directions of questions, so it will be interesting. maria vladimirovna, thank you for this interview, thank you for answering the question, happy new year. at least three waves of air attacks have been recorded in ukraine today. explosions in syria are reported from kiev, odessa, kharkov, lvov, dnepropetrovsk, the kiev-controlled city of zaporozhye, and from the ternopil and khmelnitsky regions. in kiev , the building of one of the metro stations was damaged, train traffic was stopped. they also thundered. explosions near the artyom plant,

where aircraft parts are produced. a strong fire started in one of the warehouses, ground public transport stopped in dnepropetrovsk. kharkov authorities reported damage to a number of warehouse enterprises. and in the kiev, dnepropetrovsk, odessa and kharkov regions , the power supply has been disrupted. the company ukrenergo stated that in one of the eastern regions of ukraine, a thermal power plant was damaged as a result of explosions. in the moscow region , employees of the national guard and members of the northern military district were awarded. the ceremony took place in balashikha in the center special purpose vityaz. he turned 46 today. our correspondent, anna voronina, works there on direct communication. hello, how did you celebrate the birthday of the vitye center? yes, hello, colleagues, it should be noted that there is indeed a very festive atmosphere here, and not only because of the birthday, but also because of the competitions that are taking place today. the results, which

are also summed up here today, well, as you already said, the special forces center vitsya and the russian guard turned 46 years old, and it should be noted that its fighters in the russian guard in particular, this is the difference between special forces , the russian guard, military special forces, we are immensely proud of all the guys who are serving today, taking part in a special military operation, we have 16 people.

at the special forces center, the selection of military personnel and the number of civilians who want to undergo military service in a special forces unit, for this it is necessary to pass an interview, meet certain requirements that are determined during psychological testing and physical training, ready perform tasks on land, on water and in the air. today the fighters honored their new comrades with a minute of silence, among them was ivan shlokhvostov, in whose honor a tournament called vitsya contact was organized, and today the final fights, the final fights in eight weight categories, took place here.

contact is a unique type of applied military combat developed specifically for special forces of the russian guard and battles take place with a kalashnikov assault rifle, or rather with its dummy, with knives and also in hand-to-hand combat, but in fights there are a minimum of restrictions, here’s how since now, in just a few minutes , the best of the best will be awarded, but we will return to you soon, colleagues. thank you, our correspondent anna voronina was from the town of balashikha near moscow. in the second half of the year, the occupancy of our luxury hotels increased significantly due to guests from china and the middle east. the share of domestic tourism is also growing. the general manager of the metropol hotel, marina skokova, spoke about the impact of sanctions in an interview with our channel. marina, hello. good afternoon.

from india, we saw from neighboring countries east, what does such

an average portrait of a moscow tourist who came from abroad look like now? yes, you are absolutely right, the geography of our guests, the geography of the countries from which our guests come is very important. changed due to current circumstances, and since now increasingly stronger ties are being established at the political and economic level with the countries of the east, with asia, with the countries of the middle east, naturally we see a large flow of guests from these countries, and if we talk, for example, about statistics national, then this year in first place our flow of guests is almost divided in half, half of the guests are russians and 50% are already foreign guests per year. and this is really already a lot, after the russians, in second place are guests from china, yes, these are guests who often come to participate in some professional industry exhibitions, for now these are not tourist groups, although next year we are also expecting this segment guests from

china, as well as guests from the middle east, who, let’s say, fell in love with moscow in 2021 , and mostly stayed in some kind of spring... right now russia ’s ties are intensively developing, including economic business, but if we talk about the impact of a special military operation and western sanctions on the tourism sector, how acutely did you feel this and how much did you have to adapt to the changed conditions? and well , you know, sanctions are restrictions, yes, they are

prohibitions, of course they cannot but affect the activities of any enterprise in any industry. if we talk about the hotel business, yes, of course, we have encountered problems. next to difficulties that we overcome with varying degrees of success, for example, there is still an unresolved issue with payment systems, and we certainly find a way out of this situation, but still, while guests coming from foreign countries do not have the opportunity to pay in the usual way with our credit cards, we are faced with an indirect, but nevertheless , personnel problem in the horik segment, a lot is said about this now, yes, because citizens of the cis.

