lately i've been asking myself questions and trying to find answers to them. i think, but how would alexander sergeevich pushkin behave in today's historical situation, for example, who wrote amazing poems in 1831, where there are such lines for what , answer for something, whether on the ruins of burning moscow we did not recognize the impudent will of the one under whom you trembled because we threw into the abyss the idol weighing over the kingdoms and redeemed europe's liberty, honor and peace with our blood. i think that the one who wrote such lines would be with those. who

today in the donbas conquering a new russia but to satisfaction. i can assure you that we will tell her the american embassy also honors our genius and now on his birthday. they wrote the following, we are sure that you already know pushkin's biography, because he is the sun of russian poetry, a talented and famous poet, but we in america are not far behind either. we erect a monument to pushkin on washington square we name the wisconsin institute of art gallery in new mexico after him we film eugene onegin and with pleasure we go to the opera of the same name in general, we also love and respect

happy birthday. ivan sergeevich damn, even here they lied. i hope you understand. why our program was called exactly as we called it. well, our ballman krivoruchko has already come. and as always said, we leave one at a time, if anything, we are geologists with impatience, god willing. i look forward to seeing you at our new meeting on the next transfer. all the best information hour of news from the lugansk people's republic the armed forces of ukraine tried

to strike at the center of luhansk people's militia of the lpr, however, thanks to the coordinated actions of air defense, the rocket was shot down in the area of ​​​​the settlements of the greenhouse, based on the flight path and calculated data, its target was the building of the administration of the head of the republic earlier in the control center, it was reported that the ukrainian military fired at the city of stakhanov bryanka that night, as well as the greenhouse village fire was introduced with tactical missiles. in kherson, as a result of a terrorist attack, the head of the youth family and sports department of the military-civilian administration of the region dmitry died sovuchenko the car he was in was blown up this morning. now instead of a terrorist attack cordoned off. animal technicians work there, and the investigation team of the deputy head of the kherson administration, kirill stremausov, called the murder of an employee a direct threat to the authorities. as a result of a terrorist act and a vile terrorist act , our colleague, my friend

dmitry sobchak, an employee of the youth family and sports department, a person who has never made political statements, a person who has never taken part, as some speak in some mouthpieces and other informational politics of a person who dealt exclusively with children, families and youth. unfortunately, this is not the only terrorist attack that the kiev regime was preparing in kherson, a captured ukrainian military man told about this, according to the headquarters of the sergeants. suo alexandra tinko. he was ordered to arrange a terrorist attack. in one of the hotels in the city , the command assured that the russian military allegedly lived there. however, in reality. it turned out that immigrants from other countries were accommodated in this hotel. regions of ukraine after refusing to comply with the order, the ukrainian military was threatened with reprisals and accused of treason. despite the fact that the person who gave the order himself soon fled, this is confirmed by other detained saboteurs but in the donetsk

people's republic under fire today signalnaya holmovsky. gorlovka about 2 hours ago, the strikes on donetsk were resumed, and now our special correspondents are working on the spot in the capital of the republic. boris maksudov. he is in direct contact with the studio. boris welcomes whether the shelling continues now, if the victims today and the dead? i'll correct you a little. the fact is that for the last 24 hours in the center of donetsk, its central districts have not been heard for the first time in the last 30 days. you can’t hear the explosions of incoming ukrainian shells. this is such a relatively oppressive silence because , uh, the inhabitants of the city are accustomed to massive and practically non- stop shelling. we are now in the kiev region, which was literally shot on the eve. well, actually, like the past two weeks. here is one of the crime scenes ukrainian artillery. now military researchers are working here. everything is carefully recorded and documented. look, there's practically nothing left of the apartment. where the shell hit, presumably, a 155 mm shell.

