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0:01 [music] Hello, friends. This is the News editorial office. Here I talk about the events of the week and the facts that I consider indisputable, so that you can form your own picture and draw your own conclusions. Thanks to everyone who supports the creation of new releases, via the links in the description and in my Telegram channel. You have little time, we appreciate you. Let's go. So, this week the Russian president's foot, as well as many of the feet accompanying him, stepped not just onto American soil, but onto the territory of a

0:48 military base near Anchorage. Such news in 2025 seemed completely unimaginable not long ago . But that's why I love our news agenda. She spins a plot better than any TV series. The main result of the meeting between Putin and Trump in Alaska is that this meeting took place in principle and confirmed that they, Trump and Putin, have much more common views. There is no breakthrough in the peace process. However, few people expected it so quickly. Before Alaska, Putin stopped in Magadan, where he visited a fish oil processing plant and laid flowers at the Alsib heroes' memorial. This was the name of the air brain through which the US ferried planes to the USSR during the Second World War under the Lend-Lease program. Looking

1:35 ahead, Putin did the same thing when flying out of Anchorage, laying flowers at the graves of Soviet pilots. The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Lavrov, reflected on the Soviet legacy in his own way. He showed up in Anchorage wearing a sweater with the word USSR written on it. The manufacturer, a company from Chelyabinsk, was quickly identified, and it was established that such sweaters made from mixed yarn based on cotton and acrylic can be freely purchased for 10,990 rubles. Trump arrived in Anchorage shortly before Putin, but remained on his plane. Then first the American president, and then the Russian one, descended the gangways. That is, no one met anyone. They just came down to earth and met.

2:21 The press calculated that the handshake on the Red Carpet lasted 11 seconds. Bookmakers were accepting bets on its duration in advance. They also bet on whether the presidents would hug or not. Whether Trump will utter his favorite word hell more than three times, he has never uttered it publicly. However, the mention of Zelensky was assessed as highly probable, and he was indeed mentioned more than once. The more serious Western press noted Trump's friendliness towards Putin and concluded that the Russian president had won even before the negotiations began. Let me remind you that before the trip, Trump said that he would understand in the first minutes whether the conversation would be good. And, apparently, he considered it as good as it could be. “A ten,” he said himself, without

3:07 specifying the truth on which scale. In the footage taken through the window of Trump's limousine, which he and Trump got into together, Putin also looks extremely pleased. Trump and Putin were supposed to have a one-on-one conversation , but it didn't happen, except for a car ride together. The meeting was held in a 3-team format. In addition to the presidents, the American side was represented by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Special Envoy Steve Wittkow, while the Russian side was represented by Sergei Lavrov and Putin's aide Yuri Ushakov. After this, further consultations in an expanded format, negotiations within the delegation, and lunch were planned, but all of this was cancelled. Almost 3 hours later, Putin and Trump came out to the press, but in violation of American canon, they did not answer their questions, limiting themselves to

3:53 statements. We have always considered and continue to consider the Ukrainian people. I have spoken about this fraternally on numerous occasions , as strange as it may sound in today’s circumstances. We have only one root and everything is roots and everything that happens for us is a tragedy and a great pain. Therefore, our country is sincerely interested in putting an end to this. We could not reach a complete understanding, unfortunately, there is no deal yet. I thank you, Mr. President. We will be communicating with you very, very soon. I hope to see you soon. Thank you. A very interesting proposal. An interesting proposal, I will probably be judged. Well, I think that's a good thing. Right after the meeting, Trump gave an interview on Fox News

4:40 , in which he said that there had been great progress, that he agreed with Putin on many points, and that it was now up to Zelensky to see the deal through to the end, and that European countries also needed to participate in it. Ukraine must agree. I mean, you know, uh, President Zelenskyy has to agree, but this is a terrible war in which he has a lot to lose, and both sides have a lot to lose, and hopefully this can uh end. It would be a great achievement for them. Trump then posted that the meeting with Putin went very well, as did the nightly phone call with Zelensky and European leaders. And that it is better to immediately conclude a peace agreement that will end the war, and not just a truce. Considering that before the meeting Trump promised to

5:25 seek a ceasefire, this can also be considered a victory for Putin. Trump also announced that Zelensky would come to Washington on Monday, August 18. And if everything goes well, Zelensky will be scheduled to meet with Putin. The reaction of the Ukrainian president himself to the Russian-American summit was predictably nervous. Axios describes his call with Trump as complicated. The Times newspaper writes that Trump can now blame the possible failure of the deal on the Ukrainian president, making him a scapegoat. It will be interesting to see them meet again in the Oval Office. True, Europeans will probably also take part in it. Before our eyes, two so-called alliances have formed: Putin with Trump and

6:12 Zelensky with Europe. Until now, it seemed that Kyiv and its European allies had managed to drag Trump into their camp. once again, as under Biden, to act against Moscow with a united front. But then Steve Witkoff's breakthrough visit to the Kremlin happened, and it became clear that a new proposal had appeared on the Russian-American table, which Putin and Trump had actually headed to Alaska to discuss. Comments in the liberal Western press were extremely alarming. European speakers said outright that they were afraid that Putin would seduce Trump and he would conclude an agreement with him on Ukrainian territories without Ukraine’s participation. On this occasion, the EU leaders and Zelensky, who had urgently arrived in Berlin, held an emergency conference call with the White House and received assurances from Trump

