let's return to the news review. today in moscow at vdnkh the twenty-first congress of united russia will be held. the main topic is support for vladimir putin in the upcoming elections. all regional branches of the party, more than 3.5 million united russia members, will be involved in the election campaign. now our correspondent, anastasia efimova, is again in direct contact with vdnkh. anastasia, hello. when is it expected to start? hello, we are asking it too, but it should start literally any minute, judging by at least the announcement on the speakerphone that was just heard, the congress is ready to begin its work, all participants were asked to take their seats, it must be said that it was the last hour, and while the wait continued, we observed how the delegates were actively moving around the hall, talking to each other, but this is unlikely. ..about

the current issues that are being discussed at the congress today, of course, many of them are related, among other things, to the conduct of a special military operation. let me remind you that today, on the eve of the opening of the congress , a joint meeting of the highest and general council in the party, where they discussed sending a humanitarian convoy to new russian regions, in fact, this convoy has already been launched, and this means that the people who are in need now.

one way or another are accepted with the participation of the party, and, of course, the support of the president, the support of vladimir putin in the upcoming march elections, this is probably the central event. well known to us and maybe a little less known, but who did a lot in their professional circle, these were volunteers, these were athletes, these were cultural figures, these were scientists, these were, of course, politicians, these were , of course, entrepreneurs, of course, military in the context of a special military operation

that the country is conducting, and this is a very important category, to the opinion that today, of course, is also very much listened to, probably , absolutely every citizen, this initiative group, i repeat once again, officially and... unanimously supported the candidacy of vladimir putin, he is a self-promoter, united russia, and as the party of the president, that’s exactly what secretary of the general council andrei turchak formulated in his telegram post how the president’s party will provide all the resources necessary, direct them to ensure that the victory of candidate vladimir putin connects the successes of the current day, and what the country has already achieved in the past, and most importantly, its hopes for the future, in general, this semantic one...

which will be held in march next year, and vladimir putin will also be running for office. let me remind you that he announced this on december 8 in the st. george hall of the kremlin. and after the official donation ceremony, dmitry peskov announced that vladimir putin is expected to take part in

today’s united russia congress. once again, the delegates really hope that the president’s plans have not changed. the repeated announcement is on our air right now, we hear that there is a congress. will start working, now the wording is exactly like this any minute, before that we were promised that it would start working in a few minutes, accordingly, it’s getting closer and closer, this is the most key event of the next, many coming days, because the statements that will be made here , of course, will largely determine these very days, not only politically. if the head of state does speak at today’s congress, then judging by the experience of the previous congress, i will recall december 2021.

they also said also about a whole series of specific ones, today the party supports this candidacy, including, and this, by the way, is said by many of the participants in today’s congress, because the words...

yes, yur, of course, our colleagues work here, there are a lot of them here too a lot, our colleagues they work in the hall, on this site. and in general, it must be said that everything that is happening today at the vdnkh exhibition, well, there is a feeling that it is a little frozen for these next few minutes, in anticipation of the start of the congress, because, of course, not only journalists and not only its participants are waiting for it, it’s quite obvious, we hear that the presentation video is now starting.

of the 551 delegates registered at the 21st party congress , 492 delegates are present, which is more than half of the total number of delegates. there is a quorum, i propose to start work plenary session of the congress, who is in favor? who's against it? abstained? accepted. dear ones , have looked and studied, it is proposed to approve the proposed agenda, regulations and

confirm the powers of the counting, credentials, editorial commission and secretariat of the congress. any other suggestions? no, who's in favor? against, abstained, accepted. i ask the members of the working bodies of the congress to meet. a joint meeting of the supreme council and the general council of the united russia party took place, at which a proposal on the draft agenda and the draft decisions of the congress were supported. are there any other suggestions? no, okay, who is for, against, abstained? accepted. plenary session of the twenty-first party congress.

dear participants of the congress, the floor is given to the deputy of the council of deputies of the city of manchegorsk, hydrometalurgist viktor vladimirovich kulai. friends, my name is victor kulay, i was born in the then soviet city of nikolaev, when i was 5 years old, my family moved to the north, moved to the murmansk region, to in the murmansk region, i went to school,

a technical school, served in the army in the border troops, and got a job there... it was hard, but in some one we followed, and we continue, we continue to believe in him as before , we see what is happening in our country, we know that the president has never deceived us, the workers, the metallurgists, therefore,

that is why we are for the president, therefore for vladimir vladimirovich. i also want to say that we metallurgists have everything we need, raw materials, materials, modern domestic russian equipment, modern russian domestic technologies, labor, brains, all this is enough for us to support the technological sovereignty of our homeland. vladimir vladimirovich, we are for you. thank you, thank you, viktor vladimirovich, the floor is given to the secretary of the lugansk regional branch of the party, the chairman of the people's council of the lugansk people's republic, denis nikolaevich mirachnichenko.

good afternoon, dear friends, respected colleagues, fellow party members, i remember that the great path that we began with... the path is difficult, the path is thorny, and despite all the obstacles that accompanied us along this path, we always knew that there was one person who would never betray us, who is always with us, for whom we unite, no matter what profession, no matter what your social status, we always united around, and uniting around, you know, thanks to fate, i was personally lucky to be present at... that first stage of the happy stage of the reunification of the republics for recognition and when the signing of our recognition took place.

at the front, on the front line, we need victory not friends, we need victory today not only in the economy, but a political victory, i am sure that it is with such a leader that we will win, we are working, brothers, thank you, denis nikolaevich, the floor is given to the chairman ivanovo regional public organization for assistance to large families. family of many children, mother of many children too, svetlana sergeevna orlova.

good afternoon, congress participants, i am a mother of five children from the city of ivanovo. i gave birth to my first daughter in the difficult year for our country, 1995. in the nineties, in general, my generation was not very willing, they wanted to start families and... from my own life, from my life experience, i remember that i had to cook cube soup for my child and say that it was chicken soup, i had to study at the university and to earn extra money in order to support the child, i am grateful to my family that at that difficult moment they supported me, my relatives and friends accepted my decision to give birth to a child, but despite all the difficulties, i still believed that vladimir vladimirovich. i have something to do compare in the nineties, when my eldest daughter was growing up in 2012, when my youngest child was born, these are two, well, like two different

countries, because the country has become family- oriented, it has turned to the family, maternal capital is a great help for the family, benefits for families with children, all this thanks to our leader, our vladimir , we are very grateful, what else do i want to say, now... i don’t need to deceive my children and say that there is soup from cubes, because there is enough on the shelves of our stores fresh and high-quality products from our producers, we assessed the quality of the products produced by our farmers, including chicken, compared that, in principle, we ate surrogate in the nineties, these pumped ones gave completely different attention in society, and the fact that...

in the future and one more thing in conclusion, can i make a lyrical digression, just when i was coming here, i asked my youngest son, i ’ll be at such an event, what would you like me to convey to the president, and he said, vladimir putin is great, thank you, word for the performance is presented to the hero of the russian federation, the commander.