the power of light is the power of siberia a national treasure live central television. well, we start of course, with the ukrainian crisis, the main topic of all the last weeks on thursday is the republican senator. rand paul blocked a bill to allocate $ 40 billion to help ukraine, though. this does not mean at all that the notorious hand of moscow has reached out to the us congress. military action in a foreign country. you don't have to throw away the whole $40 billion without any oversight, the money watch senator

demanded a special inspector general be appointed. it will at least make the thieves think twice about stealing that money,” rand paul said. true senator. he immediately reminded his colleagues that even a special inspector for the reconstruction of afghanistan, appointed by them, could not save the billions of dollars allocated by the afghan from embezzlement, where targeted use and banal theft. not only senator wren full and many other washington politicians are already thinking today. and what actually happens with the weapons already sent to ukraine, because there are no official american military in ukraine, and if the armored cars and howitzers delivered to kiev can still be tracked, for example, from satellites, then the same stingers and javelins can easily be transferred or sold, to a third party, an unnamed pentagon spokesman when asked by reporters. cnn has been very candid. i can't give you tell us where the weapons are located and whether ukrainians use them at the moment they do not tell us about every

cartridge that is fired after such an answer , cnn journalists are asking the same question. will these weapons end up in the hands of those whom the united states did not intend to arm at all, this could become a problem in the coming years, according to american military analyst jordan cohen, and nevertheless , on may 9, us president joe biden signed the lend-lease law, which speeds up and simplifies all procedures for the delivery to ukraine of weapons and other assistance, and also removes restrictions on the types of weapons that washington can transfer to kiev carefully, having studied the details of this law and after listening to the statement of american politicians, our partner alexei petrushkov. very soon he came to the conclusion that he wanted to support his ally. washington opens not only a line of credit for the supply of weapons to kiev, but also the real gates of hell for the whole world. almost all of eastern europe is now one large training ground, then nato troops

are landing in latvia, here it is working out transfer of forces and tactical interactions by allies. tank battles are unfolding in poland, so under the guidance of american instructors, the volskaya army goes through both fire and water, but for now, made in usa equipment is still new to itself. well, if a year ago the purchase of american abrams, warsaw explained the increased threat from russia in the armament armata tank, now it is presented as help to ukraine, which smells of gunpowder for real. here the american leader is just signing the law on ld lisa and the poles are already counting the benefits. after all, this way they will be able to transfer to abrams, and the soviet t-72s to transfer the kievus will definitely help ukraine, in total , weapons worth 3 billion and 800 million dollars have already been supplied and the president is biden. he wants to send weapons for another 33 billion. if biden allocates such

money unambiguously. he understands what is happening, the former us presidential candidate robbie wells emphasizes the essence of the decision taken by biden, a war of attrition, but how would he himself have acted after the election if the owner of the white at home, after all, whatever one may say, but with this weapon i still need to somehow be able to, so that i would first use all diplomatic ways, but war is also one of the ways and the problem is that the ukrainians need to fight now and there is a very thin line of the united states must remain outside the conflict in order to prevent the third world war, i am sure that independent instructors will be sent to ukraine to teach them, another issue is the maintenance of weapons. we saw such a problem when we ourselves fought in afghanistan, but it is for this that biden allocates such huge money. well, that is, the logic is to take the quantity. let's figure it out. so , according to washington’s idea, kiev will receive artillery , armored vehicles, anti-tank weapons and an air defense system. the

price of the issue is 40 billion dollars. it’s a lot or a little, but, for example, how five million dollars looks on the ukrainian battlefield, the american american howitzer m77, a2 is preparing for combat work in the east of ukraine ukraine is the main advantage. this is a howitzer in satellite navigation. well, that is, you can become attached to the area and shoot exactly at the coordinates. and so from a ground installation, but that is, from a truck, such as a gazelle, the zahlesnyas of ukraine launch british missiles. briston they strike quickly up to 12 km the tactic that the ukraine uses is the tactic of flea bites. yes, there is a big bear. but it can be done with small, targeted strikes like this. well, at least to weaken this is an objective reality, and

it is this weapon that is needed for this tactic, but once in the nato military operation zone, the weapon can easily become a legitimate target for russian troops. and maybe this is the goal to become even earlier, because from poland this is the place of battles. it still needs to be delivered to the lviv token somehow. this is where weapons come in today and they come in trucks and help is written on these trucks. the one that is supposedly volunteer help, and if the problem with the kiev bridges is not solved, then all the weapons will go further. and as you know, it's great that the main problem today. this is this story. well , all of a sudden, at the end of the week, when it would seem that the issue had already been resolved by the american senator rent, paul decided to let the rada in and blocked the lend list for ukraine, we cannot save ukraine while dooming

the economy of the united states well, indeed , ukrainian democracy, which this law helps the west in form, is turning into something very similar to a dictatorship. the bird is famous for the law adopted this week by the verkhovna rada. all power during martial law is concentrated in the hands. this is help for money and ukraine will repay these debts, but i doubt that he will be able to repay them if ukraine exists on its own to repay these debts to the americans. we that's another big question. has washington simply decided to go ahead with its plans to return the grain? from ukraine’s storage facility to world markets, because its shortage affects not only prices, but also threatens hunger in african countries and the middle east until february, kiev delivered food by sea, but due to the conflict it is now closed

