That they have parents, the principal of the school was with them, so she knew that these children, they have a mother, they have a father, you understand that this is for illegals, the west is simply ready to devour those who are not able to repel them, ksenia lebedevas authors view of the policy of double standards in the project is different, watch on the belarus 24 tv channel, you can do a lot in 24 hours, and even more in 7. In our project you will learn about key dates , events in the country and the world that happened during the week, in just 20 minutes. There will be time for entertainment, exciting projects that will surprise and lift your spirits. A series of films, pearls of belarusian cinema. And, of course, an online journey through our amazing country in search of a new place on map. All this and more in the weekly project. Broadcast 24 7, watch on our tv channel every friday evening. Andrey gennady, what business brought you to minsk . These days i participated in the second russianbelarusian tourism congress, i believe that the belarusian tourism industry. A huge future, and this future is largely connected with russia with russian tourists. What decisions were made and will they be implemented in life . The professional community does not gather just to talk. What attracts russians so much . Our country . No language barrier. The cordiality and hospitality that amazes me personally in belarus is cleanliness and neatness. Over the past 10 years, the Russian Federation has invested more funds in crimea in its development. Than ukraine for all the years while the peninsula was part of it. Russia did enter the Crimean Peninsula with significant investments, and these were investments in people. In the current conditions, in your opinion, what needs to be done to preserve your state . The most important thing is that every person must remember where he came from, if you remember that you are russian, belarusian, that this is your homeland, before you look somewhere else. Towards the distant shores, lets call it, look, what can be done here . Hello, the program say dont be silent is on air. In the studio svetlana smolonskaya and tatyana shcherbina. And today we have a deputy visiting us. Restrictions, events that are taking place now, Domestic Tourism is developing very dynamically, almost all regions are involved in. The topic, in my opinion, is just participation and belarusian regions is also significant and will be very useful. Tas is the General Information partner of this event, i hope that this congress will only expand every year, in fact, it will truly become such a serious platform for discussing issues of tourism development. Well , in general , are you frequent guests in minsk and belarus . Unfortunately no, its only the second time, but i really like it, i just feel like i need to come here for tourism purposes, otherwise im always at work, yes you went out, well, you had a rest at the exhibition, what caught your attention, what impressed you . In fact, a very interesting exposition; it is important that the russian regions also presented their tourism opportunities, but i looked with interest at what the belarusian regions offer. A very wide exposition of opportunities in the field of tourism, artisans, manufacturers of various equipment, including for recreation, the exhibition is wonderful, if we return to the congress, what decisions were made and will they be implemented in life, will they not just remain on paper . It is very important that the congress is still a platform for professional interaction between those who work in the field. Tourism these are tour operators, owners of hotels, restaurants, investors in this area, carriers, and this is precisely a guarantee that, as you said, decisions will not remain on paper, the professional community does not gather just to talk, the professional Community Discusses everything specific questions, makes specific decisions, and then goes on with them, but the news agency will somehow cover all these decisions and their implementation . Absolutely yes, we in tas have accumulated vast experience in promoting russian regions in the field of tourism, in promoting other countries and regions of other countries, in the field of tourism for russians, i hope that belarus will also join their number, so i am convinced that we will definitely cover tourism topics, tourism agenda, including here. Dagestan, altai, karelia, and of course sochi. I would like more information about other interesting places. Tas has this big project dedicated to the northern caucasus, we use a very wide range of tools aimed at promoting this region specifically its tourism potential, its tourist attractiveness, so i. Dagestan, many people travel around central russia with interest, so i think that we definitely need to completely master siberia, the urals, and the far east. These are truly unique regions, unique, interesting and natural and historical attractions, in my opinion, everyone, both belarusians and russians, should see this, should see the pacific ocean, should see all this Natural Beauty of these unique people, i really recommend everyone to go to the far east in siberia, unfortunately, we are still poorly promoting russian tourism products. Here inside belarus using the capabilities of the belarusian media, but nevertheless i think that this mistake will be corrected in the near future, but nevertheless i urge all residents of belarus to actively use the Russian Media, including the information resources of our agency, and there we will definitely find the most detailed information, when is the best time to come, how to get there . Therefore, well, you have already voiced quite a lot of information, thank you, you enlightened us a little, but there is also the issue of transport, that is , some particularly remote regions, you need to get there, at least from minsk, yes, its like we say, 3 days on reindeer, 2 days on dogs, that is, this is through some interchange transshipment points, i would like it, of course, we have some direct flights, but they are still not enough, as for me it seems like maybe