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Today is Archaeologist Day. During construction work, valuable artifacts from different periods are often discovered. Thus, during the reconstruction of the federal highway M-4 "Don" in the Rostov Region, archaeologists discovered unique archaeological monuments – burial mounds dating back to different periods of the Bronze Age, Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin reported.

"Research of territories and search of historically important artifacts is a mandatory part of preparation for construction and reconstruction of highways. Before all reconstruction works on the M-4 "Don" highway began, archaeological exploration was conducted from the 933rd to the 1024th km, during which several burial mounds were discovered. Excavations are currently underway on four of them, the largest of which is more than 60 m in diameter. The first results are already impressive: scientists have found burials from all three periods of the Bronze Age, which is about 5 thousand years ago. After examining the remaining burial mounds, of which there are more than 10, all the burials found will be taken away for further scientific processing, and then transferred to the state museum," said Marat Khusnullin.

According to Vyacheslav Petushenko, head of the state company Avtodor, which is carrying out the construction, pit, catacomb and log burials have been discovered on the sites, which correspond to the Bronze Age. "Such archaeological sites provide a unique opportunity to reconstruct the rituals and ideas about the afterlife of ancient tribes. As archaeologists note, it is rare to find a burial mound with burials only from the Bronze Age, and from all its eras," Vyacheslav Petushenko emphasized.

The implementation of a large-scale project to reconstruct the M-4 Don highway from km 933 to km 1024 in the Rostov Region began in May of this year. This section runs through the Kamensky, Krasnosulinsky and Oktyabrsky districts, the city of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky and the city of Shakhty in the Rostov Region. During the reconstruction, builders will have to widen more than 90 km of the M-4 Don road to six lanes, which will ensure comfortable and safe high-speed traffic on this section of the highway.

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Question: What was meant in Mr. Mishustin’s speech when he said that it is necessary to strengthen control over the cost of goods entering the internal market of the EAEU.

A. Overchuk: This is an issue that has been consistently discussed at a number of recent meetings of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council, including the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission. It is related to improving customs administration. As you know, we have a common customs contour, a common customs border in the union. And we are working on unifying the requirements for determining customs value, as well as on improving the exchange of information between customs authorities and the union commission.

And yesterday, at a narrow meeting, a report was heard from the minister of the board, who is responsible for customs issues, on the work done.

Question: Today, negotiations also took place with the First Vice President of Iran, Mr. Aref. Could you tell us what topics were discussed?

A. Overchuk: Our traditional themes.

As you know, we have entered into force a Free Trade Agreement with the Islamic Republic of Iran. This is a very important document, since it actually opens up opportunities to trade with zero rates on more than 90% of items. Accordingly, both the Eurasian Economic Union and the Islamic Republic of Iran are mutually interested in this agreement yielding results. Therefore, the issues of how we can now set up the implementation of this agreement were discussed. It is clear that this will take time, but in principle, today we already see an increase in mutual trade with Iran.

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Official visit of Mikhail Mishustin to the Kyrgyz Republic

The second question concerns transport and logistics. We discussed the nuances of the construction of the railway on the Rasht-Astara section, about how the land purchase is going there. In fact, we have already started the work. Technical surveys are underway on the land plots that are being purchased by the Iranian government. These are such working moments.

They also exchanged views on the geopolitical situation in the South Caucasus region.

Question: How will this "Trump route", as it is now called, affect the development of the "North-South" corridor? And what is Russia's position here now?

A. Overchuk: Firstly, we consider this issue in the following plane: Armenia is our strategic ally, and if Armenia believes that something is good for them, then of course we support Armenia here. If they believe that signing the relevant declaration in Washington provides them with greater security guarantees, this is good, because we support the peace processes in the South Caucasus. This is entirely in our interests. Of course, within the framework of those agreements that could obviously be reached, some nuances arise that we will have to clarify together with the Armenian and Azerbaijani sides.

Next week I am flying to Yerevan. The trip was planned in advance. It was agreed upon during a meeting in Altai. It is connected with the fact that a normative legal act, a resolution of the Government of Armenia, has appeared in the legal framework of the Republic of Armenia, which, in our opinion, contradicts the law of the Eurasian Economic Union. Mher Gerbertovich (Grigoryan) and I agreed that we would meet together with experts and discuss all our concerns in detail. Therefore, first of all, we will discuss this issue.

Later, there was a meeting in Washington, the signing of a declaration. Therefore, perhaps there will also be a meeting with Nikol Vovaevich Pashinyan, where we will discuss certain nuances that are primarily related to unblocking communications in the South Caucasus region.

