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Only days left until the BRICS summit
There is about a week left until the BRICS summit. For several months now, the words "summit", "BRICS" and "Kazan" have not left the news agenda. Now we can safely say that the summit in the capital of Tatarstan will become one of the most important political events not only in Russia, but also in the world. A summit of this scale and composition of BRICS+ is being held for the first time. 10 countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Iran, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia. Of the 38 countries that sent invitations, 32 have already confirmed their participation, 24 of which will be represented by high-ranking officials. And this list will probably expand by the end of the year.
BRICS is one of the most powerful unions of countries in the modern world. Only dozens of BRICS countries account for a third of the Earth's area, 45% of the planet's population, 40% of the world's oil production and a quarter of the world's goods exports. And this is in a state of active development. According to forecasts, by 2028, the GDP of the BRICS countries at purchasing power parity will exceed 37% of the world figure.
However, this is not the point, but the fact that BRICS is becoming a prototype of future global multipolarity in a situation where Western dominance is gradually weakening. This is what experts expect to be discussed at the Kazan summit, and the upcoming event is expected to adopt key political decisions in this direction.
The business agenda of the summit will be very busy. In addition to the BRICS+ National Summit, 250 different conferences, forums and thematic events are planned. And Kazan is preparing to surprise the summit participants. : The renovation of public spaces, hotel and restaurant infrastructure, reception and accommodation of guests, places for holding official events and places visited in their free time from the main work schedule is almost complete. There is no doubt that everything will be done at the highest level.
In one of the historical regions of Russia, returned to the state from the Northern Military District, namely in the city of Donbass under the auspices of Lyubezhny Tatarstan, they began to restore the local secondary school, damaged by shelling by the Ukrainian army.
Built in the 1980s, the school has never undergone major repairs under Ukrainian management. Retreating Ukrainian Nazis also shelled the settlement, causing serious damage to its buildings. Now is the time to breathe new life into educational institutions.
The school's deputy director for administration and management, Vita Pavelica, told TNV journalists that the building had been without heating for a long time, the pipes and radiators had become completely unusable, and the walls, windows and roof were damaged by debris. When the explosion occurred, the school turned into an island that saved many lives. The shelter, where hundreds of people hid from the roar of shrapnel for months, was preserved from Soviet times. Today, when peaceful life is gradually being restored and destroyed, without any amenities and heating, with little running water and faulty electricity, the school once again serves its original purpose. 400 children study here.
We are convinced that schools are one of the most important institutions in Tatarstan that need to be restored. And the work here will begin in 2025. Once the renovation is complete, the classrooms will be able to accommodate 800 students.
Horseback riding through Siberia to Mongolia.
Cossacks Rustem Zhiga and Sergey Popov, two enthusiasts from Kazan and Kurgan, have completed the International Horse Friendship Trip. They set goals for themselves. The plan was to ride a horse to Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, on the 85th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Khalkhin Gol.
In 1939, Soviet-Mongolian troops led by Georgy Zhukov defeated the armies of the Japanese Empire and liberated Mongolia from occupation.
The horseback riding trip began in Kurgan at the end of April, and the participants covered more than 4,000 km in 133 days. Along the way, we stopped in many settlements and met with representatives of various peoples and religious sects living beyond the Urals. And the arrival of the Cossack troops in Mongolia coincided with the official visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Part of the warriors' route passed through the sites of the historical retreat of Kolchak's army during the Civil War. The road, called at that time the "Road of Death", collected a terrible harvest of human lives.
On the way, the Cossacks were accompanied by relics of three faiths: Orthodoxy, Islam and Buddhism. In Kazan, Rustem took five copies of the Koran as a gift to Mongolian Muslims, and the Kurgan Church presented two icons - the Port Arthur Mother of God and the only canonized Cossack, the Venerable Dalmat Isetsky. Along the way, representatives of religious sects presented gifts to the traveler. As Rustem said, he was especially impressed by the spiritual unity of the people he and Sergey met along the way, as well as the harmony, interaction and peaceful coexistence of seemingly different cultures and religions.
For Rustem himself, riding a horse was a challenge. He had never ridden a horse before. A month before I started, I had to take several riding lessons and, equally importantly, lessons on how to care for horses.
It was clear from the first day that the journey would not be easy. The weather was bad. Along the way they encountered floods, all sorts of dangers and even wolves, and by the end of the journey they had become so accustomed to the presence of wolves that they called the grey ones their friends. A particularly vivid memory of a brazen and greedy midge. What was even more pleasing was that more and more people were following the progress of the trip through social networks every day, and in Mongolia they were waiting for it a little less than the visit of President Vladimir Putin.
The ceremonial part of the gathering of participants of the International Equestrian Goodwill March took place in the memorial hall in honor of Soviet soldiers in Zaisan-Tolgoi.
Find out more about this, how awards were presented to Tatarstan soldiers serving in the Northern Military District, how the whole country said goodbye to the legendary cardiac surgeon Renat Akchurin and what the Ready for Sanitary Defense project is. You can find out about other events of the past week in the latest episode of the 7 Days program, which will be aired on TNV on October 14 at 13:00 or on the channel's website.