there are 84 students from burundi studying in russia, taking into account the growing demand, we have doubled the government to the cat to the point of satisfaction, the marked increase in the interest of burundians in the study of the russian language. on the 15th of may, on the basis of the faculty of foreign languages ​​at the university , the opening of the russian language classroom took place. i want to note, dear mr. president, dear colleagues, that the approaches of russia and the burgh on most international problems are very close. we are grateful for the support of the russian no, we have set up initiatives in multilateral platforms to interact with you, first of all , on the platform once again let me welcome you to russia thank you mr. president president is with you in your beautiful country you. personally, i would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the warm welcome due to the legendary hospitality that the government and people of russia have shown us from the very moment of our arrival in the same way to russia for decades. on the state of affairs in my

with the republic of burundi and the signing of two institute agreements in the republic of burundisinstitutions in the russian federation, this is the central institution of the institute of epidemiology and ours, the st. petersburg pasteur institute, and this, of course, is already such a direct interaction. the direct work of two research institutes in the country, and in russia, and this, of course, is a start . well, to good deeds and, good educational process and the beginning of joint scientific research . on the tv channel russia 24. thank you for your interests and health. and exclusive brands with discounts up to 30%. for example, an electric kettle for only 999 rubles. it's hard not to notice the legendary alfa bank credit card with new benefits. order a credit card for a year without interest. now with cashback for all purchases and free cash withdrawals, alpha-bank is the best mobile bank. fun from russian lotto at any time to become lucky win millions of any number somewhere online. the payment is protected payment to the owner after settling 24/7 support. if, neverthel

so as if in the morning the state corporation rosatom signed an agreement with burundi on the use, but of the peaceful atom. it is reported that this will greatly improve the energy situation in the rune , since, while there, electrification is only 20% and there is a shortage of energy. just in the country. well, what about the actual situation on the forum here? uh, a lot is left, like even a stand at the st. petersburg economic forum regions, probably, some of them have remained the same. there are also booths of the co-corporation, where key russian projects are presented, for example, rostec. well, this, of course , is weapons, and some kind of protective systems are anti-hell guns. this is understandable, because we have long established military-technical cooperation with african countries since the soviet era. there are, of course, stands of russian railways, and there is also a stand of rospotrebnadzor, and this is probably worth paying special attention to. and here are mobile bacteriological laboratories at the base. kamaz trucks that the russian federation will transfer to

also train personnel for burundi in the field of nuclear energy, of course.n the us realized the key rate at a quarter of a percentage point a new level of 5.25 5.5%. this is a maximum more than in 22 years, but the intrigue of the meeting was not in this, but in the fed's forecasts. and here its head, jerome powell , did not give explicit hints at a press conference and said that in the next meeting, the rate can both leave and raise it all depends on the statistics of the american stock exchange. the russian stock market reacted neutrally to such news. now traded in positive territory, looking at trembling oil at 4% rising shares of vtb bank today, then reported that its net income by international standards. in the first half of the year there was a record almost 290 billion rubles. influenced by the accession to vtb to the crimean bank, rnkb. and currency revaluation. in general, the entire russian banking sector. in the first half showed record net profit largely due to this very currency revaluation, that is , due to the strong fall of the ruble. the as

bilateral talks the russian president has planned bilateral talks with the leader of mozambique, burundi, uganda, eritrea, zimbabwe today. in general, a rich work program will also include a working breakfast. vladimir putin with the leaders of african key regional organizations who blame the economic political forces of the continent. in general, a free minute. literally no, and every moment is used to discuss bilateral trilateral negotiations. and, uh, watch the clock on many issues, yuriy continues to follow thanks to ivan prozorov from st. petersburg and that's just about the zaporizhzhya direction. let me remind you that vladimir putin spoke about it when he answered a question from our correspondent. ivan prozvarova. we got a new report from the ministry of defense of the situation in the orekhovsky section of the zaporozhye direction and about strikes against military facilities in ukraine as well as missiles with weapons and military equipment received from european countries and the united states zaporizhia direction after the failure of the offensive, the armed forces of ukrain

