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mr. oleksand. greetings, good day, congratulations, actually, let's start with what is happening now on the border between ukraine and slovakia, is it because of the fact that the poles are blocking the border, ukrainian trucks are moving to the slovak border, can the situation at the slovak border will repeat itself, and to be similar to the situation that is happening in poland, today, the situation is more or less stable, i would say, i just looked at the information of our police, where there is information about how many cargoes are waiting for the border of slovakia, yes, on our border with ukraine, german by ear is only 3 hours, somewhere a little more than three hours, and it must be said, a few days ago, it was a few days, because there the throughput of this

border is about 200... trucks in day, and there were more than a thousand, but due to the fact that the police are transporting trucks to hungary, and then, those coming to slovakia, from poland, the situation has basically stabilized more or less, three hours is not so long to wait to cross the border, and what happened today was an hour-long demonstrative blockade of the border organized by the union representing slovak transport companies, it was , well, a demonstration strike, it was for one hour, that is, they voiced their opinions there, which are in principle identical with the friends

of the representatives of polish companies, well, it was in let's see what will happen next, but from the point of view, here is the situation that is there now, it is, i would say, yes, it has improved, and if we talk about the change of power in slovakia, then let's also talk about how far the most gloomy predictions that this government will be pro-russian, or let's say, eurosceptic, have come true, and whether... that is, what should we expect further? so let's look specifically at the three main ones questions that are crucial for whether the government's approach to ukraine is different from that of the heger and odor governments. we had some

communication problems, now we will try to dial again. oleksandr duleba, political scientist and director of the slovak association of foreign policy is joining us from slovakia, mr. oleksandr, you are with us again and we hear you, i hear you, i see you, i hope that you are aleksandr, can we put an equal sign between prime minister fitso and his counterpart in hungary, will it be a big exaggeration, no, not yet, i will explain, three key questions, in order to make an assessment of fizo's policy regarding ukraine before the war. the first question is military support, so he says, what he said during the election campaign, that not a single projectile for ukraine and the like, well, what is the reality, when he was the first time as the head of the government at the summit, in brussels, yes, he agreed in principle with one of the points

of conclusion that the european union and the member state will continue to provide military support to ukraine. then he explained a little about his inability to provide anything. what do we have in the military warehouses, there are shells and what kind of equipment military equipment of soviet models and the like, and they so demonstratively blocked a package for 40 million euros, the value of the package was, it was projectiles for old soviet models, somewhere for soviet artillery models and also for rockets for kup systems, which we also transferred to ukraine, but regardless of that, this government will not block, in principle, commercial deliveries of combat equipment from slovakia to ukraine, and i want to say that this is very important, because now

the production of zuzana 2 howitzers is underway, for ukraine, this is a project that is paid for by governments germany, denmark and the netherlands, and in principle, this supply is already underway. and there is a great potential that there will be er, that is, increased, galbits for ukraine, as well as plus shells, the shells are produced in slovakia, they are caliber 155, 50,000 shells for ukraine, it does not stop these projects, and this is a lot, i would said yes, significant military support for ukraine, and shells than these, 40, worth 40 million, old samples, these soviet shells that he blocked, well, he needed to show something to his electorate that he, there

fulfills these promises that he gave, this the first question, that is, there is no such thing, well, that is, military support for the supply of doves and shells of caliber 155 continues. the second issue, very important, is this, and for ukraine, this is of strategic, strategic importance, this is the provision of this 50 billion euro aid package of the european union for 24-27 years, this is of very critical importance for ukraine, because there is macro-financial assistance, this is in principle, about one and a half euros per month is needed in order to... offset these losses, which are economic non-revenues to the budget due to the war, yes, it is very important, there is money there, in principle

, for the budget of ukraine for the next year. the package today, the slovak foreign minister blaner also clearly said that slovakia will not block this package, that it will support it, they have some conditions of their own, well, they are very general. that there would also be money for the development of border infrastructure between slovakia, ukraine, and so on, so that slovak companies would have access to tenders during the restoration of ukraine, because this package also includes three such components: first - this is macro-financial assistance for the budget, as i said, the second is pre-accession funds, in ukrainian, it is probably like access funds that are provided to candidate countries. for the membership of the european union, so that when they are negotiating to finish all the reforms in order to meet the standards of the european union, and the third is the recovery of ukraine, then this is a very important package, and i think that this is

positive news, and the prem mr. fico, and the minister of foreign affairs, said that slovakia will not block this package, this is the second one, yes, but the third issue, very key, is sanctions against russia, here, he said, in principle. this government says that except if the sanctions will affect nuclear energy, then there is a problem here , and the slovak government will block sanctions that may affect nuclear energy, well the rest, that is, there is no, there are no questions, so to summarize, this three main topics, yes three questions that show the approach, the real approach of fico, regarding ukraine. and i don't think there is any such dramatic change here, because military support is basically that the main thing that slovakia can provide to ukraine now is howitzers, zuzana 2 and artillery shells of caliber 155, it will

