[000:00:00;00] in 2022, consumer activity has grown by one and a half times, and in online sales for the first time twice, the share of online in general aquaring has exceeded the classic 63% against 37 statistics, according to russian standard bank in the top spending category includes supermarkets , marketplaces, active recreation and entertainment. the average check is about 1,300 rubles. at the end of the year, salaries in russia grew by 12% , according to the superjob service, but there are nuances here, firstly, this result could not compensate for inflation. secondly, they began to pay more in certain sectors, for example, in it construction and industry and speech it is about highly qualified specialists. if we talk about other workers in most cases, wages remained at the same level. gas reserves in european storage facilities have fallen to 62% now they have 67.5 billion cubic meters of fuel. these are the data of hpp infrastructure for the twenty-sixth day

of february, 350 were taken from the reserves, and only 36 million cubic meters were pumped. at the same time, this week in europe is expected to be colder than the previous one, and the share of wind generation in energy generation is 17%, which is below the level february last year as a result of the selection of gases were preserved. maybe it will increase even more and the freedom holding closed the deal to sell the russian business after the approval of the central bank, it became the property of maxim povalishin , one of the founders of the freedom finance investment company, the assets he bought were renamed into a figure, povalishin paid about $ 33 million for them and assigned the obligations of the holding to the russian

$107 million in freedom, that was economic news in a nutshell. we'll take care of this. it will be honest detective. alexander yatsenko people don't choose, enemies kill them, so they must fight. current issues we will discuss live with the first deputy chairman of the federation council committee on defense and security vladimir alien, he is in touch with the studio

vladimir alekseevich hello, we will definitely be back, but we will start with the morning news from the russian ministry of defense using prohibited substances that are being prepared for kiev train with chemicals from your point of view. how likely is it that kiev can now decide on such a provocation? i i think that this is quite likely, given the background of the issue with similar actions arranged by the sponsors of the kiev regime. first of all, the united states. i won’t repeat them all now, i’ll just say that there were such episodes, in syria, but also in other places. so, uh, taking into account the fact that a the armed forces of ukraine, uh, are suffering, uh,

defeat on the battlefield. but the use of such e, prohibited means of warfare, but quite in their spirit and in their style as well as their american patrons, because without the americans , of course, kirovskiy it would be beyond the power of those, by the way, as lieutenant general kirillov noted. and those specific chemicals that, according to available data, were imported, and on the territory of ukraine, uh, the united states itself still declared the final destroyed at home in 1990. so much for transparency, sincerity and so on.

they said their word today and provided detailed information on what russian diplomats should do now in such a situation. is it worth it to count on efficiency at all? appeals to any international organizations? well, you know the experience of our interaction with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons. oh, alas, especially. uh does not generate optimism, but nonetheless. we must, i am sure, we will use all international platforms, as well as the means of public diplomacy to expose. uh, in this and other similar brooks. earlier , the tenth package of sanctions against russia was announced, do you see anything fundamentally new in it. but it's good that you didn't

call it jubilee, as in some religion, because the anniversary here is, as they say , questionable, and you know, uh, i can say that i carefully observed the uh process of passing through while accepting all the previous ones. eh, the first packets themselves were very easy for them, approximately from the sixth from the first to the sixth, because they were prepared in advance. and it was only a matter of ensuring consensus when they were adopted. but the problems started from the seventh, and with each subsequent these problems became more. ah. here. yes, it’s even more interesting not that in this tenth the package is there, but what is not in it. and what did they plan to include, but in the end did not include in mind, the difference of opinion between

the member countries of the european union. i mean such generally serious components as the russian nuclear power industry. the energy security of a number of eu countries still depends on the interaction with which and with our rusatom, and this has not diminished in any way. also, such an uh extra uh moment. uh, this is let's say uh interaction with the russian diamond industry, but this is for ordinary observer. it may seem, uh, enough uh, not such a large, but an element, but nevertheless for a country like belgium. how do you understand this is

a matter of the survival of the national economy? uh, what can i say? it is not yet clear what they are striving for, as they say, to gather for persuasiveness a certain number of economic measures, as for personal e, the sanctions section, it must be said that it is not particularly impressive against the background of what has been done, but they are producing an effect. just say so e attempts. uh dial the number additional figurines. well, i'm not, uh, saying, in this case of worrying cases, the inclusion

of our training and a famous pediatric surgeon, to whom i understand, so our western opponents decided to present a gift. uh-huh well, yes, there really is a feeling that they are already fighting for the number of sanctions, they are for their quality. is it worth waiting for any fundamentally new sanctions? new restrictions in the eleventh in the twelfth there how many of these packages will there be? well, i think that we should not be engaged in fortune-telling. uh, with what the parties will try to bite us further, but we must continue to work on strengthening the domestic economy and, uh

