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originally posted by: Oldcarpy2
a reply to: iamthevirus
Not understanding what you are on about?
originally posted by: Oldcarpy2
a reply to: iamthevirus
Do you not know the difference between England and the UK?
originally posted by: iamthevirus
a reply to: MidnightWatcher
It's pretty odd that trust in Western media outlets are at such an all time low that people actually have a tendency to believe aggressors and even dictators or take them at their own word for the things they say over what the media outlets say.
originally posted by: MidnightWatcher
originally posted by: iamthevirus
a reply to: MidnightWatcher
It's pretty odd that trust in Western media outlets are at such an all time low that people actually have a tendency to believe aggressors and even dictators or take them at their own word for the things they say over what the media outlets say.
msm did it to themselves, and that isn't even the biggest of our current problems.
But we can get by just fine with clowns in the media and an idiot in the whitehouse, because we've had plenty of practice working without those two things.
en.kremlin.ru...
September 21, 2022 15:30 Veliky Novgorod
Accompanied by Novgorod Region Governor Andrei Nikitin and Yaroslav the Wise Novgorod State University Rector Yury Borovikov, the President toured an exhibition on the technical school’s laboratories.
The President was updated, in particular, on the seamless engineer training model, distributed technological process control systems and integrated data management systems. Furthermore, he was apprised of the programme to create AI-based software for analysing field data and a drilling rig electric motor as part of import substitution, a system for automated diagnosing of the technical condition of overhead lines using drones, UAVs with a thermal imager for reconnaissance and searching for people lost in the woods, as well as the production of power outlet equipment, data collection and transmission, and creating anatomy models for training doctors and medical students and developing their practical skills.
The tour was led by the faculty and students from Yaroslav the Wise University, as well as staff from resident companies at the “Smart Electronics – Valdai” Advanced Research and Technology Centre (ARTC).
The Novgorod Technical School is being created as part of the Smart Electronics – Valdai ARTC infrastructure, a project that is part of the Novgorod Region electronics industry’s development strategy. One of the school’s key missions is training and the advanced training of staff for high-tech Russian companies. Schoolchildren, university students, university graduates and specialists are undergoing training at this education institution.
en.kremlin.ru...
September 21, 2022 17:00 Veliky Novgorod
President of Russia Vladimir Putin:
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I am pleased that the idea has taken off because we need it very much now. Our colleagues have updated me on the certain areas. It is especially important now, although frankly, it was always important. Our large companies are used to buying everything they need, but when you cannot buy something, you have to create it yourself. The main thing is that we have the basis where we can do this, and it is first and foremost an intellectual base.
That is why it was so important to merge into this programme the intellectual capabilities, our early practical work, theory and applied research, our leading companies’ needs and financial capabilities as well as, most importantly, the end product market. The idea behindcreating advanced engineering schools was to bring everything together in one place and achieve the success the country needs.
As I understand it, people in the audience have passed certain competitive procedures and won the competitions to create these schools. This is not just about Novgorod, it is being done all over the country, as far as I understand.
I am very glad that Mr Nikitin initiated this. We have gathered in Novgorod because Novgorod is known as the cradle of initiatives like this. Yaroslav the Wise instituted the first school for 300 children here in the 11th century. He (he received the noble nickname Wise much later, and for a good reason) was known not only for creating the first school, but also for focusing on the intellectual advancement of the nation and training specialists in various fields. Later, when he became a prince in Kiev, he continued this work there. But, as Andrei Nikitin just said, in Kiev he did everything mostly for the elite, whereas here he started with projects for the general public which was the right thing to do since the base is broader. Later, this practice was scaled up throughout the country by successive generations.
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en.kremlin.ru...
September 21, 2022 18:00 Veliky Novgorod
President of Russia Vladimir Putin:
Friends,
Today, we are marking the 1160th anniversary of Russian statehood. I would like to congratulate you on this momentous historical date that is of key importance for Russia.
Veliky Novgorod, Rurikovo Settlement, Staraya (Old) Ladoga and Izborsk are the cradle of Rus, the source of our civilisation and our state, our culture and education.
It is from here, from the north, that the guards of the first Russian Rurik dynasty started their campaigns, that merchant caravans travelled – “from Varangians to Greeks,” and that Rus, Europe’s largest state at that time, was created. It united Slavic, Finno-Ugric, Turkic and other tribes. It gathered them under its strengthening wings from Ladoga and Baltic, Novgorod and Pskov to Kiev and Chernigov, Azov, the Black Sea and Crimea.
During more than a millennium, our statehood has lived through many eras, including cruel enemy invasions, disunity and the tragedies of feuds, but each of these difficult periods invariably ended with the revival of the Fatherland. The heroic generations of our people overcame difficulties and adversities, withstood the trials. They created and expanded the grandeur of our Fatherland and covered their names with glory.
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To reiterate, it all began here, in Veliky Novgorod, and Novgorod's Cathedral of Saint Sophia, just like other ancient Russian cathedrals, will forever remain a sacred symbol of our historical unity. Modern Russia is the heir to Ancient Holy Rus, just as it is the heir to the Tsardom of Muscovy, the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, which were the great eras of our uninterrupted thousand-year history that we are proud of.
Today, as we peer into the depths of the past centuries, we realise that we must not only preserve, but also carry on with dignity the traditions of our ancestors, that each of us has an enormous responsibility for Russia, for protecting and strengthening our vast country, our beloved Motherland.
For centuries, Russia has been built as a home shared by people of numerous ethnicities and different religions. Our brotherhood packs the powerful energy of harmonious, independent and authentic development.
No one will ever be able to ban or cancel our unique civilisation and rich culture, just as it is impossible to rattle or even less so to destroy the values that make Russian society one and make us one big, united nation.
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For 1,160 years now, we have firmly learned that for Russia it is mortally dangerous to relax its sovereignty or renounce its interests even for a limited time. Russia’s very existence has come under threat during these times.
They can no longer expect us to make these mistakes. We will not succumb to blackmail or intimidation, and we will never betray or lose our sovereignty. By strengthening it, we are developing our country.
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