they began to take on the character of some kind of military-political schizophrenia. the united states is preparing to announce a new package of military assistance to ukraine, echoing britain, and with it it should become obvious to everyone. whatever weapon the americans or nato supplies to the zelensky regime, we will destroy it. this is the answer of the russian ambassador to the states without russia, but rather about russia, about how to destroy russia, about how western leaders are trying to put together a world government that no one wants

and that no one chose, as he put it. russian dollar expanded the list as the orthodox met and continue to celebrate epiphany traditional bathing in the european part of russia without traditional morozov roskosmos is already working on the creation of a russian orbital station, the head of the state corporation yuri borisov also discussed how the construction of the vostochny cosmodrome and the implementation of the state defense order of the importance of missiles were discussed at a meeting with the president the space industry is out of the question, and science and the national economy of the country. financial condition let's yes

development plans of course of course we we are constantly discussing this, i will probably start with the state council for the order of the space industry, like the entire russian code of criminal procedure a rhythmically works on all planned events. we will do our best to make them qualitatively and on time. as you know, the demand for space services is now actively developing, so i will describe the current state of the russian space constellation and the nearest plans for its qualitative and quantitative growth . now we are working on the creation of a russian the arbitration station is ready to report the situation to the eastern cosmodrome. let's definitely start well earlier at the

vostochny cosmodrome, we are working quite rhythmically on the plans for the second stage of creating a launch complex for the hangar, 5 will be completed by the deadline. we hope to complete all construction work in the middle of the year, and all installation work and readiness for launch by the end of the year, as planned by your decree, so the situation here is stabilized. so it works very well. uh, the construction company crocus agalarov. the construction of the runway take-off is completed. excellent quality. the airfield complex will be built by the end of 23, so the situation here is stabilized . we hope that the builders will not let us down in 23. sending two british challenger tanks to kiev will lead to an escalation of the conflict in ukraine, said russian ambassador to great britain andrey kellin. now he is in

direct contact with us andrey vladimirovich greetings, good afternoon. good afternoon, andrey vladimirovich, please explain, here is the data on the number and types of weapons, which the uk is going to or is not going to send to ukraine, they are constantly changing, as if the disputes are going on all the time. in your opinion, what is the reason for this? i would not say, now they are quite firmly talking about the delivery figures, we are talking about about fourteen tanks, with the appropriate equipment for the challenge tanks, and we are talking about about 30 howitzers and about 200. eh, an armored vehicle. and they are, uh, this is a rather old technique in terms of armored vehicles, and they can be delivered quite quickly, but uh, what is the political meaning of this military, i will not as for the military meaning, for this we have uh, experts, they will say, but political, of course, because this is a qualitatively new leap, but here, but up to now it has been said that the rooting must be defended on its

armament. now we are talking about an offensive tone - this is offensive weapons, and the minister of defense and the minister of foreign affairs of great britain are now visiting western capitals in order to galvanize, as they say, international efforts to support ukraine, such a little strange word, which of course reminds a. experiments with a frog galvanic dead, by the way, but, apparently, there is a second meaning behind this, and behind all this is that unlimited western support. uh, the ukrainian armed forces, their defensive efforts can collapse quickly enough. andrei vladimirovich is here. here, in the western world, among politicians now there is some kind of indecision, or such an eye on each other. as, for example, the catch-scholz said, well, if the americans put their obs from abrams, and we will think about leopards in ukraine, and in britain is here. eh, also some kind of e

not decisiveness, or what? well, here's another second question. here's a follow-up question, yes, is there any practical sense in the supply of these tanks, for example, here in britain about leopards. they say not very uh, they're looking at some practice here. as for indecision here, i would say that there are separate statements of the former military even more than the chief of the general staff, but that we need to look, that we can talk about some weakening of the british armed forces, which, anyway, but in a difficult situation from a financial point of view. but there is more behind this. uh, wanting more money. uh, this is also in the military budget, of course. well, as for, uh, the meaning of this, then, of course, here the main thing was to set an example, uh, and how to put pressure on germany where uh, there are still hesitation before the meeting in ramstein, which will take place tomorrow and where it will actually be determined. uh, further uh, further move from it will be possible to create this kind of

tank coalition, which but according to some assumptions, it can read up to 100, and tanks. this, of course, the ecologist will be strong enough. and here it was not only about tanks that were reported, i also heard about helicopters. uh, there, however, this information was later refuted, and the deliveries of four apache attack helicopters with guided half-fire missiles. uh, here, if my memory serves me, after all, american, in my opinion , helicopters, so will they get from britain to ukraine in the end. do you think this was discussed back in april? as far as i remember, then it was said about this now, and therefore there were refutations later. this technique is very darling, and i don't want to speculate, but now because, like, uh, all the brakes are off , but not all, but many really nothing can be ruled out. eh, at some stage they may be against it in the end. but

