finland is making a tragic mistake by joining the nato bloc. when they fought with russia, they were always defeated. rivalry between china and the united states should not lead to conflict, these were the words exchanged between chinese president shizen ping and us president joe biden at a meeting in san francisco. but then, the much- anticipated meeting of the two leaders continued behind closed doors. let's ask our own us correspondent, valentin bogdanov, what remains behind the scenes, he joins us. valentin, hello, what what matters is the meeting between joe biden and whether it can be considered that whenpin is talking about enough.

yes, good evening, georgy, well, indeed, the significance of this meeting is highly significant, it is, in general, key , on the fields, and beyond them, at the ats summit taking place here in san francisco, it began, as expected, in a suburban residences, filolli, away from the crowds of protesters. who literally attack the motorcades of participants in the ates summit and in general here in san francisco , despite all the efforts that everyone made to stabilize the situation equally restless, but nevertheless the meeting began, sizenpin and biden had not seen each other for about a year, the american president said this, by the way, right away, from their intonation, it became clear that this difference was still in the approaches, because well, for biden, of which there are a lot of... problems here within

the united states, problems on the foreign policy circuit. ukraine, the middle east, it is important for him to show at least some success, in these, in general terms , the american president reasoned when starting a conversation with shizen pin, a three-hour conversation, it was very interesting to observe how closely he looked at him, as if he was controlling what his boss, the head of the state department, antony blinken was saying, however, let’s listen to biden himself. we saw each other about 1 year one day ago at the ball. there is no substitute for face-to-face meetings. our discussions are always honest and i always appreciate that. mr. president, we have known each other for many years, but we do not always agree with each other. that's not news. but our communication has always been fruitful. there should be no misunderstanding between us. we must ensure that rivalry did not lead to conflict. must regulate competition responsibly. what

the us intends to do. well, these words, competition, rivalry, they are clearly unacceptable for the chinese leadership , which does not look at the world as a playground where it is necessary to compete, it is imperative that someone overwhelms or defeats someone, as americans generally like to do. , so shizen pin is constructive here, we were very close to this residence, as close as one could get. saw a large number representatives of the local chinese diaspora, people who flew here specifically, in general, most of them were positive, but there were also people there who were against it, of course, they support taiwan’s policy there and so on, but in general this is one of the stories , there are also many other stories, including, for example, the fintanil crisis, the leadership of the united states hopes that somehow the chinese, the leadership of the chinese communist party will influence the companies that... supply these

components, of which then mexican cartels make drugs, well, here in san francisco is one of the epicenters, well, there are many stories, in general, the aggravation began with the story of the chinese balloon, but there is , of course, the main topic - the elections - in taiwan, which will take place - at the beginning next year, but the economy, of course, the chinese economy is recovering from covid, america and china are the main trading partners, most likely it was these thoughts about the inevitability of cooperation in a peaceful manner, in a peaceful way, that the chairman tried to convey to his, so to speak, counterparty biden prc, here's his word. over the past 50 years, relations between china and the us have never run smoothly, but for two large countries like china and the us, turning their backs on each other is not an option. a possible conflict or confrontation would entail intolerable

consequences for both sides, rivalry between the leading powers is not in keeping with the spirit of our times and will not solve the bilateral and global problems that china and the united states face, the world is not big enough for prosperity of both countries, well, about the conflict, the conflict, in fact, is a potential conflict in biden’s mind, it’s not for nothing that one of the other topics of these negotiations will be the possibility of combat capabilities, the use of artificial intelligence, in washington there are serious fears that such a situation may arise, when will a decision, for example, to launch a nuclear, preventive nuclear or retaliatory nuclear strike, be made by a machine and not a person? biden wants to make sure that the chinese side views this in the same way, well, the rest subjects, of course, are not removed from the agenda either, they are kept in mind , naturally, by the ukrainian conflict, naturally, by the situation around north korea, but one can list them ad infinitum, there is something to discuss, and yet