, on the worlds to counter sanctions on the military topic in europe, here are the american polish military personnel, local exercises on the territory of poland and, in the opinion of the head of the frg, these maneuvers. we must show putin that the alliances are by no means as weak as he thought and have become much stronger and much more united. how do you assess such actions, such statements by the country and actually how russia should react for these maneuvers on the territory of poland, you know , i have been dealing with nato issues in various forms for a quarter of a century and i can say from personal experience that the real function of nato today is to serve as a kind of driving belt for american influence on europe in the military-political field,

because and by the way, the americans themselves, not so long ago, complained that, they say, in the era of the cold war, and the costs of nato activities were divided in half between america and europe. and now the united states is forced to pay up to 80% of the total budget, the europeans do not want, then it's over. as you remember, quite recently , before the catchphrases of the president of france, nato's brain death macron, but in principle, he was not far from the truth and the fact that nato is now trying to portray itself as a cohesive , effective alliance but the americans rallied them to build. as they say

, in terms of ranking, it did not add efficiency to this, as for the expansion of nato, i think that, in practical terms, there will probably not be a conversation about ukraine in the foreseeable future. ah, well, nato spoke out quite so sharply, and in another russia's decision to stop when stopping moscow's participation in the treaty on the reduction of strategic offensive arms. is it worth counting that this manifestation of dissatisfaction will be followed by any real steps on the part of nato? the very process

of limiting strategic offensive arms. it began many years ago , initially our country offered, but to include uh, there, uh, other uh, nuclear uh nato countries , that is, great britain france, the americans categorically refused. the british, especially the french, said our nuclear weapons have nothing to do with nato. by the way , but are a national deterrent , so no, but the americans. uh, naturally, for their part, they tried to include china in this process. well, the chinese, in their characteristic manner , answered that the conversation was about this. can e can go when china's nuclear potential

reaches the level of russia or the united states or uh, the nuclear potential of the united states of russia will drop to the current level of china such a philosophical approach, but quite, and at the same time it is logical, therefore now, as our president said. we are not against nato’s participation in future eras on these issues, it will naturally involve the inclusion of the nuclear potentials of great britain

france the current dm in its, so to speak , life story is quite dramatic, as you know, the previous american administration of donald trump was going to abandon it and that was what was going on. uh, biden, as soon as he arrived at the white house, and the first thing he did, agreed with the russian proposal for an extension for 5 years, but in practice, the situation has not changed. eh, americans. eh how hindered? uh, we are monitoring their nuclear potential, that is , russian church inspections in the united states continued, and visa practices were hindered by them, then by a pandemic, then by a special military operation. who did not prevent them, however, from blaming russia for the fact that we do not allow their

inspectors to visit our nuclear facilities. well you you know, now the situation has changed so much that it would be simply not serious to talk about it in practical terms, therefore, naturally, the decision taken by the russian leadership, and i will emphasize the suspension of the suspension, and they are completely refusing this agreement. evich, well, here are the details, so that france and great britain are taken into account with the combined potential of the countries of the north atlantic alliance, they are generally not ready to conclude any international agreements now with russia, so the questions are either this, but how would such a moment that needs to be discussed. well, i think that now it would be difficult to talk about constructive negotiations, he agreements in this area

, the current level of geopolitical confrontation. uh, and the tension in the world is such that now any negotiations seem to be rather problematic ah. and, when it becomes possible, if and when it is possible, then, of course, we will insist as we insisted initially, but on uh, but under coverage, and potentials uh, great britain france uh, especially since, and all the romantic alliance now as a matter of fact, he himself advocated it is, uh, expressing its collective position regarding the fate of the treaty. vladimirovich is now in another region in central asia, now the us secretary of state is on a trip to central asia, they blinkin what can we expect

from this tour, and blinkin announced it very widely, it is so widely covered, but can we wait for specific agreements? what is the purpose of the current administration of the white house in central asia given the overall policy of the current us administration , we should not expect anything good from this trip. the main, so to speak, strategic goal us policy on the central asian in the central asian direction. this is the maximum separation, and a strange region from russia driving in all sorts of things. well, that's a plus. uh, as an additional element, and the obstacles to the development of their relations with china, too. but china is just, but how are the chinese reacting to

this blinkin’s hanging and will washington’s foreign policy be regarded as such another attempt to bring down the wedge so already bad relations between the usa and china well, how will beijing react, we probably should hear from beijing because of them some we will not make statements. and i think that beijing is closely watching this trip and, accordingly, will react in the spirit of that, by the way, program initiative, which the chinese, probably, the republic came up with, and just recently just the other day. these are china's proposals to resolve the situation in ukraine well, these proposals are broader. of course, they are global grips, but

specifically in relation to the situation in ukraine , uh, they contain many useful elements, unfortunately, in the west they preferred, how it is said without reading to the end with them, so that's the way the situation is. a vladimir alekseevich thank you very much for the interview for answering the question, but i remind you that the first deputy chairman of the federation council committee on defense and security vladimir chizhov was in direct contact with the studio . in the southern sector of the special operation, the enemy managed to detect the position with the help of drones, and to eliminate it, a mobile group was deployed on army motorcycle all-terrain vehicles. coming closer the paratroopers fired anti-tank guided missiles at the enemy’s shelter and covered them with fire from an automatic grenade launcher,

