In Kazakhstan, they were about to deprive Nazarbayev of all privileges

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Speaker of the House of Commons Kazakhstan Yerlan Koshanov said that in the near future the country plans to repeal the law on the first president of Kazakhstan – elabsy (nation leaders), which gave Nursultan Nazarbayev a number of powers and privileges.

“New amendments to the constitution exclude Nazarbayev's role as founder of the state remains. “If we accept these amendments, the law on the first president will also expire,” Koshanov said.

Recall that Nazarbayev has headed Kazakhstan for 30 years. He resigned in March 2019. Despite this, he retained a number of powers and privileges that were enshrined in the law on the first president of Kazakhstan – Elbas.

According to this document, Nazarbayev cannot be held responsible for the acts committed during the presidency. Among other things, he must not be arrested, detained, held in custody, interrogated or searched. All property of Nazarbayev and family members living with him shall be inviolable.

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Special operations in Ukraine: online broadcast on April 27

Russian Ministry of Defense reports, field reports, politicians' statements

Russian President Vladimir Putin and UN Secretary-General António Guterres met in Moscow. The parties exchanged their own ideas about the conflict in Ukraine. In Poland, they complained about a gas shutdown after Warsaw refused to pay it in rubles. Gazprom did not confirm this information. “The tap will be closed” only on April 27. The Russian Ministry of Defense has warned that if Ukraine strikes the territory of the Russian Federation, reactions from decision-making centers in Kiev will follow. A “red” level of danger was introduced in Transnistria after the terrorist attacks, and the Victory Parade on May 9 was canceled. In Canada, they are preparing a law that allows the property of sanctioned Russians to be disposed of at their own discretion. Read the previous broadcast here.

Photo: Global Look Press 09:23 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov said that Kyiv had recruited the world's first “cyber-army” of 300,000 volunteers. They have already organized more than 660 hacker attacks on Russia and Belarus.

09:17 Gazprom has announced a complete halt to gas supplies to Bulgaria's Bulgargaz and Poland's PGNiG due to non-payment in rubles.

09:16 The WarGonzo Telegram channel has announced the transfer of members of the Turkish far-right organization Gray Wolves through Poland to Ukraine. About 3,000 people are expected to take part in the Kharkov and Nikolayev counterattacks.

09:13 Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zacharova has warned that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky sees the situation around the Azovstal race in Mariupol as a card up his sleeve and intends to play it indefinitely.

09:03 According to Russian emergency services. more than one million people have arrived in Russia since the beginning of the military special operation from Ukraine, DLR and LLR. Of these, 182,000 are children.

08:41 American publicist Henry Olsen has indicated that the 200-year-old Western leadership in the world is ending. By 2040, India and China will show significant economic growth and come to the forefront.

08:34 Russia's Voronezh air defense systems destroyed a Ukrainian reconnaissance drone.

< p> 08:27 Chinese military expert Song Zhongping warned that if the war in Ukraine dragged on, the whole of Europe would be drawn into the war.

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07:43 Bloomberg military experts have admitted that if the United States continues to supply arms to Ukraine, because their supplies run out in a few months.

07:25 In the Voronezh micro-district, near the military airport, two pop people were heard. The social networks reported that the air defense system was operational at about five in the morning and the planes took off twice.

07:00 The air defense system was operating in the Kursk area. No casualties or destruction were reported.

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Macron's victory overshadowed by “yellow vests”: France is torn by contradictions

New presidency complicates unpopular reforms

Emmanuel Macron's victory in the French presidential election was as expected as the protests against the outcome of the second round of voting. But the scale of the anti-presidential demonstrations, judging by the response of both the police and ordinary citizens, turned out to be much larger than expected. The end of the presidential campaign could mean a new take-off of the “yellow vests”, which have long been preparing to return to the socio-political field.