this is the building of the turbine hall, where the president of burundi is located, a country where 12 million inhabitants and one in five do not have electricity on a tour of the leningrad nuclear power plant is adopting experience about energy, the president of the republic of the congo also says here at the forum i had a very interesting meeting with representatives nuclear power and electricity companies. they are already working in rosewell. i think with the help of these organizations. we will be able to implement the decision to create thirty-six small power plants intend to develop trade. moreover, bypassing the sanctions, he is still frankly weak. compared to china and the same west, but the trade route from north to south is activated, goods from africa are still mostly fruits and vegetables, while we send oil and gas weapons. but the main, of course, grain is grain and the conflict in ukraine, the two main topics of the forum , putin explains the withdrawal from the grain deal by the fact that not a single russian condition on the lifting of sanctions on our exports grain

a joint center for the study of infection has also been created in burundi.le russian program of assistance to africa in the fight against infections has been prepared until 2026, for which one and two tenths of a billion rubles have been allocated; within its framework, the countries of the continent will be supplied with 10 mobile laboratories. trained hundreds of professionals conducted joint research. every year there are more youth exchanges between russia and africa . representatives of african countries annually participate in a program of short-term study trips to our country for young representatives of political public scientific business circles as part of the program. the new generation is maintained and ties with those africans who were educated in russia and now it was very pleasant to talk with colleagues. previous meetings, who are fluent in russian, i would like to take this opportunity to invite young african friends to come to our country in sochi in march 24 at the world festival of madeji. this is a large-scale forum that will bring toget

program they simply listed countries, with the heads whom vladimir putin is meeting today mozambique burundiimba uganda eritre and in addition , vladimir putin today will also lead a separate meeting in the format of a working breakfast with the main leading regional organizations of africa, that is, not only the african union , but also a dozen other important political associations according to the principle of north, south, west, east, economically unified. all in all also a big important meeting, but that's not all the ceremony tonight, but the official meeting. the participants themselves took pictures and then received a reception on behalf of the head of state, and that is, vladimir putin so the president has a colossal program, but for now we are really waiting for the plenary session to start yuri thank you konstantin panyushkin from st. petersburg where the economic forums opened today russia africa summit now about the progress special operations work on one of the hottest spots today, this is the orekhovsky section of the zaporozhye direction russian fighters repelled another att

community under the chairmanship of burundi , the president of the country evoristemee thanked for then to provide the country with russian fertilizers for an agricultural state - this is critically important, by the way, burunda is one of the states whose citizens receive russian higher education. more than 4,000 people have already done this and the quota is consistently increasing. it is pleasant to talk with colleagues who speak russian, the president noted today and judging by the statements made in st. petersburg, the number of russian speakers in africa will only increase. staronov supermarket, yes darling, food will deliver for free, hot food delivery marker cafe restaurants for free every day solution from vtb is an opportunity to make your home comfortable in one step and without commission with vtb online get a free debit card for life vtb lenta has reduced prices for 10,000 products. 599 rubles flies to the home club frying pan. in the world of hundreds, iota says you can try, maximum. first month for only 399 rubles. you can iota sportmaster plus fishing. buy in a mobile a

supplies grain and helicopters to zimbabwe to mine in rank in tanzania to develop nuclear power in burundiese 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 tur

minister of energy of zimbabwe ibrahim uzi minister of natural water resources energy and mining of burundiess tambene founder , africa for atoms. in the next hour, i would like us to discuss the possible possibilities of nuclear technologies for the development of the african continent, based on the experience and needs of your countries, i will ask, and the participants to be concise. we have 5 minutes for each speaker, because the hall will be busy further on. i ask you to treat this with understanding and without offense. if i have to interrupt you, it's like this everywhere the practice exists, so please keep in mind that you don't think it's some kind. rudeness or disrespect and support of the world leaders technology of state corporations rosatom which is also the general partner of the forum russia africa alexey evgenievich the first question for you is how it was expected that nuclear technology is primarily associated, as i said above, with energy, and so let's say in africa today is not the atom is very widely represented as a whole. as you can see, there are still some prospects

