here is scheduled already, at the end of next year, russian president vladimir putin and president of belarus alexander lukashenko is watching the construction site, then the heads of the two states will go to the assembly and testing building of the cosmodrome. there, vladimir putin will hold a meeting with specialists from the state corporation roscosmos, where they plan to discuss the prospects for the development of domestic cosmonautics, including under the current sanctions, as the head of roscosmos said earlier, dmitry rogozin is not going to stop any projects. strategic intercontinental ballistic missiles. this is the basis of our nuclear missile shield, there are also civilian tasks that are not affected by sanctions in any way. these are issues related to the development of digital television navigation and so on. also in honor of the celebration of the international day of cosmonautics and aviation. vladimir putin today will award three cosmonauts alexander skvortsova oleg skripochka with the order of merit to the fatherland, third class. and sergei prokopiev as a star of the heroes of the russian fede

international situation will not be affected in any way by alexey ermakov petr shulgin eastern vladimir putin alexander lukashenko discussed bilateral cooperation, including joint opposition to sanctions by the west , the russian president noted that belarus is one of our main partner countries in terms of goods turnover of almost $ 40 billion in recent years. a lot has been done in terms of cooperation in agriculture and in large-scale engineering and in the energy sector, the russian market is open to belarusian goods. putin stressed that moscow and minsk will oppose any attempts to artificially isolate the country from the global economy in in the conditions of a total sectional war, russia and belarus are strengthening integration, including in the defense sphere, specialists from the experts discussed and issues of forming a single equipped space and ensuring the security of the allied state analyzed measures to protect the western borders, as well as the course of military-technical cooperation clarified plans for joint exercises. he informed alexander grigoryevich in detail about the development of a speci

vladimir putin will visit the cosmodrome on cosmonautics day the russian president's vostochny plane landed in blagoveshchensk this morning with the russian leader in celebrations. president of belarus alexander lukashenko will take part. vladimir putin will present a state award to cosmonaut pilots, together with his belarusian counterpart, to meet with the workers of the cosmodrome, then the leaders will hold talks at which it is planned to discuss the development of bilateral cooperation and integration cooperation in within the union state. after the end of the talks, putin and lukashenko will give a press conference. today, vladimir putin will also talk with the leadership of the roscosmos corporation and with the head of the amur region. 11 civilians suffered over the past day in the donetsk people's republic from the shelling of ukrainian troops, most of the wounded nine people from mariupol, the city remains one of the main targets of ukrainian nationalists. in total, according to e, the dpr fired seven shells of 122 mm caliber. this was reported by representatives of the dpr in the joint control center and coordination of the ceasefire regime. in the donetsk region , our servicemen are now stud

now vladimir putin alexander lukashenko also talked to the staff of the cosmodrome. at this moment , the presidents are holding bilateral negotiations. the russian military did not allow the remnants of ukrainian units to leave mariupol numbering up to 100 people, and she tried to break out of the armored vehicles with a fight and for the crash on the territory of the metallurgical plant. however, according to the russian ministry of defense, about half of the group going to break through was destroyed by aircraft and artillery, the rest surrendered, several ukrainian tanks and infantry fighting vehicles were also liquidated, and it was at this metallurgical plant that the film crew of channel one came under fire, the ukrainian side opened fire from an automatic grenade launcher correspondent. irina kuksinkov. she received shrapnel wounds in both legs, which could have been much worse if it had not been covered by our military. well, and also the actions of russian troops in the khmelnytsky region at night, a hangar with aviation equipment was hit, and in the kiev am

the trip of vladimir putin and alexander lukashenko, where they were told about the progress of work,hen the heads of state went to a place where launch vehicles are assembled before launches, but not to watch technique. this is already an assembly test building of the cosmodrome. eastern is here. vladimir putin meets with specialists from the state space growth corporation to discuss prospects for the development of russian cosmonautics. in particular, under the current sanctions, the first thing the president did was congratulate the specialists. happy cosmonautics day. also in honor of the celebration of the international day of cosmonautics and aviation. vladimir putin awarded three cosmonauts alexander skvortsova, oleg skripochka with the order of merit for the fatherland, third class, and sergei prokopyev as the star of the hero of the russian federation , in general, the work program of the president is rich , it is expected that vladimir putin and alexander lukashenko will discuss topical issues in the development of bilateral relations in a one-on-one format, joint measures t

about this today, vladimir putin and alexander lukashenko, who specially flew to the far east to see cosmodrome with their own eyes. today a lot we talked about this, by the way, alexander lukashenko arrived in a very good mood, he was without a tie. i said that i brought you spring to the far east. well, spring has nothing to do with it. it's pretty chilly here, but you can still see it. what a grandiose construction is going on, the second stage, the cosmodrome is working, and today the president, who is here regularly. it happens, for example, last year. he just flew here on his way from the far eastern forum to the amur region to see the setup of the cosmodrome. here he noted that he remembers how all this was still in the form of a forest of a ditch. and now huge concrete structures are already rising here, and now the launch of the mountain is scheduled for december 23. in general, there was an interesting moment when here in this gathering, but , er, the presidents communicated with workers with engineers with the builders of the cosmodrome. and it was clear that people are re

