march twenty something. about his intention to become a hero of russia. she took place in the kremlin, as the head of state said in a conversation with special operation soldiers who participated in the ceremony of presenting gold star medals on the eve of the day of heroes of the fatherland. anastasia efimova will tell you more. the strict format of the ceremony, of course, did not provide for this, but those who gathered this friday in the st. george’s hall of the kremlin, it’s not for nothing that real heroes are not used to giving up. immediately after the end of

the official award ceremony directly approached the president and voiced a request not only from themselves, but also from thousands of their fellow citizens, asked vladimir putin to go to the presidential elections? i won’t hide that at different times i had different thoughts, but now you are right, now is the time when i need to make a decision, i will run for the post of president of the russian federation. the legendary battalion combatant of sparta, chairman of the initiator of this conversation was artem zhoga, people's council of the donetsk people's republic. in an interview with us, he spoke about what prompted him to apply directly to the head of state, who supported him in this desire? i

, as a military man, i took full responsibility and volunteered, so to speak, to initiate this conversation, thank you very much to vladimirovich for making contact, for communicating, and we all expressed a request to go to the polls as a participant in presidential race, and i am sure that vladimir vladimirovich will win, unconditionally, i will personally come to the elections, i will vote for vladimir vladimirovich. i would like to thank you as a mother for the memory about our sons, from fathers, from mothers, from the widows who are present here, the dead boys, for the fact that you really appreciate their feat, and we see this for the good of our fatherland, and we are with you, we are for you, we are together with you, and as the guys say today, i also repeat, you are our president, you are our commander in chief, you must do a lot

for our russia, a lot more, continue the work of our sons, and we are going with you, and we must continue to go together with you, as artyom zhoga says, it was a unique opportunity, 200 heroes of russia in one hall, military and civilians who performed a feat on the front line in the rear, and of course, the presentation of gold stars by the president, to those who perform a feat right today as part of... a special military operation, our duty is to know and honor heroes, to do everything so that their goals and ideals find a worthy continuation in the present and become a support for the future. soldiers , officers, soldiers participating in a special military operation, including our very young guys, have the same strength of spirit, the same character. who

for centuries have distinguished the defenders of the fatherland , their exploits are truly amazing , the whole country is proud of them, these are natives of various regions of our country, from karelia to the primorsky territory, representatives of different nationalities, all of them shoulder to shoulder defend a common homeland that is common to all , each of the 15 recipients today admits that...

but they speak their word on the battlefield, and the deeds that they do not do speak for them. congratulations guys on your awards. deserved titles of hero of russia, the most convey kind words to your comrades in the units, the country is not only today on the day of the award, every day it looks after you, hopes for you and congratulates you on today’s awards, on the holiday. each of these heroes has already definitely entered the history of russia, just as this day and the fate announced by the president will go down in it.

today there are in the zone of a special military operation, they are fulfilling their duty with honor, and of course, i, i have a feeling of pride for these guys, for the fact that in our country, no matter what anyone says, remember, they said, the missing generation, no generation was lost, no generation was lost, what probably should have been born in our country was born, those who really - his proposal was supported by other meeting participants representing different regions of the country. read more about them, anastasia ivanova.

all the people working in the rear, they are bringing the common victory closer, vladimir putin spoke about this, and those people who, together with the heroes of russia, approached the president in the st. george hall of kremya... we are considering bills to approve our status of our military guys who served before joining the russian federation in the ministry of defense

of the russian federation, in order to confirm their length of service, their ranks, their degrees, well , this is a military registration specialty, also accordingly. equate - awards received by the state under the dpr, well, all other social guarantees. a terrible tragedy came to the family of maria kostyuk; she also lost her son. senior lieutenant andrei koftun died in the special operation zone. the hero of russia was awarded the star posthumously. comrades, whom andrei saved alive continue to liberate russian lands, and maria helps our guys who returned from the front live a peaceful life. when we talked, he always said that... and you can’t imagine how much of a beast there is, if they are there, they will outsmart me, they will come here, and here polinka, andrey, you thought that they seemed to have such big words too , but now , working at the defenders of the fatherland foundation, a courier for a new region, i

