of cacti and succulents , that is, they need... a minimum of watering , they need a maximum of light, we have them formed into a separate such exposition, and we, in general, even mulched the soil, the surface layer, we also covered it with pebbles, well, relatively speaking, simulating those natural conditions, in which they grow, almost all the trees that were delivered here 10 years ago to the palace of independence were from holland, well, these are the most exotic large ones, but before... they took root, here they spent 2 months in the botanical garden, in quarantine,

entirely in the entire palace, about a thousand plants , of which about 760-70 are plants that are in the winter garden, they say, the most fruitful tree is the tangerine, the harvest is good, this is a gift to alexander lukashenko for his sixty-fifth anniversary from india, somehow clearly noticed the habitat , the winter garden will be saved, which cannot be said about lemons, they are within the reach of journalists, but here you know, everything must be verified by testing, how then did the idea of ​​picking a lemon in such a place come about? but in fact, this idea arose by accident, because they were ripe, they were so attractive, they simply attracted them to themselves, and i will say, frankly there were several approaches to the lemon. cut out carefully so as not to damage the seeds, the seeds were quickly stolen by colleagues, and as far as i know, one girl managed to grow a lemon at home, then

already in russia, when we returned, pospo. but unfortunately, it didn’t work out for me, and i have more than one reason to return, i follow social networks, your and our colleagues, belarusian journalists, especially the pool, i have a dream, of course, to finally try presidential watermelon, and i will collect all the seeds, plant them in probably a dozen of these pots, and i will try to grow a presidential watermelon, there are at least more chances than... the seeds of a small lemon, someone probably remembers, on this in the very place decades earlier there was an apple orchard, a palace, of course, was erected, but the apple trees were also preserved and increased, surely there will be those who will argue with the journalist brothers, so what’s cooler to try from the palace of independence, a lemon or an apple? where else can you raise your hand, pick an apple and eat it

delicious, nowhere in poland are there apples. apples, i say hello, kostya, i’ll also say apples, apples, watermelons, not from the palace, but from the personal courtyard, alexander lukashenko, journalists of the presidential pool and not only, are always waiting for the season, on the main broadcast, anastasia benedisyuk, andrey novgorodtsev and alexander samailovich. and this is the slutsk hall, negotiations are held here in a narrow format, due to the frequent visits of russian regional heads, it also has the unspoken name of the governor's hall, the room has the shape of a regular octagon. by the way, negotiations at the cis summit were also held here; this week the hall hosted a delegation from mordovia. she came to a fairly representative place, economic interest is obvious. moreover,

governor artyom zdunov visited khatyn, his relative during the great patriotic war liberated the minsk region, you couldn’t imagine a better springboard of common history coupled with warm relations for joint projects. a clear gap in our relations is the absence of bilateral production and cooperation projects. i brought this to the attention of my government. now is the right time for the development of industrial cooperation, primarily joint import-substituting production. promising productions, especially since, as they report to me , mordovia is among the leaders in russia in the share of innovative products in the volume of industrial production. i know that in november at vdnkh in moscow, as part of the international exhibition of the russia forum in mordovia, she will present her best achievements. i propose to instruct our government to hold

a meeting at the vdnh site at the same time and update it. the economy is growing, statistics confirm, the trade turnover between our republics reached its maximum last year, approaching $90 million, but in just 8 months this record has been broken, we already have about 115 million. the growth rate is almost 300%. we cooperate in traditional fields from mechanical engineering and metallurgy to agro-industrial complex and petrochemicals. our modern technology and equipment are world class. and this is the white room, if there is a meeting. president's meeting is planned in an expanded format, it will take place here, for example, last friday, they discussed how the economy and various spheres of our life, from medicine to education, will develop in the future. this time we were talking about working on a strategic project. this is what happened in belarus, for example, at the bnbk nuclear power plant, svetlogorsk central control commission. alexander lukashenko demands that the government of scientists and governors, in fact, establish systematic