, we’ll temporarily need a little work, the program of the two presidents continues vladimir putin alexander lukashenkormat one for one now they are discussing topical issues of bilateral relations, the situation in the region had in general and, of course, the events in ukraine, belarus would like to act as one of the guarantors of security. kiev, this idea is supported by moscow gennady kostyor. i am soviet svetlana barkova channel one, amur region. now new footage from the ministry of defense of how russian ships of the black sea fleet strike with high-precision weapons at apu targets in salvo launch, the crew carried out cruise missiles on ground military targets small rocket ship from the black sea. and this is our frigate admiral essen off the coast of crimea, two missiles were fired from the shtil complex, a ukrainian drone was hit, which monitored the actions of the russian black sea fleet and also conducted reconnaissance of coastal foreign positions of our military equipment on the peninsula and in the southern part of ukraine the only girl journalist of channel one, which at first literally

the present and future of cosmonautics, in which we are the first visit of vladimir putin alexander lukashenko in the amur region, what program is planned the leaders? at the risk of life, a report under fire from our film crew, which, together with the fighters in mariupol, came under fire from the nationalists , channel one correspondent irina kutsenkova. got injured.

special military operations for the protection of donbass vladimir putin informed alexander lukashenkoed in the kremlin press service, the president of russia also assessed the negotiations between moscow and kiev lukashenka, in turn, again expressed support for the actions of our country, the conversation took place. on the eve of the day of unity of the peoples of russia and belarus , it is celebrated on april 2, vladimir putin and alexander lukashenko exchanged warm congratulations on this occasion, and also discussed a number of topical issues on the bilateral agenda and promoting union integration, and agreed on further contacts. payments for gas in rubles are now the most reliable option for russia, the presidential press secretary said. dmitry peskov the new payment procedure has come into effect. just today, it concerns unfriendly countries, those that have imposed sanctions against moscow. gazprom has officially sent a notification of changes to all counterparties. and the european markets reacted in the morning with a rise in prices. more dmitry kochetkov since april 1, we ar

on cosmonautics day, vladimir putin alexander lukashenko will arrive at the vostochnaya cosmodrome inf a meeting with employees to present the award bilateral negotiations, entire mountains of folders and volumes, apparently, are prepared to be taken out and secret documents that the fighters did not have time to destroy in mariupol. the dpr cleared the building of the ukrainian prosecutor's office grigory vdovin got acquainted with the materials found, the ministry of defense created a rehabilitation center for military personnel who participated in the special.

vladimir putin spoke about this today on cosmonautics day while visiting the vostochny cosmodrome, the president of russia arrived there together with his belarusian counterpart alexander lukashenko , the head of state got acquainted with the construction of the launch complex, and in during the meeting with the team, vladimir putin said that russia will resume the lunar program, despite external pressure, it will be consistent and to persistently carry out the outlined plans in the space sphere from the cosmodrome, vostochny report aleksey golovkov. cosmonautics day vladimir putin meets in the far east in the amur region, the head of state flew in to check the progress of the construction of the vostochny cosmodrome in blagoveshchensk , alexander lukashenko was already waiting for the russian president . from the ground, the structure looks even more impressive. now it is from here that the angara rockets will be launched only 6 years ago from spaceport. vostochny was the first launch. already here, construction is in full swing, the second stage is being built a launch pad for the angara family of rockets. until now, they have been launched from the plesetsk region, but the amu

vladimir putin and alexander lukashenko visited the vostochny cosmodrome during a meeting with cosmodromeall the goals of the special operations in ukraine would be achieved. i directly called the goals the main goal is to help people in the donbass on the peoples of the republic of donbass, which we admitted they were forced to do it simply because , unfortunately, uh, the kiev authorities, who pushed from the west, refused to implement the minsk agreements aimed at a peaceful solution to the problem. they refused to christ, they directly publicly declared. those who refuse to comply with the minsk agreements will have to comply with the moscow conditions of the presidential one, that they do not like a single point of this agreement; other officials said that the implementation of these agreements is impossible. it will destroy the country. they publicly denied it minsk agreements are not 1,000 rubles. to please everyone before the leadership of ukraine had a chance to sit down at the negotiating table. now the only opportunity left is to sit down about how putin approached cosmos in th