and as i understand it, these are the very shells that are most often given now. yes, this is currently being done. inspection of the scene of the incident fixes traces of damage and collects natural evidence at this place, a fragment was found. well, presumably from a caliber of 155 mm to characteristic features, most likely western -style weapons, but it will give a concrete conclusion. uh expert thank you very much. well , these are the deadly gifts from the ukrainian artillery and nato here, all over donetsk , you can practically find not a single living place from the city. i put. well, from the kiev region, too. and now we are in protective equipment for a reason, because at any moment, shelling may resume again. one of the victims the day before was the rector of the temple, where also yesterday landed ukrainian projectile. now he is in the hospital. thank god his life is not in danger. but one of the parishioners died, and so we visited the clergyman. let's hear

what state the plates are in now, of course, well, there were a lot of blood lost through the wounds. well, thank god we got there. people have rendered our remarks clever, of course, well done. under such conditions, the work exploded directly from me to five meters was right on the territory of the temple of the church of the illumination of the priest, people killed one. in ukrainian it is when the number of dead civilians and victims exceeds the amount of space among the military, they have been terrorizing the city for the past three to four weeks, shelling all its districts and in such difficult conditions. now municipal services and rescuers also have to work, among which the deceased, including doctors , states the fact that now the majority of people entering local hospitals are people with shrapnel wounds, of course, these are all peaceful. people let's, uh, we talked to the head of one of the

branches. let's give him the word of children, kindergarten schools, that is, chooses even those who are closest to god is good for them will not end. right now, it even exceeds the number of civilians, victims of military e. well, that never happened. what kind of war are you? well, this is how this house behind me now looks like dozens, if not hundreds of residential properties on the territory of donetsk, almost all areas are being shelled, i said, like, as i said, the silence that is now here in the center. e so alarming, she really got used to living all while waking up under canada ukrainian artillery, but this is connected with this silence here with success. uh, at the front. there, severodonetsk is surrounded and is much denser now, the ring around the

ukrainian army is shrinking, uh, and its latest data. we talked with a representative of the people's militia, dpr over the past day, about 300 ammunition was fired again. hurricanes are launched by cluster hailstorms, 155, 152 122 mortars 120. unfortunately, there are victims again, two dead seven a person was injured a girl who had previously been seriously injured in makiivka died. shelling is mainly in residential areas with ginger, donetsk is kievsky voroshilovsky kuibyshevsky petrovsky kirovsky district is very heavily shelled gorlovka kirovsky district of the city of makeevka yasinovataya under the control of the donetsk people's republic, there are now almost 240, settlements at first special operations most of all in

donetsk itself, of course, they are waiting for when stop shelling it with ukrainian artillery, which located 15-20 km in fortified positions. now, of course, the main goal is to knock out the ukrainian army from there. thanks , our special correspondent boris maksudov is working in the center of donetsk. now a short commercial, we'll be back in a few minutes with the latest news from the department of defense. well, now a live broadcast from baku, guests, colleagues, dear representatives of the media, ladies and gentlemen, first of all. i would like to welcome minister, astana department of the russian federation sergey viktorovich lavrov and members of the delegation who are on a visit. uh, in azerbaijan, mutual visits and meetings of ministries of

representatives of the ministry of astana took, including at the level of leaders, have a long history and have become, uh, a good tradition this year. e hmm during the discussion now. uh, in an expanded composition, sergeevich recalled that they had already met four times for the last time. uh, we met a little over a month ago. e, in the souls b and. uh, it's the intensity of the visits. it reflects the level. on diplomatic relations between our countries thirtieth anniversary of establishment that we celebrated this year during today's deliberations. we also did. uh, a special emphasis on the approved action plan in connection with the anniversary year, a series, uh, of which this year was already covered, as well as a fairly large agenda for the second half of 2022, relations between the

azerbaijani, the republic and the russian federation are a successful example of mutually beneficial cooperation strategic cooperation and uh, good faith this relationship has a long history, uh from the moment. recovery independence between the republic of azerbaijan of the russian federation, in total, about 250 various agreements and treaties were signed, which constitute a very powerful, legal base governing all areas of cooperation and interaction between our countries. naturally, the fundamental documents, uh, are among which it is worth noting the 1997 agreement on friendship, cooperation and mutual security. friendship and strategic partnership agreement of 2008 and

