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*Russian President, Vladimir Putin, delivered Thursday his keynote address within the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum, tackling several initiatives to boost their domestic economy. *President of BRICS Africa Channel, Ayanda Holo, highlighted the role of cooperation and partnership to enhance the values of global south media. teleSUR

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00:00Now in other news, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered Thursday his keynote address

00:05within the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, tackling several initiatives to boost

00:10their domestic economy. The head of state attached importance to harness state-of-the-art

00:15technologies to guarantee not only their development but also their defense. He proposed

00:21to modernize military facilities and referred to using drones and artificial intelligence

00:26and surveillance systems, among others. Likewise, he highlighted Russia's focus on modernizing

00:32state programs and digitalizing information while praising the growth of the nation.

00:45The perception of Russian economy as based on raw materials and dependent on hydrocarbon exports

00:52have clearly become outdated. It is receding into the past. The reality suggests, Russia

00:58takes the fourth place in the world in gross domestic product, and the first place in Europe.

01:06GDP of Russia has increased 1.5% in annual terms for the first four months of this year,

01:11including in April when the growth speeded up, 1.9%. At the same time, some specialists and experts

01:18point out the risks of stagnation and even recession. It mustn't be allowed in any...

01:23In this context, while speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum,

01:27the president of BRICS Africa channel, Ayanda Holo, highlighted the role of cooperation

01:33and partnership to enhance the values of global South media.

01:37Africa, we are very, very in the best position because we we participate and share with Venezuela.

01:46We we are partners with China. We do work with Russia. And we can see the patterns of like it's

01:54actually the frameworks are very, very similar. So the way we tell the story is not just only on the

02:02infrastructure of of the of the tools, but who is designing the algorithms. We need to start with

02:09the powers we have so that we can tell our story the way that really enhances our own values.

02:17It is not about just getting into into popular. Most of our youth are really, really popular online

02:25with values that do not empower them. So we definitely need to really, really self-reflect.

Russia | Pres. Putin tackles initiative to boost economy on SPIEF Forum

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