which alina lopom recognized. new challenges and new times dictate new tasks, but what always remains unchanged in the work of the department is goods at affordable prices, the availability of a wide assortment on the store shelf, belarusians are accustomed to this and there is no shortage. he remained during soviet times. the main task facing retail trade is to be economical. sustainable, first of all, and of course, market saturation, we try to provide the service as best as possible, in fact, our stores are excellent, the supply of goods enough, we are making great efforts to move to a new level of offering our trading services, finding a balance of interests of everyone is not an easy task, but not even... despite unfavorable external

factors, the situation in the consumer market and the development of retail inspires optimism, the results for the first half of the year, this is confirmed by the industry continuing to hold second place in terms of contribution to gdp, at 10%. retail turnover exceeded 40 billion rubles. belarusians are fully provided with retail space, growing and the share of sales of domestic goods is already almost 80% in the food sector. inflation is also under control within the target. 8% for the current half-year is a good indicator, especially since we see how we will move further. the infrastructure of retail facilities itself is also growing; for example, in the first half of the year, the number of retail facilities increased by almost 1%. catering and restaurant service and choir, they are also increasing in volume, and today we really see such good dynamics in the development of the belarusian trade sectors. in a special sense, socially significant goods are what we buy every day. bread. meat, milk, cereals, a change in price for

them immediately affects the weight of the buyer’s wallet, and in order to support especially vulnerable categories of belarusians, in march 2022, more than a dozen retail chains in belarus introduced a discount program of 10% for 29 groups of goods, since then the program is extended once a quarter. a program for social discounts for the population, it works quite successfully, and i believe that it is targeted, it is very competent.

liability, impose fines on them, and this produces results: the number of such violations and the number of applications is decreasing annually. we can say that belarusian trade is entering the second capital with confidence. today the sphere unites more than 600 thousand belarusians. these people solve the most important socio-economic problem, ensure the effective operation of the consumer market, the range of goods on store shelves and the availability and quality of services depend on their professionalism and competence. and with that on

that's all today, look at your area of ​​interest, three times a week, tuesday, wednesday and thursday. good luck in your business and see you soon. this is an understandable policy. hello, july will be remembered by belarusians not only as a time of warmth, but not of weather and violence of the elements. fortunately, we didn’t overcome nastya together. this does not happen in all countries. society reacts differently to natural disasters.

instead of mutual assistance, sometimes they try to profit from natural disasters: typhoons, earthquakes, fires, floods, let us remember the most destructive of them.

history has recorded a huge number natural disasters for centuries. typhoon in india in 1881, which killed 300,000 people. the chinese flood of 1887 killed up to 2 million people. by the way, the celestial world is a sad record holder, half of the ten deadliest cataclysms. is on our asian allies. god's punishment or the river of sorrow, as they call the huanghe. it has always been the center of chinese civilization, but extremely stubborn. the flood

of 1887 was precisely the work of this river: 900 thousand died, but in 1931 everything turned out even worse. the perfect storm in china was caused by several thousands of factors. from 928 to 1930 , a severe drought raged in the country, followed by a severe winter, as a result, a lot of ice and snow accumulated at the river sources, and finally, nine cyclones at once in 1931. the fate of central china was sealed. all three great rivers of china overflowed their banks: the yangtze, yellow and huai. on the night of august 21 , 1931, the water level in lake gow'. in the northern province of jiangsu, which was already extremely high due to rains under a squally wind, it rose even higher and the dams could not withstand the blows waves a stream of water with a terrifying roar swept through the streets of the sleeping city of gaoyu. more than 10 thousand people died there that day. most

of them died in their sleep. the yandza river rose so high that all the surrounding valleys were flooded. by early august the water had forced an incredible 500,000 people to flee. wander their homes in search of shelter and food. 16 of china's 23 provinces were flooded, as was the country's capital. then, by the way, it was not beijing, but the city of nanjing. in some places the water level rose by 16 m. stekhi destroyed crops rice, wheat and farm. in just a couple of days , 150,000 people died, and millions more died from hunger and disease. the food shortage became so critical that many people resorted to cannibalism. the flood led to an outbreak of malaria. which claimed the lives of another 300,000 people, typhus, cholera and dysentery spread. a very important point is that since there was a civil war in the country and there was anarchy, the komendanov government

provided very little assistance to the victims. yes, some dams have been repaired, several small dams were built, but on this one... essentially everything was limited, there was help from international organizations, in particular the red cross, and there were volunteers from other countries who helped the victims. the most destructive hurricane in us history, this is what scientists dubbed katrina. the storm literally destroyed a large one to the ground. the cultural center of the country, new orleans. because of katrina , new orleans literally became a hostage, people were locked in their own homes, unable to get out. help system