continue, slovakia will not block the package of strategic importance for ukraine, it is 50 billion euros for the next three years. and in principle, except for nuclear energy issues, the wording will not block other sanctions against russia, which, i think, is good news in principle. sir alexander, just to understand what you explained to us, perhaps this situation, how many of us in ukraine, ukrainians, until now, i think, still in the process of formation, the very structure of the state, we vacillate so much between different forms of government, and now having nominally, at least a parliamentary presidential republic, we have super strong presidential power, and there are even voices that maybe we should make a presidential republic altogether, or say, i i don't know any successful presidential republic in the world, well... maybe the united states, but here too you can argue, given the threats

they face, but less so, our polish colleagues, for example, they always wonder why in ukraine the figure of andzhii duda was perceived with such exaggeration, who actually has little effect on anything, but precisely because of the fact that he is the president, such an impression was made on him that he is like a head of state, nevertheless, we are very we rejoiced when ms. zuzana chapotova, who was speaking in our parliament there, became president in slovakia. compared, in fact called, putin the new hitler, and she was, she, she remains known for her pro-ukrainian position, powerful and pro-european as well, but at the same time somehow with the election of robert fico, it seems from the outside, as if her rhetoric has changed , does she influence something, or can she also be some kind of safeguard in the matter of pro-ukrainian interests, i don’t think that here, the president does not have the powers that he has in

in ukraine or in poland or in france, yes, well, in france, the government completely depends on the president, in poland and in ukraine you have such a shifted system, presidential, parliamentary, yes, we have a parliamentary system, in principle, we have a president , it has an important role and opportunities, if techno tech, a technocratic government, that is, a government that does not have support in the parliament, as what happened, and in principle, in the last months, it is with the government of geger, and we also had the technocratic government of odor, that is, in in such a situation, the president is really responsible, well, the task of technocratic governments is simply to bring the country to new parliamentary elections, and that a government that has the support of the parliament has just been formed, if such a government is formed, then in principle we have a president, he will become like this you can statically look, that is, what are the decisions

of the government, it does not have the opportunity to really influence the legislative process , the decision-making of the government, let's say the veto of the president, yes, we have enough for the parliament to overcome the veto of the president, this is a repeat vote and a simple majority of votes, that is, your situation is different, you need a constitutional majority in poland , there may also be a problem in poland, if there are such... polish and let's say ukrainian, we all remember the example of 2008-2010, when yushchenko was president and tymoshenko was prime minister, and in principle ukraine was paralyzed for two years, that is, when there was a conflict between the president and the prime minister, in those systems where they can block each other, yes, let's say, through the veto or some other mechanisms, there are still, well, it can simply paralyze... the executive power in the country, it

can happen in poland, if we see, that is a pipe, he represents the peace party, which lost these elections, tusk forms the government and i think that these relations will not be easy, therefore that, in principle, also in poland , in order to overcome the president's veto on a legislative act, a constitutional majority is needed, and this, in principle, it is possible to block the work of the government altogether, so there are some ... difficulties here, we do not have such a thing, in principle, zuzana chaputova, you know, her term of office was five years, it ends next year we will have presidential elections, and during her term the government in slovakia changed five times, she introduced five new prime ministers one after the other, and in in principle, probably one year somewhere it turned out that we had those machines

technocratic government. and she was responsible, so, it is more like, i would say, moral authority, she can influence the discourse, she can intervene, well , not directly through any power competences, but in the process, that is, how the country is managed, well, in this way, in this way, that is, yes, she ... who will no longer run for this post , we will see, we will have presidential elections soon, so we will see what the result will be, and what the mood is actually now, in slovak society, considering who is now stavnistrom, and who can be elected as the next president, well, you know, here we have in general , we have a polarization of society, it is literally half and half, yes in principle, it is such a

satiated majority now that brought fizo to the government, there was a big, well dissatisfaction of the population with the way matovych's government basically led the country, there were a lot of conflicts between the representatives of the parties that created this coalition, and the pandemic, let 's not forget, it was the covid-19 pandemic, yes, then the war came, and in principle, it also affected prices, inflation has increased, that is, in principle, some socio-economic indicators of the life of slovaks have objectively worsened, and here it's just ... well, the majority, you know, there is a majority, but it is very unstable, because the fitzovs, this coalition, only have plus three a deputy in the parliament, that is, we have a simple majority to form the government, it is 76 deputies , there are 79 of them, yes, let's see, it is a few days

when they are in principle, in power, we will see how they will behave, how is it will work, what will be the discipline of these deputies. there is a lot questions regarding the third coalition party , there are 10 deputies, but only one of them is a member of the party, the head of the slovak national party, the rest are just people who, well, it is not known how they will behave as members of parliament, they have their own parties, there are two other parties, yes in this one in one faction, two other parties, so let 's see how long, how this government will behave, well i will say this, here... there is a great polarization, half of the population in in principle , i am very dissatisfied with the results of these elections, the other, well, i would say so, is situational for now, for the time being, that is, we are satisfied , well, everyone is waiting for the results of the administration of fico's government, and the situation is not very