, and now, when , said to be exploring new ways to ship grain. one such way seems to be the remaining narrow rail lines that link ukraine to the west. whose grain is taken out by wagons, because the main route now is not occupied by trains going west with wheat and corn, but trains going east. the head of the international diplomatic missions announces the arms talks. it will be possible to return. only when kiev can speak with a position of strength and then all of a sudden news appears in all news agencies bookmakers are betting on the victory of ukraine true, the lychee is not at all about what one might think about, but about the competition, which is all these recent events. everyone has already forgotten eurovision according to betting quotes, with a probability of more than 70%, a group of okispra galoshes from western ukraine will win, though, then the question arises, if the west is betting on a long war, then where, if ukraine wins, the

competition will take place next year, lived where this ukrainian poses group. alexei parsley natalia lysenko denis anikin and vladimir sharykin the us may pause if the senate does not support the new aid project by may 19. come on, we are now news from the zone of the russian military operation in the course of a special operation over the past day with high-precision missiles. the russian aerospace forces hit five command posts of the armed forces and two ammunition depots in the kharkov region. during the night, three volley rockets were intercepted. a tornado of fire was reported by the russian ministry of defense and in mariupol, work is underway around the clock to restore the city in the city has already begun to work public transport, several hospitals and a pumping station were connected to electricity. local authorities. they promise to

resume the water supply from the scene in the near future, our reporter alexei semakin reports. this week, the donetsk luhansk people's republic celebrated 8 years of its independence and although shells still arrive in donetsk. the main news of wednesday was non-combat operations in the zone of military operation, and the real landing of russian stars of the first magnitude. this is my job wait for peace to come and live a quiet life. in the past, a city of 30,000 and a major railway junction, these two words battles for the past have sounded loudly lately. and now , after 2 months of fierce fighting, the army of the lc

entered the city. dangerous so far only on an armored car , unexploded shells lie everywhere on the streets of the city, and in the houses of urban development and in the private sector, mines are stretched, therefore, around the city now only escorted by the military is here, what flew in? this is artillery. did you work here? yes tanks, everything works here. now the popasnaya ghost town of the last inhabitants was evacuated from here, on may 8, shelling. why is it so important?

here on it can be produced under the smile of ammunition food supplies. that's also happening. uh, the road is suitable, people can castle, that is, therefore, it is necessary to recapture and, as it were, blocking the northern direction, as the military say, it means taking this height, the city is a strategic point on the map of the lugansk region , located on a hill. this is one of the main reasons. why did the fighting go on like this for a long time? yes, they ate a lot, well, 8 years have passed, they learned to fight. well, we are also simple. military patrols on the streets of the city in search of snipers and detachments of the ukrainian army who have lost their way, it is obvious that civilians will not be able to return to their homes soon. well, we survived, of course, the hottest

spot on the globe was dangerous, very hard may day beds. we were standing in some kind of brazier, your special composition is thrown off. yes, to refugees with money , food, food, and we are preparing everything ourselves , yes, to people. unfortunately other conditions. we we cannot offer. well, that's how we feed people hot once a day. almost everyone who was sheltered at school, lonely people leave them from here, it just

wasn’t bad anywhere, no matter how everything was destroyed, but they lived their home all their lives, they want to go home. oh this is mariupol, which is gradually coming to its senses, what is coming to mariupol . peaceful life can be judged at least by this automobile queue for refueling. public transport began to work in the city, several bus routes were opened, 61.95 61.25. yes yes, thank you, a liter of gasoline. so far, it is building more expensive than in russia, but definitely cheaper than in ukraine in the city as before. no electricity. ida is cooked at the entrances on fires, but in some houses water is already appearing, as in this nine-story building in the center of mariupol, for example, i will be today. technical water has already arrived through pipes to the house, of course, there are damages, so we had to turn off two risers, as if the rest of the residents would get technical water, well, approximately before the end of the

month we are promised. we are looking forward to it. very center in mariupol, near the building of the infamous drama theater, the ministry of emergency situations organized the supply of water, and a generator is working here so that residents can charge their mobile phones and there are already more than a dozen such points throughout the city in the city , the military is on the streets, mostly employees of the ministry of emergency situations who dismantle blockages in different districts of mariupol open points for the distribution of humanitarian aid. therefore, therefore , you stand for humanitarian aid, right? why queue? why did it turn out that these people are pushing in line not for grocery in sets, and in order to issue a pension to pensioners of mariupol, those who