showed its ineffectiveness; help never reached some families. 800,000 homes were destroyed, the cost of rebuilding the city is estimated at $160 billion. only. imagine, 80% of the city went under water, how did the residents of new orleans behave, helped restore or pump out water? no, looting came into play, this is the material of that time. in the historical part of new orleans, many grocery stores were looted. in downtown canal street, looters broke the iron bars on the windows of expensive boutiques and jewelry stores. full police work in the city is impossible because the streets are flooded. there is no landline or mobile telephone service in the city. led to the fact that the police even opened fire on criminals; shootouts became a satellite of new orleans in those years. by the way, the city

is still being restored to this day. activists criticize washington, saying that federal authorities do not care about residents who have lost literally everything. but in 2021, the discourse about the aftermath of katrina took an unexpected turn. it must be admitted that the police lie and what their use as the sole source of information in the materials constitutes. about how we ourselves, in our own specific conditions, can save our lives and

property, and this is very, very important, because we see this, this is an extremely cruel thing, in nature our suffering, as they say, is indifferent, and this is very important, we must understand, we must save ourselves, and think about it, we must think about ourselves, then our neighbors, and... act accordingly. december 27, 2004 a powerful tsunami hit the coast of the indian ocean, more than 200,000 people from madagascar to thailand died in just one day. the tsunami was caused by an undersea earthquake of magnitude 9.1 near indonesia. a few hours later, a powerful wave covered 14 countries, even reaching the coast of africa. in the resorts

of thailand alone, the number of victims exceeded 800 people. it is noteworthy that 90% of the dead were tourists. the waves rose up to 40 m in height. in indonesia alone, 140,000 houses, 120 km of roads and two dozen bridges were destroyed. yes in general, indonesia is a separate issue - it is the most seismically active region on the planet. in indonesia , a dozen serious earthquakes are recorded, and two or three of them, if the epicenter is located appropriately, can lead to a significant number of victims. the country of 300 islands is part of the so -called pacific ring of fire, a powerful tectonic fault. the plate that forms the floor of the indian ocean, according to scientists, is squeezed under the asian plate here, at about the same speed as a human fingernail grows. record earthquakes were set in sri lanka, where , due to a tsunami, the largest railway accident in history occurred,

2,000 people died, as analysts noted, the restoration of the region from tremors was completed only by 2020. and this is a very recent case, the fires in australia four years ago are striking in their scale of tragedy in unesco... not even the rustling of leaves under your feet, only the silence is stunning, not a single bird can be heard, when you walk through the scorched forest, most of all there is silence. these are the words of professor mike clarke, lecturer in zoology at latrobe university of melbourne, australia, could be attributed to any of the forests devastated by the disaster. without a doubt, this is the most destructive... disaster in australian history, scientists say. according to him , the total area. scientists note that

it could take decades for australia's flora and fauna to recover; the situation is still so critical that society is demanding that the government introduce a moratorium on logging. such a move will naturally make timber more expensive on the continent gold. a situation in which it is on one side. scales is economic profit, which is also a fairly understandable, understandable factor, because economic collapse, economic...

some scientists also argue that the main cause of fires in australia was global warming, which was caused by industrial carbon emissions into the atmosphere, raising the temperature air on the surface of the earth. note that back in 2018, at a un conference , it was reported that australia was not fulfilling its commitments to reduce carbon emissions under the paris climate agreement. so we went to the belarusian events, such bad weather caught many in a daze,

after all, our climate is normal. and we were not very used to hurricanes before tornadoes, so july 2024 tested the resilience of belarusians, squally winds, heavy downpours, hundreds of settlements without electricity and water, littered roads, de-energized farms, fallen forests, almost all regions suffered, when due to the weather in the belarusian regions, an emergency situation was declared, according to according to the ministry of emergency situations, during the natural disaster , seven people died, another 13 were injured, the most difficult situation developed in the mozorsky, rechesky and gor... districts of the southern region. backup power sources were used to supply power to socially significant facilities. the wind also damaged a huge number of residential buildings, which began to be quickly restored. local residents note that they have never seen such a riot of elements in their lifetime. scientists say that such storms can happen again, which means you need a cool head and preparedness

not only rescuers, but also society reacts to such natural acacias. yes, the ministry of emergency situations and other authorities are at work. effectively, although they could have done it faster, especially in the first hours. in such conditions, having made sure that the usual methods of work were not producing results, the president personally began to lead the liquidation of the consequences. he mobilized all the resources of the state, quickly built a system of actions of various service departments, both republican and local levels. twice a day, morning and evening, the president received a detailed report on the measures taken in gomel region for analysis of the situation and adoption.

small village, how pleasantly surprised i was, i arrived, i saw the generator was working, it’s very nice that there are caring people, good people, they help, it’s generally sincere, we didn’t even expect that there would be such help, akin to the military situation, the head of state will note: if you hesitate, you will lose the battle, you need to be prepared for such cataclysms.