easy, you know, fico is already the fourth time as a staver-minister, but three times he was a staver-minister, when it was very nice, slovakia was in a good economic condition, that is, there was really development, there was money and so on. now we have problems , there is stagnation, the debt of the country is growing, it is necessary to take really not very popular steps in order to stabilize the situation, and he won these elections as a populist, he promised a lot, but the reality is that he will hardly be able to fulfill these promises, if he does not want to destroy... in general, the economy of the country, so there are a lot of questions here, we will see how he will behave, we literally have a minute left , last year everyone was surprised by this poll, where more than half of slovaks to one degree or another wanted russia to win this war, it was also a shock for me personally, you know, i know poland very well, i know

the polish border, one might say very much i have many poles and acquaintances and i often visit poland, but it was in bratislava where i visited, yes, but it was in bratislava, for example, that i felt as if i had not come from western ukraine, that is, somehow mentally, this feeling of closeness, it did not leave me, why such moods, how to explain them, literally, you asked a question, not for one minute of the answer, yes, i already explained it, firstly there was a meteorological error, a meteorological error in this research, they did it, there was a ten-point, well, i remember, and in the middle there there will be votes that, in principle, people wanted, that neither here, nor here, they counted them as in favor of russia, so there are their own questions, to put it briefly, we have about 20% in slovakia, this is anti-system, this is that the trump voter in

the united states is that the afd voter in germany and so on, it was somewhere around 10%, percent before the financial crisis, now twice . this is already 20%. in slovakia, these are pro-putinists, yes, these are just people who are already looking for an alternative to the democratic regime, and it seems to them that autocracy in principle - it was more bulgarian than democracy, 20%, this is a problem, but the biggest problem in slovakia is that we have somewhere around half, 47, 46% , people who understand in that war who is the aggressor, who is the victim, and they are unambiguous position... that the victim needs to be helped, it is to be helped in ukraine, yes, but there are 30% , somewhere, of people who do not have an opinion, who are not interested, yes, who do not have rational coverage of what kind of country they want to have and what it is so these events are in slovakia so

they affect our our life this is this this is that this is good information actually for of our foreign policy department, which obviously somehow does not report our our our our life, thank you very much, mr. oleksandr, for this conversation oleksandr duleba , a political scientist, the director of the slovak foreign policy association, was in touch with us andriy saichuk and lesya vakulyuk, we wish you all the best in the future our lina chechenina will present her next art review and tell you how artificial intelligence turns annilock into a strawberry patriot, stay with us. there are discounts on quiet, 10% in pharmacies plantain, bam and savings tired of heavy and bulky saws. then the compact and powerful saw strongg from unpack tv, just for. you, now you can easily cut trees and bushes, the strong saw is so convenient to use for carpentry work, it is

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class, we want to watch a movie about the 90s, others say no way... we won't watch a movie about the 90s. i think that after you watch the trailer of this film, most likely you will want to watch this film, but before that we will talk briefly about some of the main events of the world of culture and world and ukrainian that took place this week. so, just the other day, the first, first, first episodes of the final series of the crown were released. i am sure that among our female viewers there are many fans of this series, it is from the very beginning at the beginning, the authors positioned it as the most expensive series in the world, now it can be called one of the most expensive. of course, it got a lot of fans, because it's just a great story told, but now i'm waiting for the sixth season already , the first four episodes are out now, and on december 14th

, the authors say that they will show the next ones, all of which can be seen on the netflix platform, in this episode it is about the death, actually of princess diana, well, the events that precede her death, the death and the reaction of the royal family, i can already imagine what there there will be battles in the world in general, but specifically in england, because this series is quite scandalous, now let's talk about why, and now let's listen and watch a small excerpt of what princess diana says there. i don't understand how i ended up here, i was shuffling and losing myself, i think this is the story of my whole life, oh, you know, such expectations for this season are scary, because there are a lot of conspiracy theories, even

those who say that they are kings. the family set up this whole accident where princess diana died because they couldn't to withstand her antics and were jealous of her popularity, there are a lot of conversations, and everyone is definitely interested in how the authors will portray this particular story. well, while we go to netflix, who has a subscription and watch these episodes, i will tell you why the series "the crown" became a scandal, well, it became a scandal in the first place, because many people without ... of course there is piety before the royal british family ' yeah and well any, any rips, even the slightest in the dirty linen of this family, cause very big battles, on the other hand, the rating of this series, the number of fans is off the charts, and it's all thanks to the beautifully told story, drama and the fact that this series is simply banally beautiful,

but throughout all the seasons different people protested against it... his main complaint against the series is that he said does not coincide with real historical events, that there are many inaccuracies and many inventions, more than once even the british minister of culture demanded from the authors of the series to put some big disclaimer and show before each episode such a large inscription, a warning that this is a fictional series, but not a documentary, the authors said, oh my god, it is already clear that this is not a documentary series. but there, for example, there were claims to what the authors accused in the previous season , in fact, prince charles, that he came to the prime minister and, well , set him up to somehow move the queen behind her seats, because she already, she is too old, too conservative, britain needs a new monarch, and this monarch was to be a prince

charles, but the minister denied it in every way, so what. let's watch this