today vladimir putin said answering a question from journalists at the vostochny cosmodrome that the russian leader visited the anniversary of yuri gagarin's flight together with alexander lukashenko alexei golovkov's report assembly shop of the soyuz rocket the talking entourage was chosen for their joint press conference by the leaders of the allied states vladimir putin and alexander lukashenko, this is not a mock-up at all, this particular missile will participate in the mission. moon 25. she will send a probe to the earth's satellite, which will search for water in the south pole region. the presidents spent the whole day at the cosmodrome together, but apparently they discussed not only space. vladimir putin briefed his colleague in detail on the progress of the special military operation to protect donetsk and told about it to journalists at least a special military. goes according to plan. of course, i am closely watching the discussions that take place in our society abroad. we must not, uh, hide anything from the public. and they must shed light on this work, combat work, objective and above all. i would like to express my gratitude to the russian soldiers and officers o

countries in the international arena about this says in a congratulatory telegram from vladimir putin to alexander lukashenkoe occasion of the day of unity of the peoples of russia in belarus, it is celebrated. today is a union state for millions of our citizens. this is an example of successful integration interaction between two independent countries, a symbol of inviolability, the brotherhood of peoples, it is also about our close historical ties and partnership in the economy. and on the eve of the holiday, one more step was taken, the united russia party and the belarusian public association belaya rus signed a cooperation agreement at the ceremony of andrey turchak, secretary of the general council of united russia, noted the interaction between moscow and minsk as an example of what principles relations between neighboring states should be built on? moscow is helping each other to develop and maintain socio-economic stability. we are faced with colossal political and informational pressure from the collective west, and the measures of pressure against moscow and the minsk counter are not a single pack

an urgent message from the kremlin press service vladimir putin informed alexander lukashenko by phone progress of the special operation to protect donbass and assessed the negotiations between russian and ukrainian representatives, the president of belarus once again supported the action of russia by the heads of state exchanged congratulations on the occasion of the day of unity of the peoples of russia and belarus, which is celebrated on the second of april. well, today in minsk for the first time the award of the union state for joint space research was presented. the winners of the award were two teams of authors, which included researchers from both countries. alexander lukashenko presented the awards to scientists, noting that joint success in this area is the result of many years of cooperation. the path passed by belarusian russian scientists from idea to effective the implementation of an innovative project is an indicator of the highest degree of mutual trust, says international science, but still, scientists are not always open in their research and even in the results of t

vladimir putin congratulated alexander lukashenko on the day of unity of fraternal peoples on april 2dents of the two countries signed an agreement on the formation of a community of russia and belarus in a congratulatory telegram. vladimir putin noted that moscow and minsk have made serious progress along the path of integration. how does this manifest itself in everyday life? report by anastasia khokhlovskoy russia belarusian folk about potatoes, which are the second bread here and in unison with russian songs, the repertoire of the krupets ensemble called the village in gomelchini from the dnieper neman to the volga and pre-national patterns on costumes and a colorful pattern of folk dance. rimmalenkov. she was born in the bryansk region in belarus for more than 40 years. the keeper of the tradition, which for her is family together with her brother and sister. they are also professional musicians who sing in russian and belarusian, which is not required for the audience. translation of such a harmonious culture of our peoples. all these ceremonies from peter's day trinity dozhinka

vladimir putin congratulated alexander lukashenko on the day of unity of fraternal peoples on april 2 the presidents of the two countries signed an agreement on the formation of the community of russia and belarus in congratulatory telegrams. putin noted that moscow and minsk have made serious progress along the path of integration about how this manifests itself in everyday life report by anastasia savkovskaya russia belarusian folk about potatoes, which are the second bread here and in unison with russian songs volga and pre-national patterns on costumes and a colorful pattern of folk dance. rimmalenkov. born in the bryansk region in belarus for more than 40 years, the keeper of traditions, which are family for her, along with her brother and sister. they too professional musicians sing in russian and belarusian, which do not require translation for the audience. so harmonious are the cultures of our peoples, all these rites from peter the day. dozhinki street zipper, i saw them in my childhood, our peoples are similar. go to the culture of a single language, a single space, first o

