the out to your project is chief economist for the european bank for reconstruction and development. the author, welcome back to the show. this region stretches from central europe to central asia . i want to begin by asking how important is trade with china for these economies? well, these economies just like the rest of the world in port a lot of from china, central asian countries, also exports commodities to china. but not tubal development is related to russia. s, european and american exports to russia dropped dramatically after the war started . china has stepped in and increased its sales to russia, in particular, is replacing some of the products that are subjects to europeans function. or to come back to that in just a moment. but when i go back to china and ask the property crisis that we've been seeing for more than a year, now, what does it mean for this region as well? the question everybody is asking is whether this property crisis will translate into lower growth structurally. so are we going to see slower growth in china into years to come? and if that's the case, tha

the out to your project is chief economist for the european bank for reconstruction and development. the author, welcome back to the show. this region stretches from central europe to central asia . i want to begin by asking how important is trade with china for these economies? well this economies just like the rest of the world in port a lot of from china, central asian countries, also exports commodities to china. but not tubal development is related to russia.

well, let's talk about general macro indicators, two more words: the european bank for reconstruction and developmentept its previous forecast for the growth of the ukrainian economy in 2023-24. in 2023, gdp growth in ukraine is expected to be 1%. which reflects a sharp decline in gdp in the first quarter, compared to the same quarter period last year. according to this, there will probably be a growth of 3% in the next 24. year, as far as these indicators are adequate for the situation , that is, adequate for the bottom to which the ukrainian economy has already fallen after the full-scale invasion and now +1 +3, is this what we expect, look, these are not indicators, this is the forecast of the european bank for reconstruction and development and that's all, and this forecast is not like a consensus forecast, because all the others, the imf, our dragon capital forecast, the forecast of the national bank, in most banks of ukraine, just say about growth this year somewhere on par... and plus or minus the same growth next year as for a country at war, these are super figures. well, you mentioned, amon

the head of the state agency for reconstruction and development of infrastructure reported mustafa hire among partners is considered for such purposes european investment bankis preparing to finance projects worth up to 220 million euros , negotiations are also underway regarding cooperation with the usa agency and the european bank for reconstruction and development , we are really preparing for the heating season , he will be difficult in this have no doubts even our state officials have already pumped more than 14.5 billion cubic meters of gas into the undergrounds, that is the amount the government instructed to accumulate before the start of the heating season, but here it is necessary to understand that 14 billion cubic meters were pumped in. but not only the blue fuel of ukraine is stored in underground storages for our needs in winter, but also the fuel of foreign and ukrainian companies is stored. that is, this fuel is simply taken from us by international corporations and international enterprises in winter from our storages for their needs, because specifically, now there are subways for ukraine, well , i did not come across this information from

dispose of the gts belong to the romanian trans-zu, the remaining 25 to the european bank for reconstruction and developmentsinau, at the behest of brussels, is introducing the provisions of the notorious third energy package in the republic; it requires that separate companies deal with gas supplies, transportation and distribution. construction finland will not restrict the operation of the yango service, owned by the russian yandex.taxi, and the minister of transport of the republic stated this. . after that, the agency for transport and communications conducted an investigation and here came to the conclusion that the transmission of such data does not threaten security. interim manager the russian subsidiary of google revealed signs of deliberate bankruptcy, as stated in a notice on the website of the federal resource, the manager discovered the company's actions, which led to the loss of solvency. so there were accrued dividends in the amount of more than 32% of currencies, and the balance sheet - this significantly worsened the solvency ratios. in addition , the company violated russian law, which in

was reported by the head of the state agency for reconstruction and development of infrastructure, mustafa. among the partners , the european investment bank is being considered. of the european transport network it concerns the construction and repair of roads in six regions, and negotiations on cooperation are ongoing with the usa agency and by the european bank for reconstruction and development, the first ship with ukrainian grain arrived at the bosphorus strait in turkey balker e-e resident of africa used the temporary humanitarian corridor the ship left the ukrainian port of chornomorsk this week with 3,000 tons of grain on it in august ukraine announced the creation of this humanitarian corridor for bulk carriers heading to african and asian markets, this became necessary after moscow abandoned the agreement that guaranteed express grain during the war. well, russia benefits from the restriction the export of ukrainian grain will thereby strengthen its own intervention in international markets, this was reported by the program director of the center for strategic international studies in washington, caityn wells. russia's many-month

volodymyr zelenskyi met with the president of the european bank for reconstruction and development oddilault basso. in particular, they discussed cooperation in the field of energy security, trade financing, support of critical infrastructure and food security and the corporate sector. at least 56 people died as a result of the explosions. near mosques in pakistan, about 60 more people were injured, the first incident occurred in the province of balochistan, where a religious meeting was held on the occasion of the birthday of the prophet muhammad, which is a public holiday in pakistan, a suicide bomber blew himself up near a mosque, and two more explosions occurred in the province hango. mountain border almost 93,000 forced migrants crossed karabakh from armenia and it is also known that about 16,000 children left for armenia. the government promises everyone compensation in the amount of 1000 drams, which is about €250. a humanitarian center operates near the lachen corridor. citizens who do not have a fixed place of residence will be provided with housing. until now, about 120,000 arm