she is one of those difficulties, it seemed to us then, this is the lack of software, yeah, here too now there are some import substitutions, maybe not to say that we again have our tools for work in full, but nevertheless some solutions are appearing, we are trying to adapt to these conditions. here is another challenge that faces not only the hotel business, but the russian economy as a whole, this is inflation, the weakening of the ruble this year, has this affected pricing? and i can't say what it is influenced significantly, yes, of course we were forced to adapt prices to some extent, because yes, inflation, also as i said, and we also purchase some foreign products, so this is the influence of the exchange rate, this is inflation, but to say that we were we are forced

to significantly increase the prices for our services , no, i probably won’t say that, on the other hand, we understand now that for guests coming from abroad, if we talk about the same course, yes, it’s just like that... in fact, somewhere in the first half of the year finished our set of competitors, let's say, five-star hotels, moscow cities with occupancy in the region of 40-45%, now this occupancy is much higher, that is, starting from the second half of the year there were even some periods when we were absolutely 100% sold % , that is, there were not enough rooms, in fact, now we are in the same period, what does the occupancy depend on, the occupancy depends this year, i would say that... and this is a kind of event tourism, that is, when some events take place in moscow then big ones - forums, exhibitions,

events, we see increased demand precisely during this period, this was the case, for example, during the days of the urban forum, and now we see a huge demand for accommodation at absolutely any level of hotel, because a lot of guests come to moscow, both foreign and so from the regions. well, you still have a competitive advantage, this is still a metropolis - it’s not just a hotel, it’s a historical monument. such an object of cultural, architectural heritage of moscow, and what are you organizing here, perhaps there are some programs for tourists, for those who do not want, but cannot stay in a hotel or are located in another place, but nevertheless they want to get acquainted with an architectural monument, yes, absolutely right, thank you for this question, we really really appreciate this our historical heritage, despite the fact that we are of course changing a lot, keeping up with the times, maybe somewhere even ahead of the time.

capitals that come, well, in general, anyone can go to our official website and purchase this service, also, for example, for those muscovites or maybe guests who do not stay in the metropolis have a great opportunity to see, for example, our legendary metropolis room, and having visited the hotel during sunday brunch, it seems to me that we remain one of the few hotels that continue this tradition, which is very loved by the guests, we have there is also a very high demand for this event, so as part of the branch there is also an excursion under.

it was a very careful choice of the designer in order to, as you quite rightly said, yes, and to preserve this unique atmosphere, and also all our rooms, we already have most of the rooms renovated, they are equipped from a technological point of view, absolutely at the highest modern level, so these will really be high-quality rooms comparable, probably, with products not in our country, in europe and in the world, well already. the result was that the legendary chaliapin bar opened after renovation, what changed and what was left

untouched, what was preserved, but in fact , a hotel opened in the metropolis in 1905 and a bar was already operating in the metropolis, it was the first cocktail bar in a hotel in moscow, in 1991 - the ball began to bear the name of fetr ivanovich chaliapin, so what was left was the name. everything else has changed, yes, now it is completely after a large-scale reconstruction, this is a completely different space, the work was carried out on a worldwide project. the famous design bureau denniston, whose portfolio includes very iconic objects around the world, and the designers also approached their work very competently, because they managed to convey, on the one hand, probably the style and maybe the atmosphere of the early 20th century, while this is, of course, a completely modern interpretation of the interiors, and it seems to me that it turned out to be

an unusually beautiful space, this is also what our visitors and muscovites, who have already fallen in love with our ba, say about this... besides this, what has probably changed , i will say this, we filled this name, this name fyodor ivanovich, this name of the bar was filled with meaning, because the whole concept is built on a close connection with this great opera performer, for example, our cocktail menu, which is the basis of any bar, which was developed by our bar manager, together with the elcapitus bar team. one of the most titled bars in europe, it is designed in such a way that each cocktail bears a name, place or title that is inextricably linked with some stages of the life of fyodor ivanovich. for example, there is the corsair cocktail, which was the name of fyodor ivanovich’s favorite villa in france, or teflis, which is filled with tender

memories of georgia, or laskala, where the opera singer once had a triumphant performance. so we tried maintain this concept, and it seems to me that this concept really arouses interest among visitors, and our brand chef andrey shmakov is responsible for the menu, so it really turned out to be a unique place where you can drink a cup of coffee during the day, hold negotiations, and listen to live music in the evening music, and at night to relax with friends and dance with a dj, next year, what are the plans, next year we are absolutely... we are finishing the renovation of our hotel room stock and we plan to introduce 116 new rooms, i think that globally is the main task, we will also continue the natural development in all areas of our activities, we are looking forward to new guests and there are new projects that we plan to work on.