work on important ideas that will bring. not everything is perfect here, but the system should work like clockwork, you need to develop, deepen what you are strong at and not be afraid to bring new ideas to life. strategic projects, if we talk about belarus, are the future of our country. without the future, not a single person, not a single system, not a single state can exist, which means that strategic projects must... be dealt with, well, for example, nuclear power plant, today they have created an entire industry. remember, i tried to persuade you for a long time that we needed to build a nuclear power plant, but two sites were chosen, one station was built, and today our consumption of nuclear energy in relation to total electricity consumption is higher than the united states of america and even in russia, of the total where-

then we replace a quarter at the expense of... the peaceful atom, today i’m so carefully, you noticed, leading you to the fact that it would be nice to have a second nuclear power plant in the country, it’s very, very profitable. bnbc. new production, these are the strategic directions that will raise the country two or three levels higher than it is now , this is new, we need to move in this direction if we always boast that we are so smart and advanced, if we want to prove it in practice. such a kind of think tank , capable of assessing and supervising large-scale projects in the country, is needed, especially now, when the real thing is going on in the world... at the meeting there was a big discussion about how best to organize this work. there were a lot of proposals, but in the end the following was considered basic: creation of a council for large-scale strategic

investment projects under the president of belarus. this will be a powerful intellectual institution built into the public administration system, which will analyze and propose the most significant ideas to the first. as for the organization of the center for strategic projects, it was noted during the discussion. the need to give additional impetus to minekonikka. we are hot on the heels of what this will bring, what areas of growth they see in the government and how they generally assess the current situation. asked the prime minister, roman golovchenko. roman aleksandrovich, the president had a big conversation about the strategic project; essentially, it was a conversation about the future, what were the results and what effect would it have for the country? all countries face an important task - to find new sources for growth, because development through only... increasing efficiency or modernizing traditional industries, they are quite limited, so of course a real breakthrough or such a qualitative leap can be achieved through either the creation of fundamentally new production facilities in traditional sectors, but

fundamentally new ones, or through new scientific discoveries, but new technologies that are breakthrough and advanced on a global scale. we have come to the conclusion that, in principle , the republic has created and operates a fairly effective system for the implementation of investment... projects, so to speak , which are aimed at expanding and modernizing existing production facilities, as well as creating small such projects in the regions, here is our program one district one the project, which is generally progressing successfully, here everything is on this circuit, at this level everything is fine, it is definitely necessary, of course , to strengthen control over the demand for deadlines, for the quality of implementation, but here everything is in order, and today the main question was which president asked how we could achieve regulation in the country. large-scale projects appeared such as the belarusian nuclear power plant of the national biotechnological corporation and how to do this so that this process would be natural, not born in pain, but would probably be the result of such a systematic,

purposeful work, such a lively discussion took place, it seems to me that we have found certain steps in this direction , the president gave instructions to put on the table during the month of october, for him, a scheme according to which we will move, and of course, in general there was a conversation about , and how the country will develop in the new five-year plan, that is, what fundamentally new production facilities will be created. this is probably the main task to which we will have to answer in the very near future. and in what areas are these growth drivers for belarus? concentrated, in your opinion, is this where it will be most relevant? of course, this is the development of everything that is connected with nuclear energy, with nuclear, but not energy areas, yes, this is the field... nuclear medicine, this is the field of new materials, for which we actually have all the competencies and groundwork, this is of course microelectronics, the search for new solutions in radio electronics, there are such developments,

corresponding to the academy of sciences, and private companies, these are supercapacitors, these are new types of polymers, that is, virtually all the industry of new materials is where the whole world is going now, we are not going to invent, implement what we are strong in, in fact. the day before, adjustments were made to the decrees on measures for additional stability in the economy, what will this give? based on two years of experience in the functioning of the economy in such difficult conditions, when in the first, in the first year - meaning sanctions pressure, the president gave the government certain powers, which means he provided additional ones, that is, so far there is such turbulence ... the situation exists economic, probably, such powers will be granted to the government on an ongoing basis.