i im wrong, but regular transport links are not only. Tourism is also the economy, right . Certainly yes, nevertheless, the network of air flights not only from minsk, but from other cities of belarus, is probably expanding not as quickly as we would like, but nevertheless this is happening, in fact, if we are talking about kamchatka and the far east in general, then, in principle, one connection, say, in moscow or st. Petersburg, and a person can easily get to petropavlovskkamchatsky to the south. From sakhalinsk to vladivostok, khabarovsk, blagoveshchensk, yakutsk, anyone, i believe that it is worth visiting absolutely all regions, if just once a year a russian or belarusian spends his vacation in at least one region of the Russian Federation, we have 89 of them, and if we add six more to them belarusian regions, he will need 95 years, 95 years, the main thing is to live that long. Friend, they can be completely different, in terms of tourist attractiveness, some natural features, historical regions that are located next to each other , its definitely worth it to do, well, if possible, now that there are no borders between russians and belarusians, in fact, and flights, buses. To take advantage of these opportunities, well , its just strange, ill say so, for a long time , russians were mainly aimed at leaving the country, and for recreation, like you , the railway, whatever, you dont think, what is the reason for the fact that, well, besides the restrictions, that is, there are resorts that you can still fly to, but nevertheless, this turn towards Domestic Tourism, it brought awareness to russians their capabilities like this. Lets say, absolutely , yes, firstly, the infrastructure has improved qualitatively, hotels, sanatoriums, holiday homes, restaurants, some entertainment opportunities have appeared in almost all regions, and the network of excursion routes has expanded significantly, a significant number of guides have appeared. Short weekend trips, holidays, my family and i go regularly, and there are nearby regions, and on weekends there are excellent opportunities for adults and children to have a great rest. First deputy chairman of the Committee State duma for education jaana lantratova proposes to consider the possibility of launching the federal Family Vacation program, it is aimed at ensuring the availability of Domestic Tourism for families with children, including large families. In your opinion, how much is this . It is clear that demand needs to be actively stimulated, and Family Vacations are precisely the direction that can become a flagship, can become a priority, and these initiatives, some other projects and programs, are certainly very useful for solving these problems, well, probably there was an awareness that our country is beautiful, there is no need to go anywhere, we have russia, belarus, and this . Then every person can form their own impression about russia, about belarus, about where we live, what a wonderful country we have, what a wonderful culture and nature we have, and accordingly, it seems to me that tourism is one of the most important factors, including in the Patriotic Education of young people, and the promotion of patriotism already. Regions, this special project is unknown including the various tourist potential , belarus really talks about the Main Attractions of belarus, what you can see here, belarusian cuisine, plus accommodation opportunities, pricing policy, that is, in principle, this is such a concentrated set of information for the tourist when. He considers and accepts decision for myself to go, well, in this case, to belarus, that is , this project is aimed specifically at tourists, this is a project that was made in a special way in order to illuminate the russians tourism opportunities of belarus, we did it together with the Belarusian News Agency belta, the National Tourism agency of the republic of belarus, accordingly , for that i thank my colleagues very much and i hope that this project, perhaps other projects, will expand, because that now, i just talked about this, including at the tourism congress, there is Domestic Tourism and, well, not that there is a downside, but nevertheless a factor of very tough competition, regions compete with each other, russian regions and it is quite obvious that belarus and the belarusian regions also found themselves involved in this competitive struggle. Yes, absolutely, there is a prospect, moreover, events in the field of business tourism are actively being held, uh, in particular here in minsk, here in the hotel where i stayed, and at the same time there were two or three quite large events going on, with a large number of participants, that is, these were people who came in a special way , some companies brought quite a significant the number of both its employees and some guests for some kind of event. Therefore, i think that belarus has very good potential in the field of tourism, including business tourism, as we said, it is absolutely necessary to use the Media Opportunities of both belarusian media and Russian Media here. In the meantime, well take a short break, i remind you, our telegram channel, say dont be silent, subscribe, ask questions and suggest us new interesting guests, we are connected the program say dont be silent is on air again, and today we are visiting deputy general director of the tas news agency andrey sokolov. Andrey gennadievich, you often visit russian regions, well, not only russian ones, yes, but you see how these regions are developing, what kind of experience belarus could borrow, firstly, it needs to invest much more actively. Now, but again, we have already said this many times today, there are no limits to growth, the opportunities are enormous, including tourism opportunities and the development of infrastructure, which is largely degree was created during the soviet period, where its renovation is possible, where replacement with new, more modern infrastructure facilities is impossible. This largely ensures the occupancy of tourist sites and the hotel complex, and so on, and here in belarus there are all the opportunities