6:57 that he would not discuss the territorial issue with Putin without them . As we can see, Trump kept this promise in Alaska . But now, following the results of the negotiations, the ball has again flown into the hands of Kyiv and Europe. Moreover, Putin clearly invites Trump to be the arbiter in this game . The EU on Saturday issued a statement following Alaska, in which it generally reiterated its theses on the need for reliable guarantees for Ukraine and the impossibility of resolving issues regarding its territories without its participation. A separate post was written by Emmanuel Macron. According to him , it is necessary to learn lessons from the last 30 years, and more specifically Moscow's persistent tendency to fail to fulfill its obligations. Macron added that France continues to stand firmly on Ukraine's side. I spoke in more detail about the

7:43 progress of the summit and its initial results in a special editorial release, which was broadcast live for the first time in the history of our channel . Look, your opinion is important to me. In addition, we have two more episodes on this topic on our channel. A detailed account of the meeting place, Alaska, and an analysis of how the decision to hold the summit there came about. The day before the meeting, Washington announced new targeted sanctions. They were introduced against the company A7. He handles international payments for several Russian crypto companies, as well as three Russians suspected of being involved in the cryptocurrency exchange Garantex, which, according to US authorities, is involved in circumventing sanctions. The State Department has announced a reward totaling $6 million for the capture of the exchange's executives.

8:28 But at the same time, Donald Trump postponed the introduction of new tariffs against China for 90 days . And we remember that the punitive anti-Russian sanctions promised in the event of failure of peace negotiations are in fact secondary. Not against Moscow, but against the main buyers of its oil and gas, the first of which is China. By the way, twenty-five percent duties were nevertheless introduced against India, but that’s a slightly different story. After the summit, Trump confirmed that the introduction of sanctions against Russia would be postponed for at least 2-3 weeks. Back in Alaska, the sudden choice of location certainly had a powerful media effect, but it also caused confusion in the state itself. It's the height of the tourist season and

9:15 all suitable hotels are occupied. This was one of the reasons why the Elemendorf Richardson military base was chosen for the summit . Another reason, of course, was safety. Usually there is much more time to prepare for such meetings. Moreover, not everyone was happy to see guests from Moscow . On the eve of the summit in Anchorage, a rally in support of Ukraine was held, which was attended by about a hundred people. The exotic location brought back memories of another summit meeting. In October 1986, the first summit between General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee Mikhail Gorbachev and US President Ronald Reagan took place in Iceland, halfway between the superpowers, which at that time were experiencing an ice age after the recession, but it quickly warmed up. That summit is generally

10:00 considered to be the end of the Cold War, the first Cold War. As for Alaska, it also showed that, if desired, any restrictions can be lifted at once. The US Treasury Department quickly cleared all international transactions related to the preparation of the meeting. And within 24 hours, the American embassy in Moscow issued visas to almost all of the Kremlin pool journalists. Several, however, were refused. In Anchorage, since there were no hotel rooms, journalists were accommodated at the Sea Wolves stadium. During the Covid pandemic it was used as a hospital. The furnishings were spartan. Fabric partitions and folding beds provide convenience on the floor. There, behind the partitions, the crews of Russian aircraft were placed, and there were some dissatisfied people. Both Moscow and Washington had already presented the summit as their

10:47 victory. Russian journalists covered every step of the Russian delegation, periodically making fun of Kiev, which was left out of the negotiations. Ironically, they served chicken Kiev on the plane. Maybe this is a good sign. For its part, the Trump administration has firmly rejected liberal media claims that the Alaska meeting is a concession to the Kremlin. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US President decided to sort things out personally and look Putin in the eye. It is unclear whether this was intentional or not, but it was a direct reference to Putin's first meeting with George W. Bush in 2001, after which the American leader said he had looked into Putin's eyes and could feel his soul. As for Trump, he never seemed to

11:33 stop feeling it. Over all these months, he has hardly allowed himself to make any harsh comments about Putin personally. We remember how Dmitry Medvedev got it instead with his posts about nuclear war. And this week, already getting ready for Alaska, Trump twice made slips of the tongue that caused delight among Russian-speaking commentators. We are going to Russia. This will be a big event. I'm going to meet Putin. I'm going to Russia. Trump's most cryptic comment, however, involved a story about a Russian general who decided to lead the Russian army to Kyiv through fields rather than by road. As a result, Trump said, Russian forces became bogged down in the Rasputitsa. I don't know who this general is, but knowing Vladimir, he's probably not alive anymore, because all these tanks got stuck

12:18 in the mud and were hit by javelins. In the pre-war Telegram, people naturally began to guess who they were talking about. The phrase "He is no longer with us." He is not around any longer. It can also be interpreted literally, that the person is no longer alive. Of course, Yevgeny Prigozhin immediately comes to mind, but he was not a general, he did not command in the Kiev direction, and his rebellion occurred much later. In addition, at the beginning of the military actions, Russian columns advanced precisely along the roads, which the war correspondent did not fail to critically recall this week . Perhaps this was Trump's typical creative addition to the context. In that speech, he once again described how, unlike his predecessors, he transferred powerful anti-tank weapons to Ukraine: Jivelins. And the story about the tanks stuck in the mud could have been born as a

