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Hello, you are greeted by the Information Service of the ntv television company, this is the program today, its presenter is igor politaev. Today in slovakia an attempt was made on the life of the countrys Prime Minister robert. It is reported that he received several gunshot wounds, including in the stomach and chest, doctors are now fighting for his life, according to the vice speaker of the Slovak Parliament lubysh blach, responsibility for the assassination attempt of a citizen who opposed the supply of weapons to ukraine and its membership in nato lies with the slovak opposition, the socalled liberal media, which sowed hatred in society. Our european correspondent sergei khlashevsky comes into direct contact with us. Sergey, what is known at this point about the condition of robert fitz . Yes, but robert fitz was shot today in the city of gandlovo, where a visiting meeting of the slovak government was taking place, this city is located in the west of slovakia, 190 km from bratisla
Ilya fodorovtsev. Hello. There are no changes to the structure of the general staff and are not planned. Vladimir putin announced this today at a meeting with the commanders of military districts. The president thanked them for their work, noting that all of the svos tasks are being carried out in full, and Russian Troops are improving their position in all areas. Chapter sergei shaiga also thanked the state. Under his leadership, Vladimir Putin noted, the army acquired a new look, but the work of the department. And we are obliged to use it very carefully and efficiently. Andrei romevich once headed the ministry of economic development, then worked in the president ial administration as an assistant to the president , in recent years he was the first deputy chairman of the government of the russian federation, headed the economic bloc, and of course he. Understands perfectly well what needs to be done in order for the economy of the entire security bloc and the ministry of defense, as