so important and resonant is the issue of changing the procedure for alienation - shares of enterprises, the founders of which are individuals and companies from unfriendly states, a new procedure has been introduced that imposes great responsibilities, so to speak, on those legal entities and individuals who... want to exit - from business projects in the country, including contrary to previously assumed obligations for implementation of investment agreements and so on. here, but i won’t say that this is a copy, but this is definitely a development of those decisions that were made in the russian federation, in terms of tightening the conditions for just like that , he took, abandoned, left, which means that everyone has certain obligations among themselves, if these obligations, well, from the outside , let’s say, companies from an unfriendly country are violated, then for this there should be a certain, well , additional fee, let’s call it that, i am sure that it will not be widespread. even

during this time, when we didn’t have such a tough decision, well, literally a few companies, they decided to leave belarus, while the same russian federation, and we see a lot of large companies there, continues, meaning transfer assets to local owners and so on, we didn’t have such a process, well, in general, that is , we made certain decisions, but they were mutually beneficial, that is, such that someone would abandon their business in belarus. and left because of sanctions, well, that’s how i personally the head of the government, well, i don’t remember, that’s why this is more of a more preventive measure, because in general we, well, practically all investors, well, from so-called unfriendly countries, they continue to work in belarus, continue to implement their projects, receive, continue to make profits and receive dividends from their investments, which is why, in general, the situation here is calm, we see that the measures that are being taken... after all, for

next year, what is your opinion? well, this is no longer a forecast for next year, it’s already a presidential decree on the main parameters of socio-economic development, next year has been adopted, it is of course stressful, but we have no other choice but to implement it, in fact, the same applies to the current year, we have 2 and a half months before the end of the year, so far the situation is not bad develops according to the growth of the inner one. product in terms of investment growth , that is, we have already increased investment by 22% in september compared to september last year, this is a very, very serious breakthrough, but in terms of personal income, in terms of wages, now we are on track to fulfill all the indicators set for the third quarter, and we hope to also work confidently in the fourth quarter so that the quite intense task that the president

has set to be completed. among all the auditoriums of the palace of independence , the universal hall has the most unusual shape, the shape of an amphitheater. major events and press conferences with live television broadcasts are held here. it was in this hall that the record duration of 8:15 was set, which is how long the president’s big conversation with representatives of the media lasted. about 300 journalists were accredited here. the shape of the hall is non-standard. the presidential pool reporters are also looking for the same approaches. on the official agenda: not everything always goes according to protocol, which is what people who work next to the head of state within the walls of the independence palace should be prepared for. veronica buta will tell you the secrets of the pool. the presidential administration on karl marx for meetings and working meetings, the frunze residence for official events and receptions, and here foreign diplomats presented their credentials. castle republics. for ceremonial meetings

of congratulatory speeches, this is only part of the sites where events with the participation of the head of state used to take place; the route of journalists from the presidential pool and the first commander was then calculated in kilometers. the palace of independence was conceived as a universal platform, there is a hall for any occasion, but has it become ours? this makes the story shorter. so, today we will find out how many steps a presidential pool journalist takes per day. i reset the special application on my phone and for all of us i wish you a calm but productive day.

i’ll take you to the sidelines of edwardsay independence and show you places that are extremely rarely or never captured by television cameras. hello, good afternoon. while all the journalists are gathering, there is time for a little nostalgia. my colleague ilona krasudskaya has been working in these halls since the very beginning. “the palace is no longer the same, in 10 years it has acquired a soul of its own traditions, you remember, but before there was no buffet and somehow the events ended very late, but, well, you see, it had a positive effect on the figure, but today we start working morning with a cup of coffee in the palace of independence, well, i won’t hide it, this is just our ritual, we always go to the buffet in the morning with colleagues and discuss the agenda, who will work how, who comes to the

