robert frantsev watches how the people of the country make their choice and he is on the air robert greetings what can be said about the activity of voters? and what do they say about the amendments? good afternoon, well according to the latest data from the central republican commission, the turnout by noon had already exceeded 40%, and for comparison, in 2019, at the last major vote, when the president of kazakhstan was elected, the turnout by that time was 30%, that is, activity. uh, today it is really impressive and it is not surprising because the package of amendments proposed to change the constitution affects more than 30 articles, a really large-scale political reform and, uh, for the first time in almost a quarter of a century. to discuss these amendments in kazakhstan initiated a nationwide referendum made. this is at the initiative of the president of the country. to all the same, such a brand must be said that the main idea of the proposed right-wingers is just a departure from the super-presidential one. as for the government, strengthening the role of the parliament and the government and, in general, measures aimed at making the people of kazakhstan more numerous. involved in political life and in the government of his country. uh, with this provision, the main aspirations of those who came to our polling stations today are connected. all the amendments i read are good democratic ones, so to speak they will be lead us to a new democratic future big day for kazakhstan we took part in the referendum voted. well, i think it will be directed. simply, first of all, on the democratization of our society. we trust the new course , we hope that there really will be a new kazakhstan , everything will be fine, citizens will definitely vote, make the right choice, and everything will be better, much better. among other important changes, in particular, a complete ban on the death penalty is introduced land, and its bowels are declared the property of the people kazakhstan in addition, the updated institutions exclude the special status of the first president of kazakhstan, nursultan nazarbayev. by the way, in fact, basses are at the polling station. today appeared one of the first to cast his vote and called on citizens to support the reform, and the current president of kazakhstan, who is already martakayev, also voted. by the way, it must be said that the changes in the constitution significantly limit the powers of the head of state. and in particular, for example. uh the leader of the strange forbidden to consist of any political party, but to the closest relatives of the head of state. now it will be impossible to hold political positions, but if we talk about the transformation that is now being launched by this referendum, then after, uh, just as he cast his vote, too, that the work of reforming the country to create a new kazakhstan with this referendum is just beginning. there is a lot of work ahead, we need to implement the provision of the constitution, for which we are voting today to amend legislation in particular legislation concerning which the party of parliament concerns. i think that our parliament will cope with this work with honor. i would like to note that the innovation for which our people are voting today involves very big changes in the social life of our country, in fact. things are changing the paradigm of the relationship between the state and society, human rights are coming to the fore. it must also be said that the catalyst for these large-scale changes in kazakhstan was the riots and the attempted coup at the beginning of the year, and now having overcome these trials, kazakhstan is now launching the process of such a large-scale political reform, indeed the scale of a large-scale administrative and political transformation. and now, the first referendum in such a long time is just the first step in this long putin thank you robertntsev, chief of our central asian bureau, was on the air. petersburg and donetsk actors and musicians performed on red square, the concert was timed to coincide with the book festival, and the program was a literary musical a composition based on the text of contemporary authors of donbass, as well as on poems by poets of the leningrad siege. now lies on the scales, the hour is hindered, courage has struck on our clocks and courage will not leave us. it's not scary to lie dead under the bullets. it's not bitter to be homeless and we will keep you russian speech. the great russian word will carry you free and pure. and give to the grandchildren. and saved from captivity. an international boxing tournament has started in moscow for the victory, athletes from south america, asia and africa are fighting the capital for the intercontinental cup fighters arrived from such traditionally strong boxing countries as colombia, nicaragua and bolivia, the russian team, in turn, the heroes of the ol