with zimbabwe and burundi , hisens plans to open a plant for the production of household appliances inhe vice-governor of the city wrote the results of the meeting with representatives of the chinese company in his russian telegram channel hisens. known for its air conditioning and television. however , the company is also engaged in scientific activities in transport medicine and also in a number of other areas, which opens up wide prospects for cooperation by the way , western companies are in no hurry to leave russia either. so the food manufacturer, unilever, considers the presence on our market the right decision, such a point of view was not ashamed to voice the chief executive officer of the univer company continues its activities in russia, despite the fact that the kiev regime has included it in the so-called list of sponsors of the war. and at the end of the issue, let me remind you of the exchange rate of the dollar 90 rubles. 9 kop. and euro 99 rubles. 69 kop. artyom thanks, i'll briefly talk about some central themes. now the plan for training ukrainian pilots to fly f16 f

faso zimbabwe pleads central african republic uganda burundi congo and lilia also mozambique cameroonote guineas and chambers. in addition, of course, also took part in the photographing ceremony and representatives of all countries, she first and second level representatives were in st. petersburg. well, on to the topic, uh, russia africa itself, we are not leaving this topic anywhere, we continue to talk about it and analyze how political and economic relations between the continent and moscow are being built today, we will tell in the program of burning and the economy. the central topic of the week, and maybe even the whole summer, is the development of international relations between russia and the countries of the african continent, a partnership with unlimited potential, about how the role of africa in the global world is changing and how important russia is for these countries and vice versa, let's talk in political economy. here we always analyze the key events of the agenda from two points of view, and the most important economic component of alexander suvorov and political

, africa, where the heavyweights of world geopolitics arrive, zimbabwe, central african republic, burundi, guinea bissau mali eritrea and burkina faso the russian foreign ministry has not plowed a field for oratorical skills with the listed countries promising to create i am quoting the new just world order, and the head of spiritual scraps was so excited that he even forgot the name of his earthly boss, the first vladimirovich is the kremlin dictator's new populist promises and trying on a white coat . non-reimbursed aid to the most needy countries in africa, we will provide free delivery of this product to the user that only 17 of the last 54 agreed with putin putin's turnover of forty billion dollars, the current indicators have fallen to 18, and suddenly, putin always has his trump card up his sleeve or in tight shoes . waste of budget funds, but they are to blame for everything, traditionally in western politics , this time the main kremlin cicero dmitry medvedev was especially creative in borel's harsh verbal diarrhea regarding the grain agreement. planet and depriving peaceful ukro

the details, which are known at this moment so russia at least two african republics zimbabwe and burundilanning to sign an agreement on cooperation in the field of peaceful atom, the signing itself is expected during the russia-africa summit , which will start its work in st. republics ministry include designing. more precisely, the partnership includes the design and construction of power and research nuclear reactors as well as water desalination plants. and accelerators of elementary particles. well, and also the handling of radioactive waste , ensuring nuclear and radiation safety. well, in addition, an agreement was reached on the implementation of a project in the field of non-energy use of nuclear technologies, namely in medicine , industry and agriculture. 20 billion euros this is how much germany will be directed to the production of chips. however , there is no talk of total stimulation of the domestic manufacturer, as it turned out, on the contrary, foreign companies will receive three-quarters of the amount, and it was the american intel that agreed with berlin on subsidies f

line avtovaz will resume production of lada in egypt , announced maxim sokolov, the president of burundi called on russians to relax in this african side. it promises dizzying views, but at the same time low prices. and the president of uganda invited russia to participate in the development of oil fields . many here compare africa with china of the end of the 20th century. now its share in world trade is small, but some industries, especially extractive industries are developing very well and in 30 years. how africa is considered to take its rightful place in the economic picture of the world. so, everything that is happening in the field of humanitarian supplies on the eve of putin said that we will not only. uh, not only grain for african poor countries will be free, but also shipping. this will also be free, so all this should be considered as an investment. thank you zhenya telema, and at the beginning of a big political day in st. petersburg , salem told well, during the release, we will still return to the russia africa summit our military today reflected a series of ukrainian att

already known that on july 27 putin will hold meetings with the presidents of the camorma zombie burundi zimbaba uganda retriya on july 28 to meet with the heads of the central african republic of cameroon and senegal on july 29 with the presidents of south africa. in addition , a meeting with african leaders on the topic of ukraine is scheduled for july 28. this will be a working lunch for a group of african leaders states, such a meeting will be a continuation of the discussion that took place in st. petersburg in june, it will be attended by the heads of state of the official delegations of south africa of the union of the amur islands conga egypt senegal uganda and zambia speaking about the program of the summit itself, ushakov noted that it will consist of two plenary sessions, which will be held on july 28 at the first morning meeting will be addressed by vladimir putin and all 17. heads of state, as well as the president of the african union , the president of the union of the comoros on sumamony. putin will voice some russian initiatives a speech on african countries' access to f