palace of independence, we solve some of our own issues in parallel , so yes, this is already our tradition, please, bon appetit, thank you, marina, coffee is probably the most popular product already. yes, of course, when they first come to our yard from independence, the first thing they do is come to my buffet, how many cups a day presidential journalists drink hundreds of drinks in a day, a buffet is open for all guests, there are more of them every year. then you remember, opponents wrote that some new residence of lukashenko was opening, another palace there for the president, and so on, as we like, but the president immediately said, even if it is written, the residence of the president of belarus, but no. this palace, it is open to all people, and you have seen that over the years a lot of people, up to a thousand, came here to see this magnificent high-status building, and indeed, we remember this thrill when we first came here, we saw the scale of these halls, with the opening

of the palace the standards of our work increased, of course, this is too high a level, and you must live up to this every day, by the way, this route to the large meeting hall, to the halls of state awards, presentation... one of the shortest, but in general the palace of independence is hundreds of meters of various corridors and galleries, perhaps the highest ceilings in some places are up to 18 m. it is important that the sound is ideal everywhere, this is a task with with an asterisk. at the time of design work , the president's team was consulted. when people took on this work , no one had any idea what they would have to go through. independence, the most ideal sound, the most ideal sound, naturally, the most ideal sound is in small rooms, this is in the office of the head of state, no less high-quality sound should be and during international meetings, it is important to catch every

note in the intonation of a foreign guest. we are the holy of holies of translators. synchronizers who provide synchronous translation during international meetings and conferences, a journalist has never set foot here, and you have received the exclusive right to do this, here is the exclusive right to deviate from the filming protocol, sometimes journalists receive personally from the president in the midst of a meeting, usually details of the conversation that remained hidden from our eyes, its main participants reveal it to us here in the press... center, in my practice it happened several times, when journalists quietly leave the meeting room, they are in trouble alexander grigoryich says, dear journalists, don’t be offended, we don’t want to hide something from you, or it’s not that we don’t trust you, but there are a number of specific questions that are still closed, but then

speakers will come to you and definitely they will tell you everything, well, here is the very message of the president, who could have remained silent, but he says, understand correctly , don’t be offended, on the other hand it was, here i am again... in practice there is a situation when, after a barely noticeable light command, that we leave the meeting room, we start to leave, the head of state is after us, the journalists say, where are you going? are you not interested? you need to keep the uhavastro even when the meeting has not yet begun, or is about to end. for us, the palace is a huge film set, because despite the fact that there is a constant protocol in events, be it a meeting or an international meeting, we are still prepared for the fact that anything can happen , head states can go and meet guests, this can happen in any room on any staircase, and there they can some important statements will be made, some kind of informational announcement will happen. the main representative functions are carried out by about two dozen halls; in total, the palace of independence

has more than half a thousand different rooms. and now i’ll open you another secret door, past which journalists approach and wonder what’s hidden there? let's see. this is the technical heart of the press center, from which audio and video signals are provided to journalists’ workplaces, on these screens located along the perimeter of the press center, for in order for all journalists to see it, a picture of all events is displayed. our holy work room. from here , hot presidential news spreads to all television channels in the country. news agency, newspapers, radio, here the working day of a pool journalist begins and ends at the nezavi palace. so,

to summarize, my result is almost 9,500 behind, only the first half of the day. the scale of the palace definitely helps the people who work here keep themselves in shape, that’s how many kilometers a day the president’s press secretary walks, and how he maintains such a pace, we asked natalya es. natalya nikolaevna, of course, working in the palace implies a special squeal, formal suits, and most importantly, beautiful shoes, heels, how many kilometers does the presidential press secretary travel around the independence palace, how difficult is it to withstand this squeal during the day, well, that is, we begin the interview with mathematics, it turns out like this, let's consider, firstly, what if? well, probably, speaking in sports language right away, i would say that it’s definitely long-distance walking, it’s