13:04 catchphrase. Red because it is the official light of the Republican Party or because Donald Trump is Agent Krasnov. For those who don't know, it's a popular conspiracy theory that Trump was recruited in the 1980s by the Soviet KGB in Moscow. And since we're already talking about conspiracy theories, this week the Internet hit was an old prophecy by Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who predicted a meeting between Putin and Trump in Alaska, during which the division of Ukraine would occur. True, in that forecast it lost much more, remaining only with Lviv and five other regions that are joining the EU and NATO. But all of Novorossiya agrees, or rather, does not object. Everything will be under the Russian flag, like Crimea and Donbass. And so

13:51 he closes three conflicts, a three-time Nobel Prize winner and normal relations with Russia and China. But at the same time he will give Europe, strangle it, because he hates it. [music] Of course, the meeting in Alaska was seen in the context of what was happening at the front. In near-war circles, they discussed that in the territorial issue, the cards were still in Moscow’s hands. Several hundred square kilometers come under Russian control every month , and Ukraine has long since lost its main territorial trump card, part of the Kursk region. Moreover, as our regular military observer Valery Shiryaev noted, Kyiv has no reserves left for serious operations or for a full-fledged offensive. It has been unprofitable for Russia to stop its offensive for a year and a half now

14:39 . If I speak from a military point of view, because the politicians there may have their own considerations. Another tactical crisis has befallen the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the DPR. North of Pokrovsk, Russian troops appear to have driven a wedge into Ukrainian defenses, advancing more than 10 kilometers from Rodinskoye to Zolotoy Kolodyaz, according to some war correspondents. This has caused alarm among Western experts. Bild newspaper analyst Julian Röbkin wrote that if the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not take action in the coming days, Ukraine could finally lose Donbass. According to Rebka, by moving forward, Russian forces will be able to block one of the main supply routes to Slavyansk and Kramatorsk and reach the rear of this large agglomeration. The Ukrainian project Deep State stated that the

15:26 Ukrainian Armed Forces were able to stop the breakthrough by transferring additional forces to the area. Russian military-related channels deny this. The situation around Pokrovsk itself is also worsening for Ukraine. This week, local authorities announced that the last store in the city had closed. The neighboring world of rewards is already half-encircled. Russia also probably blocked the northern highway leading from Dobropillya. In this case, only one supply road remained under the control of the Pokrovsk group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces . To the southwest, Russian troops advanced along the border with the Dnepropetrovsk region. The villages of Aleksandrgrad, Sechnevoye, also known as Yanvarskaya, and Iskra, also known as Andreyevka Klevtsova, were also taken. To the east of Pokrovsk, the clearing of the pocket under the Kleban-Byk reservoir is being completed. Earlier, Russian forces took Alexander

16:12 Kalinov and Shcherbinovka. There are battles in Katerinovka and in Kleban Byk itself. Russia continues its offensive on Konstantinovka, including from the recently captured Chasov Yar and the neighboring village of Predtechina. Along the Kremennaya Svatova line, Russia advances towards Svyatogorsk and Liman. There are battles underway near Shandrigolovo, Kolodiazi and Torskoye. The Northern region near Borovaya reports the capture of Zeleny Gai. Near Kupyansk, fighting is underway in the area of Petropavlovka and Moskovka. Russian troops are bypassing the city from the northwest side. There are no significant changes on the Kharkiv and Sumy directions. The General Staff of the RSU stated that the villages of Bessalovka, Stepnoye and 1 May, also known as Novokonstantinovka, came under Ukrainian control. However, in the Russian near-war telegram, it was noted that the Russian Ministry of Defense did not

16:58 announce their capture. In the run-up to the Alaska summit, the number of attacks on Russian rear areas has increased. Drones struck industrial enterprises in the Tula and Nizhny Novgorod regions . At least three people were killed and five were injured. In Kursk, a drone crashed into a multi-story building on Soyuznaya Street. One person was killed and 10 were injured. The center of Belgorod came under massive attack , including the buildings of the regional government and the court. In addition, civilian vehicles were again targeted . Over the course of a week, two civilians were killed and more than twenty were injured. Rostov-on-Don was subjected to no less massive attacks. Drone debris damaged about ten multi-story buildings. At least 13 civilians were injured . For the first time, drones attacked the Kome Republic, and air defense operations were reported

17:45 over Ukhta. Also, for the first time in a long time, Chechnya was attacked. No consequences were reported. Several drones were shot down in the Stavropol region. In Volgograd, drones attacked local oil refineries. A fire started. One of the drones fell on the roof of a multi-story building. According to local authorities, no one was hurt. They attacked the LPR and DPR again. Arrivals were reported in Lisichansk, Starobelsk and Yenakiyevo. There were also reports of five deaths and more than 100 injuries after an explosion at a gunpowder factory in the Ryazan region. According to preliminary information, this is not related to a drone attack, but to a violation of safety regulations; presumably, an ammunition detonated. In the run-up to the meeting between Putin and Trump, Russia has significantly reduced the number of air strikes, which was confirmed by Ukrainian monitoring channels.

