you are the leaders of the states of the continent, the participants in the event will later adopt joint documents and a final declaration in total , 49 african delegations arrived in st. petersburg. this indicates a desire to develop cooperation with russia on the eve of vladimir putin's speech at the plenary session of the forum has become one of the central events. anastasia yefimova will tell all the details bringing relations to a new and even more advanced level is the main goal of the russia africa forum, which started today in st. petersburg with an official reception on behalf of the head of the russian state, an excellent opportunity to talk about what is important for moscow’s relations with the continent as a whole and with each of its states, and the overwhelming majority of the meeting is represented by a friendly handshake smile, a protocol photo and mutual respect for the world in its diversity and richness is the very foundation on which on which we must be based

world order. today, we look to the future with optimism, since russian african relations are based on strong bonds of friendship and mutual assistance, accumulated positive here's to working together for a truly, rich and eventful history. at one time , the soviet union supported the people of africa in the struggle against colonialism, in the formation of statehood, the strengthening and protection of independence, and helped african countries to lay the foundations of their national economy. significant infrastructure facilities were built in the energy industry , agriculture, hospitals and schools were created, assistance was provided in the formation and equipping of combat-ready armed forces. - still, looking at many questions. t one angle, and sometimes completely share the views

, they agree that the unipolar world is a relic of the past, the future should be built on fair cooperation and mutually beneficial interest. only from such a position can the current crises be resolved and russia is ready to make a real contribution to these processes. it is equally important to note that now russia and the country of africa together stand for the formation of a just multipolar world device based on the principles of sovereign equality of the state and not interference in their internal affairs. respect for the right of peoples to determine their own destiny, and of course our country will continue to make a real contribution to resolving current crises and preventing the emergence of new hotbeds of tension on the continent. in the fight against terrorism and extremism in pandemics and famine in addressing issues of environmental food and information security, and the prospects for cooperation

not only between countries, but also their unification, it was discussed at a working breakfast at the round table of the heads of state presiding now in the main regional organizations of africa, russia , as vladimir putin recalled, is very actively involved in integration projects in the eurasian space, of which the eurasian economic union is perhaps the key, and also very promising in terms of cooperation with the african union and other other structures of the continent. we considered it important to discuss the prospects for cooperation between the eurasian union and african integration structures and , first of all, with the african union, within which similar processes are developing and consciously african continental. among the regional organizations of the free trade zone, it is the african union that is the main partner of russia , and we support the multifaceted activities of this structure to

ensure peace and stability, expand political and economic integration , we believe that the creation of a new permanent dialogue mechanism could qualitatively complement the tools for interaction between russia and the african union. for advice on such substantive topics as the fight against terrorism and extremism, provision, food information and environmental security. new busy working day however. expressed in africa, which the russian president recalled when opening the official reception for the guests. if you want to go, go quickly alone. if you want to go for a long time, go to the place, time-tested wisdom, which, judging by the reaction in the hall, has not lost its relevance. in the morning, the summit will focus on the topic

of cooperation between russia and africa in the energy sector, in addition, they will discuss information security and other important topics. our special correspondent, varvara nevskaya, works in the northern capital , she joins the broadcast varya good morning. tell us how the morning of the second day of the summit began. alexandra good morning. well, as you can see around me, there are not yet as many people as you were yesterday, right on in the afternoon yet, and the site is just starting its first sessions. will start at 10:00 am and the delegation of the participants of the form of the expert community only stays in the expoforum of st. petersburg. today, as it was said earlier in our live main day. this is itself within the framework of which a number of events will be held, at the highest level, of course, the main event, of course. this is a plenary session where vladimir putin and all 17 african presidents

who have arrived in st. petersburg for the second summit will speak. let me remind you of russia africa. this large-scale very important and significant event is attended by delegations from 49 countries in total on the african continent with 54 officially recognized states. and from what we can conclude that it’s as if almost the entire continent is represented here, and yesterday, and on the first day of the economic humanitarian forum itself, in fact , there was a continuation of the dialogue that was started back in 2019, when the first russia-africa summit was held in sochi and and all these events that we see yesterday and will happen today. this is at the same time a comparison of watches on topics, and for the large number of joint projects concluded earlier, this agreement is both a meeting of old friends and a lively discussion of business partners,