of course, on february 22, 2022, a declaration on allied cooperation, which u determines development, uh, which very succinctly reflects the, uh, level of comprehensive e cooperation and interaction between, uh, our countries, but speaking of cooperation. uh, in various areas and , uh, the legal framework, the practical result of today's negotiations, including the signing of an agreement on cooperation in the field of international information security between the russian federation and the republic of azerbaijan, which will also be, additional items in the piggy bank. uh, our uh relationship. today we had the opportunity to

discuss how much attention was paid to the broad agenda, uh, the results of 2021 were noted with a sense of satisfaction , despite the ongoing negative effect of 2021. e associated with the coronavirus pandemic. uh, the mutual trade turnover between our countries exceeded 3 billion dollars, we had 12% positive growth in the twenty-first year. republic of azerbaijan has direct direct economic ties with more than 70 subjects, and the russian federation and the russian federation is the largest trade economic partner of our country, especially, we attach importance to cooperation within the framework. uh, the intergovernmental commission on economic

issues the 20th anniversary meeting, which was held on april 26, 2022, in the city of baku by the co-chairs, the intergovernmental commission is also in constant contact and just the other day, uh, on the sidelines of the st. peter economic forum co-chair also uh, met and discussed. er a number of projects that are currently under development and at the execution stage er, we believe that along with other projects. we attach particular importance to the further expansion of e, transit e communication links in this context, the north-south project is of particular e significance, and in recent years it has proven its e, efficiency and has very great prospects for growth. and this was also discussed today, uh, within the uh framework. uh, today's uh, ours. uh, so the discussions

touched upon issues of humanitarian cooperation. uh, hmm area, and the direction of culture education science sports youth. they are always priorities in azerbaijan’s russian relations , and in 2022 a number have already been held, and also, as noted, the second half of the year is very rich in the a e agenda, naturally, in the framework of today’s discussions, the post-conflict settlement was separately touched upon. an important place, then, was given to e, e to the need to form an atmosphere, e, peace and cooperation in the region azerbaijan takes the position that the conflict is left e, in the

past and for lasting peace and prosperity in the region. uh, it is necessary to fulfill the agreements reached, it is necessary to introduce a peace agenda. we state and, every time, express our high appreciation of the special role that the russian federation has taken in reaching agreements between the leaders. e of azerbaijan , russia and armenia which were enshrined in tripartite statements, the first of which was reached on 9-10 november 2020 the position of the azerbaijani side is that for the normalization of interstate relations, the full and strict implementation of all

tripartite statements is absolutely necessary. ah, and that's a pledge. e in development, and in the whole e region, but because the delay in the process. the implementation of interstate relations, artificially delaying it, of course, brings a negative effect to this process and naturally poses serious risks, and for the republic of azerbaijan, priority 1 is the next priority the restoration of the liberated attacks of the occupation of the territory, which in 2021 and 2022 at the state level indulges, uh, paramount. e, the significance of a large number of projects being carried out is the restoration of the territory is proceeding at a very high pace, and in the near future we will be witnessing the return of the first internally displaced persons to the liberated

territories from this point of view. i would also like to note that joint participation in projects for the restoration of the territory is also an important element of cooperation. we uh, with feeling satisfaction note. the high level of interest of russian companies in the restoration of electricity in karabakh and there are concrete results in october 2021 between the production association kamaz and the geological automobile plant, a joint e, e center was created in the industrial park. e in the industrial park zone on the territory in the region in the economic region, and the eastern zone is also from very iconic projects. where russian companies are involved, one can note the restoration of railways, the process of e, the project e, the city of diss, band. uh, the supply of railway rails

is carried out by russian companies and there is a company there is a contract for the supply of 20,000 tons of railway, rails, of which more than a third has already been delivered, the contract is being continued in the normal mode, speaking of the interest of russian companies, uh, dozens of russian companies have additionally applied for participation in these projects and uh, constant communication between the relevant structures between the business structures of azerbaijan and russian companies. i think that, in the near future, we may see other examples of joint cooperation in restoring the liberated attacks on the occupation of the territory, and speaking of our geography and, of course. we could not ignore the issue, but the caspian sea.