18:31 Arrivals were reported in Sumy and Kharkiv regions. Russian drones hit the Senelnikovo railway station in the Dnipropetrovsk region. There were also reports of a missile strike on a Ukrainian Armed Forces training ground in the Chernihiv region. The Ukrainian command reported at least one dead and ten wounded. Another attack was discussed at the instigation of Western media. The New York Times wrote that at least 12 foreign mercenaries, including those from the United States, Denmark, and Colombia, were killed in a July attack by Russian escorts on a training camp near Krapivnitsky in the Kirovograd region. The article contains the story of one of the survivors. According to a US recruit, the landing occurred during lunch, and he personally saw at least fifteen dead and over 100 wounded. Officially, the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported one dead and one

19:17 wounded. At the same time, the Russian Ministry of Defense and the FSB stated that as a result of the July strikes, the Ukrainian program for the production of long-range Sapsan missiles was disrupted. In June, Volodymyr Zelensky announced the start of serial production of these missile systems, which are capable of hitting targets at a distance of up to 700 km. According to the FSB report, four enterprises in Pavlograd and Shostka were hit. The Sapsan program has suffered colossal damage. During the week, a significant number of Russians learned the news, as usual, in Telegram, but it was already difficult to discuss it by calling in the same messenger. According to Downdetector services from the Russian Federation, several thousand complaints about the work of voice and video calls in Telegram and WhatsApp have been received since Monday. This

20:05 was a rapid development in the story of an unexpected initiative by the big four mobile operators. Block calls in foreign messengers. Forbes and RBC wrote about the fact that such an initiative existed. Judging by the reaction of the press service of Rostelecom, which owns2, they could also have learned about their initiative from the media. MTS Belay and Megafon avoided direct comments , but according to leaks, such an initiative was indeed discussed by them at a strategy session back in May. Since then, however, there has been no news about her . that the blocking came as a surprise to many insiders, as indicated, for example, by Sergei Mironov’s reaction. The leader of a Just Russia for the Truth accused mobile operators of trying to return citizens to the last century, called on the government not to follow the lead of

20:51 mobile monopolies and to check the Big Four for signs of a cartel. Mironov was supported by the deputy head of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Andrei Tkachev, who stated that the logic of the ban shows weakness, whereas it is necessary to proceed from a competitive approach. However, literally the next day, Roskomnadzor confirmed that partial restrictions on calls in messengers were not just being discussed, but had already come into force and justified this by countering terrorism and extortion. The Ministry of Digital Development added that access to Internet calls could be restored if Telegram and Meta begin to comply with the requirements of Russian legislation. WhatsApp's press service responded by stating that the messenger opposes attempts by all governments to violate people's right to secure communication. And his problems in

21:37 Russia are connected precisely with this. Telegram, for its part, assured that it is actively combating malicious use of its platform and cited the results of a survey by the Russian Central Bank, according to which almost half of fraudsters attack their victims via regular mobile communications, and only 16% use instant messengers for this. What is interesting is the form the partial blockade took. According to experts, RKN will add gurgling, hissing and interference to conversations. How can one not recall the jamming of foreign voices in Soviet times? Interference is intended to make communication inconvenient. The restrictions have already led to an increase in the number of regular phone calls by 10-20% and to a flow of traffic to other messengers. For example, the

22:24 Google Meet service unexpectedly won, rising to second place in the Russian social network rankings in the App Store. In first place was the new national messenger Mac, which also provides voice calls. Perhaps they are in the VK app too. In addition, there has been a reported 12-15% increase in good old SMS traffic. It is characteristic that it has been steadily falling since the beginning of 2010, but then began to creep up after the recent mobile Internet shutdowns. It is reported that this mainly concerns service notifications, which are now often used instead of push notifications. It must be said that in some cases SMS is now the only way to send a text message, because there is no mobile Internet as such. Sixty Russian regions reported power

23:10 outages to counter drone attacks this week . Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozzhayev even warned that mobile Internet in Crimea and Krasnodar Krai could become unavailable for an indefinite period of time and recommended that residents use regular calls and SMS, download offline maps, save taxi phone numbers, use cash, and connect only to trusted Wi-Fi hotspots. At the end of July, State Duma deputies proposed creating a network of such verified points . It is reported that hotspots have already appeared in the Samara, Irkutsk and Tyumen regions, and the Yandex Stasi service for drivers has begun showing Wi-Fi access points in thirteen of the largest Russian cities. The Ministry of Digital Development,

23:56 for its part, promises to create a so -called white list of resources, access to which will be possible even when the mobile Internet is disabled. According to the head of the ministry, Maksut Shadayev, the system could be up and running by the end of the year, and the list itself will include mass-use services such as marketplaces, delivery services, and taxis. Messenger Max will obviously be included in the list, although this week there were reports that scammers have started to deceive Russians and there, using a fake State Services account, they plan to connect them to Max. Kursk publics told about a local resident from whom criminals swindled 440,000 rubles before she suspected something was wrong and went to the police. It is stated that so far these are isolated cases. Max itself announced that 10,000 fraudulent numbers were blocked

24:42 in July alone. And one more news of the week concerns gadgets. The St. Petersburg metro no longer allows passengers with non-working smartphones and tablets. At some stations they are selectively asked to turn them on. The metro press service reported that the corresponding order of the Ministry of Transport came into force on March 1 and that this is a forced response to possible threats. In this case, we are clearly not talking about digital security, but about anti-terrorist security. Such screenings have long been used at airports and train stations. It is tacitly believed that the screen of devices that have something illegal built into them will not turn on. The head of the transport commission of the Legislative Assembly, Alexey Tsivelev, proposed installing power points in the metro lobbies so that passengers whose gadgets simply ran out of battery