this equipment will burn, probably, in the same way as the rest are now in ukraine. here in germany, for example, yes, where too . there are political discussions, big political discussions about the supply of weapons to ukraine . in half split. there is a very strong statement going against it and arguments are put forward too, well, quite weighty, but in the british press. e in the british segment of the internet. how e. here are these discussions. this is not to be said here either, but the ideological field, and in which the media, including bloggers, operates, it has been cleared, practically there is only one and it is official. and this is e. it is necessary to support ukraine in armaments. she must ah win, and it will be. here is the shortest path.

to the world, that is, er, inverted logic. such a layman is trying to convince that the supply of offensive weapons. this will be a negotiation path. e to the world from a position. and uh , those who should dictate ukraine and no alternative point of view, or attempts to look beyond the horizon, what will happen next with ukraine and are literally not visible with regard to deliveries to ukraine is also here, if you observe how it is in western countries. uh, again, there are discussions, so there is such an impression that someone is putting pressure on someone, and someone is just because of the fact that he is being put under pressure, well, he gives in. eh, the uk is here what? bully is a role. uh, the one who puts such pressure, or the united states does put them on. well

, of course, only the united states can exert real pressure on germany, and great britain is trying by its own example how to move germany and poland you don’t need to subject it, she is already, uh, ready to give everything she can, and the baltics are even more so, but uh, as far as germany and france are concerned, it is clear that u here are some more arguments on this topic. whether it is necessary or not. well, there is one more factor. eh, you also need to understand that, in general, challengers. they will not come to ukraine tomorrow, this requires quite a lot of preparation. uh, first of all, crews. secondly, repair bases, then, uh, this is a capricious enough car. in general, uh, i imagine, and they will come there. a few months later no earlier, but the requirements and uh, that's all political, under which this is all done, that supplies are urgently needed now in order to break something, but this logic is not consistent with specific actions. yes

, as the ambassador of the russian federation to the united states also said yes, so that they do not supply the americans there. they are strange there . nato will still be destroyed in the same way by the armed forces of russia . here, probably, financial issues play a significant role. yes, it does cost money. uh, with money now. well, not to say that everyone has some kind of, uh, very big tension, but everyone has learned. for this year, it’s very scrupulous, uh, it concerns the financial side of the issue. well, if anatoly ivanovich fully agrees that this equipment will indeed also go to waste, like the previous one, this is without a doubt, and funding is here. uh , the fact is that the british army was not funded for a long time, as they believe here, and this led to passive consequences. plus, she's scheduled to cut, uh, and they're coming somewhere around 8-10.000 soon. well, the

establishment, and especially the military, are fighting to ensure that there are no such cuts, that there is more funding, and in the difficult budgetary conditions that britain is currently living in, this, of course, will be another blow, but in attempts to straighten out, and the economy, which is now in recession, ah and the prospects, which both this year and the next are rather sad ah. is it worth it here just to expect that in britain they will begin to allocate more funds for the defense industry, what will increase in the army increase in production in so far, everything is planned in the sense that support for ukraine will be in the same parameters as in the previous year, about 2.3 billion dollars, and they said something about an increase in a possible increase about this now, but they don’t talk about it . but how will the military-industrial complex work in the current conditions? i don't know for here either. eh, in

general, production. e was largely curtailed. will it be possible to revive it, strengthen it, expand it, quickly enough in this on this on this average. i am not something i see. i saw this happening in germany, they were talking about the fact that i needed supplies to turn around again, they would need several months of britain, that's about it, while there is talk of reconfiguring, and the military-industrial complex, which is quite strong here, is actually until now, i haven't noticed her. e, andrei vladimirovich yes, i have to say now that the press conference is about to begin. sergey lavrov in minsk thank you ambassador of russia to the uk andrey kelin was in direct contact with us we are leaving for a live broadcast representatives media during the two days of our joint work. we discussed a wide range of topics of belarusian-russian cooperation, including integration processes, interregional contacts,

coordinated actions in the field of foreign policy, as well as a number of practical aspects of cooperation, through the foreign ministries of the two countries, our relations have significantly strengthened over the past year, the leaders of our countries set. this makes it possible to find solutions to fundamentally important issues. there is every reason to believe that such dynamics and the effectiveness of contacts will continue in the current year. significant progress in union integration according to our estimates, by now about 70% of union programs have been completed and important documents have been signed. such as intergovernmental agreements on the recognition of technological operations carried out on the territory of a union state, an agreement on the general principles of taxation on indirect taxes