the caspian is a very important element of cooperation between all the caspian countries, and today the countries once again noted the historical significance of the agreement and signing of the convention on the legal status of the caspian sea, which was signed at the fifth summit in v 18th year, noted with satisfaction that the russian federation and the republic of azerbaijan, a, have long since completed all intrastate procedures and ratification has been completed . e, we believe that there is a need to join efforts so that the processing of the process by all the caspian states is brought to an end. the good news is that even the incomplete completion of the ratification process at the same time does not interfere with the caspian state cooperate and, e, work out documents regulating interaction in the caspian on a number of others. e

directions. we already have a good example in the completion of work and the adoption of a number of normative documents, the elaboration of the part continues today with a sense of satisfaction. it was noted a high level of high level of elaboration and preparation for the sixth themselves. which will be held next week in turkmenistan dear ladies and gentlemen, in conclusion, i also wanted to. to reiterate that azerbaijan is aimed at consistent and fruitful cooperation with russian partners in the name of development and prosperity of our countries and peoples. i would like to give the floor to the minister of foreign affairs of the russian federation, sergey viktorovich lavrov, please. dear dzhikhana azidovich, ladies and

gentlemen, first of all, of course. i would like to express my delegation and personally recognize myself to our azerbaijani hosts for the traditionally warm welcome and very clear organization of our joint work, special words of gratitude to the president of the republic of azerbaijan, ilham gidarych aliyev, who received us yesterday and had a long, very confidential and, uh, extremely useful conversation with us. and today, we have already been fiddling with jeyhun, than bayramov as part of the delegations, but held full-fledged negotiations in development. which were agreed upon by the presidents, which were confirmed yesterday by the leader of azerbaijan a and which are being implemented primarily in the context of the new quality of our relations, as the quality of allied interaction. well, frankly, uh, this

middle name relationship came out a long time ago, but in february of this year, during the official visit of president aliyev to moscow, these new qualities were already legally formalized in a corresponding declaration, which became a foreign document, and in the development of our ties and in reinforcement, which are now being prepared by several dozen sectoral and interdepartmental agreements, some of them already ready for signing on the rest we have agreed. yes, the work of our experts, we have regular contacts and at the level. students and at the level of foreign ministers who this is our fourth personal meeting with jeyhun aziz this year, and, of course, we have contacts on an ongoing basis through departments involved in practical cooperation, first of all, i will single out the

intergovernmental commission, which is on trade and economic cooperation, which is at its meeting. in april of this year, i developed a number of useful recommendations that will allow us to effectively develop and deepen our economic investment financial cooperation in the new conditions. as said even nazividovich special achievements in the field of trade. it hit a record high last year. reaching almost 3.5 billion dollars and on the agenda. we also talked about this in the context of the work of the intergovernmental commission. promotion of practical projects, including such flagship projects as the production of gas trucks, the development of a service center for the joint-stock company russian helicopters, and now a new new project, which we

agreed to actively work on in detail. this is, uh, the corridor north, south and that part of it that passes through the territory of russia, azerbaijan and iran, we confirm our interest in russian economic operators. what jeyhuna azizevich also already said, but in connection with the post- conflict restoration of azerbaijani territories. we in addition, we encourage regular practice, and business missions and meetings within the framework of business forums, inter-parliamentary cooperation is developing and causes particular satisfaction in the development of ties in the cultural and humanitarian educational sphere. we will appreciate. uh, carefully exemplary, i would say the attitude of our azerbaijani friends to the russian language and russian culture, and, uh, we will continue our

interaction in this field. this year, many of the more than twenty events that are dedicated to the thirtieth anniversary of our diplomatic relations concern the humanitarian sphere, and the publication of a collection of russian azerbaijani documents is timed to coincide with the anniversary. uh, the festival of non-culture of azerbaijan in russia will continue in the fall, and an exhibition of the russian ethnographic museum will be held under the impressive title of russian beauties and the tour of russian theaters in azerbaijan next year are also scheduled for the days of russian culture in azerbaijan, a dialogue of librarians in a new interesting form and a number of other events. on the whole, we continue to increase the friendship we have inherited by unquestionably practical deeds, based on the instructions of our presidents.