25:27 could still use the transport. There has been no response to the initiative yet . The cultural capital also imposed other restrictions. This week it became known that the Vasily Ostrovsky District Court banned five songs by the Leningrad group. We are talking about the tracks candidate, netkh, ne, chkh, ospa and russkie. By court order, links to them were included in the unified register of prohibited sites. It is reported that Senator Margarita Pavlova complained about the compositions , finding them particularly cruel, and that during the inspection, experts found a threat to the spiritual, moral, social, mental and physical health of minors in the lyrics. Vasily Ostrovsky's court decision was unexpectedly supported by the author of the lyrics, Sergei Shnurov, who stated

26:15 that the songs in question were not intended for an audience under 18 years of age. The hot southern sun all these days continued to warm not only the Caspian Sea and the beaches of Abshiron, but also the relations between Baku and Moscow. Azerbaijan, despite the Kremlin’s efforts not to escalate the conflict, continues to demonstrate its readiness for escalation. Baku did not participate in the meeting of the Council of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the CIS countries in St. Petersburg, where the joint fight against crime and cooperation between law enforcement agencies were discussed. Also this week, Ilham Aliyev ordered the allocation of $2 million to provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine. It was stated that this money will be used to purchase electrical equipment produced in Azerbaijan.

27:01 In total, since February 22, Baku has sent Kyiv about 40 million dollars in GUM aid. Now, however, Azerbaijani media outlets are writing that if Moscow continues its aggressive policy against Baku’s interests, then the unofficial embargo on arms supplies to Ukraine will be lifted. This news caused a storm of vitriolic comments on war-related channels. Rybar noted that there was no imbargo on military aid . Azerbaijan has been sending weapons to Kyiv since the very beginning of the Second World War. In addition, citizens of Azerbaijan fought on the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces . We recalled the message from the end of July that the production of 122 and 155 mm artillery shells for the Ukrainian Armed Forces was being launched in Baku using equipment from Turkish and Bulgarian companies. War correspondent Yuriy Kotinok noted that the

27:47 only question is whether these ammunition will be supplied to Kyiv directly or through intermediaries. No matter how bluff Baku's statement was, its reasons were no mystery to war correspondents. Literally 2 days before this, President Aliyev accused Russia of striking an oil tanker, a gas compressor station and other Azerbaijani facilities located in Ukraine. War correspondents called for continued pressure on Azerbaijan and the eradication of the Azerbaijani fifth column, that is, ethnic criminal groups and their shadow business in Russia. At the same time, Moscow officially continues to demonstrate restraint. The Russian Foreign Ministry only warned that Baku’s actions do not contribute to a peaceful settlement and will worsen the situation on Earth. The search for a new external enemy in

28:32 Azerbaijan can be explained by another reason. Armenia, which was the main antagonist for several decades, is no longer playing this role. Last week, Ilham Aliyev and Nikol Pashinyan signed a declaration of intent at the White House, a preliminary agreement on establishing peace and diplomatic relations between the countries. The ceremony was another triumph for Donald Trump, including at the level of gestures. In the video, the American president appears to seal the guests' handshake and pats them both on the back. Apparently, Trump wants to get a similar picture in the case of Russia and Ukraine. And although the chances of this happening are much more illusory, the owner of the White House is trying to do it by the first ten days of October, when the Nobel Peace Prize laureates will be announced

29:19 . There are numerous signs that Trump is very eager to get it. His nomination was supported by Aleyev and Pashinyan, and by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and by the authorities of Cambodia, Gabon, Pakistan and Rwanda. White House Press Secretary Carolyn Levitt joined the chorus, saying that it was high time for Trump to receive this award, since, as we know, press secretaries of top officials do not speak in their own names. These words can be considered Trump's personal opinion. Yes, I deserve it. His reasons for scorning this particular prize are not entirely clear, but as our experts, who we spoke to in this week's editorial, noted, Trump generally views himself not only in the context of the current moment, but also on a

30:05 historical scale, wanting his portraits to be on dollar bills and all the prestigious peace prizes to be in his museum in 100 years. It is no coincidence that the corridor discussed in the agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be called the Trump route for international peace and prosperity. English abbreviation Trip as a path. This is the same Zangezur corridor that Baku demands for access to the Azerbaijani exclave in Khichavan. Armenia calls the strip of land the Migrian Road and insists it will never give up its territory. And so, under the new agreement, the forty-three-kilometer corridor will be leased to the United States for 99 years, and the states will sublease it to a certain consortium that will build railroads, oil, gas, and

30:51 fiber-optic communication lines. The Earth itself seems to remain under Armenian jurisdiction. Iran has already stated that it will not allow the creation of an American corridor on its border. Numerous observers have noted that the transfer of the road to Washington's control also affects Moscow's interests. However, a cold neutrality is maintained here . Maria Zakharova, having positively assessed the US mediation, expressed hope that it will be possible to avoid the sad experience of Western assistance in settling the conflict in the Middle East. This week, another point was made in the high-profile and painfully long case of Kaliningrad doctors accused of murdering a newborn. The Moscow Regional Court sentenced neonatologist Ilina Sushkevich and head physician of maternity hospital number 4 Elena Belaya to nine and nine-and-a-half