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“Away with Macron, Robin of the Rich “is one of the protesters' slogans, based on the president's nickname in the left-wing press; Robin des Bourges is in line with Robin des Bois (French Robin Hood). Photo: AP

Protest: From the web to the streets

After gaining more than 58% of the votes in the second round, the incumbent French leader moved to a new term – a situation that developed for the first time since 2002. Jacques Chirac is re-elected president.

However, as in Chirac's case, re-election is not at all an indicator of the population's stable sympathy for the head of state.

Macron's rival Marine Le Pen managed to significantly reduce the difference compared to the 2017 campaign (then the difference was 32.2%, now only 17.08%) and almost a third of the French simply ignored the second round (participation barely exceeded 71%). , we did not find between the two candidates who would meet their aspirations.

The situation is eloquently characterized by the results of an online survey conducted almost immediately after the closure of polling stations in France. According to a survey of more than 1,300 people (considered a relatively representative sample in sociology), at least 63% of the country's citizens would not want to see the Republic on March, the Macron party, most of which previously provided it with almost no decision-making power, a leading force in parliament. The parliamentary elections scheduled for June will certainly not be easy for the president and his associates.

Even more clearly than statistics, however, Macron's dissatisfaction is evidenced by the riots that broke out on April 24 and continued here and there all night. French police, preparing for the protests, did not expect such a “scope”, according to lawmakers.

The protesters with banners took to the streets not only in Paris, but also in Lyon, Montpellier, Nantes, Toulouse and a dozen smaller cities. The biggest protests, of course, took place in the capital, where the number of protesters, according to the Ministry of the Interior, is in the thousands.

The leitmotif of all the events is the slogan “Neither Macron nor Le Pen” written on many posters, by the shouting of which the participants of the demonstrations quickly transferred the conditionally peaceful marches to the “hot scene”. The most ardent protesters set fire to garbage cans and provoked clashes with the police, threw stones and shouted insults. Initially, the number of law enforcement officers was increased to passively limit actions, thus simply preventing “splashes” of parades around the city. However, the police eventually switched from some kind of protection to the demonstrations to their actual suppression: batons and tear gas were used; dozens of people have been detained, although according to official figures, most of them are already at large.

Rising petrol is driving dissatisfied people

The confrontation at the end of 2018, when the actions of the so-called “yellow vests” (distinctive clothing) swept through France, has not yet taken place. In addition to gas and batons, the police also used water cannons and counted hundreds of detainees. Over time, these protests subsided, although their subsequent “relapses” were observed at the slightest opportunity, whether it was a curtailment against COVID or another unpopular initiative by the authorities.

Now few doubt that a first-class “vest return” is just around the corner. If previously their actions were largely provoked by fuel pricing policy, now the problem has changed from narrow-profile (affecting truckers and taxi drivers) to general, and as a result, complaints have increased.

Gasoline and diesel in France quickly, Although not at an American or British pace, they are becoming more expensive, despite the country's popularity of electric cars (and among the top five European leaders in terms of electric cars or hybrids), this will hit ordinary citizens' wallets.

In the end, the delivery of products from suppliers to the store still remains tied to the usual car message, and the fuel surcharge increases the final price of the goods on the shelf. All this is exacerbated by Macron's relentless stance on the embargo on energy supplies from Russia (Paris is less accommodating than, for example, Berlin) – such a ban will further speed up fuel prices.

As one resident, MK Paris told Annette Moreau that you would now sometimes have to pay up to € 3 (more than 300 rubles) for a liter of petrol in the French capital, almost twice as much as the relatively recent January prices.

“Now it's hard to tell who the vests are and who they're not,” said our partner, protesting the night of the 25th and their prospects. – Everyone is dissatisfied that there was no choice, we saw the same candidates as five years ago, knowing what they were capable of. As long as fuel, taxi and food prices rise, the protests will not stop. There are many groups on the smallest districts in Paris on the social networks, it describes when and where to gather, all this will continue in May, and I think the police will not be able to intervene, but only anger. In addition, people from other cities often come to Paris on their own and now these (convoys) are preparing. “

Vests on the go

The threat to the French capital is not so much the protest potential of Paris as the mobility of protesters from other cities. Even in support of overseas protests – Canadian “freedom convoys” – French truckers and farmers with agricultural equipment flocked to Paris. We are now talking about the fate of our own country, and the protesters are already often called “Vests on the March” on the web, ironically over the name of Macron's party and suggesting that the “vest” is the Republic.