uh, the mutual respect that the peoples of russia and azerbaijan have had for centuries. uh, we signed another document today that strengthens our legal framework. this is an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the field of ensuring international information security. we agreed to conduct an inventory of the entire contractual and legal framework. it has more than 200 documents that have been adopted over the past 30 years. and, of course, it is important to look. what additional steps need to be taken to meet today's requirements. we stated the coincidence or closeness of approaches to most of the key problems of our time, and first of all, they discussed the tasks of strengthening the world of security and stability. it was confirmed in the south caucasus. uh, there is no alternative to the implementation of all agreements, which are enshrined in three

statements adopted in november 2020. in january and november 21, at the level of the leaders of russia-azerbaijan and armenia, which relate to almost all aspects of the post-conflict settlement in this region, expressed satisfaction with the way the vice-premiers work as part of the trilateral working group, and on the unblocking of all transport and economic ties in the south caucasus, they met from june 3 in moscow and literally 2 weeks later they held another informal meeting within the framework of the st. petersburg international economic forum. we stated that these recent contacts have made it possible to get much closer to reaching final agreements, both on the railway route and on cars. and we also stressed the

need for the earliest possible resumption or continuation of the work of the commission on the delimitation of the russian side in accordance with by agreement of the leaders of the three countries, it will be ready to provide the necessary advisory services, as well as we are ready to facilitate the conclusion of a peace treaty between peace and yerevan and yerevan, and our azerbaijani friends came up with the initiative. agreed on the need to continue interaction in the 3 + 3 format, referring to the three countries of the south caucasus and their large neighbors iran turkey and the russian federation a. i.e., special attention was paid to what my colleague said about the caspian problems and yesterday at the meeting with the president today in the course of negotiations, and we place the main emphasis on the need for full implementation. a further document is

the convention on the legal status of the caspian sea and we have a common understanding that the leaders of the five caspian states, when they gather on june 29 in ashgabat, will confirm, and the significance of this document and, the significance of the key principles that it contains, and we shared our assessments and information about during a special military operation on the russian armed forces. in ukraine, together with the militias of the donetsk and luhansk people's republics. we appreciate the balanced responsible attitude of the azerbaijani leadership, because there is also an understanding of the circumstances that have been accumulating for many years, which led to the current situation, and not only and not so much in ukraine and around it. and how much is the situation in the field of european security, eh? all the architecture

that was previously agreed upon, but in recent years, was destroyed by plan by our western colleagues as a whole. we have, uh, dialogue on a whole host of others. uh, regional issues on the international agenda, including our engagement at the un in the osce. uh, we are satisfied with how our diplomatic relations are developing, which clearly helps uh, to complement bilateral economic, humanitarian and other ties, but with cooperation in the foreign political sphere. once again, i would like to express my gratitude for the invitation and for the hospitality that we always feel here. thank you, gentlemen ministers, and now, with your permission, we would like to turn to the questions of the representatives of copper. request to the representatives of the media introduce yourself before asking a question, please, good afternoon ksenia shakalova, sputnik

news agency. i have questions from both minister and president of azerbaijan ilha. aliyev announced the need to say goodbye to the mediation of the osce minsk group on the karabakh settlement due to the lack of any results for 20 years of activity. russia shares the point of view of the president of azerbaijan and. e. what possible new formats for the karabakh settlement are considered by russia baijan to replace minsk osce groups and has this issue been discussed? during today's negotiations? thanks, i'll start. in principle, we did not discuss the minsk group, as such, because it stopped its own. on the initiative of the american and french participants, but the processes of post-conflict settlement we of course