denis vorontsov channel one, donetsk and there are special military operations vladimir putin informed alexander lukashenko the president of russia assessed the negotiations between moscow and kiev lukashenko, in turn, supported the action of our country . after all, it took place on the eve of the day, the unity of the peoples of russia and belarus, the president exchanged warm congratulations, and also discussed bilateral cooperation and union integration and another telephone conversation between the russian leader and turkish president vladimir putin expressed his gratitude to recep tayp and erdogan for facilitating the recent round of talks in istanbul, representatives of russia and ukraine for their part. erdogan thanked for the assistance provided through our ministry of defense in the evacuation of turkish citizens and merchant ships and the war zone , the kremlin press service reported held it via videoconference, the main topic of countering threats to the country's internal security. today, the discussion of the issue of additional measures to prevent and neutralize threats in the field of inter

cosmodrome , which is located in the city of tsiolkovsky in the amur region, this topic vladimir putin and alexander lukashenko discussed during the week when visited the spaceport. in moscow, a large-scale reconstruction of the first city oncological hospital was completed; today, the oncosurgical building was opened after renovation; the building was completely renovated ; moscow mayor sergei sobyanin arrived, he met with doctors who will be able to receive the first patients in a new place on monday, and also told how the capital is expanding the possibilities of providing assistance to cancer patients. a few years ago we decided to create six powerful oncology centers, some of them such as kommunarka they were created practically from scratch in an open field, part of the hospitals needed reconstruction of the existing building, as here the clinic receives, in fact, a new birth. everything is here, from a first-class laboratory, an outpatient diagnostic center, a surgical center for chemotherapy, and so on, that is, all types of oncological care operations. it will be possible to hold here and not just hol

where did vladimir putin and alexander lukashenko arrive on cosmonautics day? this is the assembly test complex of the vostochny cosmodrome where the president is meeting with specialists from the state corporation. roskosmos are discussing the prospects for the development of domestic cosmonautics, as expected, industry employees asked the president the question that really worries them the most under the current restrictions. vladimir putin cited the soviet experience as an example, when a country that was under total sanctions. all the same , it turned out to be the first possible in space, the further implementation of the rocket space program of russia in the context of the imposition of sanctions by unfriendly states. in our homeland in the sixty-first year, the soviet union was in a technological technological point of view in complete isolation. the sanctions were total, however the soviet union was the first to launch. uh, an artificial satellite of the earth, the first astronaut. our uh, the first flight of a space station, i think you also know, this

on the union of the two countries was signed on the occasion of an important date, vladimir putin and alexander lukashenkohanged congratulations the day before minsk, and one more step has been taken on this path, the united russia party and the belarusian public association belaya rus signed a document on cooperation. the russian belarusian people have tempered our only ones, you are faced with a colossal political and information gain from the collective west in the current conditions. we must unite even more on the correct additional strengthening of the reinforcement of the sovereignties of ensuring the economic security of our states, and in this i am between the tasks of united russia and europe . i am confident that signing an agreement on cooperation will open a new page in history . our relations will serve as the basis for working in the interests of our peoples. in the sixty-fifth year of her life, after a long illness, actress alexandra yakovleva died, nationwide fame brought her already the first role in the film the crew, she played the stewardess tamara, then there were works in tapes. wiza

vostochnaya cosmodrome which is located in the city of tsiolkovsky in the amur region, vladimir putin and alexander lukashenkoiscussed this topic during the week when visited the spaceport. china has sent fighter bombers and warships to the taiwan area so far as part of the exercise, but as stated in the army, the celestial empire has already taken too many wrong steps in relations with the last straw was the unannounced visit of american politicians by congressmen led by the chairman of the senate foreign affairs committee the united states arrived the day before they had already met with the head of administration, the island and the minister of defense of taiwan one of the topics of conversation taiwanese media designated as a chinese threat, beijing first responded and at the diplomatic level of copper stated that china and taiwan would be united, despite america's actions, beijing demanded to immediately stop all official contacts with the time and curtail arms sales. joe biden's popularity rating has updated the anti-record policy of the american president, according to the fox news channel, approves of

already be assessed on the approach to the cosmodrome by russian president vladimir putin and belarusian president alexander lukashenkotion of a helicopter shows what is happening in vostochny now, on the scale of objects, an impressive territory of 700 m². in the middle of the far eastern taiga, russian leaders separately pay attention to the landing strip of the airfield under construction, where they will deliver spacecraft and booster blocking? the band to be paid is called russia's new gateway to space - this is the first domestic civil cosmodrome from here since 2016 , 11 medium-class rockets have already been launched. soyuz is work, what is called on the stream in the focus of attention is the construction, the second stage of the eastern cosmodrome, namely the launch facility for launching heavy and super-heavy rockets of the angara class, they are considered environmentally friendly, since they do not use aggressive rocket fuel and can to deliver to a low-support orbit up to 37 tons of payload, for comparison, this is five times more than the capabilities of a medium-class rocket. soyuz first launch. hangars