because we know that a large number of agreements were already announced yesterday, and it is important that all this is based on healthy pragmatism, because the situation has changed for many years and africa is as interesting to russia as russian aid . russian experience and russian technologies. may be of interest to the african continent , it is important not to forget that africa is a dynamic, developing market, a fast-growing economy and, of course, colossal resources. and at the end of official events today, as stated, the adoption of joint documents will take place, including the final declaration themselves. well, as part of the business program of the second day, the participants themselves will discuss russia africa. e, however, as yesterday is very broad, and the pool topic will soon be held a session that will be devoted to the prospects for cooperation in the field of energy, will discuss the humanitarian and social sphere, and the promotion of humanitarian policy on

the african continent, an effective strategy for cooperation between russia and africa in the agro-industrial complex cooperation v in the field of technology and science, integrated security and sovereign development, the presentation of the world youth festival was announced today, which will be held next year in sochi from february 29 to march 7 and will bring together the most progressive youth of the planet, as you know, african states are also invited to participate. the first second day themselves. uh, we ourselves have already begun, we will continue to keep you informed, thanks to alexander, and russia africa in st. petersburg live on the channel told you our special correspondent varvara nevskaya mayor sergei sobyanin said the aircraft was spotted and beaten by the forces of the ministry

of defense of the victims and there was no damage, the previous attack occurred on monday, two drones. whose control system was choked by electronic warfare specialists knocked off course and hit two non-residential buildings, causing minor damage, there were also no casualties. ukrainian militants fail to return lost positions, all attempts are effectively crossed by russian troops, artillery. and army aviation inflicts high-precision strikes on enemy manpower and equipment. in the course of conducting active defense of the occupied lines in the svatov and krasnaya liman directions, the units of the group of troops repelled 11 attempts to attack militants towards the center in a day, four infantry fighting vehicles were destroyed , four armored vehicles, three vehicles, such as a pickup truck, d30 guns, two mortars and more than 100

militants, eight military personnel surrendered completely . strike aircraft strike at positions, command posts and clusters equipment of the armed forces, and it is supplied with the necessary coordinates by russian bc scouts work behind enemy lines find targets and transmit accurate data about their location the crew of ka-52 helicopters igor khanov will tell about the work of russian air tanks in the zone of their own avianovodchikov goes on a military mission corps work in the northern direction. here, the militants regularly try to make sorties in order to shell lisichansk . the task of the russian military is to prevent the militants from reaching peaceful cities. we are working directly on the line of contact or these up to 15 km will be the enemy fighters work in the rear zone of the enemy, where

the enemy does not expect a strike, the specialists of the unit look for targets and report their coordinates. after the signal is received , tactical aviation rises into the air, attack helicopters ka-52 take off to destroy enemy forces. combat helicopters are escorted to the mi-8 by an evacuation group in case of an emergency situation with pilots or reconnaissance soldiers are always ready uniforms, along with weapons and ammunition, going to work for literally one and a half to two hours, people prepare for work for almost a week, the efficiency depends on the result of the work, so the aircraft are always ready to take to the skies on alert, the ka-52 is called an air tank, the helicopter is armed with a unit, guided and unguided missiles and cannon. the first target is foreign tanks with apu, camouflaged in the forest belt. during the explosion , his tower is torn off. aerial reconnaissance also

discovered hidden positions of ukrainian howitzers are capable of hitting artillerymen at a distance of up to 20 km; helicopters destroy guns of ukrainian militants. after completing the mission, aviation returns to the base, the equipment immediately begins to inspect aircraft and load alligator warheads with rockets, air reconnaissance works around the clock, so the signal to take off can come at any minute. artillery is also operating in the seversk direction, the southern grouping of troops, the russian military is suppressing offensive operations of the armed forces. long-range guns destroy fortified area, while those ukrainian soldiers who voluntarily laid down their arms are guaranteed decent treatment and, if necessary , medical assistance from which unit of the 42nd

