us sanctions against the russian company alrosa have caused panic in the global diamond industry alrosas for up to a third of the total production of precious stones. already , deliveries from russia to the indian city of surat, which is considered the world 's diamond cutting center, have almost completely stopped, dmitry melnikov found out how this can affect the cost of precious stones stories about an amazing country where giant ants mine gold, and diamonds lie under their feet they brought from hindustan, even ancient merchants. it seemed that this was a figment of the imagination of seafarers and local principalities shocked by the wealth, but the story about placers, diamonds, underfoot, turns out to be the absolute truth. herapur village, what's the name? it translates as the diamond village here in the state of max where there are several loose deposits at once, local farmers believe that the gods have blessed this land in this way and every year hundreds of small medium and large diamonds are found in the fields under the hooves of buffaloes, and ordinary village inventory. te

us sanctions against the russian company alrosa have caused a real panic.upplies from russia to india, this is the center of cutting, diamonds, have practically ceased, how will this affect the cost of precious stones dmitry melnikov will tell stories about an amazing country where giant ants mine gold, and diamonds lie under their feet . ancient merchants brought them from hindustan. it seemed that this was a figment of the imagination of navigators, shocked by the wealth of local principalities, but the story about placers, diamonds, underfoot, turns out to be an absolute, true, village of kherapur. whose name? translated as the diamond village, here in the state of the queen run there are several loose deposits at once. local farmers believe that the gods blessed this land and every year hundreds of small , medium and large diamonds are found in the fields under the hooves of buffaloes, and ordinary village implements. tens of thousands of fortune hunters are bought from roadside merchants. well, let's try and try our luck. they say somewhere. here a mon

it is at these factories that a third of all diamonds mined by russian alrosa are processed.d without russian stones the indian diamond industry is no longer imaginable. this is the most important article of russian exports to india over the past year has grown almost. combat, approaching a billion dollars, we are actively developing relations with russia from your country. we get high-quality raw stones. there are several diamond mines in nyurba in russia. possibly the best mine, the rough russian diamonds that we receive are cut and polished by us and sent as kits for making necklaces, earrings, bracelets, rings, jewelry houses or individual clients of the united states, china, the persian gulf countries and singapore , both large holdings with ultramodern machines and private cutting workshops living in the old fashioned way work with diamonds from russia. here they say that metal works metal diamond works diamond wheels are coated with diamond abrasive, which is renewed twice a day. approximately this is how, with the exception of the motor drive to the grinding disk , th

now the boat is being steered again for repairs, let me remind you that this submarine b-271 e-e of alrosaration back in 1990. it is equipped with an experimental water- powered engine instead of a propeller. in mariupol, the russian invaders force men to join voluntary wives, that's what they call them, who will patrol the city together with the military of russia and the people's militia of the dpr, here is the wording of the so-called dnr, the so-called so-called liberators, deputy gauleiter of mariupol kharmyshev, together with the occupation corps, announced the renewal of voluntary wives now well, voluntary men, that is, they force them voluntarily, only russia can do that to the russian military, together with them, the people's militia and the so-called dnr, it's all patrolling. well, according to him, sources in the city report that the real purpose of such patrolling is, first of all, to strengthen search measures for the invader. to look for not only activists, but also communal workers, teachers, other specialists, and secondly, in this way , soft preparation for mobilization w

inventories are at record lows, the american press writes that us sanctions against russian mining company alrosad a stir among american jewelers. after all, the restriction applies to every third rough diamond, true. now the delegations of many jewelry companies have gone to look for workarounds to buy russian stones as if they were foreign ones. diamonds are oil a deficit that some other country can make up for. in anticipation of the wedding season. in america, desperate delegations are looking for a bypass route to india. india is still exporting russian diamonds to the us because the current stocks were received before the sanctions, but these shipments will run out by the first week of june without access to russian diamonds. will devastate the industry in the long run. victor will also be somehow. here, according to the european scheme, they announced one thing, and then we understand that we are not doing very well here . a little bit will be certain calibration. that is, they will see what works from what they have accepted, what is not so less damaging to themselves, and then they will

>> yes, we had these sanctions on alrosa and that is cutting off 30% of the world supply of rough diamonds are saying they will not purchase russian diamonds. that has put indian polishers into a fixed because they are not able to get supplies from russia, plus you have sanctions on russian banks so payments are becoming an issue. consumers are pushing back against supplies from russia. that is making them think about whether they should look at the origin of diamonds, which is currently very difficult. this is coming at a time when the u.s. is looking to have more weddings as pandemic restrictions ease. tom: so how was it dealing with the supply shortage? >> for now, they are exporting diamonds that were brought in pre-sanctions. from the first week of june, there could be more issues shipping them out. there could be a shortage from june onwards, that will impact polishers because we could see some job losses. they are under expectations to be under 10% of annual sales. we are looking at other markets like china or the uae, or south east asia. anna: so these sanctions impact goes far and