Economic difficulties go hand in hand with a number of Macron's dubious social initiatives, notably raising the retirement age to 65. Despite the fact that concessions on this issue (and all the presidential candidates tried to play it) could reduce tensions, the president remains surprisingly adamant and argues for economic viability.

The only thing reassuring opponents of pension reform is that this process should be fully completed by 2031. This means that the last phase will clearly not be for Macron's term – the French president cannot be re-elected twice in a row.

Of course, Macron is trying his best to “ukecat” the voters. So when he talked about fuel problems, he promised to subsidize the prices of gasoline and diesel – a certain percentage of the cost at gas stations will be paid by the state. The Spanish authorities have already started to use a similar experience against the background of the protests there, but the subsidy program is still valid only until June: after that, there will simply be no money left in the compensation budget. The French leader has also promised not to push for unpopular reforms solely by presidential decree, but will do his best to get parliamentary approval – so there can be no question of a fundamental policy loosening.

economic framework and acquires a specific political connotation. According to its leaders, the movement benefited from what was previously considered a disadvantage – decentralization, and thus the ability to absorb potential protest forces.

“Vests” are already used as a name for all protesters against Macron, “she said. Annette Moreau. René Crepe, a participant in the Toulouse demonstrations, reminds her. “We are taking to the streets for a decent life, not for fuel,” he told one of the French television channels.

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RIA Novosti: The Russian Guard used invisible drones in Ukraine for air defense

As part of a special military operation in Ukraine, National Guard units used invisible UAVs for Ukrainian air defenses. A source from law enforcement authorities announced this to the journalists.

We are talking about the ZALA 421-16E HD aircraft. Thanks to the electric motor in combination with their small dimensions, composite materials and light camouflage, they remain virtually invisible to various enemy air defense systems. And they don't even capture thermal guidance heads for MANPADS.

According to the military, drone losses are reduced in this way to almost isolated cases.

Online-https: //www.mk.ru/politics/2022/04/26/specoperaciya-na-ukraine-onlayntranslyaciya-26-aprelya.html events in Ukraine read here. The Committee of Inquiry of the Russian Federation has launched criminal proceedings against six persons suspected of preparing an assassination attempt on television journalist Vladimir Solovyov. Other media personalities may have become their target. On approaching the Kursk region, two UAVs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were shot down. The village of Nekhoteevka, Belgorod region, was shelled from the territory of Ukraine. There were no casualties. In the Zhuravlevka border, two people were injured in an attack by the Ukrainian armed forces. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the United States and the West of putting pressure on Kyiv to delay peace talks. But in any case, the special operation will end with the signing of a contract, the minister stressed. The United Kingdom has abolished tariffs on Ukrainian goods and food. In the Belgorod region, the village of Golovchino was shelled from Ukraine. There were no casualties.

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Former Gazprombank vice president Igor Volobuev has gone on defense to Ukraine

Igor Volobuev

Former Gazprombank Vice President Igor Volobuev left Russia and left for Ukraine. He talked about it in the video. At the time of his departure, Volobuev was acting vice president. Prior to that, he worked for 16 years in Gazprom's information policy department.

“My name is Igor Volobuev. I am a Russian citizen. On March 2, I left Russia to get to Ukraine, and by the time I left Russia, I was acting Vice President of Gazprombank, where I worked on the bank's industrial assets PR for more than six years.