already be assessed on the approach to the cosmodrome for russian president vladimir putin and belarusian president alexander lukashenkon, head of the state corporation roscosmos , shows and tells what is happening on vostochny now the scale of the cosmodrome is impressive , the area is 700 m² separately vladimir putin draws attention to the landing strip of the airfield under construction, where spacecraft and upper stages will be delivered? 50 km first stage second stage 4.400 all types of aircraft are there, even well, conditionally buran can work at the end of the year. yes? yes, there should be a strip. being eastern is called russia's new gateway to space. this is the first domestic civil since 2016, 11 medium-class rockets have been launched from here since 2016. soyuz is work, what is called on stream in the focus of attention is the construction of the second stage of the eastern cosmodrome, namely the launch facility for launching heavy and super-heavy rockets of the angara class, they are considered environmentally friendly, since they do not use aggressive rocket fuel and can deliver up to 37 tons to a low-

vladimir putin visited the eastern cosmodrome alexander lukashenko and dmitry rogozin arrived there ande, vladimir putin talked to the workers and asked many questions. and , of course, we will listen to how the special military operation in ukraine is going. today i would like to say that we all fully support the actions of our army and yet we want the goals and objectives that were set during the social military operation to be with me everything and there will be no doubts. eh, the goals are absolutely clear, they are noble. i've been from the start. after all, i said i draw your attention to my first very first public statement of appeal to the country's armed forces. i directly called the goal the goal of the main assistance to people in the donbass of the people's republics, which we recognized were forced to do it simply because, unfortunately, uh, the kiev authorities, who were pushed by experience, refused to fulfill the minsk agreements aimed at peaceful solution to the problem. uh, the donbass people's republics have refused directly publicly what they have stated. uh, presid

today, april 12, is cosmonautics day, vladimir putin visited the vostochnoye cosmodrome , alexander lukashenkogozin arrived there and, of course, vladimir putin talked to the workers and asked many questions. and, of course, we will listen to how the special military operation in ukraine is going. today i would like to say that we all fully support the actions of our army and still want the goals and objectives that were set for the military operation to be everything and so it will endure. no, no doubt. eh, the goals are absolutely clear, they are noble. i said from the very beginning, i draw your attention. in my first very first public statement addressing the country's armed forces. i directly called the goal the goal, the main thing is to help people in the donbass people's republics of donbass that we recognized were forced to do it simply because , unfortunately, the kiev authorities, who were pushed by experience, refused to comply with the minsk agreements aimed at e. peaceful solution the problems of the people's republics have given up directly to the public glands. er, the presiden

cosmodrome and only then will it begin perhaps the most important political event of the day alexander lukashenko vladimir putin will first be held. two-way conversation, and then answer the questions of journalists at a press conference, for sure, the events in ukraine and the unprecedented sanctions pressure that russia and belarus are now subjected to will be discussed, but we are staying here at the vostochnaya cosmodrome to wait for these high-profile statements and high-profile news alexei golovkov konstantin morozov ilyabaev and andrey greshnikov vesti, amur region cosmodrome vostochny now has new data from the ministry of defense on how the special operation to protect the inhabitants of donbass is progressing over the past day, russian air defense systems shot down two unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of berdyansk and melitopol successful strikes were also carried out on other military targets of ukraine during the night, high-precision sea -based airborne missiles were an ammunition depot and a protected hangar with ukrainian aviation equipment were destroyed at the military airfield of starokons

russia and belarus vladimir putin spoke on the phone with alexander lukashenko, the heads of state exchanged congratulations and discussed the development of union integration. vladimir putin briefed lukashenka on the progress of the special operation to protect donbass and assessed the negotiations between russian and ukrainian representatives president of belarus again supported russia's actions vladimir putin ordered a new procedure for working with foreign creditors in the transport sector leasing and purchasing aircraft from unfriendly countries in rubles to accounts opened with our banks the document is published on the portal of legal information. we are talking about rental lease payments, as well as the purchase of aircraft , auxiliary power plants and aircraft engines as part of the implementation of agreements, it is specified that a government commission will monitor the situation . about 40 liquidated fifty nationalists, hit by military facilities of the ministry of defense publish the latest data from the special operation zone to protect the population of donbass, the lpr unit