’m there every month for several weeks, and not only there was an opportunity several times, and in principle you are convinced of every word that was uttered by andrei, guys... they are not just protecting us there, they are, by and large , protecting all our values. the mothers of fallen heroes do everything to keep their memory alive. the son of sapizhat mazaev, the first hero of russia during the northern military district, nurmagomed gadzhimagomedov. with serious wounds, he continued to fight the neo-nazis, but could not survive. he always dreamed of showing all his friends all the beauty of dagestan, but now he’s doing it his mother. she is a teacher and also a school director. now he is active in social activities, for example, offering.

the name of memory, therefore, to talk about your children, what they were like, what they had, what they loved, this is what you need to live for, they live not only for their family and friends, but also for the work to which they give. a titanic part of my time. viktor polikov began working for the saturn engine-building company back in the seventies as a woodworker-assembler. in 2015 he headed the company. under his leadership , the plant switched to complete import substitution, supplies gas turbine engines for aviation, navy and industrial facilities. in the future, to provide power plants for the russian ms-21 aircraft. having worked at the plant for almost 5 decades, i can say that this is my life, this is my dream. i want the enterprise to become stronger, more powerful, more beautiful and also work for the dignity and

prosperity of russia. trans-baikal miner eduard shcherbino has the same opinion; he has been working underground for almost 30 years, trained dozens of young workers, and is now a foreman. under his leadership, it grew by a quarter labor productivity. the plan is being exceeded. eduard is a hero of labor of russia. the president personally awarded it. shcherbino says this is an award for the entire team, and not only. a leader, but also a friend , to give a shoulder to a friend not only at work, but in life, we relax after work, with families, sometimes as a team, we go fishing, that is, the most important thing is a close-knit team, after all, in a mine all work is collective , alone there in the field is not a warrior, you can’t do anything alone, only as a team they managed to cure thousands of patients coronavirus, maryana lysenko, chief physician of the hospital. number 52, during the pandemic, it was repurposed as a covid hospital and received patients with pneumonia. lysenko

, together with specialists, have developed new methods for treating pneumonia caused by coronavirus. we participated in the creation of moscow protocols, gradually this was transformed into clinical recommendations of the ministry of health, together with our colleagues we worked a lot on this topic, so all the treatment protocols that were once initiated they entered clinical. ammunition, military equipment and fuel depots. they also hit

the units' locations. all targets were successfully hit and over forty attacks were repelled. during this time , zelensky’s formation lost about 500 soldiers and mercenary officers. six tanks and 54 other armored vehicles were destroyed, as well as 64 self-propelled guns and a howitzer, mostly of american and british polish origin. over twenty boats and boats were sunk. in a week, three mig-29 fighters and two su-25 attack aircraft, as well as a mi-8 helicopter were shot down, over 220 were eliminated combat drones. so, today in russia they celebrate the day of heroes of the fatherland. its history and memorable date dates back to the 18th century, when the order of st. george the victorious was established; in our time, they pay tribute to those who distinguished themselves in battle or received honorary awards. about modern heroes zenaida kurbatova. on the day of heroes of russia and the winner of evil, st. george, participants in the special military

operation are especially honored. a so-called neighborhood center was created in sormovo. people from nearby houses gather for master classes, activists set the tone volunteers. we take a special gel liquid, distribute it evenly throughout the fabric, and fold it carefully.