received a ukrainian pension as of february 22, 2020, the payment of pensions of thousands of 884 rubles will be resumed. 69 kopecks to retire universal for everyone. this is for now. today, a fixed pension is the minimum for everyone. a retired woman was also standing in this line, and in the past, a teacher at the mariupol technical university olga masharo the other day she left the basement and returned to her apartment, second floor, fourth burner. and this, well, this, and yours remained whole. yes, it's hard to believe, but of all the apartments in the completely burned-out house, only her kopeck piece remained untouched by fire. well, how are you going to live, i asked you, i don’t know, yet we can’t build any plans for people who recently had only one goal to live from dawn to dusk. just forgot how to make plans for the future. igor

kirillov denis gerasimov and anton yanchenko the famous singer larisa dolina came to congratulate them on the republic day. and, of course, after such a trip, i really want to ask her about many things. today, the people's artist of russia returned to moscow and went to visit us straight from the train. here she is incredibly larisa dolina in our studio. good evening larisa to this question. thank you very much for everything. thank you. well, let's start, after all, really with a trip to donetsk, the people who met you. that's what they were talking about, they were thankful that they came, maybe help some asked for help, no one was asked. and even if they didn’t say anything, you could read gratitude in your eyes, uh, and in general, the eyes that i saw, i won’t be able to forget for a long time. it

's perfect. the look of people who went through hell is just like that, they didn’t understand for so many years whether they will live until tomorrow or not, but i want to say that lugansk donetsk is also clean, well-groomed, beautiful, a lot of greenery. hmm, the city is the same as those cities that i remember, when back in the soviet union she went on tour there. here, uh, you are in uh in kyiv before that, you were on all kinds of black lists, but now for sure. after this trip, you may be closed. if you go to other baltic countries, for example, uh, this does not bother you at all. and in my opinion, i have long been blacklisted in the baltic states . e. well, it probably started after the crimea . and, of course, we were very sorry that i could not come to my native city, which has already become jurmala, in which i have a small apartment. well, let's live, yes, better times, i'm still

an optimist in the world. a better future that's what you mentioned the fact that you were still in the days of the soviet union in donetsk, we found here in the archive, unique shots. show us them, please. do you remember or don't remember that this is where it was, or do you remember, remember. it was a festival dedicated to the beatles, i specially prepared a big medley of beatles songs on which we all probably grew up and it was for me it was a very significant event. there were a lot of people there. there were a lot of musicians there, many of whom were not familiar to me, whom i met, but there was such a very significant event in the soviet union. it was such a breakthrough. well, yes, but it’s silly , of course, to compare donetsk in some way, then and now you said that donetsk looks

well-groomed, but, probably, in terms of atmosphere, there is such an abyss between that donetsk and today, i don’t know, i didn’t think so, in any case, here are the places that we managed to drive through donetsk in a very civilized and beautiful way. uh, people love their city. it can be seen, here is your childhood. it also took place in odessa, but that is, for sure. here's what's happening right now you perceive ukraine through this prism. i take it all, uh, very, uh, sad for myself. why because i can’t get to odessa for many years, after the revolution began. here on the maidan i immediately got on the black list. and odessa is me, i can’t breathe without it at all, when there were such moments when i needed a breath of fresh air between tours between trips. i bought a

plane ticket and flew to odessa, just walked down the street to absorb myself into my native air. now i for many years. i can’t do this. fortunately, i have two girlfriends left there who help me look after the graves of my parents, grandparents, and so on, i wanted to say about this that your parents are buried there. and that's what it's like to live with such a burden. yes, there is no way , e to visit the grave. here i live only with hope and optimism that someday this will end, and i will be able to get to my beloved city. and so i almost get photos from the grave every week. me my girls girlfriends send and uh, everything is clean well-groomed. i am immensely grateful to them for this uh-huh, and they, er, here are your familiar friends of a friend. as you say, they tell what is happening in odessa in a very similar way. maybe they don't want to upset me, i think

so. but they always write to me, eh, lorochka, without getting upset. we will survive, everything will be fine. it 's no longer a secret to anyone that over the past 3 months the world is the world, in principle, yes, well, the world of russian show business, as if split into different camps. here personally. do you have those with whom after february 24 relationship let's say uh, distance cracks. no, we just don't communicate like that. as tight as before. the people have made a decision. apparently for them for these decision-making there were reasons of their own i do not presume to judge. so tell me, here's what personally helped you or influenced you, that you made the decision that you made, the understandable majority of the people who live in russia, what decision to go to donetsk go to donetsk uh,