, the negotiation process continues to agree on a draft intergovernmental agreement, and a unified industrial policy is fundamental the decision to harmonize customs legislation, leveling off in the conditions of the economy, work continues to ensure equal rights for citizens of belarus and russia the day before yesterday, the state duma of russia ratified an intergovernmental agreement on the mutual recognition of visas and on other issues related to the arrival of foreign citizens and stateless persons on the territory of the union. this state will have a positive impact on the tourism potential of our countries, in the end, all this is aimed at improving the comfort of life our people, simplifying the business environment. resolving other topical issues in today's difficult international situation, we achieved last year.

the record turnover of more than 50 billion dollars once again confirms the correctness of this strategy. significant potential to further deepen the industrial this operation of the interaction of agro-industrial complexes , improve the transport and logistics interaction of production and implement import substitution projects in many industries in this regard, our ministry foreign affairs actively. is in preparation for the meeting of the council of ministers of the union state scheduled for february, which will discuss in detail the implementation of union programs and the planned promising agenda of the supreme state council one of the cornerstones of our interaction is interregional cooperation last year there were 98 visits of the delegation of the republic of belarus to

regions of russia and 82 regional visits from the russian federation to the republic of belarus c we respond with satisfaction to the results of interaction between the ministries of foreign affairs of belarus and russia, we continued to coordinate positions within the framework of international and regional organizations , promoted joint initiatives, did not bend and actively provided political and informational support to each other in the face of growing pressure from the collective west adjacent boldly. it can be said that the goals set at the last meeting of the colleagues and the goals were almost fully achieved during the current meeting. significant documents were signed, which were just announced during the ceremony for the russian side for assistance provided on international platforms. thus,

the question of admitting belarus full members of the shanghai organization has advanced considerably. cooperation our country was granted observer status in the economic and social commission. for asia and the pacific . the readiness of the russian side was expressed to assist belarus in the event that we decide to join the brix format and the upcoming one in july, if this year's russia-africa summit we also invariably support our russian friends in all international arenas, taking into account the recent instructions of the chairman of the supreme state council of the president of the republic of belarus alexander grigoryevich lukashenko to intensify media work and work to create a media holding of the union state in a narrow composition. we also discussed how the foreign ministries of the two countries

can contribute to this process and the world events taking place today. political processes have compared approaches to the role and revenge of our countries. uh, the world is well aware that the illegal sensational pressure on our state objectively requires us to better coordinate our actions. including the development of joint response steps. all sanctions, obviously, are aimed at causing maximum damage to our citizens while creating maximum discomfort. however, the past year has shown that any damage can be minimized through closer cooperation and integration. we will do our best to become even more sustainable and independent in the future. irresponsible decisions in western politicians. a

hybrid war has actually been unleashed against us, which aims to wear down both belarus and russia, and we will directly speak to our state and our sovereignty, as it has happened many times in our common history. it's good that many of this understanding began to reach. an important area of ​​our interaction has been and will be opposition to attempts to falsify and rewrite history. which is declared by individual countries and a blasphemous war on monuments. in this context, i cannot to note the assistance from the state bodies of russia in the investigation of the criminal case on the fact of the genocide of the population of belarus during the great patriotic war and after the war period, the investigation conducted by the general prosecutor's office of the republic of belarus by belarusian foreign institutions. in this regard, a number of significant

events are also being implemented. and not by chance. on the eve of today's meeting of a colleague, an exhibition dedicated to the 210th anniversary of the victory in the patriotic war of 12 was opened in the walls of the belarusian . take this opportunity to. i would sincerely to thank the author of the exhibition, the winner of the prize of the president of the republic of belarus for the spiritual revival, the collector vladimir to truly valuable and rare artifacts, among which the grand duke. i invite everyone. find an opportunity to get to know the exhibits better. i would like to express my gratitude to sergey viktorovich and all russian colleagues for a very fruitful and constructive conversation. our

meetings are traditionally held in a very friendly and sincere atmosphere. we have there are no closed topics, and this is largely the key to the success of belarusian russian relations. thank you dear sergey fyodorovich dear friends colleagues, we have a very rich program of negotiations the day began with a reception at the president of the republic of belarus, alexander grigoryevich lukashenko, during an almost one and a half hour meeting. we discussed all the strategic directions for further deepening our alliance in accordance with the agreements reached by the presidents for our state in the context of advancing the interests of the union state russia and the military-political sphere in the field