You know that there is a trilateral working group at the level of the Deputy Prime Ministers of Azerbaijan, Armenia and the Russian Federation, which is working on the implementation of the ninth point of the trilateral declaration of the leaders of the Russian Federation, Azerbaijan and Armenia, which is related to unblocking. This working group discussed in detail all the nuances of unblocking. Therefore, it is important for us to know how far the parties have progressed in resolving the problems that were discussed within the framework of the trilateral working group.

A number of nuances affect the interests of the Russian Federation in the South Caucasus, primarily from the point of view of the development of railway communications.

As you know, the Armenian railway system is under the concession of Russian Railways. Therefore, it will be important for us to hear whether solutions have been found for the nuances that everyone involved in unblocking issues is well aware of. If such solutions have been found, then, of course, the issue of restoring the railways, and we are talking not only about the Meghri section, but also about the so-called northern section, which goes through Tavush on Gazakh, we are talking about unblocking Gyumri – Kars – this is, in fact, the exit to Turkey … If all these issues have been resolved, then we will need to translate this into the plane of technical and economic justifications and calculations. Look at the economics of these projects and, in fact, deal with unblocking. But again, this will require trilateral efforts within the framework of the interaction that we had and have with Armenia, with Azerbaijan.

I also have a meeting scheduled with the Azerbaijani side at the end of next week. I think we will also consider these issues there. So, there is progress.

Question: Is it planned in a trilateral format?

A. Overchuk: We will discuss it. Because if we are talking about restoring railways and improving transport connectivity in the region, then it is better to talk about it in a trilateral format.

Question: China and Russia signed an agreement on the alignment of the Belt and Road Initiative and the EAEU. How do you assess the outcome of this agreement?

A. Overchuk: This work is being carried out by the Eurasian Economic Commission. And the Minister of the Eurasian Economic Commission, Andrei Aleksandrovich Slepnev, is directly responsible for it. It would be better to ask him this question. I know that they are working, I know that they have contacts. Of course, the main focus there is on digitalization, interaction, including between the railways of the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation, and Kazakhstan. That is, this is a comprehensive work that is currently being carried out.

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Residential complex "Apple Gardens".

Housing remains a key element of the comprehensive development of Russian settlements within the framework of the national project "Infrastructure for Life". Today, the country has permits for the construction of housing with an area of 171.9 million square meters, Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin reported.

"At the meeting held on the eve of Builder's Day with the President, the results of the construction industry's work to create a comfortable living environment were discussed. Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin noted the high pace of housing construction: since 2019, about 630 million square meters of housing have been commissioned. Today, the urban development potential is about 500 million square meters. This is a serious basis for the further development of the industry, so it is important to try to maintain the pace of work in the future. In addition, to date, the volume of housing under valid construction permits has reached 171.9 million square meters, which is 4% more than a year earlier. Such results were made possible largely due to the systematic work and the groundwork of previous years," said Marat Khusnullin.

The volume of housing according to construction permits issued in the first half of 2025 amounted to 17.9 million square meters of housing. Currently, 118.5 million square meters of housing are under construction, which is 3% higher than in the same period last year.

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The next meeting of the government commission on the liquidation of the consequences of the sinking of the tankers Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239 in the Kerch Strait was held in Moscow under the chairmanship of the Minister of Transport Andrei Nikitin.

Specialists from the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Morresluzhba" have completed the work on removing the protruding parts of the hulls of the sunken fragments of the tankers "Volgoneft-212" and "Volgoneft-239". The work was carried out using a combined method of underwater exothermic cutting and underwater hydraulic tools. The total length of the removed parts was 287 m.

The dismantling reduced the height of the ship hull structures and minimized the number of protruding elements of ship systems and deck equipment for subsequent installation of cofferdams. Three fragments of tankers are in a stable condition, the dismantled parts are placed on the decks of the sunken fragments and securely fastened. No oil leakage is observed. During the preparatory activities, roadstead equipment and dead anchors were also installed to securely fasten the cofferdams.

The large-scale assembly of metal structures of three cofferdams, each weighing approximately 1.5 thousand tons, is being completed at the Novorossiysk seaport.

The work of the diving group on searching and lifting fuel oil in the coastal zone of Anapa and Temryuk continues. The cumulative total collected is 1860 tons of oil-contaminated soil. The total number of diving group is 167 people.