there is no doubt, further, if we take the exact footage, you yourself know very well, from the checkpoint, for example, to my office, well, something on the order of, it seems to me, 400 meters from the office to the reception of the head of state, where often there are events at which we work, we and the presidential pool. these two are fairly short distances, basic distances, this is almost a kilometer. the halls in which we work, well, it may be depending on where they are located , a little longer, a little shorter, so basically, i i would say that at least in half a day, 5-6 kilometers in the palace of independence we definitely pass, but when the journalists leave, tell us what happens then, we don’t know how many kilometers after you don’t have to again, after journalists are leaving, no one sits down in a chair and faces the computer and sits like that until

the end of the working day. firstly, there is a lot of traveling, a lot of rehearsal events and examinations. most of the work takes place in the presidential administration, on karl marx 38, where many colleagues are located and we also work a lot there, that is, moving, transitioning or working until the end of the day in the palace, this is such a basic scenario, but we understand that there are freelance days. days of the most important official events, for example, an official visit, any press service employee will tell you that the working day begins somewhere around 80 in the morning, and at this time you make your first live broadcasts on belarus alone, for example, at 8:30 a.m. we begin a tour of all the halls, clarifying some plans, adjusting some details of the latter, because the picture goes online via pts, many, many journalists take it and , of course, everything must be perfect. it ends, well, somewhere after lunch, when the last guests and journalists from

the palace of independence leave us. in fact, this is many, many, many hours on our feet, and of course, the distance we cover on this working day lengthens many times over. another separate topic in this regard is, of course, excursions; excursions take place in the palace of independence many, about 7,000 people visited this site last year alone. and this is with the busy schedule that we have, we unfortunately do not have the opportunity to bring people here literally every day, but the queue is such that we could, of course, but in fact if possible, during the excursion, two-hour, and sometimes three-hour in depending on the audience, there are very active ones with a huge number of questions, clarifications, some remarks, when we actually turn into such a full-fledged event, a full-fledged dialogue platform excursion, this is of course... very serious, this is of course the moment that i won’t talk about in kilometers, because it’s

definitely over a dozen, i’ll just say my inner feelings, not only that at the end of the day, of course, your legs are just buzzing, and you also just understand that it’s like you’re a full-fledged athlete, you went away, worked all day, in fact it turns out that we are very well-trained people with you, that ’s why all the employees, literally all the employees of the palace of independence, are so well-built ... fit and in good physical condition form. well, i always say that this form is our job responsibility, this is the first point, including , i think, because of these and the distances that we go through here, well, you know, the final thing that i probably want to emphasize, men still have an advantage here, right now we are wearing heels, here is the cameraman, all the other people who work with us are wearing shoes, sneakers, so of course, here we go through the most difficult, longest distances, heavy camera, they have a heavy camera, okay, let's make allowances for this,

we know that there are a lot of requests for interviews with the president. most often, when a request is made to speak with the head of state, what hall do they ask for? very often we say that there is overwhelming interest here, really, so as not to repeat from interview to interview, i would like to maybe explain this point a little, firstly, the number of requests is due to the fact that well, we all understand, and i i think journalists in different countries of the world understand, know, the president is very open, alexander grigorevich, but what do you think? how many times will you have a negotiation today... it started as late as god wills, maybe today in 2023, this will surprise few people, everyone is either coming to this, starting to come, or has already arrived, that is, we see such a thing, it seems to me that there is unprecedented openness, even in the highest circles of power, in different countries of the world, to journalists, to the information agenda in general, but you and i understand that our president has

always been like that, i can definitely say absolutely unambiguously, yes, starting from... 2014, when i came to dvares independence to work in the presidential press service, but we remember before that, dozens of interviews a year, large press conferences, constant press visits to his journalists, the president always remained honest, i can tell you such an interesting moment, so you asked about requests, how were they are formulated that in their wording, one day a very interesting request came to me, and i reported about it to the head of state, and there was an extremely clear and quite sensitive topic, and the president answered me like this, he says, please tell them that i i'll talk to them, but i will to say everything just as it is, and not what they want to hear, they should know about it, this is the most principled position, well, i think everyone knows that this is exactly how