not to go anywhere to stay here and continue. i love with all my heart, i found here, uh, truly my place in the profession. i'm here i have done a lot and i have many friends. i love russia sincerely and truly, just like i love ukraine, but you are ukraine without nazism. hmm well , these are the times now that an amazing singer was invited to the studio, but he talks about the politics of some current events. and yet you continue to do your favorite job. i am now talking about your vocal academy, the academy of larisa dolina uh, as far as i know, in a week you will uh have a grandiose presentation. that's what it's gonna be we have been preparing for this event for a very long time, and last year i received the long-awaited citizens. e on the

development of his music school. well, i decided that schools are something like that. uh, not really, because in our organization, in general, it was clear that it was more than schools. and uh, they decided to call it a music academy. uh, i already have the first top ten students who are already actively involved in the life of the academy, and a lot of things have already been done during this time before the presentation. and i have collected a very strong composition of pe. gods walked for a long time development, organizational everything. well, you know how it all happens, in order for something to work, you need to do a lot for this. i have assembled a good team that helps me in everything and on may 21 we will have a presentation of the larisa dolina music academy in which we will not only teach our students. by the way, we have enough such an age limit. e, big e 16-35 m. yes. we will not only teach

them different disciplines of music, not only teach them correctly. we will even sing in the state psychologist to help. uh, well, the younger generation had to cope with fear, because so many children who can sing well are afraid to go on stage, but this is very important for us too. uh, such an opportunity to produce their work, so i'm very glad that it worked out for me. and fold it the way i wanted it. uh, the last thing, in short, uh, it was possible to hope that you, uh, did indeed find that young punk who will sweep away. uh, i'm not talking about the old men with the stage. i'm not talking about professionals from the scene. and you know that i can also call myself an old man on the stage. i have been in the profession for 50 years. well, if the legends, and there are, uh, 50 years of the profession, and i can say for sure absolutely sincerely not crooked. i want to see.

tomorrow i'll change myself. i found these guys and girls cool. e, thank you very much, i want to remind you once again that in our studio there was a legend of the russian soviet stage. larisa dolina, but we continue now the main news of saturday, behind which, as always, yankin's propaganda anh come on vadim covid is back. well, at least in the headlines of all the world's leading media, but you are really drawn to the sensation north korean leader kim jong-un announced the biggest. a shock in the history of the country for the rapid spread of coronavirus infection this week, the north korean authorities for the first time in the history of the pandemic recognized the presence of patients with coronavirus before the central news agency reported that since the end of april, an unfamiliar fever began to spread in the country. her symptoms were found in half a million people, and only now the disease has finally been named after one of the dead from just 27 of them, the analysis brought out a variant of

the coronavirus strain micron b a2, the so-called stealth crowns. after that, north korea put in place an emergency anti-epidemic system of the highest order. at the direction of kim jong-un, a lockdown has been introduced in all cities and counties to stop the spread of the virus and, as he quotes the words of the head of state. north korean agency to eradicate the source of infection as soon as possible these rare shots, and the north korean television usually does not air. on the sidelines shows that the situation is true, the emergency kim jong-un hold a meeting with the super-headquarters to fight the infection and note he constantly smokes to remind 2 years, during which covid 19 rampage around the world. pyongyang claimed that in the dprk there is no infection. the russian ruble continues to strengthen against the dollar and against the euro for the first time since february. and not this, but in 2020, the exchange rate of the american

currency fell below 64 rubles. at the rate us agency bloomberg ruble has become a leader among all currencies in the world to strengthen against the dollar, forcing analysts to wonder, and the reasons for such a sharp strengthening. yes, and against the backdrop of restrictions that continue to pour on the russian economy. well, in the meantime, the european commission. it has already presented the sixth package of sanctions since the beginning of the russian military operation in ukraine, and for the second week in brussels they are trying to agree, but this is only a small drop in the ocean of the energy needs of the european union, the optimists decided to hope that the released tankers of other sellers will pour into this oil supermarket pessimists are counting losses according to finational times analysts in order to completely abandon russian oil and switch to alternatives. eu energy will have to spend almost 200 billion euros. true, in order to impose an

oil embargo on brussels, one will have to somehow solve another problem, somehow push through the resistance of budapest, the main opponent of the oil embargo, the hungarian example of orban, almost single-handedly opposes the entire european union, but how for a long time he will hold out in these and other oil issues, our partner, sanatovy klin, understood. it seems to the last, resisting and not wanting to impose an imbargo on russian oil, hungarian president viktor orban turned out to be, as they say in such cases, hard nuts russian or any other oil can only come through a pipeline, one, the end of which is in russia, we cannot accept the proposal to embark russian oil, since this is a proposal for the hungarian economy in its own way flow is tantamount to an atomic bomb, and so far the eu is discussing an embargo on russian oil. one of the largest hungarian refineries only