well, with russia , at least two african republics, zimbab and burundi, are planning to sign an agreementn cooperation in the field of peaceful atom. the signing itself is expected during the russian summit africa, it will begin its work in st. petersburg in just a few days, the parties will cooperate in the creation and improvement of the structure of nuclear energy, partnership republics, including you, the design and construction of power and research nuclear reactors, water desalination plants and particle accelerators, as well as the management of radioactive waste to ensure nuclear and radiation safety. well, in addition, the agreements reached on the implementation of the project in the non-energy application of nuclear technologies in medicine, industry and agriculture. fas sent proposals to the government to increase the standard for sales of fuel on the exchange for gasoline and diesel; the regulator recommends adding one percentage point, the new standards should be 13.9 %, respectively, the requirements apply to all oil companies receiving payments to the damper through the da

peaceful atom, the forum is expected to sign agreements on development energy, medicine and industry of burundianzania, in the near future , a rosatom project for the extraction and processing of uranium will start. energy minister nikolai shulginov said in an interview with tass that he does not consider housing exports of motor fuel to be necessary, while energy admits the possibility of a temporary increase in various gasoline prices above inflation . the ministry argues that there is a period of increased demand from spring to autumn for motor fuel and by the end of the year , the dynamics at filling stations will generally correspond to inflation rate. here in the ministry of energy they emphasize in certain periods. various prices for petroleum products may lag behind the general inflationary trend, for example, from june 2020 to june 23 retail gasoline prices. increased by almost 14% for diesel fuel by more than 21%, while inflation was more than 20% and here is another statement by the minister of energy, according to nikolai shulginov. russia is working on more than 30 new projects of

another meeting with the president burundi.ects for building up the expansion of cooperation, and one of the areas is healthcare. we note with all satisfaction the cooperation in the field of healthcare, through our profiles, an agreement was signed on the establishment of the russian bundist center for the study of infectious diseases in october of this year, it is planned to start the first joint scientific research to combat the dangerous on its basis. at the beginning of next year, we plan to transfer a mobile laboratory for express diagnostics based on a gaz car it is now in the manufacturing stage, by the way, it signed an agreement with rosatom, this country is rapidly. just going to the international atomic club. and another agreement was signed by rosatom by a delegation from morocco to this country , russian nuclear scientists will help desalinate water, in general, there is a huge colossal interest in russian nuclear technologies. here is what the head of rusam himself said about this. an atom for africa is an opport

example, on the twenty -seventh, putin will meet with the presidents of the chambers of mozambique burundirea, on july 28, bilateral meetings are scheduled with leaders of the runa and senegal dated july 29 with the heads of south africa and conga, it is during such outside meetings that many very important practical issues of bilateral cooperation will be discussed. another topic of ukraine, which, of course, is in the field of attention. so, on july 28, there will be a meeting concerning ukraine, which will take place, as far as we are in the format of such a working breakfast and , indeed, in essence. continuation of the dialogue that began in june and the african presidents of many african countries came to st. petersburg with the initiative and politically communicated with the president of russia here, of course, everything rests on the position of the west, which is frankly torpedoed by all possible initiatives, supplying weapons to ukraine, but in and of itself. this meeting itself, the agenda, of course, reflects the role that africa claims africa , young and ambitious, claims in

the form is expected to sign an agreement on the development of energy, medicine and industry in burundiabwe in tanzania is waiting for the start of the rosatom project for the extraction of uranium well, in addition, more than 30 new projects in the energy sector are being worked out by russia in 16 countries africa, said the head of the ministry of energy nikolai shulginov, the greatest prospects in the exploration and development of oil and gas projects. bet on those countries that do not ask for big discounts on the supply of russian oil are the main topics of today's forum. russia africa will become nuclear and space technology economic ties supplies sold and fertilizers, as well as logistics will tell about it. in particular, about the multimodal transport and logistics corridor north-south, here it is the participants of this project, while there are 12 states and there is intrigue in the discussion the parties will discuss how african countries can also be connected to this project. according to forecasts, the growth of cargo traffic through the itc north-south by the thirtieth y