one still gets the feeling that now biden is more interested in si than si in biden, well, again, at least because of... the popularity of the american president, and just enough to walk along the streets of san francisco to see with your own eyes what, in general, the american cities, management, so to speak, of ultra-liberals, here are biden’s comrades under the democratic party, the program does not end there, negotiations there will then be in an expanded format, sulivan and blinkin will join, then they will return to the ates site, sizenpin still has a meeting with american business today , well, it’s clear what goals the chairman of the people’s republic of china is pursuing, he wants to say that the investment climate in the people’s republic of china is quite attractive, and he wants american business to continue investing in the chinese economy, also george. yes, points and topics for

common ground, or rather disagreements, that there is really a lot to discuss. thank you, our own us correspondent, valentin bogdanov, was in touch. and just in time to talk about what it leads to. american cities are run by democrats. joe biden hopes to persuade china to restrict the export of legal chemicals that can be used, including for the production of psychotropic substances. western media are writing about this on the eve of the meeting between the leaders of the united states and china. they think that it is beijing is allegedly responsible for the fentanyl epidemic in san francisco and, in general, for the rapid growth of drug addiction among americans. although in fact, blame the washington administration. will boris ivanin confirm that you smoke, sir? fentonyl? this area, san francisco, one of the most disadvantaged, used to be called a heroin ghetto, now fentonyl is used everywhere on the streets here, in the usa, now it is the most

accessible and most dangerous drug. i know that if they take fentanyl, i will die quickly. fentynyl - small blue pills, $3 each. the united states trades them illegally, but almost openly. initially , the analgesic was prescribed as a pain reliever, but now opioid drug addicts are addicted to it; it is 50 times more powerful than heroin. overdose deaths from opioids such as fentonyl are rising in the united states. the fentanyl crisis has hit the united states. terrible statistics: over the past year there have been over 100,000 deaths from overdose. this is many times more than from heroin or cocaine. in the same san francisco, fentonyl claimed more lives than covid. how can you describe life here? it’s complete lawlessness. rampant drug addiction in california has only fueled the increase in crime over the past year ; in san francisco, there has been an increase of 20% in cases of hooligan attacks and murders by 11, and these are

only official figures. the permissiveness that the city authorities allowed in the wake of the black lives matter protests turned against them. it's time to put an end to this, and it will come when we become more aggressive towards law enforcement and less tolerant of all the crap that is destroying our city. the district attorney has already lost his post. chesa budin, who received grants from soros for loyalty to lawbreakers. this is how democrats are trying to wash away accusations that san francisco has turned from a prosperous metropolis into a criminal swamp. there is a very high level of homeless people there, as in almost all of california. 3/4 of all the homeless in all of america live in california, they migrate there, you won’t see this, there in the northern dakotas, this is in texas in georgia, in the carolinas, southern or northern, because this is a completely different approach there, in the liberal states this approach

where the democrats sit in power, in the white house, the head of which joe biden is also a democrat, the united states is trying to shift responsibility for the fintanyl crisis to china, where the so-called precursors are legal and therefore widely available. chemicals from which fentanyl can be obtained. they are freely supplied to the world market, as raw materials for the production of pesticides or paints, and mexican drug cartels take advantage of this loophole ; the american authorities brought a number of charges against them, as well as against the company... from china, but to no avail it hasn't delivered yet. i get angry when politicians in the us bring up the fentanyl crisis only to complain that foreign partners are doing nothing, but if we even take a quick look at the politicians themselves, we will see that they too are inactive, and the scale of the crisis is only growing , fintanyl usa can be easily ordered by mail, under the guise of a regular medicine, this is what twenty-year-old student alex from... california did, only after her death in the district they stopped classifying such cases as accidents, they began

