ions of russia and belarus for many years, such forums have been making a significant contribution to the comprehensive development of cooperation between our two states contributes to the establishment of direct ties between representatives of regional and local authorities of the business community , figures of education in science and culture of russia and belarus, i note that this year is significant for russian belarusian relations a few days ago, on june 25, it was 30 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between russia and belarus it is also symbolic that the forum event is held on the eve of the independence day of the republic of belarus , which is celebrated on july 3. on this day in 1944 , minsk was liberated from the nazi invaders. therefore, i would like to sincerely congratulate our

belarusian friends on the upcoming national holiday. we will always remember that during the great patriotic war our peoples defended freedom and independence shoulder to shoulder. at the cost of huge sacrifices, they brought peace to all of europe and , most importantly, that russia and belarus not only keep, but also multiply the glorious traditions of strong friendship and mutual assistance. we have been able to achieve a truly exemplary level of strategic partnership and allies. and the union state is an example of a truly mutually beneficial and equal integration of russia and belarus continue to consistently increase cooperation in the policy of the second economic, cultural and humanitarian sphere. moreover, this is done on the principles of mutual respect, support and consideration

of each other's interests. in this regard, i note that in the city, grodno, where the current forum is being held regions opens the consulate general of the russian federation we are confident that the expansion of the russian diplomatic mission in belarus will also contribute to the development of multifaceted interregional cooperation. dear friends, every year at the forum of regions the most pressing issues of russian belarusian interaction are discussed, and this time an important topic has been chosen about the role of interregional cooperation in deepening integration processes within the union state. i assume that the forum participants will offer useful ideas and initiatives that will be used by the governments and departments of our countries in practical work to harmonize the economic

policies of russia and belarus legislation in the field of trade investment financial administrative regulation and in general to strengthen the common union market. in november last year , the supreme state council of the union state approved the main directions for the implementation of the provisions of the union agreement for 2021-2023 and 28 programs that are designed to give an additional serious impetus to the development of russia's economic integration now new union programs are already being received for the next three-year period, starting from 2024. all these decisions are aimed at creating equal economic conditions in our countries and form a reliable basis for the functioning of a single financial

energy market and transport space for a common macroeconomic technological industrial agricultural and digital policy. work on the implementation of the 28 programs mentioned is in full swing rhythmically and on schedule. almost 40% of the planned activities have already been completed. dear friends, practical interaction between the subjects of the russian federation and the regions of the republic of belarus is one of the foundations of good neighborly relations between our countries and the locomotive of the closest and most mutually beneficial economic operation. largely due to the active cooperation of the regions last year, bilateral trade increased by more than a third. approaching

40 billion dollars and in january-april of this year, growth continued. in russia and belarus, not only key trading and investment partners in terms of accumulated capital investments in the belarusian economy, our country firmly holds the first place for more than four billion dollars , about 2,500 companies with a russian part work in the republic. the unprecedented political and sanctions pressure from the so-called collective west is pushing us to speed up the unification processes. after all , it is easier to jointly minimize the damage from illegal sanctions; it is easier to master the production of products in demand; to develop new competencies and expand cooperation with friendly countries. in this context,

as a priority joint task, the launch of promising programs aimed at industrial and technological renewal is considered. russia is also ready to support the implementation of a number of belarusian investment projects to create new and modernize existing industries in the republic . and for us, further expansion of cooperation is of particular importance. high-tech sector, where we already have many examples of successful cooperation this year, rosatom plans to complete the construction of the belarusian nuclear power plant in the grodno region, and belarusian specialists will certainly participate in the construction of objects of the vostochnaya cosmodrome in the amur region by roskosmos. russia and belarus intend to develop cooperation both in the field of agriculture and in the supply of fertilizer and food to world markets. during a recent meeting with alexander

grigorievich, in st. petersburg. we have discussed this issue in detail. including agreed to use the transshipment capabilities of the russian port terminal in the baltic to export belarusian goods to foreign markets. and, of course, the regions of our countries will continue to give priority to strengthening traditional close humanitarian contacts and actively participate in the development of cultural educational tourist sports exchanges. now about 12,000 citizens of belarus study in russian educational institutions, the number of belarusian students who receive education in russian universities on a budgetary basis. mutual days of culture are regularly held in russia and belarus, including under the auspices of the union state and within the framework of interregional cooperation programs, tours of well-known

groups and performers of theatrical music and film festivals are organized. every year the international festival of arts slavic bazaar vitebsky is held in which our artists traditionally take part. talented russians and belarusians are awarded union prizes in the field of literature and arts of science and technology. in conclusion, i would like to express confidence that the work of the current form of the regions will serve to further strengthen bilateral strategic cooperation in the interests of the fraternal peoples of russia and belarus and wish the organizers and participants success and all the best. thank you for your attention. these were shots of vladimir putin's address to the participants of the forum of russian regions of belarus and now the latest reports from the ministry of defense the russian armed forces

continue their successful offensive in the region lisichansk it is reported that over the past three days the lisichansk oil refinery was taken under control, as well as the matrosskaya gelatin plant mine and the settlement of topolevka, it is also said that the allied forces went directly to lisichansk, the ukrainian army. in this area, it suffers heavy losses and there is also information that at the same time the kiev regime found the last ones for the military failure of the armed forces in the next boiler in the donbass, so in the brake department of the state bureau of the investigation of ukraine in the city of kramatorsk in relation to command a and fighters 42nd battalion, 57th and infantry brigade, initiated criminal cases military personnel detained placed in a temporary detention facility. now we will break for a short commercial after we continue do not switch. in front of me are unique

historical documents, the standard of living of german citizens was continuously declining until 1918, in some regions people began to starve. one should be glad that such a good force was found, which for some reason would help disinterestedly like that. the entire experience of ukrainian statehood in at the beginning of the 20th century, that the directory, that the gate is a fan of skoropadsky - this is one big continuous caricature of trouble-skoropatsky and turned out to be that he tried to sit between different chairs, the result is understandable - this is the fall of the main reasons for the betrayal of the fundamental interests of the people to please, german and austrian occupier. it

went on for years, at first there were few of them, then the indoctrination of the population became more to me. this is a necessary condition before any military operation through education through the media . and they, in principle, came to the process, prepared minds, trained by western instructors, monstrous crimes against people. donbass russophobia turned out to be a profitable business of this phenomenon. it would never have reached such proportions if the americans had not invested hundreds of millions of dollars in it. europe pretends

not to notice that there is already nazism in ukraine. he is not born, he is. the life of russians will change today. thus, the period for issuing a passport was reduced to 5 working days, while regardless of the place of residence or the circumstances for which the replacement of the document was required, the procedure for obtaining a residence permit was simplified. to do this, it is enough to visit the registration authority only once, if the citizen has submitted an application through the public services portal. a bring to the clinic according to the forest, you can leave the house and present only an identity card. another change concerns housing and communal services tariffs. communal prices have risen by an average of 4%, which is much lower than inflation ; moreover, for those who live in rural areas , a 30% discount remains .