uh, the state of burundi is already at the stand , representatives, it seems, have signed an agreement with growth, and cooperation in the development of peaceful nuclear energy is no less interesting for russian space technologies and satellite technologies. this topic is also actively discussed. we remember that recently yuri borisov was fat for example, so there is a lot of interest. and now we are on the sidelines we managed to ask boris how is the cooperation developing? the african market is of such importance for roskosmos. today one of the dynamic. developing continents, a billion people, the geopolitical weight of this continent is the future, maybe they are actively developing and are interested in almost all high-tech areas of the nuclear industry in space, which is very pleasant, for us, in almost all areas of satellite development , launch services are piloted by programs. well , of course, frankly, fundamental the issue of security is important for african countries in this sense, the events in nigeria , where the coup d'état took place, are also actively discussed at the

is already planned to sign an agreement on cooperation in the field of peaceful atom zimbabwe and burundis reported for the second quarter. better-than-expected net income was almost $18.5 billion, sales reached $62 billion, also better than preliminary estimates , google's results showed that traditionally search advertising still brings good profit even without artificial intelligence in microsoft, profit was $2.69 per share, and sales rose by eight percent to $56 billion figures are also better than forecast, however, investors. remained dissatisfied with the slowdown in revenue growth of the cloud division, as this may be the first sign of the calming down of the ai ​​hype. well, let me remind you. today the market is waiting for the rate hike. this is a reserve. boys from the dollar exchange rate 90 rubles. 9 kop. euro 99 rub. 69 kop. artyom thanks, and we continue. the special operation zone was visited by the governor of the khabarovsk territory, mikhail degtyarev, he visited the location of the nominal battalion, general korf, who is engaged in organization of communications and c

forum an agreement is expected to be signed in the development of energy, medicine and industry in burundiparticular, these women in tanzania in the near future will start a project with an atom for mining and processing. hooray, meanwhile, the united states, along with the eu and ukraine , are working on exporting grain by land , said the representative of the white house national security council, john kirby , he admitted that deliveries by sea are the most effective way, but now they are available. no, the west is making various attempts, so to speak, to approach the projectile, for example, nato claims that russia's actions in the black sea allegedly affect the economic zone of bulgaria well, in general, the grain deal became resonant, only the lazy did not speak on it. even those who are not affected at all. so is fed chief jerome powell. during a press conference, he said that russia's withdrawal from the black sea initiative could affect less wealthy countries. on the russian agenda, weekly inflation in russia accelerated exponentially on july 24 exceeded two hundredths of a percent

already it is known that on july 27, putin will meet with the presidents of the chambers of mozambique burundibabs of uganda, eritrea, on the 28th , they will meet with the heads of the central african republic of cameroon and senegal, and on july 29. the presidents of south africa and the congo in addition, a meeting with african leaders on the topic of ukraine is scheduled for july 28, this will be a working lunch for a group of leaders of african states, such a meeting will be a continuation of the discussion that took place in june in st. two plenary sessions to be held on 28 july. at the first morning meeting, vladimir putin will speak and all 17 heads of state putin will announce some of the russian initiatives access of african countries to food, fertilizer in modern technologies and energy resources, and an assessment from the current state of the system of international relations will be made by putin on the formation of a new world order based on the principle of multipolarity, then the second plenary session in the format of a working breakfast. here , the heads of delegations, whic

it's nice to see what the heads of state of where and is that visiting us from burundi. i know maybe and all these different african states. and so many have arrived here in the venice of the north, which by the way, it's cats and dogs to day cats and dogs all colleagues and must go a companion yesterday about the right. well, thank you for sending hit just in petersburg. absolutely pouring out side here now, but they say it will clear up soon for the meantime, a special coverage will continue. i look forward to seeing you soon. the . yeah, we will of course, be returning to worry throughout the day many times, but to more world news this friday of votes of new confidence that should be held in the indian parliament against the rent rep moody's government. it's been called by the countries main opposition alliance, which saves these prime ministers, failed to deal with a legit ethically motivated, violent send the eastern state of money. per ortiz. richard charlotte takes up the story. the opposition has moved no confidence motion against the move the government over whi