brigade, second battalion, stood in position. mortar shelling the russian military say that even on the front line they feel people's support. volunteers handed over a batch of valuable cargo to military doctors. these are medical preparations that are necessary when providing emergency assistance. volunteers also delivered tula gingerbread or pikhanov treats to the fighters. vladislav mirzaev lead. donetsk people's republic the further development of strategic and tactical cooperation between russia and the dprk was discussed today by defense minister sergei shoigu and north korean leader kim jong-un . security, and earlier sergei shoigu attended a military parade, pyongyang, in which north korea

demonstrated intelligence drones and intercontinental ballistic missiles, specifically tail 17 and hate hwaseong, 18, which in twice experienced this year. in japan, they are concerned about the strategic interaction between moscow and beijing, such a statement was voiced as part of the annual report of the ministry of defense, also known as the white paper. according to the document , the joint actions of russian and chinese military aircraft and ships are considered as a clear and deliberate show of force . military equipment and activities on kuril islands. now let's go back to a short commercial, and then we will continue to talk about the main topics of this friday.

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and back to the topic of cooperation between russia and the country of africa now i will tell you all the economic details. so the african market is one of the most promising , primarily due to the fact that the population is growing very rapidly, it is expected that by the fiftieth year, 2.5 billion people will live there. that is why before the continent

the task is to actively develop the economy and foreign relations over the past 3 years , trade between russia and africa has increased to almost 18 billion dollars. moreover, our country sells more than it buys and grows to not raw materials and science, high-capacity products, but traditional export goods - these are, of course, oil products, grain, fertilizer , metals and timber, and the growth in russian industry supplies to africa by the end of the year may already exceed 40%, but of course there are points of growth of the expert estimate are not realized. the export potential of russia in africa in the amount of almost 5 1/2 billion dollars. you are the most promising in the north of the continent, but the period from the fifteenth to the twenty-second year, trade between the eurasian economic union and the african union exceeded $ 19 billion , and the parties clearly do not plan to stop there

. my colleague artyom boxes. he joins me, artyom good morning. good morning. tell me any summit, any forum is always a contract. what are we talking about here we are talking about, but the contracts are different. this also applies to nuclear energy, which i will also talk about. by the way, this also applies to the supply of charitable demonstrative grain deliveries up to 50. tons of thousands of tons to each country, the president said this. i will also tell you more now. supplies grain and helicopters to zimbabwe to mine in rank in tanzania to develop nuclear power in burundi. these are just a few examples of russia's projects in africa that are being discussed in st. petersburg today after the forum the day before. one of the its main topics are food security last year

, russian grain exports to the african continent amounted to 11.5 million tons in the first 6 months of this year, president vladimir putin noted almost 10. fasu zimbabwe somalia central african republic eritri. for 25-50,000 tons of grain , we will provide free delivery of these products to consumers. african union, in turn, noted that the termination of the grain deal with ukraine could affect africa however, russia is doing a lot to solve the food problem on the continent, let's listen. russia is doing a lot to combat the food problem and resolve the current crisis.

it will help save many lives. our continent is currently experiencing a serious impact of food prices, so we appeal to all participants in the process with a big request to facilitate the delivery of grain to our country. the turnover amounted to almost 18 billion dollars. however, on a global scale, these are numbers, of course, small chapter of development maxim reshetnikov believes that trade with african countries still has a very large potential. our task there in the thirtieth year is at least two trade turnover, well, for comparison, we only have more than $ 40 billion in trade with belarus, yes, and here is all of africa and 18, so there are definitely more opportunities , and africa but in a sense, our comfortable partner and natural consumer of the goods that we produce. the population is growing , consumption is growing, and accordingly , energy consumption in africa will grow. a then it is the demand for our atom. our sun for