31:38 years of imprisonment. They were also deprived of the right to practice medicine for 3 years. Let me remind you that, according to the investigation, in November 2018, Belaya, who was acting as the head physician, decided not to spoil the statistics of newborn survival and instructed resuscitator Sushkevich to administer a lethal dose of magnesium sulfate to a premature baby, and to indicate in the documents that he was stillborn. The accused did not admit guilt. According to them, the baby died as a result of unsuccessful resuscitation efforts. The medical community has repeatedly spoken out in support of doctors. Since 2019, the case has been heard in court three times . At first, the jury in Kaliningrad acquitted the doctors, but the verdict was overturned. Then, in 2022, doctors were given the same terms as now. And the appeal

32:25 found the sentence to be legal. But last year the Supreme Court sent the case back for a new trial. According to the defense's estimates, being in custody and under house arrest subtracts approximately 5 years and 10 months from the sentence. That is, in just 2 months, Sushkevich could theoretically file a petition for parole. However, her lawyer Vyacheslav Zhukovsky states that the defense intends to go all the way to the Presidium of the Supreme Court again and again, as they consider the verdict to be illegal. [music] Despite the holiday season, Russia continues to tighten the rules for migrants' stay almost every week. This week, an inter-faction bill was introduced to the State Duma, which proposes to limit the number of free attempts at testing in Russian and to

33:10 introduce mandatory paid education for foreigners in Russian schools. The explanatory note states that due to the increase in the number of migrant children, Russian schools are short more than 900,000 places, and the insufficient level of language proficiency of migrants is slowing down the education of Russian children. At the same time, teachers are advised to monitor the children of migrants for any tendency to commit crimes. Methodological guidelines developed jointly by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Education and Science have appeared in Bashkartastan, Smolensk and Sverdlovsk regions. The recommendations include a checklist according to which the teacher should look for phrases in the works of foreigners that indicate a disdainful attitude towards historical memory, traditional values and state symbols. Teachers are also advised to note the attitude of

33:56 migrant children towards lessons on important topics and towards discussions on political, social and religious topics. If suspicions arise, information must be passed on to the higher authorities. And in Moscow and the Moscow region, testing of Amin's mobile application has been launched. As TAST writes, through it, labor migrants will be able to send data about a change of residence to the authorities, and at the same time the Ministry of Internal Affairs will receive the geolocation of the owner of the device. From September, the use of Amina will become mandatory for all migrant workers. Meanwhile, adult migrants in St. Petersburg have been banned from working as couriers. The decree was signed by Governor Alexander Beglov. The new rules apply to all deliveries, including groceries and food from restaurants. It was stated that the measure is aimed at improving the quality and safety of services

34:43 and creating new jobs for young people and students. Businesses will be given a three-month transition period to introduce the final ban. Earlier, Beglov had already banned foreigners from working in St. Petersburg as taxi drivers and rental car drivers. Restrictions on migrant work are in place in at least ten Russian regions, including Vladimir, Samara, Nizhny Novgorod and Rostov Oblasts. The professions closed to them include not only couriers and taxi drivers, but also food and alcohol sellers, teachers, doctors, cooks and hairdressers. This week, Garry Muradyan, a member of the State Duma expert council on youth policy, spoke out against such restrictions. He said that with a shortage of personnel, delivery costs could rise so much that the usual service would become less accessible. Russians, as

35:31 Murodyan reminded, are not very willing to become couriers. And more about the employment and income of fellow citizens. This week, Rosstat shared a metric that is much deeper than it seems at first glance. The number of Russians with a salary of one million rubles has exceeded 45,000 people. But the word exceeded looks like serious trolling, because it is only % of the population of Russia. However, it is not the numbers themselves that are important, but the context. These statistics are specifically about salaries. It is obvious that there are many more Russians whose income is one million rubles or more. Perhaps not even by several times, but by an order of magnitude. It’s just that in their case it’s not a salary, but income from a business. We are not discussing which one exactly now. That is, one

36:18 million rubles can be considered approximately the upper limit between hired labor and entrepreneurial activity. This is an important characteristic not only for Russia, but for any country. The amount you can receive as a salary, even if you occupy top positions in other people's companies, is usually significantly less than what you could earn if that company were yours. Of course, this does not mean that everyone who does business in Russia has a free million rubles a month. Most entrepreneurs do not have that much money on hand, but there are also a fair number of businessmen who earn much more. I would guess that the average amount will end up being around a million. Well, these are just my guesses to calculate the exact line between those

37:04 who have a high salary and those whose income from business is hardly possible. And once again , we are not talking about the type of business now and are not delving into the question of whether an official who lives on more than one salary can be considered a businessman. We can assume that there are also many such people in Russia. If we talk about the everyday needs of citizens, they are, as a rule, much more modest. However, this does not save us from disappointment. This week, a story went viral about a Muscovite who asked GPT Chat to calculate her chances of meeting a single man in Moscow between the ages of 25 and 40, with a height of 180 cm and an income of 150,000 rubles. without bad habits and with higher education. The ruthless neural network calculated that there are