initiate criminal cases of overdose and conduct anti-drug raids, during which even police officers fall almost dead. david, who inhaled dangerous chemicals during a search of a suspicious car, was able to be pumped out by his colleagues, but how to bring the whole of america to its senses, us president joe biden, at a meeting with the chairman of the people's republic of china sidinpin san francisco, intends to discuss an agreement: to tighten control over the circulation of fintanyl. the fintanil crisis is truly one of the most serious crises currently affecting america. the white house is trying to convince the chinese to somehow cover up these very flows of precursors to mexico, and in this way, well, break down the logistics for the drug cartels and complicate their access to the american market, will it work or not? well, that’s a question, but again, that is, even if somehow they hit the supply of drugs, you and i understand perfectly well that the demand for drugs is still the same. and this is confirmed by the drug addicts themselves, even on camera they are not shy to admit that having tried fentonyl they are unlikely to be able to

refuse it, which means even if washington will be able to sign an agreement with beijing; joe biden will find it difficult to sell this to american voters as his victory over the drug crisis. boris ivanin, anna pogonina and anna nikulaesh, lead. russia called from the un rostrum for an immediate humanitarian truce in the gas sector, leading to a cessation of hostilities. and such an amendment was proposed to be made to malta’s resolution on the middle east by the russian permanent representative to the un , vasily nebenzya. at a meeting of the security council, he stressed that individual short humanitarian pauses will not help change the situation. from the very beginning of the crisis , we said that in the face of a growing number of civilian casualties, the main task is to achieve a ceasefire of violence. unfortunately, the united states has consistently blocked any, even... the faintest mention of this goal, even hints that the council should return to

consider this issue. i want to ask our american colleagues: during your work on the baltic project, you crossed out everything that could somehow indicate the need cessation of hostilities. does this mean that you are in favor of the war in the middle east continuing indefinitely? the fourth group of russians, which is 88 people, crossed the border with egypt on wednesday; as part of the evacuation of our compatriots from gaza with the participation of the ministry of emergency situations, a total of 297 people were already taken out of the palestinian enclave. this time , the operational headquarters of the ministry of emergency situations worked together with diplomats from belarus, and together with the russians , 43 belarusian citizens crossed the rafah checkpoint. in total, all evacuees were taken in a single column to cairo, to the rescue headquarters, where they are provided with food, water, medical care and assistance with paperwork. the plane of the ministry of emergency situations has already been delivered from. 168 russian citizens to moscow on two flights.

news came from the gaza strip today about the death of more than thirty people in the ashifa hospital, which the israeli army is trying to storm. the idf insists that hamas fighters found shelter in the hospital premises, but according to the palestinian side , only civilians are suffering from the fighting, doctors are actually deprived of the opportunity to provide at least some... israeli units storm the alshifa hospital, the largest medical facility in gaza. employees of the medical center are already calling the hospital a graveyard for patients. according to the palestinian side , there are more than 9,000 people in the hospital. these are patients and refugees who have found shelter in the medical center. ceo of all. hospitals in the palestinian enclave mohammed zakut said that israeli troops have already

taken control of the emergency aid block, as a result of the idf attacks there are deaths among patients in hospitals, also under fire israeli military maternity surgical intensive care unit. representatives of the israeli army are trying to convince the international community that under the medical center there is the headquarters of the islamic resistance movement and tunnels used by hamas combat units, also according to tel aviv, the leadership of the palestinian movement is holding hostages and prisoners of war in a bunker under the hospital, one of hamas a member of the movement's politburo denied these allegations in an interview with vesti. osama hamdan said there are no military personnel at alshifa hospital facilities, and the israeli leadership is simply trying to justify its own brutal actions. they announced that alshifa hospital is the headquarters of the hamas militia. today the enemy launched an assault on the hospital, but they

didn’t find anything there because it’s just a hospital. there are thousands of refugees there. there are a large number of these people. there is no hamas military presence there, there are no leaders of our movement there. israel does this because they consider alshifa hospital to be an element of stability in our society. the enemy wants to destroy our public stability so that the palestinian people suffer. this is the desire to demonstrate success at any cost, because now the occupiers have no real successes, they have nothing to show their people. they want to justify themselves for the failure of reconnaissance on october 7. in the largest hospital. gases; critical humanitarian situation: the complex has been without power for several days; there is no oxygen supply to the intensive care unit. employees of the medical center claim that there is no possibility of safe evacuation, and it is simply impossible to evacuate some of the wounded; the patients will not survive transportation. as a result of israeli army strikes, the mass death of civilians in the palestinian enclave continues,