russia at the vostochny cosmodrome where on the day of russian cosmonautics vladimir putin arrived together with alexander lukashenkothat in the modern world to completely isolate the economy our country is impossible. yes , indeed, the world today is such that it will not be possible to crush someone, especially such a huge country as russia is absolutely self-sufficient, but once, who believed in globa globalism. and opened markets for its partners . so they behaved accordingly. we tell them, okay goodbye. as the people say dosvidos, we will arrange our lives ourselves and the best examples, which i have already spoken about many times. this is our ms-21 aircraft, as soon as we have moved forward with this high-tech product. and on their own, they immediately slapped and closed the composite materials for us. for no reason, just for what, to slow down and so that our product does not come out faster boeing to market. that's all the rules. therefore, yes, of course, difficulties are inevitable, but there is also an opening window of opportunity, which lies in the fact that we will be forced to develop our competenc

that at a press conference at the vostochnaya a cosmodrome after negotiations with alexander lukashenko and vladimir putin, but to me it seems very important words about the course, and especially this very military operation, its goals and pace of implementation, please. as for the operation itself? and i often hear questions. but is it possible, as soon as possible, it depends on the intensity of hostilities, and the intensity of hostilities. unfortunately, one way or another, it is connected with losses. our task is to achieve all the goals, minimizing these losses, and we will act rhythmically calmly according to the plan, which was originally proposed by the general states. i have already spoken about this many times. uh, there's no need for a press conference right now. all this is repeated and actions related to certain regions. ukraine were connected only with the fact that to tie up the forces. strike and destroy military infrastructure. to create conditions for more active operations on the territory of donbass is the goal of our entire operation. i want to recall what i said in the early mornin

vladimir putin held talks with alexander lukashenko on the vostochnaya cosmodrome and me. how i had an inner feeling that this is very, very important, because yes, a special military operation. yes , the sanctions regime, yes, but what will happen to the dollar ruble exchange rate? but we are talking about completely different tasks, but other issues and space projects, joint and economic cooperation, and the lunar station and flights, and belarusian cosmonauts will fly again, and we know that it will not be the president of belarus well , at least not yet although who knows how the experience will go, of course, the most interesting, and the physical form president of belarus is such that he will easily pass any tests in the cosmonaut corps. let's hear how vladimir vladimirovich told me about his memories of this. remember the twelfth of april. i was a 9-year-old child. frankly speaking, i did not understand what was happening, so to speak, in full, but i saw that, uh, that something happened. grandiose, unusual, these are people who did not know each other, strangers, h

formation of a community of two strangely this morning, president of belarus alexander lukashenko congratulated vladimir putin noted that recently our countries have managed to do a lot to develop bilateral cooperation. well, the chairman of the owl. federation valentina matvienko has already stated that the money the division of the peoples of russia and belarus deserves to be a non-working day, according to her, to the russians. is there really something to celebrate? well, we're back. e to the ukrainian crisis early friday morning on the outskirts. belgorod oil depot eyewitnesses broke out. they say that before the fire. they heard and saw a series of powerful explosions later, the governor of the region, vyacheslav gladkov, said that helicopters of the armed forces of ukraine attacked the oil depot, which flew into russian territory and covered a distance of 50 km at low altitude. tank farm thundered just a few hours before the start of a new round of russian-ukrainian talks and answering a question from journalists. will the kremlin consider the escalation of the conflict, the press secretary of the russ

less because it was vladimir vladimirovich putin who told alexander grigoryevich lukashenko about the eastern spaceport in detail and all why because our president made a decision, and i know this story quite well. although at that time he worked for everyone not in roskosmos. even more kind. it was e but i know her from the recollections of eyewitnesses . i made this decision in 2007. there was a meeting, in my opinion, of the security council and there were a lot of opponents of the fact that, well, there is no need to build the vostochny cosmodrome on our national territory. it big money. and this far east is depleted there, the population is not enough manpower. there is no production of building materials, so it will go all uh, into some kind of sand and in the end it will not be built. let's work at baikonur as it is, as it is. the president then made a decision. in a sense, maybe even contrary to the opinion that was formed regarding the future spaceport, because this is what distinguishes a head of state of such a magnitude, uh, vision strategic vision of the future, and this

signed an agreement on the formation of a community of two countries vladimir putin in a congratulatory telegram alexander lukashenko expressed confidence that? the implementation of the agreements reached recently will create the conditions for strengthening the positions of russia and belarus in the international arena. now the state is working together on import substitution programs on common goals and priorities sergey savin such close and strong hugs as on april 2, 1996 , then there will be no more an agreement on the formation of the russian community belarus signed a bright solemnly, while the document actually turned out to be a passing one, more precisely, transitional all important signed later in the ninety-seventh and in the ninety- ninth. actually the final union treaty, but the date remained the day of unity, they tried to fill it with varying success. but now it's a holiday. it seems that their own traditions appeared, the belarusian president lukashenko presented the awards of the union state in the field of science and technology. no need to shout and cry about today's sanctions. here's to the scie

