i am very proud of the trust, for the invitation to this event, well, we do n’t treat this as a ceremony, but this is the beginning.

so, literally half an hour remains until the main political event in the life of our country. a special inauguration ceremony was developed in 1996, when president boris yeltsin began working at the highest government post for the second time. since then , the ritual has undergone slight changes, but its main points are still preserved. as the press secretary promised. traditional script implies that the president goes to the ceremony from his office in the first building of the kremlin, to the large kremlin palace, where he must walk through the halls through st. george, alexander, and st. andrew's hall, where he will take the oath. our channel will show the ceremony. vladimir putin

will officially take office as president of russia after the elections that took place in march this year. he received record support of more than 87%, and this was with a historic maximum of voter turnout. over 76 million people voted for him. as the head stated states in their address to citizens on the results. such a result will require even greater dedication. the head of state is expected to arrive at the large kremlin palace at 12:00 today in an updated auurus senate car. the main changes to this car affected the appearance. the designers changed the bumper, headlights, radiator grille, hood, wings, and as it became known, a night vision function appeared in the cabin. additional cameras also updated the multimedia system. also. will take place in

st. andrew's hall, also called the throne room, it is dedicated to the first and highest order of russia, st. andrew the first-called. the room is divided by square columns of white marble in the central part of the hall; opposite the entrance there is a royal seat. three thrones are installed here, for the emperors, his wife and mother. at the back there is an image of a double-headed eagle, on the wall above the tent. the image of the all-seeing eye is locked. during the inauguration, a stage is set up here. according to the regulations , the state flag is carried into the ceremonial hall, as well as symbols of presidential power, a standard and a gold sign. in its center is the cross of the order of merit for the fatherland. the chain consists of seventeen links, nine have the russian coat of arms, eight have the motto. benefit, honor, glory. on the reverse side are the names and dates of entry into office of all state leaders. also at the inauguration they will

use a special edition of the constitution, in which the heads of the country have taken the oath since 1996. after this, vladimir putin will enter the hall. during the ceremony , the president will place his hand on the constitution and take the oath of office. its text is written in eighty second article. the oath consists of thirty -three words, including prepositions and conjunctions. it says that the president swears to respect the protection of rights. freedom of man and citizen, observe the fundamental law of the state, protect the sovereignty and independence, security and integrity of the country, and also faithfully serve the people. afterwards, vladimir putin will address citizens with a short speech. the ceremony is preceded by a long and careful preparation. inna osipova will tell you how it went. for the inauguration ceremony the post of president of russia in the kremlin is carefully prepared not only by people, but also by horses. he cleans them until they shine and checks them. all

the ammunition, by the way, each of them has their own, indicating the name, for example, congress, the president of russia has served for more than 5 years, they love sugar and affection, these horses are well versed in everything that... concerns parade marches and special events. however, before the main state ceremony itself, mandatory training is required. moreover, the qualer honorary escort is given a special role, this is how they work out the meeting president of the front entrance. i drove by and stopped. inside, on the stairs, the head of state is greeted by guardsmen in ceremonial uniforms, model 1812.

after the oath, according to tradition , the russian anthem is performed in the alexandrov ensemble, which also conducts rehearsals, although onita definitely knows every word, every chord by heart. both for orchestra and for choir, this work is very, very difficult, because it combines quite a lot of genre features that are inherent in our anthem, probably when alexander vasilyevich. wrote probably everything that should be in this work, he took into account absolutely, the works from the point of view of reflecting the history of our country, its greatness, its power and the strength of our people, namely about the connection of

times, the centuries-old history of the country and the solemn march of the presidential regiment within the walls of the kremlin, the final part of the inauguration ceremony. such a production, the greeting is also clearly practiced, synchronicity is important here, taking into account the walking staff, horses and music, review of the kremlin regiment on the cathedral square, after taking the oath, it is already a tradition, the origins of which go back to the past of imperial russia, at the rehearsal all the elements of the formation and march are practiced. and passage to the cavalry inna osipova, marina gusarova, ntv television company. and now we are transported directly to the large kremlin palace, our columnist, roman sobol, works there, he has direct contact with the studio. roman, i greet you, but as you know, inauguration is a standard procedure