we are the zambeca of burundi zimbabwe guessing and ritretry in the evening, a gala reception.of the heads of the delegation of the summit participants , before the start of the event in st. petersburg , there was a rush by bus to the expoforum. long queues lined up in the city, and there is also a gastronomic festival of african cuisine try suggest tomato salad with curry, married. the so-called sardines and fitskoe stew rosté presented the african guests with advanced small arms equipment for fighters. the contour of the terrorist units of the russian railways on a special simulator gives everyone the opportunity to try themselves as a driver. a hundred freight locomotives, in general , guests from africa in st. petersburg will not have to knock, and all attempts by the west to disrupt the holding themselves have failed , the minister of foreign affairs has just announced. lavrov american leaders arrived in petersburg for a summit where russia hopes to increase its influence on the continent and win support amid the conflict in ukraine faced unprecedented pressure that the us

and today it is signing two more agreements with morocco and burundi, the atom for africa is an opportunityes to do what other civilizations took hundreds of years to do this leap into new qualities, technologies into a new quality of life for roskosmos offers south africa full-fledged participation in the development of the russian orbital station. we are even talking about the creation of a separate module that will be aimed at implementing scientific programs south africa expressed a desire to launch two african astronauts, we are now considering this proposal, of course, we will respond and prepare a huge exhibition of equipment. this is what russia is already supplying to africa and is ready to supply buses, trailers, trucks and tractor drones. armored vehicles rostec helicopters. recently transferred to zimbabwe a large batch of mi 8 and ansats for the needs of air ambulance. and they are already saving. there are people. this is a helicopter. mi-8, practically, a flying hospital, or a flying intensive care unit humanitarian deliveries to africa, among other things, it is also an inve

ambassador don lyn berry, a career member of this is seen -- ambassador to burundi. ambassador served with usaid. in senegal,, ghana, uganda, and nigeria. and in iraq, i afghanistan, and libya. as u.s. aid mission director in iraq, the ambassador manage the reconstruction and development assistance program for five billion dollars. and in afghanistan, was the senior civilian counterpart to the commander of regional command east, and ahead of the inter agency provincial affairs office. general carl, -- a retired lieutenant general and a u.s. army. and former ambassador to afghanistan. he has committed and served with mechanized light airborne in ranger infantry units. in hawaii, korea, italy, and as the commander of the american led coalition in afghanistan. the general is the recipient of 11 military awards. four top awards from the department of state and defense, and has been decorated by canada, in france. general is an expert on china and publishes widely on u.s. and international security. ambassador bill taylor, the vice president of the europe and russia cente

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and mozambique burundi uganda eretre zimbabwe and in addition, vladimir putin will hold talks here todaynal international organizations in africa. well, of course, the very first of them is an alliance. uh, this is the most important thing, this is the african union, which includes all the countries of africa. well, as well as a dozen other equally important ones. of course they all need pay attention, and the work will continue in the same mode tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, so we continue to follow the news from st. petersburg yuri thanks to konstantin panyushkin from st. petersburg and vladimir putin's speech at the plenary session of the economic forum has just ended and this is russia africa but the big program continues. and here's another, with regard to the grain deal, news showing how the ukrainian side treated the obligations assumed, traces of explosives were found in hold of another foreign ship that was sailing from turkey to rostov-on-don. for grain, we had to go through the kerch strait to the fsb, they specify before that the dry cargo ship entered the arena port tw

president biden terminated the burundi program not less than two years ago. let's just take a quick look at some of the individuals currently sanctioned under the d.r.c. congo program. one is victor bout, who for decades he flooded the d.r.c. with illegal weapons. he's bragged about his many contacts and financial institutions who helped him evade sanctions and he likely has significant assets that can easily be unfrozen. if this body votes to terminate the executive sanctions imposed on him, he stands to gain a windfall of cash within mere minutes. the d.r.c. program currently places sanctions on isis congo. that's right. the foreign terrorist organization isis. if the congress votes to pass this legislation -- resolution, isis could set up a brokerage account, trade stocks, transfer funds, or keep money in a checking account in the united states of america. so mr. speaker, in my humble opinion, isis congo should not be permitted to do any of the above. neither should the numerous war criminals currently covered under the congo emergency. i strongly oppose h