marina, thank you for the interview, good luck with your new projects, thank you very much and happy new projects. thank you. now it's time for economic news. this year, the federal customs service will exceed the plan for contributions to the budget by 160 billion rubles. this was stated by the interim acting head of the federal customs service ruslan davydov. initially, receipts were planned at a level of slightly less than 6.5 trillion. let me remind you that the main sources of income are the export of oil and gas, as well as the sale of food, grain, oilseeds and vegetable oil. in russia they record the maximum. over 7 years, the growth rate of activity in the manufacturing industries, the pmi index rose to 54.6 points. according to snp global , the number of new orders increased in december. this is due to an increase in the number of customers and increased demand. let me remind you that an index value above 50 points indicates business growth activity. a ban on supplies of russian

hydrocarbon gas will drive up prices in poland. due to sanctions, the cost of fuel at gas stations will increase by 30%. polish wnp writes about this. according to the publication, the local market is highly dependent on supplies from russia, so there will be a shortage. next year the situation will still be more or less normal, since contracts will continue to apply. however, you should expect turbulence afterwards. and half of the container ships are avoiding the swedish canal route after the houthi attacks. bloomberg writes about this. shortest way around through us with good hope in southern africa. it takes 20.5% longer, the agency notes. this is fraught with an increase in prices for consumer goods. previously, several countries led by the united states sent military personnel to the red sea to ensure the safety of ships. now states are trying to convince carriers that this route is safe. it was economic news. short. promise me that you will sing from your heart. the bremen town musicians.

this is my group. this is the same boy who charmed everyone. now footage from the presidential press service shows how is the year over? ok, i even said successfully, i would like to briefly report on the results of the arofort group, how we have a 73.77% state, yes, absolutely right, a 70% 70% state. yeah, the aviation part of the aerofot group is represented by three airlines, this is aeroford itself, which provides a high

level of services for passengers, is a traditional carrier, with a fleet of 171 aircraft in the twenty-third year we will transport 25 million passengers, only nine companies, yes only nine yes , but aviation namely airlines, three airlines, russia airlines is the largest operator of russian aircraft. 136 aircraft, of which 78 are dry superjets and the volume of transportation in the twenty-third year is 9 million passengers, our effective volkoster airline pobeda, 41 aircraft and 13 million passengers, in total the erof group will transport 47 million passengers in the twenty-third year, this is 15% higher results of the previous year, in addition, we reached a historical maximum in...

airlines, despite the fact that we were outnumbered official ratings have been excluded, but we still measure ourselves relative to others to be among the top five best global carriers ; we must maintain our leading position in this indicator; of course, no matter what, we still try to meet all industry indicators and be in good shape, so in general, you get very good reviews on aerofod, thank you,

in first place we have the privozhsky federal district plus 20% compared to last year, the far eastern federal district + 10%,

the north caucasus + 9% and the siberian + 8%, this these are the main federal districts that showed the highest growth in passenger traffic in the twenty-third year; in terms of international transportation, we also significantly increased the volume by 77 passengers, including due to the fact that you supported the event on insurance settlement or redemption aircraft, at the end of the year the total number of the rafud group will be 98 aircraft, which have been transferred into the ownership of a russian legal entity, all this, of course, contributed to the increase in international passenger traffic, separately.

it excludes any dynamic pricing there, it is always the same tariff for all passengers, in total more than 17 million were transported during the period of this program and we would propose to continue it and i would ask you to support flat tariffs for the next year, we will do so, thank you, thank you, and i wanted to say again, i’ve heard many times that our citizens fly, fly, and not only our citizens, on some companies, and wait for the airport to transfer planes, because the level of quality of service maintains a well-known standard that has already been achieved even by the previous management of aerochlot, so i really ask you to pay attention to this, to thank everyone who is holding this high bar, to certainly maintain it in the future, and of course to improve everything

related to... to service people, we will make one more, at least we will retain it, but of course we strive to improve the quality, and safety, in the first place, of course, always, really always in the first place, the level is high, it is maintained, everything in this parts are consistently reliable, for the passage it’s good, good, it was footage of the meeting between the president and the head of aeroflot. today the website of the candidate for the post of president of russia went live. vladimir putin, which can be found at putin 2024.ru. the website contains a company diary, a biography of the candidate, information about proxies, contacts of the campaign headquarters and addresses of regional headquarters. there are videos about company highlights. in addition, there is a section about some important achievements of russia in recent years. website putin 2024.ru was created by a team. russian

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