for this , its definitely absolutely worth doing, the cultural sphere is very rich and a huge number of events are held in the regions, not in moscow, not in st. Petersburg in some regions this is both sib and dalny east. The caucasus, whatever, and accordingly, here, it seems to me, belarus could also get involved, could host some sports, cultural and business events, they need to be invented, they need to be thought through, they need to be organized and promoted in the right way in the media space, so that a large number of spectators and fans come and participate in these events. Well, i would say so, cleanliness, neatness, i dont want to blame the russian regions in this case, but its with great pleasure that i even despite such bad weather there, i walked around minsk, a very clean, pleasant city, very well, again, you talked about roadside service, the roads are in very good condition, clean shoulders, wellgroomed, this immediately creates a different impression of the region , and even an element of, lets say, stereotyping, perception regarding ideas of where to go, this is the project i mentioned in the north caucasus, in the first years since 2016 we are implementing it, in the first years the task was to really break the stereotype in attitude towards the north caucasus that this is such a dangerous region, and we coped with this task. And if earlier, back there , probably 10 years ago, the idea of going on vacation to the same dagestan was perceived, well, not quite, but now we have a huge number of russians happy to go on vacation to dagestan, to the chechen republic, to other regions of the northern caucasus, what does this mean . This means that they feel that it is calm there, that it is safe there, no, some. Problems, including those related to terrorism, and naturally they understand that it will be an interesting, eventful, highquality vacation, absolutely safe, and indeed, it is belarus, it seems to me, that it is worth highlighting this component of tourism, safety, this is very important, well, what cant be said about such a region as crimea, and the Russian Federation, where, in general, with the security. Of the Russian Federation, they dealt with issues of regional development, and then after that they held the position of deputy minister of the Russian Federation specifically for crimean affairs. And so it was such, i have heard the opinion that residents of this region have expressed that over the past 10 years. The federal and regional authorities in crimea and sevastopol have made a truly colossal leap in the creation of such mainline key infrastructure facilities, and this is actually not only the crimean bridge, which is on everyones lips. If you compare the main highway, kerch, simferopol, before and after, before and after, the difference will be colossal, there will be a colossal difference. But at the same time, which is very important in my opinion, we invested, and it had its effect in the creation of social, transport, and energy, engineering infrastructure not only in large cities, but in remote settlements in the republic of crimea and sevastopol, medical and obstetric centers also came there, schools and hospitals were repaired or rebuilt. Clinics and all these are really the things that now give opportunity to the crimeans of. And other countries, where, so to speak, the colonial skating rink took place, where everything is squeezed out, the population is completely poor, there is no infrastructure, everyone cares about these people by and large i dont care, russia has never done this, and does not do this, in fact, just everyone, absolutely everyone who doubts this, can come with their own eyes. Including with an eye on what they will think in kiev regarding the manifestations , and not even at the political level, at the everyday level, thats how to put it, russian culture, the use of the russian language, demonstration of sympathy for the Russian Federation, well, this is serious psychological pressure, its very difficult, now this factor is gone, and its quite obvious that people sighed relief, people can freely express their thoughts in russian, show their commitment to the russian culture, so to speak. Dishonest propaganda, absolutely, uh, if we are talking about new regions that became part of russia in 2022, the situation is the same as in crimea, that is , problems with infrastructure, with its underdevelopment, so to speak, with its obsolescence, but this is still intensified by. The factors of the military destruction that ukraine has carried out all these years in the donetsk peoples republic and lugansk peoples republic, that is, it is quite obvious that our task here is more complex than in crimea, we need not just to build or reconstruct, but we need to largely engage in restoration now, and this is being done, the successes here are absolutely obvious, and this restoration is already underway. Taking into account modern technologies, modern Design Solutions and most importantly longterm planning, longterm development of these territories, this is exactly what ukraine has not done. We know how these regions will develop, what will be done there, and infrastructure is planned and built and restored taking into account this understanding, as for you, you mentioned vladivostok there, there were absolutely colossal investments in the development of the city, a new airport was built, the road network was reconstructed, i would even say that the geography of the city with the construction of two bridges on russky island and through the golden horn bay, it. What to develop there, how to develop it, what needs to be done to make the life of our citizens more and more comfortable. Well, lets start from the regions and travel lets move on a little to journalism, in september the tas news agency turns 120 years old, you have been working as deputy general director since 2015, you are among the top 50 most effective managers, what is the agencys achievement . You would call the most important thing, you know, over the 120 years of existence of our agency, the st. 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