of ensuring our security in the economic in the humanitarian in all other states are functioning. after that, we conducted bilateral. mountains joint meetings of the collegiums the conversation was truly highly professional, and comradely confidential and confirmed the coincidence of the approaches of the two countries to the issues discussed, which touched on key aspects of world development annual meetings in the format of joint meetings of the collegium is a very valuable tool for interaction between our foreign policy departments. this format makes it possible to exchange assessments on topical international issues, to coordinate steps on multilateral platforms and, in general, to build a common external political line in order to jointly

defend our interests of russia, belarus and the union state on the world stage, the topics of our discussions today were determined by the fundamental changes that have taken place in the world time in our previous meeting, we considered a set of issues of foreign policy planning in the sphere of clocks regarding the ongoing work in russia and belarus to update strategic documents in the field of foreign policy. this work is closely coordinated with. of course, we discussed cooperation in the field of arms control and the coordination of our actions in the osce in relations with the nato european union and the council of europe. we surprised the coordination of positions in international human rights and economic organizations by agreeing on joint steps to

counter the politicization of their activities, which is what our western colleagues in all subjects. we came to a common opinion, which is recorded in the detailed final restoration, and we just signed the plan in your presence. the next year's consultation is very, rich, contains more than 30 main items and provides for a more systematic , more rhythmic exchange of assessments. and uh, the development of joint steps between our departments is another important document that we signed on the sidelines of the event - this is an intergovernmental memorandum on ensuring biological safety. he aimed at strengthening our national security. each of our countries and the occupation of threats in this area, which stem from the activities of the military departments of

third states, a and related organizations, as part of the implementation of this document, a regular exchange of information between profile structures is expected in order to develop response methods if necessary. we once again you or deep concern about the destructive course of the united states and its satellites to expand nato, the approach of military forces and military infrastructure of the alliance to our common borders, which leads to an escalation of military-political tensions, cannot remain without reactions from our side. we have a unanimous opinion not that the so-called collective west has actually turned ukraine into a springboard for further military-political development of the post-soviet space, into a springboard for subversive activities against the allied state, but directly and pushes kiev yes, but the creation

of direct threats, the vital interests of russia and belarus and one of the answers is the strengthening of the joint regional grouping of troops on the territory of belarus, which began in october 2020 by decision of the presidents, all these subjects along with topical issues of bilateral cooperation. sergei fyodorovich and i also discussed this during separate negotiations. immediately before the meeting of the boards, the ongoing attempts from the west to interfere in the internal affairs of our state, including through the introduction of illegal unilateral restrictive measures aimed at as already, washington and the euro bureaucrats do not hesitate to publicly undermine. our economies and internal political stability of russia and belarus, but as practice has shown, neither

in relation to russia nor in relation to the republic of belarus, this western blitzkrieg was not successful in recent months, many joint steps have been taken that have strengthened the economic sovereignty of our countries. first of all, these are projects in the field of modern technologies for food security, transport and logistics connectivity. the most important decision was made during the visit of president of the russian federation vladimir putin to minsk on december 19 last year. and our prime ministers and all the relevant departments are in daily contact to coordinate in a regular system mode against the backdrop of reducing dependence on countries. the west has significantly increased the volume of bilateral goods turnover. he reached. the record figures of $50 billion should probably be counted in some other monetary units, and not in dollars, so that we have everything

more understandably, with the participation of russian funding, a large-scale investment project is being implemented, taking into account the beginning of the chairmanships of russia in the eurasian economic union and belarus in the organization of a collective security treaty. during the talks, we paid special attention to the development of eurasian integration processes , processes that are aimed at improving the living standards of our citizens, strengthening the security of the two countries and the union state, for our part, we expressed full support for the initiative of the president lukashenka to hold under the auspices of this year a high- level international conference on eurasian security with the invitation of representatives of the cooperation organization and the cis and others. courageous associations and states, today's meeting of the colleagues of the two departments was timed to coincide with the upcoming

professional holidays, the days of a diplomatic worker in belarus on january 22 and in russia on february 10, as a significant historical date, the 210th anniversary of the victory in the patriotic war of 1812, and we visited, unfolded here beautiful exhibition dedicated to this glorious anniversary. i would like to join in the words of gratitude addressed to its author, vladimir likhodov. we are with belarusian friends. they emphasized the importance of preserving historical memory. about the glorious pages of common history and spoke in favor of intensifying work on the patriotic education of young people following the meeting, they supported the initiative to erect memorial obelisks in honor of the heroes who completed the defeat of napoleon's army in the brevo, field, borisov district of the minsk region who united most of europe at the time to attack