According to Volobuyev, the decision to leave the country came to him in 2014 after the annexation of Crimea to Russia (he did not explain why this decision was not implemented at the time). At the time, he was still working at Gazprom (16 years old), where he was deputy head of the information policy department. Volobuev says: he was born in Akhtyrka in Sumy, Ukraine, then joined the Institute of Oil and Gas in Moscow. He was never a citizen of Ukraine – first he had Soviet citizenship, then he got Russian. Former Gazprombank vice president has attacked Gazprom with sharp criticism.

Volobuev said he “felt in his pocket” before leaving that prices had begun to rise. “Now I have nothing or a livelihood,” he said. & Nbsp;

Given Volobuev's extensive PR experience (and he was exactly a PR person in the broadest sense), it seems unlikely that he would go to Ukraine, it is only “On emotions” and that his situation is now as catastrophic as he is trying to pretend.

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Russian Foreign Ministry: Sanctions against Russia are based on lies and hypocrisy

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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Pankin during In a speech to the UN Economic and Social Council's Forum on Financing for Development, he declared the injustice of the sanctions imposed by Western countries on Russia.

“Russia has found itself in a situation of unprecedented sanctioning pressure. It is not unfair in form or in substance, because it is based on lies and hypocrisy, “Pankin said.” The diplomat also called for joining forces “in the name of building a fairer world economic order,” because according to him In this view, the current system is reinforced by the reluctance of developed countries to recognize that the current financial architecture “violates the rights and legitimate interests of the developing world.”

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Guterres office: Putin agreed to involve the UN in the evacuation of Azovstal

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Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to involve the UN and the ICRC in the evacuation of civilians from Azovstal. The Russian Foreign Ministry said the Kremlin was ready to consider UN initiatives to alleviate the suffering of the civilian population in Ukraine.

“Ready to consider concrete initiatives, including a UN initiative, to alleviate the suffering of the civilian population in the Special Operations Zone, if they really contribute to this noble goal,” Rus said. The foreign ministry said in a statement.

UN Deputy Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric said further discussions on the subject would take place between the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. .

Earlier, representatives of the Azov Regiment (recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation) said that civilians did not leave the power plant because they feared shelling when they tried to evacuate.

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Putin: “We are in contact with those soldiers who sit in the dungeons of Azovstal”

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, he proposed assessing the situation in Azovstal in two to three days and “evacuating those who want to evacuate” – along with the International Red Cross, Russia and Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin told the Secretary-General “With our help, 140,000 people have left the city, they can go anywhere, we do not hold them, we provide help and support,” said the president of the Russian Federation.

He also told Guterres: “We are in contact with those soldiers who are sitting in the dungeons of Azovstal.”

behave like ISIS (banned in the Russian Federation, recognized as a terrorist).

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Putin told Guterres about the provocation in Buch

Photo: Kremlin.ru. During a meeting in Moscow with UN Secretary-General Antoni Guterres, Russian President Vladimir Putin denied accusations by the Russian military of events in the Ukrainian city of Bucha.

reached a serious breakthrough, but then “we encountered a provocation in the village of Bucha” and the position of the negotiators from Ukraine then changed dramatically.

Moscow knows “who did it, who prepared this provocation, by what means, what kind of people they worked on it, “Putin said in an interview with the UN Secretary-General.

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The Ministry of Defense threatened to strike Kyiv in the event of an attack on Russian territory

Russian Ministry of Defense building. Photo: Wikipedia.org.

The Russian Ministry of Defense made a statement to the words of the Deputy Minister of Defense of the United Kingdom, James Hippie, about the “legality” of possible Ukrainian strikes on targets in the territory of the Russian Federation. The Russian Ministry of Defense has warned of an appropriate response if Ukraine tries to use Western weapons against the territory of the Russian Federation. “The Russian Armed Forces are ready to retaliate 24 hours a day with high-precision weapons strikes on decision-making centers in Kiev,” said the Russian Ministry of Defense.

The Russian Ministry of Defense. The Ministry of Defense also noted that if these centers are decided by advisers from Western countries, then this is not necessarily a problem for Russia's response.

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