37:51 2.5 such men in the capital, or 0.24 of all Muscovites in this age group. After reading this, the high- achieving girl captioned her post: "I'm doomed." As we have already understood, summer holidays are not a reason to take a break from parliamentary initiatives. However, some of them, contrary to trends, are not about tightening, but about a radical weakening of control. Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin announced that the Duma will soon discuss the abolition of homework for schoolchildren. In general, such conversations have been going on for several years. The idea was regularly discussed at government meetings with the participation of the Ministry of Education. Recently, the vice-speaker from the New People party, Vladislav Davankov, proposed to abolish homework. All the more interesting is the

38:38 justification that Volodin gave: modern technologies and artificial intelligence turn homework into a formality and a waste of time. As a parent of a schoolchild, I can partially agree that homework on any subject is increasingly turning into practicing a single skill: correctly formulating a request for a GPT chat. At the same time, only a vast minority of teachers have the skills to distinguish the work of a real student from the output of artificial intelligence, and this is declining as the quality of AI work gets better every week. Perhaps the only more or less reliable criterion by which one can judge whose intelligence it is, if the homework of an

39:23 average schoolchild becomes smart and eloquent beyond their years. Many teachers say that it has become typical for a student to bring homework that gets an A +, but when answering the same question orally, he mumbles, and at best gets a C. But will eliminating homework as such help here? The question is debatable. Then you need to decide what to replace them with. One of the proposed options is a system of in-school activities after school. A new take on what was called after-school care in my school years . There are many successful examples in Russia, although mainly in private schools. After school, children work in small groups and definitely use their individual brains. However, the transition to such a system on a mass scale is hardly possible. The problem of a shortage of teachers immediately arises

40:09 , many of whom already work two or three jobs. Besides, many schools in Russia have a second shift. There is simply no time or space for additional activities. In general, friends, the topic of how the development of artificial intelligence is trapping, first and foremost, the younger generations is rapidly becoming one of the main problems of our time. This week, the New York Times published a huge article about how, since the beginning of 2010, billionaires, IT company executives, and even US presidents have been urging young people to study programming, claiming that these skills guarantee excellent employment and provide a stable income. Tech giants promised graduates high salaries and all kinds of benefits. And then, in the blink of an eye, it turned out that progress had

40:55 taken a different path. Major employers like Amazon and Microsoft are firing human workers and replacing them with artificial intelligence. And programmers are facing difficulties in finding work in precisely those areas that recently promised mountains of gold. Many American graduates try to urgently look for another job, but not always successfully. In general, friends, if it were not for the situation in which Russia and a significant part of the world found themselves in mid-2025, the topic briefly raised by Volodin would now be one of the central topics on the news agenda. I have no doubt, however, that there will be more. A much more practical innovation was planned to be introduced from September 1 in schools in the Bobrovsky, Buturlinovsky and

41:41 Novokhopersky districts of the Voronezh region. An experiment to combat childhood obesity proposed banning hot dogs , doughnuts and pizza from school cafeterias, and offering salads, boiled cereals and healthy snacks instead. Unfortunately, the Voronezh Ministry of Health has refuted the information about the ban, explaining that it was only about developing recommendations for the menu. I tried to remember the last time the topic of schoolchildren's eating habits appeared in the media and only remembered a meme with Nikita Letvinkov from the early Runet era. There was good borscht with cabbage, but not red. Okay, sausages. Well, there is also some kind of strange salad where they chop up carrots, cabbage, apples and

42:29 pineapples. He actually irritates me. I'm afraid Nikita is still not alone in his preferences. Even now, most schoolchildren would choose something from fast food rather than a salad. The same sausage in dough or mini-pizza. Of course, there is nothing useful in this. And the rejection of such dishes, at least in school cafeterias, could only be welcomed. The question, as one might assume, comes down only to budgets and those who feed off them. Not only in the literal sense. A healthy menu is by definition more expensive and more complicated than an unhealthy one. Well, yes, forming correct eating habits is primarily the responsibility of the parents. Although today's kids are more likely to listen to the opinions of the GPT chat. This week,

43:15 speculation around the cast of the next James Bond film has flared up with renewed vigor. And this time they went far beyond the limits of creative solutions. Amazon MGM owner Jeff Bezz is reportedly obsessed with casting his new wife Lauren Sanchez as a Bond girl, according to Hollywood insiders. In general, aggressive nepotism is a common thing in the world of cinema. One can recall at least Charlie Chaplin, who regularly promoted his lovers, often very young ones, in films. For example, Mild Harris and Lita Grey were his wives. and at the same time actresses in his films. More recent examples include Woody Allen filming his partner Mio Fera. In thirteen films, Luc Beson has given roles to several of his muses, including

44:00 Neila Jovovich, remember her in The Fifth Element and in Jean Derck. And, of course, Tim Burton, who consistently cast his common-law wife Helena Bonhomme Carter in key roles. Protectionism also flourished in Soviet cinema. Off the top of my head, I can think of Sergei Bondarchuk, Andrei Konchalovsky and Vladimir Naumov, who actively promoted their wives, or even Nikita Mikhalkov, who filmed his daughters. Although, I will say that the careers of these partners were only aimed at such roles, because they are truly great actresses. Another thing is that these are all cases, so to speak, within the cinema, connected mainly with directors. Stories of external influence on casting are also not uncommon, but usually they involve violence and are of a quiet, behind-the-scenes nature. Rumor has it that dictators and powerful