then an armored group of three airborne combat vehicles and a tank set to work. at the training ground in buryatia , the fighters of the eastern military district are mastering the methods of high-speed firing from the anti - aircraft gun itching 23-2. intelligence and operational skills position change training is conducted under the guidance of instructors with combat experience. at this scientific point, classes are conducted on zu-23 23 mm anti-aircraft guns. this weapon has shown itself to be a universal anti-aircraft and ground targets, the number of personnel is engaged with great desire. eh, after all , the weapon is easy to operate in the management of shooting, intensive training is carried out perfectly. ukrainian military masses are being taken prisoner, many have decided to turn their weapons against the kiev regime from

those who sincerely repented and passed the test have already formed a volunteer battalion named after bohdan khmelnitsky anton podkovenko will tell you what tasks he will perform. against the zelensky regime, ready to fight, now former fighters of the armed forces, who were captured at different times. what is called deploying bayonets in the dpr, a whole battalion named after the hetman of the zaporozhye is being created. kazakov. bohdan khmelnytsky, who rebelled in the 17th century against the poles, is now also independent, in fact, in western slavery, when the ukrainian government was supposed to protect its people. she i just left them. looking at all this , i got the opportunity for me and my comrades who will be with me. this unit says to give credit to uh, man we have 170 people in our unit right now. and i think that there will again be the same people who are former servicemen, guys

, there are active guys who agree, and there are thousands of them, according to denis pushilin, those whose head fell into place, despite many years of anti-russian propaganda of some kind that part. prisoners that is, here i am not i will say that i read the small uh correctly, but to redeem myself, yes, and go exactly to the battlefield. i will tell you this, that this figure is in the thousands, so there is someone you choose, someone to change their minds, someone to make such a decision, it may not be an easy decision, but nevertheless, let's see how it all will look on the field. the battlefield selection criteria for the battalion named after bogdan khmelnitsky are serious to take up arms again, in order to go against the kiev regime, only those who have no crime will be able to there is no blood and civilians of those people who are here with us, these are the people who have been tested, on whom it has been proven that they do not have war crimes, that they do not have

the blood of civilians, the idea of ​​​​creating such a battalion or even several battalions or even a corps of the former vysushnikov who did not fight for kiev and that zelensky betrayed them, this idea did not arise yesterday , one of its authors, igor kimakovsky, told us. at the very beginning of the special military operation , a fairly large number of prisoners of war they, uh, well, refused to, uh, serve the kiev regime and were even ready to go over to the side of the donetsk people's republic of the people's republic and the russian army. the only thing that held them back was that their families remained in that territory and could not be exposed. ah, repression. there are ukrainian people directly who resist what is happening today in ukraine, and such people should appear directly in the brigades of the corps and, perhaps even directly , a real full-fledged army. now the fighters of the battalion of bogdan khmelnitsky are at the stage

obtaining russian citizenship. when there is a passport, they will sign a contract with the armed forces of our country and in a training camp for retraining. and zelensky at this time is collecting a panopticon for the alleged capture of the crimea, he called it a guard, forbidden azov from these battalions into the most, perhaps, the most famous is. here is another punitive brigade of fierce trash videos they post on the network, and they shout at training that they are ready to cut traitors, in which , of course, all the inhabitants of crimea are recorded, such a set of neonocysts looks crazy and mediocre, especially against the background of the fact that the ukrainians themselves are already ready to shoot at the punishers. this is a typical, in general, of the 95th block of intellect, such a marketing ploy they made a lot of beautiful posters. here is each name. well, there, like some kind of computer games, but how well these units are being recruited. in general, it’s unknown they show some kind

of half-empty office, there is one person, it looks like zelensky is trying to keep the attention of the west with such a middling advertisement, because he is at the front. and his deeds not really, but the fighters and battalions of khmelnitsky are ready to aggravate the situation of their former battalion commanders, the guys have a fighting mood, the guys are ready, as it were, there are those who agreed, then changed their minds, the guys initially said that yes, and i think, all all the guys before end to end against those who sent them into a meat grinder against russian forces, following the decrees of washington and brussels , there is something to get angry at and raise

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checkpoint has been launched in russia, it was opened in the port. azov some goods and where will they be sent? let's start with the situation in st. petersburg , pulkovo airport temporarily does not receive or depart aircraft, as the agency reports , citing its sources, the sky was closed due to an unknown flying object. everyone here within a radius of 200 km was asked to change course or make a landing several planes that took off from moscow, vnukovo to st. petersburg are returning to the airport according to portal flightradar in the sky over st. petersburg and its environs. now there are no flights, but a message comes, just at this moment, that the sky in st. petersburg is already open. just a few minutes ago, flights will be resumed in the very near future , ria novosti reports now. well here