Since the beginning of the work, 922 km of the coastline has been cleaned, including repeatedly. More than 180 thousand tons of contaminated sand and soil have been collected. Work on the disposal of contaminated soil continues.

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Mikhail Mishustin congratulated the theater and film actress on her anniversary.

The telegram states, in particular:

“You have dedicated your life to serving art, created dozens of vivid and memorable images on the stage and in cinema, many of which have entered the golden fund of Russian cinema and have been awarded high prizes.

You can handle any role, both comedy and drama. You can accurately and deeply convey the character of your heroines, making the viewer experience the whole palette of feelings and emotions.

I wish you good health, inspiration and all the best."

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Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko and Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov spoke about key indicators of domestic tourism: in the first six months of 2025, tourists made 41.4 million trips across Russia.

"From January to June, tourists made 41.4 million trips across Russia, which is almost 7% more than in the same period last year. The development of domestic tourism is facilitated by the measures of the national project "Tourism and Hospitality". Regions are developing infrastructure and creating new tourism products. This contributes to achieving the goal set by President Vladimir Putin: by 2030, to ensure that tourism accounts for 5% of the country's GDP and 140 million tourist trips," noted Dmitry Chernyshenko.

The Deputy Prime Minister added that, thanks to the Government, positive dynamics have been maintained for the fifth year.

After the decline caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the number of tourist trips is steadily growing: 2021 – 66.5 million (40% more than in 2020), 2022 – 73.1 million (almost 10% more than in 2021), 2023 – 83.6 million (14% more than in 2022), 2024 – 90 million (almost 8% more than in 2023).

Last year, 2024, became a record year for the number of tourist trips in Russia – then their number increased by 37% compared to 2021.

Traditionally, the leaders in the number of tourist trips were Moscow (6 million), Krasnodar Krai (4.4 million) and St. Petersburg (3.3 million). The top also included Moscow Oblast (2.7 million), the Republic of Tatarstan (1.4 million), the Republic of Crimea (1.1 million) and Sverdlovsk Oblast (1 million).

The regions that have shown the greatest growth are those that are actively developing tourism infrastructure and promoting their unique offers. The Republic of Kalmykia (81.7%) was the absolute leader in terms of growth rates, followed by the Republic of Adygea (79.1%) and the Karachay-Cherkess Republic (75.6%). Also among the regions with high rates are the Tver Region (58.8%), the Jewish Autonomous Region (48%) and the Ulyanovsk Region (44.8%).

"It is especially pleasing that in addition to traditional tourist centers, the popularity of less popular destinations is also growing. This indicates that our efforts to diversify the tourism market are yielding results. For example, the Siberian Federal District showed growth of 14.5%, the Northwestern Federal District by 9%, and the Far Eastern Federal District by 7.3%. This confirms that tourists are increasingly discovering new routes," commented Maxim Reshetnikov.

Forecasts for 2025 remain optimistic: if the dynamics continue, the number of tourist trips around the country may again become a record. The authorities will continue to support the development of infrastructure and the promotion of regions to make travel around Russia even more comfortable and interesting.

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Mikhail Mishustin congratulated the theater and film actress on her anniversary.

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“An outstanding actress, multifaceted, bright and charming, you have made an invaluable contribution to the national theater and cinema arts, and have rightfully earned the recognition and love of the public.

Each role played by you leaves an indelible mark on the hearts of millions of viewers, making them empathize and admire your dramatic talent.

I wish you good health, prosperity and all the best."

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Speech by Mikhail Mishustin:

Dear Sadyr Nurgozhoevich!

Traditionally, Kyrgyzstan brilliantly organized all the events in connection with the holding of the meeting of the EAEU Intergovernmental Council today. Thank you also for organizing my official state visit.

I would like to convey to you and all participants of the meeting the best wishes from the President of Russia Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.

Over the past 10 years, the Eurasian Economic Union has proven its importance and relevance. It is very important that each member of the union feels the benefit of integration.

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You have given impressive figures on the growth of the Kyrgyz economy. I would like to wish Kyrgyzstan prosperity with all my heart.

Our trade cooperation is expanding. Of course, such results have been achieved, among other things, thanks to the implementation of the Strategic Directions for the Development of Eurasian Economic Integration.

My colleagues and I have already begun to develop a “road map” necessary for the implementation of the “Eurasian Economic Path” declaration, which all heads of our states have approved.

Once again, thank you very much. I hope that we will agree on all decisions today at the meeting of the intergovernmental council in an expanded format.

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