our technology in hydropower is the main topic at the summit. this is certainly energy, so russia and uganda agreed on construction, and the eu. in addition, the parties are interested in the joint production of batteries and the development of coal from indian oil fields. generally. currently , 30 joint energy projects are being worked out by sixteen african countries. well, for the first 5 months of this year. russia delivered to africa 200,000, which is oil and about 8 million tons of oil products. we we were redirected to the east as a whole and, of course, i will send part of it to africa, and this also helped us. uh, that means, because we kept all the parameters that we planned for production and refining in the twenty-second year, for example, we, uh, we sent about 8 million oil products. uh, african countries in terms of crude

oil, quite a bit. and here, but more they ask, of course, not all diesel products in the first place. here are the numbers for this year. we have already sent about the same amount in half a year, we expect that the weather is 18-20 minutes will be. well, energy issues will continue to be discussed at the summit today. already in the framework of panel discussions, another topic is digital technologies. one of today's sessions sounds like information space security challenges and opportunities for cooperation. well, the day before, they said in the field that they were ready to share with african strange developments in predicting weather disasters. a very relevant topic for russia by the way, the participants themselves also signed the code of ethics for artificial intelligence. and today, a unique event, companies from 15 countries, 13 of them from the african continent, this is a company from south africa, nigeria, and other countries, entered and

signed the code of ethics for artificial intelligence. thus, our russian code of ethics became international and, in fact, intercontinental. russia's largest partner in africa today is egypt, and an agreement on a free trade zone on its territory may be signed by the end of the year. in addition, avtovaz announced that it intends to resume car production at the egyptian plant, this facility could become a new logistics hub for the company. well, today in the framework of the summit. vladimir putin again has a rich program of plenary sessions with the participation of the heads of african states, as well as separate meetings with the presidents, the kings of fleece and snow, as well as the head of the presidential council , bilateral negotiations with the leaders of the southern continent will continue on saturday after the official end of something. alexander

follows the events very interestingly. thank you. it was the story of the story boxes, and some agreements on this topic. we will definitely come back in the next section, we will discuss the details of interaction in the economics palette program. at this moment, in yekaterinburg, the ceremony of farewell to rostislav zhuravlev begins, the military commander of ria novosti, who died as a result of shelling by the apu the day before. the president of russia awarded him the order of courage posthumously, our colleague was buried with military honors from the officer's house, where relatives and friends have already gathered, direct contact albert musin albert hello , i give you the word yes, alexandra good morning.

we are now at the regional house of an officer in yekaterinburg, this place is significant for any military man, including for journalists associated with the coverage of the hard work of soldiers and work on the front line, therefore it is symbolic that it is here today that they say goodbye to our colleague, military corps officer rostislav zhuravlev, many more from early morning they began to gather in the lobby of the large hall of the officers' house to pay tribute to the memory of the fearless journalist who worked to spearhead the event and shared the entire trench life and combat everyday life of our defenders offhand only today about a hundred people gathered inside, they were the first to let rostislav's relatives in, followed by his colleagues, journalists, social activists and friends , dmitry kiselyov, general director of the russian agency, came to apply. having read zhuravlev, he worked at ria novosti, which is part of russia today. feat and died the death of the brave, on the one hand, this is a loss. and on

the other hand, this and the acquisition he left in the image of strength, 17. and thus asked to correspond. to the high standards that he affirmed and approved at the cost of your own life. rostislav died during the evacuation after a targeted artillery shelling of the ukrainian army, our colleagues made a report on the use of cluster munitions in the zaporozhye region, and therefore the farewell today takes place with all military honors with the participation of the guard of honor. here he will be posthumously awarded state awards. this medal of valor and courage of the investigative committee of russia and the order of courage of the awards were signed by russian president vladimir putin rostislav zhuravlev was buried in our wide cemetery in yekaterinburg alexandra albert farewell ceremony with war correspondent zhuravlyov

in yekaterinburg if anything, the heroes are afghan. these are very serious people. you'll have to move out for a long time there will be palych nkvd on a mini blown up.