when the head of state takes office, but at the same time it still has such festive mood. what do the guests in the hall say about this? did you manage to talk to anyone? yes. of course, we managed to talk, the guests had already gathered, we are now in the so-called malachite foyer, literally 5-10 minutes ago here - as they say, there was nowhere for an apple to fall, but now everyone has already entered the st. andrew's hall, it is to our left, the doors closed, all the guests are already there, which means that there are only a few minutes left before the start of the presidential inauguration, this ceremony is really brewed by the hour, by the hour minutes and even, probably, seconds, there are probably things that cannot be tolerated. this is already evidence of the stability of the state. so, at exactly 11:45, a guard of honor will enter the enfilade of the kremlin halls; they

will bring in a banner, the state flag of the russian federation, the presidential standard, and a special bound copy of the constitution. from the red skin is the very sign of the president that you were talking about, and in 15 minutes with the first chime of the spasskaya tower chimes, president putin will come here, first on the porch he will receive the report of the commander of the kremlin regiment, and then through the same halls the georgievsky alexandrovsky will enter the andreevsky hall, passing by all the guests who have gathered here, and these are government representatives, senators, deputies.

of all the people of russia, our supreme commander-in-chief, our president. after the president pronounces the text of the oath, he is considered to have officially taken office.

for an hour, and after the part that takes place here, in the large kremlin palace,

the president will go out into the street, for example kremlin regiment, and then a prayer service will be served in the cathedral of the annunciation. julia, roman, thank you for the detailed story, it was roman sobol, he works today in the large krivlevsky palace. and of course, a significant part of the ceremony will take place on the street. we have the weather today in moscow. stable, but can snowfall interfere with the ceremony, we find out from our colleague edmund zhalbunov, he is on the roof of the national hotel, of course he could get in touch with us directly, but the inauguration ceremony begins in the kremlin vladimir putin, let's watch, yes. and gentlemen, the solemn ceremony

of vladimir vladimirovich putin’s inauguration as president of the russian federation begins. the state flag of the russian federation and the standard of the president of the russian federation are introduced. so, under the oncoming march , the russian flag and the presidential standard are brought in, along with the sign of the president of russia, we will see it a little later, one of the two official symbols of presidential power, its original is in the office of the head of state. standard bearers walk along the central path through all three halls: georgievsky, aleksandrovsky and andreevsky. the kremlin palace is, of course, the center of attraction today, it is the ceremonial residence of the head of state,

it is there that the most solemn ceremonies take place, presentation of state awards, credentials, festive receptions, and of course, the inauguration of the head of state, the colors of the russian flag, the golden fringe, in the center a golden image of the state emblem of russia is attached to the staff of the standard. the president's middle name and dates in office. and today after at the end of the ceremony, we will see how a duplicate of this standard develops over the dome of the first building of the kremlin, this is the working residence of vladimir putin. well, just a few words about the uniform of a soldier of the officers of the presidential regiment. it connects several periods of russian military history at once. colors like... brazhentsev and semyonovtsy of the peter the great era cut of uniforms and shape of headdresses based on

the patriotic war of 1812. the actions of the soldiers must be as synchronous as possible and rehearsals, during which they hone movements begin long before the ceremony of inauguration of the head of state. well, right now we see how soldiers of the presidential regiment enter st. andrew's hall, also known as the throne room. by the way, it is here in... that russia so needs, in general, andreevsky is the main imperial ceremonial hall of the moscow kremlin; by personal order of nicholas i, during the construction of the large kremlin palace, it was dedicated to

the first and main order of the russian state, the order of st. andrew. the constitution of the russian federation is introduced and sign of the president of the russian federation. so, another traditional stage of the ceremony. all three halls, soldiers of the presidential regiment bring in a special copy of the constitution and the president's badge. the country's basic law must meet the challenges of the time. since 2020 , a number of amendments have been made to the constitution that help fight for social justice and defend state sovereignty. well, most importantly, they consolidate

our common values ​​as something indestructible. such changes took place during the all-russian vote. this was the name of the unit only from 1973 to 1993 years. previously it was a special forces regiment. and later - the presidential regiment. the presidential sign, which you just saw on the screens, has no copies or duplicates. it exists in a single copy and appears only at the inauguration. it

is based on the grand cross of the order of merit for the fatherland, executed. made of gold of the highest 999 standard, well, right now we have the opportunity to examine that same order chain, it consists of seventeen links, nine of which are in the form of an image of the state emblem of russia, eight in the form round rosettes with deris benefit, honor , glory, the sign of the president is kept here in the kremlin, but not in the large kremlin palace, in the senate building, in the awards hall in the working room... and now the soldiers of the presidential regiment are crossing the alexander hall, it can be distinguished by its picturesque images on the walls. these are paintings from the life of st. alexander of linsky. well, st. andrew's hall again, the coronations of alexander ii, alexander ii and nicholas ii took place within its walls. and already in

modern russia, st. andrew's hall has seen five inaugurations. very soon special a copy of the constitution and the president's sign will be placed on a stand on the central podium. yes, by the way, now they will show the constitution closer, it is bound in red varan leather, it has the coat of arms of the russian federation on it and it is stored in the administration library. this is the only copy, it is used only here. chairman of the federation council, federal assembly of the russian federation, valentina ivanovna matvienko.