more than 11,500 have already been killed and about 3,000 wounded. they are under the rubble. not only the northern part of the gaza strip, where israeli units are actively fighting on the ground, but also the southern cities of the enclave, where civilians are fleeing in the hope of shelter from israeli air and artillery strikes. they must find a solution for us, we were told to run north, when we arrived we stayed here in an apartment and a house bombed, they want us to die, enough is enough, the flow of humanitarian aid that is now coming to egypt cannot affect the consequences of the humanitarian catastrophe that was provoked by the complete blockade of the enclave and round-the-clock attacks on civilian infrastructure, which have been going on for more than a month, until since the beginning of a new round of the palestinian-israeli war, about 600 trucks with various cargoes entered the sector every day; over the entire last month, only 400

vehicles passed vanclave. we live in a school shelter while we bake. bread above ours there is no water, no electricity, no bread, no flour, what can we do? the intensity of the filling conflict on the israeli border increases, the more difficult the situation of the palestinian troops in the gaza strip, the more decisively the anti-israeli forces act in lebanon; tel aviv does not rule out that the idf may increase military pressure in the south of lebanon, although the israeli army is already using the fleet and aviation and artillery for attacks on the positions of the fighters. both sides have already come quite close to the edge beyond which to avoid a major

confrontation will be impossible, the leaders of the anti-israeli axis of resistance have repeatedly stated that they will be forced to engage in large-scale hostilities. well, the very existence of the palestinian movement will turn out to be, but now it is clear that the existence of the entire palestinian enclave in the south of israel is already in question, with tel aviv also continues to prepare for the likely expansion of the scale of the confrontation. evgeny poddubny, ruben mirobov, news from beirut, lebanon. israel will not cease its operations in the gas strip until the complete destruction of hamas and the return of prisoners, the newspaper writes. solin's post with reference to the country's minister of defense, iowa gallant. in turn, the head of the israeli cabinet confirmed his intention to follow these goals. benjamin netanyahu came to the zekim military base to support the morale of the soldiers and celebrate their successes. remember, we were told that we would not break through in the gas, we broke through. we were told that we would not reach the outskirts of the city of

ggaza. we're already there. we were told that we would not enter the shifu, but we entered. and in this regard we. we state a simple thing: there is no place in gaza that we cannot reach, the hamas murderers have nowhere to hide, there is no shelter, there is no refuge, we will come and destroy hamas and return our kidnapped citizens, these are two sacred missions. meanwhile, the israel defense forces announced the capture of a hamas outpost in the northern gaza strip. according to the idf, it was there that preparations for the october 7 invasion took place. as the israeli military clarifies , dozens of hamasseh fighters were killed during the operation. media, the israeli defense forces also blew up a building in the gaza strip legislative assembly, which belonged to the palestinian radical movement hamas. as for the operation on the territory of the alshifa medical complex, the army emphasized that the strikes were not directed against the civilian population. the leadership of the israeli defense forces also talked about assistance with

the evacuation and the supply of humanitarian supplies to the hospital. based on intelligence of operational necessity, the forces are conducting a targeted and targeted operation against hamas in a specific area of ​​the alshifa hospital. israel. is at war with hamas, not with ordinary citizens in gaza. the idf forces include medical teams and arabic speakers. they have received special training to work in this complex and sensitive environment. they do not intend to harm civilians, whom hamas uses as human brigands. in recent weeks , we have repeatedly warned that hamas' use of al shifa hospital jeopardizes its protected status under international law. sahal also has an impact in carrying out large-scale activities. maintains regular contact with hospital management. well, according to the report, there is progress in the deal between israel and hamas on the release of the hostages