with the support of united russia , hero desks were opened in two schools in petropavlovsko-kamchatsky. behind one, back in 1939, sat the hero of the soviet union, sailor ilchev. 1,900 of these school desks will appear, in addition to murals with portraits of heroes on the facades of schools. sony talks about the pilot, hero of the soviet union david kuryzhov. he looks into the distance, that victory is ours, that we will succeed. according to tradition on this day the investigative committee rewards schoolchildren for courageous actions, caring and volunteerism. we understand various parcels,

collect humanitarian aid, sort it all, unload it, load everything. is sent to the front to our comrades, we can arrive early in the morning and finish only late at night, at the last truck we loaded 40 tons of humanitarian aid for the military and for civilians, in barnaul at the pioneer cinema, schoolchildren came to a meeting with the creators of the film, a watch for faith, this is the story of two girls, one from 1941, the second of 2023. many guys, after watching , expressed a desire to become... on december 9 - the day of heroes of the fatherland, catherine established the order of st. george, the highest military award. before the october revolution, on st. george's day , all holders of st. george's honors were honored. in 2000, the order of st. george

was restored as the highest military award in russia, and was revived in 2007. day of heroes of the fatherland. opponents in the game, allies as soon as the half ends. we always support each other’s team, we went on excursions together, with we became very good friends with the russian teams and the belarusian teams. the twentieth spartakiad of the union state, as a symbol of the good-neighborly, respectful relations that have developed between russia and belarus. we live in the same hotel, we live together, we

communicate together, that is, after the game we discuss the strongest players.

the first two stages of the spartakiad were held in volgograd, the third in novopolotsk, the final competitions are hosted by minsk. we are from the city of moscow, we came from school 1056, well, we are not professional football players, but quite we’ve been playing for a long time, we came here to win, but unfortunately we’ve already lost two matches, only chelyabinsk makes it to the finals, we’ll be

rooting for them. the minifootball and volleyball teams are divided into belarusian and russian. first, the opponents play their matches. groups, on the last day of the competition the leaders among representatives of the two countries already compete for first, second, third and fourth place among themselves. in this situation , both hosts and guests are sure to be among the winners. the organization is remarkable in that it divided the belarusian and russian teams into subgroup, and the final battles will be between the belarusian and russian teams, that is, both will leave with prizes. however. boundaries and equal opportunities. the agreement on the creation of a union state was signed on december 8, 1999. even then, the two countries agreed to bring closer integration closer, but only in recent years. truly succeeded, today we are actually talking about a resource that is difficult to describe in the minutes of meetings or some decisions,

this is a resource of a different level, trust, dialogue, openness, readiness to hear the partner’s interests on the foundation of unconditional equality, comradeship of sincerity, we are sometimes asked, is this a response to western sanctions, is this a rapprochement between belarus and russia? but haven’t we ourselves determined that we have a common destiny together? the foundation for this was a set of 28 allied programs. vladimir putin and alexander lukashenko signed this historical document on november 4 , 2021 at an online meeting of the supreme council of the union state. the programs assume in particular, the convergence of macroeconomic policies, the common fight against terrorism, mutual access to government procurement, the unification of the gas and oil markets, integration into...

we agreed to increase the level of trade turnover, increase humanitarian cooperation , create a common financial market, of the 993 activities planned for 2023

, almost 993 were completed 90%. this is how the expert and media forum “youth for the union state” was held in moscow. it is very important to tell modern youth as much as possible about the path our peoples have gone through. our countries over the last quarter century, in a deeper historical perspective. one of the significant steps towards bringing the two countries closer is the partial abolition of roaming; incoming calls are now free. since 2022 , the world card is accepted everywhere in belarus; you can pay with it in a cafe, restaurant, or link it to an app for ordering a taxi. actually, we drove like this all day, or we’ll try to make coffee in the machine. at the beginning of the special military operation, the governments of russia and belarus are actually working in regime of anti-crisis headquarters, in conditions