any interview with our president is structured, as for the requests themselves and the interiors and some... naturally, few people initially have in mind some kind of hall or some location of journalists, first of all, the desire, in principle, to meet, talk with the president, where this will probably be all for them - still secondary, although certainly very important, that is, it’s your headache, this is our headache in any case , regardless of their desire, this is our headache, because for everything that appears in the information space with the participation of our president, naturally, we are responsible, we are direct participants, very active participants in this process, at least full-fledged film crews come to us from different countries, from different media, it is clear that not all, far from all requests we can satisfy, we really have a huge number of them, it is physically impossible, and there is probably no need to answer every one, as no matter how you like it, no matter how it is, this is how we talk to you, the president is open, we choose the brightest ones, we try to saturate

the agenda with a variety of interviews, and the location is also connected precisely with this, here we are... that we were with you in the large negotiation hall, now we have entered the hall of state awards, in front are the credentials, the small negotiation hall, in each of these halls, in each hall of the palace of independence, more than one interview has already been recorded, we naturally constantly try to change, change the picture, change the location, but a lot depends, and we, of course, also take into account when planning an interview its character, we certainly take into account the personality of the interviewer, we take into account his wishes for the atmosphere, we take into account the topic of the interview, all these factors must be observed in order for the picture, now we have come to one of the most solemn, bright and light halls of the palace of independence, the much-loved hall of state awards, we can

now quite imagine our viewers, too, what an interview might turn out like here, yes, it certainly is will always be serious. requests for interviews are absolutely intimate, absolutely intimate, and then we understand that this is a completely muted atmosphere, that it is some kind of twilight, that this is perhaps a fireplace room, perhaps a green room, we also bring different journalists there for the topic, in that room, where the meeting of the normandy four took place, this naturally also immediately gives its own, its own atmosphere, this is also the surroundings, and there are also moments when we prepare the location, usually the evening before, usually a day before interviews, journalists come to us, they come, of course, they look, we bring everyone here, we launch, we show everything , we discuss technical nuances, in order to check in with each other, so that no one has questions for each other, but they directly tell us, well

please, we see differently, not like that, but here i can absolutely honestly say that we always meet halfway. yes, we present our arguments, this happens extremely rarely, mostly we discuss in advance, but if we see that the interviewer, producer, film crew is not to put their heart on it, naturally, we let's meet halfway, we will... rebuild everything, show more locations, select, everything must be harmonious, everything at the end must be correct, this is our position as the people who organize this process in the palace of independence. belarusian journalists in the specifics of their work differ from our foreign colleagues, of course, this is a completely fundamental difference, our presidential pool is therefore quite small, because he knows every person who works with the head of state very well and feels very well, we have this interaction between the president and his pool is being built, these are not only people close to him in position, in views, these are people close

to him as a person, this is also a very important point, they have excellent contact, he knows them really well enough, and you hear constant jokes, some personal moments, perhaps this also determines their format of work in the palace of independence, maybe it’s a little loud to say that they are here... at home, well, most likely not, but for the presidential pool, our independence palace is an absolutely complete a place of work that is no less full-scale than your television studios, than the buildings on communist street, on makaenka and so on , that’s absolutely certain, they come here, they know perfectly well what to do, they know every step they take, of course, there are emergency situations situations, there are improvisations, but in such situations, as an old man, it seems to me that we presidential journalists understand each other at a glance, this is really so, we have gone through different times, we have gone through different events together,