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met with members of the central election commission and regional election committees. the event was held on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the russian electoral system. the president presented state awards. members of election committees from new regions also received medals. anastasia efimova will talk about the main topics of the meeting and the tasks that the head of state set for the electoral system. the most important state institutions in the country where authorities are formed as a result. elections in conditions of high competition, this is how the head of state called the election commissions with their chairmen from all over vladimir putin met this wednesday to congratulate the country on the thirtieth anniversary

of russia's electoral system. as the president recalled, the clear organization of the process and its competent conduct are crucial for political stability, as well as for strengthening people’s trust, and this trust cannot be deceived. i want to thank you for your endurance, for being worthy. high level of work, i hope that your activities will continue to be aimed primarily at ensuring the voting rights of citizens. the most important result of any elections in russia is their legitimacy, because it is the basis of political stability. this is the main thing. we will continue to do everything necessary to prevent any illegal interference in the electoral process. attempts at external internal intervention. pressure on the electoral process will be suppressed. as the president noted, over 30 years , a good regulatory framework has been formed in the country, but the electoral system continues

to improve. to distinguish her. maximum information openness, electronic services on portals become a feature state services and cic provide a new level of transparency in election procedures. the use of video surveillance in elections is one of the effective forms of civil and public control; nowhere in the world is it used as widely as in our country. we have video cameras installed at the vast majority of polling stations. and an electronic voting system is being introduced; this experience has already been tested in thirty regions. aleksanna, at one time i was convinced by the advantage of this form of voting, in fact it turned out to be rights. the use of modern standards by election commissions has made it possible to achieve a significant increase in confidence in elections and in the electoral system itself. separately, in his congratulations, the head of state focused on selfless

work in new regions. and took place in very difficult conditions. i would like to say about the dedicated, well-coordinated work of the election commissions of the donetsk and lugansk people's republics, zaporozhye and kherson regions in the elections that took place this year. they were first regulated russian legislation and took place in very difficult, difficult conditions. cycle of russia and regional. globally supported these election commissions and helped create the necessary infrastructure for holding elections. it’s difficult for everyone who works in election commissions in the donetsk and lugansk people’s republics, in the zaporozhye and kherson regions. i just want on behalf of myself, on behalf of the country, to sincerely thank you, to say thank you for your courage and loyalty to russia. in honor of the thirtieth anniversary of the electoral

system, the head of state presented state awards. ella pamfilova was awarded the order for services to the fatherland, second degree, and as the head of the central committee noted, it is a great honor to receive the award, especially together with colleagues from the donetsk people's republic. under the shelling of volnovakha , the fascist banderaites received cuts and bruises, and despite this they continued their important mission. i was. i thank all our regions for the fact that during these historic elections, which took place in the lpr, dpr, kherson, zaporozhye regions, the first, for the first time in the history of modern russia, when people chose their own power, such was the will of the people, in the most difficult conditions and military conditions, but such was the will of the people,

our members. commissions from almost all regions also helped our brave colleagues from there organize elections. members of the precinct election commission of the 948th precinct in the village of vladimirovka, volnovsky district of the dpr, were today awarded a medal for bravery of the second degree, for dedication in the performance of civic duty, true heroism and true fearlessness. all members of the election commission risked their lives and received it. threats from neo-fascists, but no one, no one refused to work, we opened polling stations with the russian anthem with pride, we understood the importance of these elections, because they were our first in the russian federation and we could not allow them to be disrupted, but voters, like the president recalled, these are the very people for whom the entire state machine ultimately works, and these same people in the new regions

lined up... to vote, as soon as the shelling started, they went into hiding and returned to the polling stations, amazing people, the president summed up, i was of course surprised by what was happening there, so people lined up to vote, shelling, left, someone went down to some basement , the shelling ended, they immediately left, again there was the same line at the polling station, and people stood and voted , amazing, and amazing people, strong people, with soul, heart, character, they to a large extent set many of us an example of how to live and work like uh, what kind of core should everyone have in order to achieve the result we need, and we have always achieved,