formation of a community of two countries this morning , president of belarus alexander lukashenko congratulated vladimir putin. he noted that recently our countries have managed to do a lot to develop bilateral cooperation . the agreements reached between moscow and minsk will create conditions to strengthen the position of the two countries in the international arena. now the state is working together on programs import substitution. successfully cope with sanctions pressure on common goals and priorities sergey savin such close and strong hugs, as on april 2, 1996 , then there will be no more an agreement on the formation of the russian community belarus signed a bright solemnly, raising toasts to a joint bright future, while the documents actually turned out through passage, more precisely, transitional, everything important was signed later in the ninety-seventh and in the ninety-ninth. actually the final union treaty, but the date remained the day of unity tried fill with varying degrees of success. but now it's a holiday. it seems that their own traditions appeared, the belarusian president lukashenko p

president of belarus, together with the president of belarus alexander lukashenko, visited the vostochnaya cosmodrome, where vladimir putinram would continue. and uh, a lot of what is said there in connection with space history, it is in the light of what you and i are thinking about, what we are talking about and discussing against the backdrop of a special military operation. uh, and in the background. the most important confrontation with the west is with nato itself, the cause of which this operation is and in particular. here are some very important things. he said that it is important for us all now to understand our current situation and the prospects of this situation, that the soviet union has its own space program developed, a in conditions. well, as a matter of fact. as such, sanctions were not announced, but in fact , in fact, it was. uh, in general, the country in many ways, relying only on itself in the case of space history, relying only on itself , moreover, the soviet space program and gagarin's satellite and flight are you. just imagine that it was some 15-16 years after the bloody destructive war in whi

will tell today the working meeting of the president of russia vladimir putin and the president of the republic of belarus alexander lukashenko our president said at the final press conference. let's listen. who is happening today is happening today, elephant of the one on the system of the unipolar world that has developed after violations of the soviet union that's the main thing, the main thing is not even the tragic events taking place in the donbas ukraine leads. it's not important many times. they say that the united states is ready to fight with russia to the last ukrainian, and they say there, and we say, in fact, it is so. this is the quintessence of the events taking place, so unexpectedly. well, how unexpected, artyom, we actually understood and expected that ukraine is not really about ukraine. the issue of change is generally a lot of polar creation of a multipolar hegemony world americans kaput. we have been saying this for a long time. we have been developing for a long time in all directions and in the economic humanitarian, in general, this issue has been resolved for us in any way, but the guys cannot accept

cosmonautics day at the eastern cosmodrome, russian president vladimir putin held talks with his belarusian counterpart alexander lukashenko and made a number of very important statements, both on the military special operation in ukraine and on broad foreign policy issues russia and international relations. in particular, the president once again stressed that this special operation was inevitable and for the desire of the west to turn ukraine into an anti-russian springboard and support nationalism there, that this special operation is developing according to plan. and that its goals will certainly be achieved, and also that the world today is neither bipolar nor unipolar, but much more complicated, listen to the world today is more difficult than it was during the cold war, when there were two blocs, everything overlapped, like omov’s lists of one country did not will be able to keep your full domination, what is happening today is happening today , uh, the breakdown of the system of the unipolar world that developed after uh after the collapse of the soviet union it's not important many times. they say that the united

and today vladimir putin talked on the phone with the president of belarus alexander lukashenko, as the press service of the kremlin reported, putin and lukashenko congratulated each other. the opening holiday on april 2 is the day of unity of the peoples of belarus. russia, the heads of state also discussed topical issues of relations between moscow and the minsk development of union integration. in addition, putin informed lukashenka about the course of a special military operation to protect donbass and assessed the russian ukrainian negotiations. the belarusian president once again expressed support for russia's actions, the international atomic energy agency (iaea) is starting a series of missions at nuclear facilities in ukraine next week, the head of the igt of the russian federation al-grusi said today, following the results of negotiations in kaliningrad, the head of rusatma alexei likhachev and other high-ranking officials also participated in them. we discussed security. i can say that in general the situation is under control, but there are things that require clarification.

today, our president vladimir putin, together with his colleague from belarus alexander lukashenko, todaytics day, and they are visiting the vostochny cosmodrome in the amur region. they have already met with the head of roskosmos. and that's what our president said, literally just let's do it. let 's listen to you. good afternoon dear friends alexander grigorievich more than sixty years ago, on april 12, 1961, soviet officer yuri yuri alekseevich gagarin committed. the first flight into space in the history of mankind and in memory of his feat of this accomplishment. we are celebrating cosmonautics day. each of us is experiencing a special feeling today. this is genuine pride in the generation that made a grandiose technological breakthrough at the same time. this is faith in the future, in our strength and consistent development. that we will definitely achieve all the goals set and sure it will. with all my heart i congratulate you on the holiday. to all our citizens, citizens of russia, citizens of belarus, all our compatriots cosmonauts and the staff of the vostochny cosmodrome veter

