Thank you also to the folks from cspan who are watching and the folks that are streaming this live over the Atlantic Councils website. My name is william wechsler. I read the Atlantic Councils work in the middle east. Im the director for the center that is your host this afternoon. This question was a question that would not really have been asked only a decade ago. China does not have deep historical ties in the region. China has its economic connections were modest not that long ago. But now its a question that many people in the region are asking more and more. Many people in the u. S. Economic, diplomatic, intelligence and military apparatus are asking more and more. Many people in china are asking more and more about how they approach this region as part of their wider belt and Road Initiative, as part of their wider diplomatic initiatives, as part of their need for Energy Resources. What we see right now is the economic relationship between china and the middle east is deep and d
And now its time for Economic News the share of the ruble in payments for exports has reached a record 39 . This is the maximum level over the last 5 years, reported to the central bank. Mostly asia and europe paid with russian currency. The countries of north and south america more often chose the dollar and the euro. At the end of the year, their share in export payments was 31. 5 . In third place is 29. 5 . The currencies of friendly countries remain. At the end of the year, the russian budget received almost 160 billion rubles from income at an increased personal income tax rate of 15 . It is valid for citizens with annual earnings of more than 5 million rubles. According to rbc , about half of these taxes were provided by moscow. Next come st. Petersburg, moskovskaya region and krasnodar region. The expected volume of fees this year is 176 billion. Let me remind you that a progressive tax scale has been in effect in russia since the beginning of 2021. The number of passengers of R
Elections noted the absolute transparency of the voting process, including because the progress of the voting, the progress of the elections could be monitored using the most modern technologies, highquality preparation Vladimir Putin also noted the electoral process when he arrived late in the evening to meet with the volunteers of his headquarters, lets listen, there were quite a few complaints, this speaks of the quality of the work, very important work for the country, which. Allows us to consolidate society, to show the correctness of our choice in which we are going, the correctness of the path we are following, to create conditions for further movement forward, so that russia is even stronger, stronger, more effective and has the opportunity to solve all those tasks that i recently spoke about in the post, thank you very much, guys, in several regions of russia there was support for Vladimir Putin. Record, so in chechnya, according to local Election Commissions, 98. 99 voted for
Punish traitors by name without a statute of limitations, and suppress any attempts at interethnic conflicts. Vladimir putin took part in a meeting of the fsb board. The main statements of the president in our release. Yes, sevastopol by rail, the new highway will stretch from rostovondon through new russian regions to crimea. How this will simplify logistics will make peoples lives easier. A third of the rubble is the mind. Additional ventilation of the mine is being carried out, the situation with the collapse of the soil at a gold mine in primurye is under control Vladimir Putin, what is the situation at this time . In the north of russia today , classes in schools have been canceled; in the middle zone , weather forecasters promise the first spring showers. When the rains start, well find out in the weather section. And now urgent news News Agencies report that Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with the president of abkhazia bdzhania, the kremlin reports. It is reported t
Rescue services to carry out priority work to detect rising to the surface injured workers. Let me remind you that the pioneer mine is located in the north of the amur region. Meanwhile, in blagoveshchensk , an extraordinary meeting of the coes was held, where a decision was made to introduce a regional emergency regime. This decision was made by governor vasily orluk. He noted that now it is necessary to competently and professionally organize an emergency. Hello, vera, today at 10 30 ukrainian militants shelled the belgogorod region, a suburban village came under fire, the attack was carried out using rocket systems volley fire, shells fell nearby directly into residential buildings, collapsed next to residential buildings, cars that were moving along the road at that moment were also damaged, at the beginning the siren went off, this probably saved people, most of them managed to take cover, ill now ask the operator to show a private house, a rescue operation is currently underway t