of a total sanctions war, and as is clearly seen, countries are able to resolve the most complex issues, reaching equal agreements taking into account each other’s national interests. the passports are different, one says the russian federation, the other the republic of belarus, and the right to get a job, improve your qualifications , education, treatment, visit a sanatorium, come to any point in russia and belarus without any restrictions, is this a disadvantage, no visas, there are no state borders, but the most important thing in response to that the pressures we are experiencing today, new production chains have been proposed. by the twenty-fourth anniversary of the signing of the treaty on the creation of a union state , more than 85 programs and projects worth 64 billion russian rubles have been implemented. at the end of 2022 , the turnover of goods and services exceeded $50 billion, and in 2023 it added almost 12%. russia and belarus are expanding cooperation

in industry, agriculture, oil, chemistry, culture and science. a branch of the russian national research center kurchatovsky has opened in minsk institute mutually beneficial exchange of technologies is actively underway, for example in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles. at the testing grounds of the belas plant, mining dump trucks with a russian gas engine were tested; to impose sanctions , only foreign engines were installed on the flagship models of vehicles, but as it turned out, engines made in kaluga are superior to the best western models. in 2023, the second power unit of the belarusian nuclear power plant was put into operation; it should provide 40% of the country’s electricity needs. energy. the construction of the station has become the most high-tech and large-scale project of cooperation between the state corporation rosatom and the republic of belarus. this is already a joint

project of geneticists, the dna identification program, it was awarded the union state prize in the field of science and technology. the program solved two problems, this is the task of criminology, in the field of forensics in the field of health care, in the field of medicine. we had six projects where medical problems were set, and we studied the predisposition to hereditary diseases. well, such as cardiovascular, endocrine, autoimmune, musculoskeletal, and oncological diseases, so that in the future, firstly, a person can, knowing about hereditary predisposition, change his lifestyle. teams of scientists led by two academicians from belarus and russia, alexander kelchevsky and nikolai yankovsky, developed innovative personal identification technologies based on studying the gene pools

of the union regions. state it all always began with a sad incident in novosibirsk there were nine rapes of minors and the data that was then, it was already there a few more than ten years ago, they indicated, maybe in the northern caucasus, when they looked at what we know from the y-chromosome, this is a chromosome only in men, therefore, the woman does not have it, she is easily and accurately identifiable, it turned out that all this person is by origin, he is from... siberia, specifically from buryatia, respectively, when all this was clarified, within two weeks, he was found, after this they gave us, bastrykin turned to the manager of the union state, there was a general at that time, and the program allocated enough funds for this so that such and such a number of people could determine that there was a card with a certain coating, which was with a certain probability of being obtained on the samples

that were obtained, as a result of good. a free anonymous study of dna samples from residents of various settlements in russia and belarus compiled a fundamental database that allowed scientists to obtain unique information, for example, that among native muscovites there are fewer generations of 5% russians, not good, not bad, but it’s useful to know, so we see that this is a certain settlement, in it there are carotenes, bagulals, and we don’t know that these names don’t exist, but they are all falling apart, because they then... and thus we can

tell the surname using dna. scientific cooperation between scientists from the two countries also made it possible to propose new techniques and identify gene mutations, calculating risks; many diseases can now be predicted and prevented. only in the last 2-3 years before the twenty-third year inclusive, it means that contracts worth about 8.5 million russian rubles were concluded, we made a recalculation, that is.

today, more than 800 enterprises in russia and belarus are connected with industrial cooperation. since the fall of 2022, the interstate customs center of the union state has been operational. an agreement on the development of microelectronic technologies, machine tool manufacturing, design and production of component base is being implemented. protecting the common border of the union state and strengthening its defense potential is another priority. for this military infrastructure facilities and the preparation of a regional grouping of russian forces are being improved. we have a common destiny together, haven’t we confirmed this, haven’t millions of people confirmed this, who have a special attitude: russians treat belarusians, belarusians treat russians. haven’t we confirmed that the united fatherland from brest to vladivostok is our heritage, which we are obliged to defend, just as we defend the historical truth about the feat of the soviet soldier in the great patriotic war.