. >>> this hour, vladimir putin expected to meet with the belarusian president, alexander lukashenko.lukashenko has been a longtime putin ally. meantime, austria's chancellor is speaking out about his meeting with vladimir putin on monday, which he called very direct, open, and tough. karl nehammer says he told putin directly about the alleged war crimes in bucha as well as other places in ukraine, and he says putin blames the ukrainians for all of those crimes. nehammer also says the russian leader is deep in preparations for the next phase of this war. >> translator: at the moment, i'm not particularly optimistic after my talks with mr. putin. the offensive is being prepared with determination. we need to confront the russian president with the facts and how we see the war. there mustn't be a vacuum with regard to the consequences of this war. >> joining me now from singapore, a former senior adviser to the u.s. defense department. thanks so much for being with us. on monday, we heard from the ukrainian president as he addressed lawmakers in seoul, and he was blunt. he said this war

so today, vladimir putin gave a joint press conference with alexander lukashenko at the vostochny cosmodromeions pressure. closest allies, we are building relations on the unshakable principles of mutual respect and support on the traditions of friendship and good neighborliness, backed up by common stories , spiritual and cultural values ​​that are closely related individuals belarus our presenter a trading economic partner in the cis space, the fourth in the world for us in 2021, trade increased by more than a third. we were just discussing this right now, yes, 40 billion dollars i am convinced that in the current situation, when western countries have unleashed an all-out sanctions war against russia and belarus, it is important to deepen our integration within the framework of the union state, and we are in solidarity with alexander grigoryevich. we will continue to jointly oppose any attempts to slow down the development of our countries or artificially isolate them from the global economy. i think that it is absolutely useless russia and belarus are traditionally closely connected econ

international situation, this is stated in the congratulatory telegram, which vladimir putin sent today to the belarusian leader alexander lukashenko on the occasion of the day of unity of the peoples of the two countries, and on this day in 1996 a document was signed that became the basis of the union agreement , moscow has managed to do a lot for a constructive bilateral cooperation. this was noted by the president of russia about what anastasia savkovskaya's report means for ordinary residents of the union state. a unifying classic in honor of the holiday ballet the nutcracker at the bolshoi theater in minsk staged by the people’s artist of belarus russia at the podium moskvich graduate of the belarusian conservatory conductor of the mariinsky theater striving for harmonious cooperation in all spheres defense potential, as well as the implementation of a coordinated policy of import substitution have no doubt that together we can overcome any difficulties and obstacles a strong alliance, the best response to the unfriendly actions of some partners external pressure momentum for the effective integration of russia are united in t

on a visit to a space port with belarusian strong man alexander lukashenko, vladimir putin again claimed his forces are fighting against would-be ukrainian nazis in what he calls a, quote, special operation. the goals are absolutely clear, and they are noble, he said. i said is from the beginning and want to draw your attention to that. >> there are some in the u.s. at the top level who have spoken about a possible war crimes trial against vladimir putin. is that something you think could ever be possible and something you're working towards to provide evident for? >> of course, i think that everyone understands who is responsible for this war. that's why we do everything to fix, to document evidence. but we are here in ukraine actually understand who is responsible for all of this. >> the investigators' work is complicated by the fact the war is still going on. and they can't reach many devastated areas like the encircled city of mariupol where ukraine's president says tens of thousands have been killed. but irina says no matter how long it takes, she will press on. >> it's actually ext

vladimir putin announced this today. together with his belarusian counterpart alexander lukashenko, he visited the cosmodrome.vostochny in the amur region. the space platform became the venue for high -level negotiations following its results, the heads of state held a joint press conference, the presidents spoke about the prospects for cooperation in the face of western sanctions pressure, and also commented on the course of a special military operation to protect the inhabitants of donbass roman sobol in more detail. the builders of the vostochny cosmodrome, although they are loaded with work on a cosmic scale, they also follow the news reports when communicating with the presidents putin and lukashenko took the opportunity to learn firsthand how the special operation in ukraine is progressing, whether russia will achieve its goals, the main goal is to help people in the donbass in the people's republics of donbass, which we recognized were forced to do this simply, because, unfortunately, er, the kiev authorities who pushed the smell refused to implement the minsk agreements aimed at er. peaceful solution