chairman of the state duma of the federal assembly of the russian federation, vyacheslav viktorovich volodin. chairman of the constitutional

so, the heads of both chambers of parliament and the head of the constitutional court appear on the podium. ladies and gentlemen. pay attention to the screens. so, only a few minutes remain before the ceremony of inauguration of the president of russia begins, right now on your screens in the office of the head of state. vladimir putin has just received a signal that everything is ready for the start of the ceremony in the large kremlin palace. well, of course, we know vladimir putin’s office well from official footage, and regularly see them. v news, the president has literally a few minutes until he finds himself in the state rooms of the large kremlin palace, we see the head of state, he has a document in his hands that

he is carefully studying, in the same office there is a table at which the head of state regularly holds meetings with governors and ministers, you can see him on the right in the frame, well, now the footage is for real... the kremlin contains the presidential apartments, which, by the way, occupy only a small part. conventionally, the entire building can be divided into two half, working and representative. the business room includes several halls and offices. workers. executive offices of the president, meeting room of the security council, presidential library, situation center. on the second floor there are rooms for business and formal meetings.

now you can get a good look at the interiors, everything is quite laconic, even strict, but at the same time not without bright accents, there are a lot of paintings on the walls, and a little earlier we saw special communication telephones, fso officers are on duty in the corridors, right now you see how one of they are saluted by the supreme commander-in-chief. so, just a few minutes, and vladimir putin will go in his motorcade to the large kremlin palace, for the ceremony of officially taking office as the president of russia. the ceremony will begin in just a few minutes, in the large kremlin palace, the heads of state are waiting for the heads of both chambers of the federal assembly and the chairman of the constitutional court, as well as.

he moves along them from one of his offices to another, from one residence to another, and by the way, here in the first building of the kremlin vladimir putin’s apartment is located, and as press secretary of the head of state dmitry peskov said, vladimir putin spends quite a lot of time in it, especially at the beginning of a special military operation. so, the head of state goes down the stairs, and in a few seconds he will come out to his own. notice how the soldiers of the presidential

regiment look up to the head of state. so, vladimir putin leaves the first building of the kremlin, right at the entrance , a presidential motorcade is waiting for him, in a few seconds we will see it, it’s just on your screens, and the time has come. talk about one of the main innovations of this ceremony: a restyled model of the aurus car, here is the beauty on your screens. these days they have already talked a little about him in the news, however, you and i now have the opportunity to look at him from a variety of angles. the large front grille has been reinterpreted in a new way, a lightweight aluminum alloy hood has been introduced, additional all-round cameras have appeared, completely new...

today in this weather, to accelerate up to 100 km/h, they need less than 4 seconds, just imagine, but the maximum speed they reach is 225 km/h. well, now they are driving much slower, because this is what today’s ceremony suggests, this motorcycle is called aurus merlon, in general , the name aurus itself comes from two words, from two roots. aurum is gold and russian. this

is understandable, russia. well, the cortege continues its movement through ivanovskaya square, right now the tsar bell is on your screens. by the way, here are a few more words about the weather: which today, frankly speaking, is not favorable, but nevertheless does not interfere with the solemn atmosphere. even raindrops are visible on the cameras that are installed literally everywhere in the kremlin, you see, the territory is decorated, the russian tricolor is everywhere. so, here's the map.

comrade president of the russian federation, commandant of the moscow kremlin, general uka i wish you good health. by the way, pay attention to the greeting, comrade president of the russian federation, this is a tribute to the tradition of the soviet era, the president will have to climb the famous staircase of the grand kremlin palace, the grand staircases, the orchestra performs a fanfare, our president.

we see the guests who have gathered to greet the head of state. so, very soon, the ceremony of officially inaugurating the presidency will begin, all eyes on the screen. moscow, live broadcast. vladimir vladimirovich putin. so, the head of state is in st. george's hall,

you see now. in all its splendor, it is named after the order of the great saint.