we are really a team, a presidential team, they know what to do here, as for foreigners, they come to the palace of independence, yes, they cover events, the visit of their leadership, but first they get here, and we, and you, i think, too we see their reaction, we see their reaction to the independence courtyard and its interiors, the first thing they always ask is show, tell, the green room, the norman four, the hall of ceremonies, then there are exhibits, we have here, well, you see, you know, it’s also wonderful, palace of independence, this is also and an exhibition area, belarusian artists, art workers and so on are constantly exhibited here, of course, they always look at them, plus on the first floor there are paintings from gifts from leaders and distinguished guests from different countries, everyone is looking for their own, on the second floor there is a photo gallery, everyone is looking for theirs, now, for example, we have it on display, taking into account many foreign journalists who have been coming lately, it’s just a landmark, everyone takes pictures with loaves, and so their one and a half to two hours pass in the palace of independence in

waiting for that very event, they are almost all here for the first time, everything is new for them, everything is interesting, bright, large-scale for them, and this , of course, is a completely different format for such an emotional, let’s say, meeting with the palace of independence, with our belarusian main official platform. our journalists at this moment are simply smiling, calm and present like carifei, or watching all this, or helping their colleagues, we know this too, they often tell, show and work even before the event at the president's. well, we are again in the hall of ceremonies, but from a different angle, selfies, reels, videos that young belarusians make here on social networks. on this marble, beautiful ladies and gallant gentlemen dance the val, scadrille, and head polka. here, from the lips of the head

of state, important words of parting words are heard to the graduates - a courageous achievement. in this place , children dance in circles around the new year tree and make a secret wish. for many, being under these arches is a dream come true. the most hardworking and talented guys from all over our homeland. this is the case when the storyteller. a palace from a fairy tale comes to life, and you become the main character of a real story. ilona volynets recalled the brightest moments when the palace of independence was filled with ringing laughter and carefree fun. one of the most beautiful traditions of sovereign belarus, which connects eras and generations. on the eve of the winter holidays, the palace of independence is immersed in a fairy tale that comes to life for several hours. and if previously only aristocrats went to the ball, today the entrance ticket is

talent, hard work, the image of sophisticated ladies and amiable gentlemen are adopted by young people who have achieved success in studies, creativity, and sports. i am very glad to be here, this is truly a very important stage for me and i am incredibly glad that the university management invited me here. this is a huge honor, of course, a little exciting, but when you feel like just a princess at the ball, it’s an indescribable feeling. the parting words to the graduates here sound especially touching because they are spoken by the president, but in such cases he is more of a mentor and a loving father, as the former himself once admitted, looking at such beautiful, young, already successful people, you feel a sense of pride for belarus, for such the doors of the palace of independence are always open. we are waiting for vivid memories, because this happens only once in a lifetime. this is exactly the

event for which. work all 4 years, they are ready, always ready, and our task is to ensure that the main values ​​are not hidden behind their ties, from respect for elders, to love for the homeland, and originality, they are not lacking in ambition; among the young guests of the palace of independence, those who are called real heroes, remember roma kogodovsky, who carried his little brother out of the burning house. listen, this order is very rarely adults. they receive, only a few orders in the country have been awarded to big, strong men, you are our strongest hero, so i am presenting this order to you, when you grow up, you will understand what kind of order this is, and to receive the main document from the hands of the president is something you will not forget , who knows, maybe this meeting will inspire the guys to new victories, it is in such an atmosphere that they will recognize themselves as belarusians who live in

an amazing country, in the center of europe, i will proudly show in my passport that i am belarusian, a passport is a document of a citizen and a citizen, a person who loves his country, respects the people in them, and i become such a person, the people of independence quickly change the decoration, fairy-tale characters and cartoon characters are already walking among the strict columns, it’s time to fulfill your innermost desires, the magic town warmly welcomes young guests, some of them lack parental love. need i say that there are no other people’s children here? you can be proud of this, because they invite here, just, for example, any passerby, and they invite you for their merits, well, and i’m pleased because of this, when i came here, i really liked it here, it’s unforgettable, for me it’s what’s unusual, of course, is that the president himself invites somewhere, they sometimes say...