volodymyr zelenskyi met with the president of the european bank for reconstruction. and development department of renault basso. in particular , they discussed cooperation in the field of energy security, trade financing, support of critical infrastructure and municipalities, food security and the corporate sector. for three days, lviv will become the center of ukrainian it from the latest technical developments and artificial intelligence startups to new business opportunities during war the main thing. the event of ukrainian technologies and it gathered speakers from all over the world. our correspondent nataliya staropravo is currently at the event. natalie, i welcome you and look forward to hearing from you. greetings irina, greetings to our viewers. indeed, this is already the tenth such anniversary conference, a large-scale it conference in eastern europe, this is already the second day , several thousand entrepreneurs, it specialists from all over the world have gathered for such an it event, among them big it specialists, among the speakers , also, which talk about the development of a

volodymyr zelenskyi met with the president of the european bank for reconstruction and development in the department in particular, they discussed cooperation in the field of energy security, financing, trade, support of critical infrastructure, food security and the corporate sector. half a million dollars to create cyber security solutions. the ministry of digital, together with useit, announced the launch of a grant program to strengthen ukraine's cyber security. the goal is to create innovative solutions to counter russian cyberattacks, as well as to strengthen the cyber resilience of critical infrastructure. developers and startups will be able to receive up to $50,000 for the sale of own products. the total budget of the program is $5,000. a truly unique war. and, it is also unique in the amount of hpv, there is the switch blade blade 600 there, which is a super technology there, there are reconnaissance drones there, but questions. the scale of interaction, synchronization of all cpus, the number of operators, synchronization at will - this is a unique story, and we see that we

infrastructure and municipalities, food security and of the corporate sector, head of the european bank for reconstruction. and development promised to support ukraine in this war and help it. 300 million dollars to support ukraine, the house of representatives of the us congress voted to allocate these funds, they will be sent from the defense budget, reports politiko. the money was withdrawn from the us defense budget project and their allocations were voted separately. congressmen also passed a defense spending bill of $800.26 million, while democrats have reservations about the allocation assistance to kyiv by a separate draft law. it is feared that such a step will be presented by russian propaganda as a rejection of the us from its obligations to support ukraine. and britain announced new sanctions for russian pseudo-elections in the occupied territories of ukraine. this is stated in the message of the british foreign office. got under restrictions. 13 new people. the government of the united kingdom has frozen the assets of the russian occupation administrations in the temporarily occupied territories of ukraine an

volodymyr zelenskyi met with the president of the european bank for reconstruction and development odile gren basso. in particular, they discussed cooperation in the field of energy security, trade financing, support of critical infrastructure and multinationals, food security and the corporate sector. the victims of the babi yar tragedy were never again honored in kyiv. in the morning , people bring flowers to the memorial in the capital. exactly 82 years ago, on september 29 and 30 , the nazis shot jews en masse in kyiv. according to the ukrainian institute of national remembrance, fascists killed 100,000 civilians and prisoners of war. this crime became the backbone of the holocaust. thank you for the prayer to the jewish religious representatives who prayed for the commemoration of the victims, the women's feast, thank you for what you did, for the fact that we remember this day, we will never forget, for what is here representatives, descendants of the righteous of the world and the righteous of the world that at least 56 people died as a result of explosions near mosques in pakista

and this despite the sanctions. they write wonderful news for us. as the british report, citing the forecast of the european bank for reconstruction and developmentestrictions by exporting to new markets, have nullified all the hopes and dreams of the west. today, the russian economy is going through a large-scale... transformation, the unilateral break with western partners of previous economic ties has exacerbated many issues, but i believe that most of all, because of the sanctions, they did not come true; by the middle of this year, the economy had almost completely recovered to pre-crisis levels , well , probably, with the exception of oil and gas sector, which needs more time to rebuild commodity flows, well, find new trading partners, in a number of industries, output has completely exceeded this whole story with sanctions has finally made it clear to many countries that without their own technological groundwork, they can easily, i would say, find themselves behind side, literally out of the blue, experience a shortage of even the most important goods and components, so the government places special emphasis on the development of domestic

for you and me. as the british write, referring to the forecast of the european bank for reconstruction and developmenting as planned, will grow by one and a half percentage points, already... this year , sanctions are not working, and high oil revenues will compensate for russia's ability restrictions due to exports to new markets western dreams brought all hopes to naught. the most difficult period of transformation of the russian economy has indeed passed. all indicators have almost completely recovered to pre-crisis levels, russian prime minister mishusti said today in moscow. economic activity is proceeding at a pace higher than even forecasts. according to the ministry of economic development, gdp growth at the end of the year may exceed. 2.5%. the departure of western companies from the russian market, mishusti wrote with a popular saying: a sacred place, it is never empty. by according to the prime minister, as a result of the flight , western firms freed up a niche for other players. at the same time, russia, mishustin said, still expects that pragmatism may prevail, foreign investors will ret

and other creditors - this is, in the largest measure, a little more than one trillion hryvnias, that is 270 billion hryvnias from the european union is 83 billion from the international bank for reconstruction and developmentnd tax revenues are expected to be no less than one and a half trillion, in total, expenditures are expected to be 3.3 million such in the history of ukraine it was not clear that in connection with the fact that in our country the state of war continues, the russian aggression continues and we are forced to choose our country accordingly and the expenses that are laid down, i am voicing it all correctly. olena, actually we see, i don't want to give an example of russia, but this year they doubled defense spending, and in fact, defense spending makes up a third of all government spending. so if they are investing so much in this now, well, it's not defense , it's an attack, in fact, we need it for sure to invest much more in our defense in order to be able to resist everything, we understand that there is also help from the west, but we ourselves must do something and buy and manufacture what percentage of all these state revenues will actually go to the needs of the ukrainian army of