44:46 ministers like Mussolini and Beria often pushed their favorites into big-time cinema. In France and Italy, in the fifties and sixties, there was a whole layer of sponsored cinema. Wealthy industrialists and politicians paid for films in which their mistresses were cast, at least in episodic roles. There was a lot of this in Russian cinema in the nineties. But unlike all these examples, Bess decided to go loud and practically open, not in some low-budget film, but in one of the most commercially successful cinematic universes. According to a comment from one of Amazon MGM's top executives, the fact that Laurence Sanchez is not an actress does not bother Bezs, because when you spend $8 billion, you get what you want. Let me remind you that this is the

45:31 amount Amazon bought the MGM studio for in 2022, and earlier this year it received the rights to creative control over the James Bond franchise. I won’t take it upon myself to judge the moral side of the issue; I’m curious about another piquant detail. According to sources, producers want a British actor under 30 to play the role of Bond himself. One of the leading candidates is Tom Holland. He is now 29. It is not entirely clear how viewers will react to agent 007's companion, who is old enough to be his mother. Lawrence Sanchez is now 55. Considering that the wok of culture is already going through hard times, such a non-canonical tandem could be poorly received by fans of the franchise about a real playboy and negatively affect the

46:19 boxing office. And I'm also curious how one of my favorite directors, Denis Velneuve, who has already been approved for the new Bond film, will handle this situation. To what extent will he be willing to put his name on the line by coordinating his vision with the main shareholder? [music] Admit it, how often do you, when commenting on some news item, even from our broadcasts, nervously twitch your eye and say: "What clowns." So, appreciate these moments, because, according to the director of the Russian State Circus, Elena Petrikova, world clowning is experiencing a crisis. Elena said that young clowns can’t find a way to combine tradition and relevance because humor itself has changed. Sometimes it's

47:04 stand-up, sometimes it's stupid videos with grimaces. We understand, it's not funny. Here it is useful to remember that the classic or, as they call him, carpet clown has always had a very synthetic set of skills, as they say now, skill set, including acrobatics, juggling, training, acting , and elements of what is now called stand-up. In terms of immediate reaction to the audience's reaction, who else but a clown should always sense the mood of the audience, be able to enter into a dialogue with it, and sometimes into direct polemics, subtly and funny reacting to the ridicule that not the most intelligent viewers can afford. It is here, if we believe Petrikova, and we have no reason not to trust her expertise, that a serious professional crisis has emerged. It gives

47:52 new meaning to the expression: "The circus has left, but the clowns remain." In the sense that the most relevant now is only one of the traditional roles of a carpet artist. Sad clown. He was left alone with a lack of demand and bleak prospects. And I am ready to sympathize with modern clowns without joking, because they really do have too much competition. It is unlikely, friends, that any of us will argue that clowning has gone too far beyond the confines of circuses. If anyone still has doubts about the previous conclusion, here is news from a more than serious institution, namely Moscow State University. As it turned out, at the biology department of Moscow State University, for more than 25 years there was an institute for

48:38 research into the nature of time, which studied teleportation and the possibility of creating a time machine. When the media started writing about this and the university started receiving surprised inquiries, the institute’s website stopped opening. The dean of the biological faculty, academician Mikhail Kirpichnikov, reported that he had never heard of the Institute of Time and that such a structure does not exist. However, the mentioned institute website, when it was still opening, was located on a subdomain of the official Moscow State University website at this address. And you don't have to be an academic to know that everything that ends up on the internet will stay on the internet. So, according to the Institute of Time website, the basis of its activities was holding seminars not only on the nature of time, but also on such scientific categories as

49:24 extrasensory perception, biolocation and torsion fields. By the way, the institute’s YouTube channel is still available, although it hasn’t been updated for a long time . As journalists found out, the institute had 24 departmental laboratories, including research on the relationship between time and the psyche, causal mechanics, and temporal quantum physics. Among the areas of work indicated were the development of adequate methods for measuring variability and the creation of conditions for the consolidation of time researchers. In general, it is not at all shameful to discuss the nature of time and is even useful. And here what is interesting is not so much the institute’s activities themselves , but rather the institution under which they were carried out. And was it

50:09 financed by the state? If so, then I am afraid that questions will arise not so much about movements in time, but about the movements of funds, which, in turn, can lead to movements in space of individuals, which are hardly desired by these individuals. How can I remember a scene from the classic Soviet film “Formula of Love” based on the story by Alexei Tolstoy. "Count Cleostrum", when the security forces who came to arrest the charlatan count are told: "This is impossible, he is in the future." To which the shadows, confused, respond: “It’s not the first time we’ve gotten something from the future.” Returning to the Institute of Time, the year of its foundation was indicated as 1999, that is, the last year of the previous historical era. Not a bad point to measure the nature of time. At

50:56 least for the present, based on the same symbolism, now is really a good time to close this institution and not risk ruptures in the space of the time continuum. If, friends, my words seem too abstruse to you, then I will formulate them more simply. The only immutable law of time that we profess here is that you have little time, and we will appreciate it from you . You watched the News editorial on YouTube and Boost. Thanks to everyone who supports our new releases there, as well as through Patreon and YouTube sponsorship. For those who are interested in a daily selection of news compiled according to the same principles as mine, I can say that I myself read my colleagues’ Telegram channel called Context. There is everything there to keep you informed, but not to suffer from information noise. Well,

51:42 in my Telegram there are all sorts of thoughts and observations, not only on the current agenda. Oh, take care of yourself. See you. [music]